You cannot ignore the fact 1 that watching English language television or listening to the radio is very useful. 2 What you will quickly discover is 3 there are many different ways to pronounce English words. If you watch a lot of television you will begin to understand 4 what people are saying, and you will realize 5 that you can guess 6 where someone comes from by the way they speak. 7 It is fun that you can learn how to recognize accents from different nationalities and regions. It is often difficult to tell 8 which country pop singers come from. That is 9 because they usually sing with an American accent, even if they are not American. Some people used to think 10 that it was more “cool”, but that is changing now. Students usually study either British or American English, and it is helpful to understand (11) why you don’t understand something. One English speaker sometimes find it difficult to understand (12) what an English speaker from another area is saying. Students need to learn (13) how big the regional differences are. Even different parts of Britain and America have different pronunciations. It doesn’t usually matter (14) which type of English you use, as long as people can understand you!