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My English When I was a kid, most schools in Japan started English educations from 1st grade of junior high school (I know recently Japanese government changed the school curriculum to start English education from elementary school.) That means, I’ve been studying English over 20 years since then. It is surprising to me because I still feel my English is poor and I always have to feel intimidated when I talk to native speakers. To improve my English, I’ve been watching English dramas in Netflix these days. Firstly, I watch a scene without subtitles, then pause, rewind and watch with English subtitles, check dictionaries (Actually I don’t have dictionaries, just google it) if there are any unknown words, then rewind again and watch without subtitles, finally move to the next scene. This takes time, but it’s fun to me because I can learn tons of new words, expressions, and fast pronunciations by native speakers. For new vocabularies, I take notes in my smartphone with example sentences and look again when I have time to check if I remembered the words. On the other hand, this work also makes me depressed because those new vocabularies are literally limitless to me. It makes me feel as if I can never understand these dramas without subtitles. Of course, there are no subtitles in real life communication and I am still unable to feel confidence in communication with native speakers. I know it needs time and continuous efforts. One day I want to feel confident to my English skill and talk to anyone in English without any hesitations!

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My English

When I was a kid, most schools in Japan started English education s from the 1st grade of junior high school (I know recently Japanese government changed the school curriculum to start English education from elementary school.) That means I’ve been studying English over 20 years. since then. It is surprising to me because I still feel my English is poor, and I always have to feel intimidated when I talk to native speakers.

To improve my English, I’ve been watching English dramas in Netflix these days. Firstly, I watch a scene without subtitles, then pause, rewind, and watch with English subtitles. I check dictionaries (actually I don’t have dictionaries, just google it) if there are any unknown words, then rewind again and watch without subtitles. Finally, I move to the next scene. This takes time, but it’s fun to me because I can learn tons of new words, expressions, and fast pronunciations by native speakers. For new vocabulary, I take notes in my smartphone with example sentences, and look again/review when I have time to check if I remembered the words.

On the other hand, this work also makes me depressed because those new vocabulary words are literally limitless to me. It makes me feel as if I can never understand these dramas without subtitles. Of course, there are no subtitles in real life communication and I am still unable to feel confident in communication with native speakers.
I know it needs takes time and continuous efforts. One day I want to feel confident to my English skill and talk to anyone in English without any hesitations!

Please do not be discouraged! Your English is actually very good. The only way to truly overcome your nervousness is to actually speak the language. The more you talk, the better your English will become, and the more your confidence will increase.

"Vocabulary" is usually an uncountable noun in English. We rarely use the term "vocabularies." When talking about plurals, we either say "vocabulary" or "vocabulary words."

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My Experience Learning English

When I was a kid, most schools in Japan started teaching English educations from the 1st grade year of junior high school (I know recently the Japanese government changed the school curriculum to start English education from elementary school.) That means I’ve been studying English over 20 years since then. It is surprising to me because I still feel my English is poor and I always have to feel intimidated when I talk to native speakers.
To improve my English, I’ve been watching English dramas shows in on Netflix these days. First, I watch a scene without subtitles, then pause, rewind and watch it with English subtitles. I check dictionaries if there are any unknown words I don't know (Actually I don’t have any dictionaries, I just google the words), then I rewind again and watch without subtitles, finally eventually moveing to the next scene. This takes time, but it’s fun to for me because I can learn tons of new words, expressions, and hear fast pronunciations by native speakers. For new vocabularies vocabulary words, I take write notes in my smartphone with example sentences and look again when I have time to check if I remembered the words.
On the other hand, this work also makes me feel depressed because those these new vocabularies terms are literally limitless to me. It makes me feel as if I can never understand these dramas without subtitles. Of course, there are no subtitles in real life communication and I am still unable to feel confidence in communication with native speakers.
I know it needs time and continuous efforts. One day I want to feel confident to with my English skill and talk to anyone in English without any hesitations!

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This is all very well written and easy to understand. All of my corrections are minor, sometimes your English isn't wrong, but I changed it to sound more natural. Here are some notes, maybe you already know this info, but just in case I'll add it here:

-In American English, 1st grade is only for kids about 6 years old, for the 1st year of junior high or high school we just say 1st year, we also say freshman year for the 1st year of high school or college.

-Anything with episodes on Netflix or TV we call a "show" or sometimes a "series". We started to use the word "drama" recently, but only for Asian shows with lots of romance. We call romantic shows from America and other countries outside of Asia "soap operas". Sometimes we borrow the Spanish word "novela" for soap operas from Latin America.

-We usually only use "vocabulary" in the singular, "vocabularies" is rare. If we're talking about some words in a list of words to study, we'll probably call them "vocabulary words" or just "terms"

-There's a small difference between "take notes" and "write notes". "Take notes" sounds more general, like the suggestion "I think you should take more notes in class". "Write notes" sounds more specific, like "He left a note on my desk to remind me there's a party tomorrow". For your paragraph, both are okay, but I feel like "write notes in my smartphone" sounds a bit more natural.

-Sometimes we use the plural word "efforts", but in many cases it's an uncountable noun and we just use the singular "effort". "It takes a lot of effort" sounds more natural than "it takes a lot of efforts".

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