Three things you need to be a successful English learner

[Pankaj.jha]

"Right Practice makes a man perfect", so whatever u do in a right way, that does matters.

[Donald]

Dear Torsten,

I totally agree with all the three things you have mentioned. Practice makes perfect.
If you practice and have a mind that nothing is impossible, I am sure that you can achieve anything in life.

regards,

Donald Mpalika

[Inga]

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Dear friends,

All your remarks sound optimistic. In one of the letters the author tells us that a winner prefers listening to native speakers. So do I. The problem is that there are very few foreigners in our country. Furthermore, few of them are English or American. Communication via the Internet is not enough for me.
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[Sahid59]

You can talk to people who are well in their grammar..in this way also..you can gain practical spoken language..got it..?
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Better tomorrow with better English

[Torsten]

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[Tom Kane]

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Hello Inga,

I think that you sound wonderful. Similar to Torsten, I wonder how you learned to speak English so well. This is Tom Kane writing. Another question I have is, "How long have you been studying the English language?"

We are here to help you in the forum and I look forward to hearing from you.

Take care, Inga!

[Kostitsyn]

I'm not so sure learning english is about will. To me, it's more about interest. I used to play video games alot and games were in english, not french. Most places games are in their native language, but not here, more and more now, but it used to be all in english so if you're playing a game and you're stuck, you have to find a way and if the game is in english well, you're forced to improve. My friends that plays video games are much better at english then my friends that doesn't. I love Ice Hockey as well, and I had to watch games in english as i grew up. If i wanted information i was looking for english websites/forums as there was more information. Same for online games, alot are english so again if I played i was improving, same with music.

Learning english never been hard for me, just by doing day to day stuff i was getting better. Learning English can be the easiest thing to do, if you actually have interest in it. If you never use it then you'll have some problem learning it.

[Tom Kane]

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Hello Kostitsyn,

Please forgive me if I am mispronuncing your name. Thanks so much for your insight. You are correct! As in most things, if you truly have an interest in something, it is much easier, and almost fun, than if you are forced to do something. Learning English is certainly no different.

I hope you have a chance to post a voice recording.

Take care,

Tom Kane

[Joao Fonseca]

hi this is joao fonseca, I do agree, I faced a lot of difficulties in writing, once I started writing all word in a sentence I've got some benefits.
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[Kostitsyn]

I should be able to next week-end Tom. Hopefully my recorder works fine.

[Tom Kane]

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Hi Joao,

Hey, thanks for your input. I appreciate it a great deal. You're correct, just by writing and speaking everyday, you will naturally get better.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks much,

Tom Kane

[Tom Kane]

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Hi Kostitsyn,

That sounds great! I look forward to hearing from you. I'm sure your recorder will be fine!

Let me know when you're set up.

Regards,

Tom

[Torsten]

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[Kostitsyn]

As I said, I never really had to change my habits. I might be a rare breed, but it's just been automatic for me. I grew up learning english here and there and as I got older I needed to get better for different reason, playing online games, reading and writting on forums. Sure, at first I was pretty bad just like when you try anything new, but just by doing what I liked I got better.

I've somewhat tried to learn Svenska and I couldn't. I never have to use this language. I'll never look at the Swedish news or anything.

It might have been easier for me considering my Country is at 70% english, but I've never changed my habits, I've just done what I liked and what I wanted to do and I got better. Honestly video games is the ebst way to learn a new language. If you like role playing game, you'll improve no matter what.

[Tom Kane]

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Hello Kostitsyn,

That's a very interesting story. No wonder you can write English so well. I just wanted to write you a note to say HELLO!

Talk to you soon,

Tom