Learning English is a big challenge

I have studied English for more than 10 years, as English is one of the mandatory courses in Korea. I started learning English at school when I was 8 years old. However, as Korean English education only focuses on grammar, reading and listening, I'm not as good at writing and speaking in English. I probably can't even say that I learned English at school. Once, my foreign friend asked me whether I learned British English or American English at school. When I was asked that question, honestly I didn't know how to answer and hesitated to answer the question. Another Korean friend of mine who was with me told him that we learned Konglish at school and the three of us laughed hard.
I started to learn real English when I traveled to London in 2012. I don't mean that I learned real English at school. I learned English by facing situations where I have to speak English. Once I was lost in London and had to ask people how to get where I wanted to go. Sometimes I just went to a person and asked something and made short conversation. (It sounds a bit strange but I didn't do it in a strange way!)
That kind of thing happened a lot, which meant I could learn English through real conversation with people from all over the world.
I also got really interested in learning English while I traveled in many different countries. It seemed so cool speaking fluent English especially with a British accent (sorry American English speakers for saying this!). I tried to speak like British people but it is not easy at all. Nearly impossible so far and I sound really awkward a lot of the time, I think. It doesn't mean that I can speak like Americans. My accent is not good so I am trying to continue to learn how to sound better.

Learning English is a big challenge

I have studied English for more than 10 years as English is one of the mandatory courses in Korea. I started learning English at school since when I was 8 years old. However, as Korean English education only focuses on grammar, reading and listening, I haven't been good at writing and speaking in English. I probably can't even say I learned English at school. Once, my foreign friend asked me whether I learned British English or American English at school. When I was asked that question, honestly I didn't know how to answer and hesitated to answer the question. Another Korean friend of mine who was with me told him that we learned Konglish at school and the three of us were laughing hard.
I started to learn real English since when I traveled in to London in 2012. I didn't mean I learned a real English at school.I learned English by facing situations that I have to speak English in. Once I was lost in London, I had to ask people how to get to where I wanted to go. Sometimes I just went to a person and asked something and made a short conversation. (It sounds a bit strange but I didn't do it in a strange way!)
That kind of things happened a lot, so I could learn English in a real conversation with people from all over the world.
I also got really interested in learning English whilst I traveled in many different countries. It seemed so cool speaking fluent English especially with a British accent (sorry American English speakers for saying this!). I tried to speak like British but it is not easy at all. Nearly impossible so far, and I sound really awkward a lot of the time many times I suppose. But it doesn't mean that I can speak like Americans. My accent is no good so I am trying to keep learning how to sound good well.