The beginning of my journey into English...
Few years ago, as millions of others, I decided to learn at least one foreign language. The importance of English was indisputable, and without any doubts on my mind the choice was made instantly. With the strong feeling of dedication to my new passion for learning an alien language, the first move that I did was, of course, to google the most sacred at the moment words ''How to learn English''. It was so simple but unfortunately, Google had some different plans and without any of my awareness added one more word to my searching. The word was ''fast'', one word that drastically changed the direction of searching.
Not paying too much attention to this insignificant matter, as I thought then, I started clicking on every link provided by that deceptive search-engine. Most of those web resources claimed to have made a native speaker out of me within 1, 3, or 6 months at the very worst. Having been flattered by such a sweet lure of effortless studying, while reading their so promising articles, I already felt like as if I little by little became a native English speaker. Not surprisingly that the euphoria hadn't lasted for too long and all my expectations were shattered into pieces as soon as I scrolled down the page to the price of that very fast transformation. Although my enthusiasm almost fully dissipated due to not having some extra money burning a hole in my pocket, I learnt from that lesson a lot and realized one thing for good: every decision that I was going to make from that point forward had to be thoroughly thought out instead of taking a leap in the dark.
Keeping that rule in mind I got rid of that misleading word "fast" in a searching form as fast as possible; though, the pattern of the first page, that Google suggested, didn't change much, I managed to find few more links that at first look seemed to be reliable. And a very simple phrase that drew my attention to and finally opened my eyes was: "in order to make your first attempt to speak any foreign language at least one years' time has to be invested in studying, and if you're one of those naive optimists who believes that it's possible to learn something within a month you should close that tab immediately"; since then my journey has begun...
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The beginning of my journey into English...
A few years ago, like the millions of other people before me as millions of others , I decided to learn at least one other foreign language. The importance of English was indisputable, and without any doubts in my mind, the choice was made instantly. With a the strong feeling of dedication towards my new passion for learning an alien language (although this isn't technically wrong, it sounds a bit strange. I would stick with 'foreign' language over 'alien'), the first move that I did, was of course, to google the most sacred of words at the time, at the moment words ''How to learn English''. It was so simple, but unfortunately Google had a some different plan in mind, and without any of my awareness added one more word to my searching. The word was ''fast'', one word that drastically changed the direction of the searching.Not paying too much attention to what at the time, I thought was an insignificant matter this insignificant matter, as I thought then, I started clicking on every link provided by that deceptive search-engine. Most of those web resources claimed to able to have make a native speaker out of me within 1, 3, or even 6 months at the very worst. Having been flattered by such a sweet lure of effortless study, while reading their so promising articles, I already felt as if I was becoming a native speaker, little by little.like as if I little by little became a native English speaker. Not surprisingly though, that the euphoria hadn't lasted for too long until and all my expectations were shattered into pieces as soon as I scrolled down the page to the price of that very fast transformation. Although my enthusiasm almost fully dissipated due to not having some extra money burning a hole in my pocket, I learnt from that lesson a lot and realized one thing for good: every decision that I was going to make from that point forward had to be thoroughly thought out instead of taking a leap in the dark.
Keeping that rule in mind I got rid of that misleading word "fast" in the a searching form as fast as possible; although, like the pattern of the first page that Google suggested, I managed to find few more links that at first look seemed to be reliable. And a very simple phrase that drew my attention to, and finally opened my eyes was: "in order to make your first attempt to speak any foreign language at least one years' time has to be invested in studying, and if you're one of those naive optimists who believes that it's possible to learn something within a month you should close that tab immediately"; since then my journey has begun...
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The beginning of my journey into English...
A few years ago, like millions of others before me, I decided that I should learn at least one foreign language. The importance of English was indisputable, so without any doubts in my mind, my choice was made instantly. With a strong feeling of dedication for my new passion of learning such an alien language, the first move (that) I made was, of course, at that moment, to google the most sacred words, ''How to learn English''.It seemed so simple but unfortunately, Google had other ideas, and without any of my knowledge added one more word to my search. That word was ''fast'', a word which drastically changed the outcome of my search.
Not paying too much attention to this insignificant matter, as I thought then, I started clicking on every link provided by that deceptive search engine. Most of the search results claimed to make a native speaker out of me within 1, 3, or 6 months at the very worst (latest). Having been flattered by such a sweet lure of effortless studying, while reading their oh so promising articles, I already felt as if I, little by little, was becoming a native English speaker.
Not surprisingly that the euphoria didn't lasted (for too) long and all my expectations were shattered (into pieces) as soon as I scrolled down the page to the price of that very fast transformation. Although my enthusiasm (had) almost fully dissipated due to not having any extra money to burn (burning a hole in my pocket), I learnt a lot from that lesson and realized one thing for good (sure): every decision that I was going to make from that point forward (onward) had to be thoroughly thought out instead of simply taking a leap into the dark.
Keeping that rule in mind, I got rid of that misleading word "fast" from the search bar as quick as I could; though the pattern of the first page, that Google suggested, didn't change much, I managed to find a few more links that at first glance seemed to be reliable. And a very simple phrase that drew my attention to and finally opened my eyes was: "in order to make your first attempt to speak any foreign language at least one years' time has to be invested in studying, and if you're one of those naive optimists who believes that it's possible to learn something within a month you should close th[is] tab immediately"; since then my journey has gone from strength to strength...
Any feedback, corrections on grammar and proper usage of words are welcome...
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