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In my own experience, my first teacher was a NY citizen, but the next one was irish.. So i took some expression or 'words' more used when i was speaking.. and people ask me 'excuse me, where are you from?'
When you have a fluent speaking is better you improve your accent, because when you start learning is very common you take the accent of the teacher had.
Both learning the grammer and accent... both helps in improvig english..
1- much listening.
2- watching films.
3- searching for a person to talk to him.
4- talking to the self.
5- talking to the overseas world.
Learning the grammar is far more important than the accent, because english language is more about the the mechanism goervening it, meaning the ways it should be spoken than the way it sounds when spoken. There are many people who brag themselves of speaking english language because of the way they sound when they are heard whereas they are not speaking it correctly because of lots of blunders in their grammar.
I think join or communicate with natives in real conversation for a daily basis way better to be fluent
Learning Languages is like building a house .. so you have to establish your basics before you build your walls ... so i think learning grammars must be in the first instance then the accent .
As an English teacher in Amman, many students have asked me the same question. My answer is this: Focus more on grammar, because in today's world, employers are looking for people with solid writing and speaking skills in English more than anything else. Its easier to overlook an accent than it is to overlook bad grammar. And you can sound American or British, but if the person you are speaking to doesn't understand what are you are saying, what good is that? For example, in Jordan I occasionally meet people who ask what I do. When I tell them I am an English teacher, they sometimes answer, "Oh! I study English before three years ago." I think, "Well maybe you should go back and study more." So, in my opinion, its grammar first, accent later.
