Practicing of English My experience of learning English is both big enough and small. At first sight, it might seem a bit strange but there is an explanation. The overwhelming majority of Russian pupils have lessons of English during schooltime. In my case, it started in the 5 grade and I kept "learning" English for 6 years. What did I know after leaving school? Fairly nothing, except for gramma for Present Simple. The next step was attending lectures of English at the university. This part of "fascinating" immersing into the world of English was also without results. At this point, a question might emerge - how come things, I described, happened to me. After some time I can confess myself to not paying enough attention to the subject. Probably, a part of the blame is on my teachers at the beginning of my way. They didn't do my classmates and me any favor so as to show how big the English speaking world is. Being graduated, I forgot about English for some time until one day I should have gone to another country for a business trip. Since linking more than two words for my brain was an impossible task, I was fully ashamed, surrounded by colleagues who could speak. Returning home, I embarked on studying English three times a week with a teacher and I've been devoting the rest of my time to doing something single-handedly. Like this, I've been keeping studying for 2 years. My two biggest own insides from this time are (they are commonplace): you must have a desire to learn something find a teacher who you like spending time with