ineffective learning I don't remember when I started to notice and learn English. When I was young students were required to get the official English education from public school from 10 years old. I remember that I already knew alphabet and some expressions at that time, but I don't remember where I got to know them. Anyway, I learned English grammar from 13, and sicne then I learned only grammar and analyzing a short text. Actually it was definetly ineffective. I thought I could sepak in English because I got high scores in English reading and listening comprehension exam. However, I was wrong. Reading with grammar and speaking is sepereated a lot. I couldn't speak at all during lectures in the University. I practiced only input for too many years. I should have practiced output. I think speaking is a kind of automatized cognitive process. As a EFL learner, repetiton and habitualization is necessary. That would be much effective than analzying a text again and again.