Intro

Hi everyone:) I'm a native Russian speaker. Currently I am studying English. My level is about intermediate - upper-intermediate, but I'm keen to impove this so I can get a new job in a year - for this, knowledge of English is a must. I very much want to improve my fluency!

What I feel I need now is a breakthrough in my English, but I just can't get it! I feel like if I have been standing still in one place and haven't moved any further. Maybe I am not studying enough, but it seems (feels) to me that it's much easier to grow from a basic level to an intermediate one than it is from an intermediate to an advanced level. What do you think? Am I right?

I kindly (respectfully) ask you to evaluate my situation (circumstances) and give me some tips, if it's possible? Maybe some of you have been in the same situation as me and have overcome it? (Can I ask, has anyone found the same and what did you do? Do you have any tips how you got past this plateau?)

I want to improve my fluency (or at least get proper upper-intermediate level) by May-June 2016. I have less then one year. I can spend (GOOD)1-2 hours per day studying.

So, MY MAIN QUESTION is: Is it possible?! Is this enough time? And what should I do exactly (precisely) to reach my goal? I can't afford any courses or teachers right now. 

My current skills:

Reading

-I can read English unadapted books with around 70% understanding without a dictionary (it's difficult to estimate this though). I do use a dictionary when reading though, so I can understand almost everything.

-It's more difficult to read newpapers.

Listening

-It's worse with listening (My listening skills are worse). I understand about 50%-70% on BBC radio, depending on the speaker. It's easier to understand general topic programs about everyday life (e.g. music, travelling etc.) than the news itself.

-I can't really watch movies as I don't understand them. 

Speaking

-Conversational

My speaking is ok when I speak about well-known (comfortable) topics such as self-presentation, my plans, my job or what I did yesterday. But it becomes much more difficult to answer questions when I need to think, formulate my answer (in my mind) and then respond - I become much slower.

Writing

-My writing skills you can see here. I didn't use a dictionary to write this and only looked up the correct spelling twice.

-I didn't think for too long time about what I wanted to write - not much longer than I would in Russian. 

I'm open to any feedback and advice about my English. Thank you very much for your attention!

Intro: I need your help

Hi everyone:) I'm a native Russian speaker. Currently I study English. My level is about intermediate - upper-intermediate now, but I'm keen to impove it, because I wish to get a new job in a year, and English knowkedge are must. I want to get fluency very much!

What I feel now is that I need a breakthrogh in my English, but I just can't get it! I feel like if I stood in one place and didn't move feather. May be I don't study enough though, but it seems that it's much easie to grow from basic level to intermediate one than from intermediate to advanced. What do you think? Am I right?

I kindly ask you to evaluate my sutiation and give me some tips, if it would be possible. May be some of you was in same situation and overcame it.

So, I want to get fluency in English (or at least get proper upper-interdediate level) untill May-June 2016. I have less then one year. I can spend 1-2 hours per day for studying. And MY MAIN QUESTION TO YOU is: Is it possible?! Is it enought time? And what shell I do exactly to reach that level? (Also I can't afford any cources or teacher right now).

My current skills: I can read English unadapted books with about 70% understanding without dictionary (difficult to estimate though). But I use dictionary so understand almost everything. It's more difficult to read newpapers.
It's worse with my listerning. I understand about 50%-70% (depending on speaker) on BBC radio, its easie to understand general topic's programs about everyday live (e.g. music, travelling etc.) than news itsel.
I almost can't watch movies (don't understand).
My speaking is ok when I speak about well-known topics such as self-presentation, my plans, my job or what I did yesterday. But it becomes much more difficult even to answer questions when I need to think, to formulate my answer in mind and then to say it at least. I become slow.
My writing skills you can see here (I didn't use a dictionary to write it, only 2 times looked for correct spelling and didn't think for a long time to formutale this all - not much longer than on Russian).

I'm open for feed-back about my English and for advices. Thank you very much for attention!