How to practice English in a non-spoken english country

[Aleaf]

impossibe EU.10%?

Even in some remote places of china people can surf the net nowadays.

We have everything and are allowed to do everything except the so-called democracy defined by foreigners.
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[Cristina]

Thanks to all the members who wrote a piece of advice,I took some useful notes, :D
Maybe another idea could be to practice a specific 30/30 challenge...I mean for example one month focus on listening,the next on writing,the next month on vocabulary,the next on phonology, etc.
One thing I remember my teachers used to ask us to do,was to choose a reading from the reader's digest,prepare a paraphrase and select 5 new words of vocabulary write its definition in English with a new sentence,four times in a month,and then explain this reading in front of the class,with a combination of other exercises already mentioned,Cris.
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[Che Gevara]

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[Liulo_1088]

Dear migmam,
I am in this problem, too. I studied English as a foreign language for over 15 years but my English is not my expectancy. I do not practice English at work or studying. So I tried to enroll in an English class to practice and improve it. for 4 months, I feel my English skills is better. Teachers show us pronunciation 's mistakes, the popular structure used in speaking that is different from books, ... Besides, I join to the voice chat on paltalk, yahoo to improve both speaking and listening. I hope you will find your own way to improve speaking English!
Best wish!

[Diverhank]

It is necessary to learn a foreign language in schools to build up on vocabulary and grammar. However, at some point, you will make little progress unless you totally immerse yourself in the language.

You can read, write and listen totally in English no matter where you are but the difficult part is your speaking it. To master this, the only way is to converse in nothing but English (say in a long conversation). This is difficult to achieve in a non-English speaking country. There are language schools that provide total immersion. Without that, find friends who are willing to do this and start doing it. Contrary to popular beliefs, you don't even need to find native speakers for this to start with...the idea is to start speaking coherently...the accent will reduce in time. I've seen people who couldn't put together a conversational sentence despite many years of learning English...practice makes perfect...start speaking :).