Why I'm learning English During my school years I've always studied English as a second language, but I've never had the opportunity to practice it intensively cause during classes we mostly studied grammar and just a little of conversation. After the end of the school I've continued to practice my English by reading books and watching movies without subtitles, now I can understand mostly everything but I'm still missing some passages, let's say I'm able to understand the 80% of a movie. My biggest problem in English is my low fluency in speaking due to the lack of talking time. I had a chance to speak English for quite a long time twice in my life, during volunteer workcamps in Spain and Germany. I found it very useful and I think I've learned a lot during those days. I want to improve my speaking skills because I'm working as a researcher in the Biotechnology field, English is the common language in the scientific world and I could have the opportunity to relocate in a foreign country to find jobs. Another reason is that I loved the experiences I had in volunteer workcamps and I'd like to repeat them, having the skills to explain yourself is very important in an international environment with people from different cultures and it can help to make friends and solve problems.