Watch English language TV. If you can activate the caption feature, you can both listen and read the words. Even if you don't completely understand the dialog, you will train your ear to connect the written word with its sound. Find a DVD or a special tape for learning English that has a caption feature. You can purchase one or find one in your local library.
If you're in a country where English is the main language, seek opportunities to engage in simple conversation, perhaps at the grocery store, the bus stop or the post office. If English is not the main language, seek native English speakers who offer speaking classes for a fee, or who want to have a free language exchange, where you teach your language and he teaches you English.
Use the Internet to find any of the hundreds of free online sites that offer resources for learning the basics of simple English grammar, vocabulary and basic communication. Online lessons are best for learning grammar, practice listening and reading and building vocabulary. Many sites offer forums to interact with others or to ask questions to teachers and tutors.
Find a pen pal, or find a mentor at your local library, church or community. You can find forums, chat rooms and pen pal services you can practice writing informal sentences. Even simple written conversations can be an excellent way to increase your English proficiency.
Read adapted texts. You can find plain, short sentences in short stories, books and newspapers. The simple-English version of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, unlike the standard version, offers information in clear, short sentences that allow beginners to follow the writing much more easily.