First, recognize your own capacity to learn and your learning style. If you are a visual learner, seek out images, movies and graphics that complement this strength. If you are a verbal learner, use textual sources. Auditory learners benefit from listening to the radio or podcasts. Identify through informal testing and trusted friends where your strengths and weaknesses are concerning English and then consider where you need to improve. Set reasonable and attainable goals that can serve to guide you as you progress. Such goals can be specific vocabulary development, taking a formal course, reading a book or joining an on-line English forum for active participation.
Learning a language is more than just reading a text or listening to an instructor. Write regularly to practice English vocabulary and syntax. Publish your writings in a blog that encourages reader feedback. Use on-line websites to upload a video of you speaking about any topic you know well. Write letters or e-mail messages to English speakers you know will return your letter with their own style of communicating. Participate in an active forum about a topic you're familiar with so you can learn the jargon of your hobbies, career or other interests.
Use reliable Web sources to read and hear other proficient English speakers on topics that you are familiar with and find professionally written articles about your job. By seeing and hearing others use jargon, slang and vernacular in context, your confidence will increase. Watch a video in your language with subtitles in English, or in English with subtitles in your language to see how the same ideas often have different idioms and expressions. Chat with an English speaker regularly on-line and ask for critical supportive corrections and suggestions to your communication. Reading English-language news elevates your vocabulary and typically shows very structured writing patterns.
Sing karaoke in English to practice diction and vocabulary. Read comics in English to learn street vernacular and context. Watch a movie solely in English, considering context. A popular movie has one level of discourse, while an independent or artistic film has another. Acquaint yourself with English-language learning games, such as those by Nintendo, that have multiple learning levels. Take a trip abroad and converse with native speakers to hear their particular accent and vernacular and to practice everyday speech patterns. Remembering to use multiple resources will provide greater satisfaction and accelerate your progress in English.