My learning experience

As well as many Russian children, I have been studying English in school. We didn't have a very good teacher and I didn't learn a lot from these classes. Actually, I've never even thought about my level of English, but in my 8th or 9th grade I decided to watch a famous TV show in English. I didn't understand a word. Of course, I was really upset, so I decided to study English a lot harder. I enrolled to an English class but we mostly studied grammar there. At our first lesson, our English teacher told us that the best way to learn new words is reading. I believe that it was the best advice he could possible give us. I bought my first book in English and started reading. At first it was a really hard word. I had to translate almost every word because I couldn't understand anything. A little later I decided that it was time for me to rewatch that TV show and translate everything I didn't understand.
Now I read English books without using a dictionary, watch everything I want to and listen to native speakers. And I really understand almost everything! Of course, I make a lot of mistaces while writing and speaking, but I believe that I will speak perfect English in a few years time. I also started learning French and Chinese, but I don't think that I will ever love any other language as much as I love English.

My learning experience

As well as many Russian children, I have been studying English in school. We didn't have a very good teacher and I didn't learn a lot from these classes. Actually, I've never even thought about my level of English, but in my 8th or 9th grade I decided to watch a famous TV show in English. I didn't understand a word. Of course, I was really upset, so I decided to study English a lot harder. I enrolled in an English class, but we mostly studied grammar there. During our first lesson, our English teacher told us that the best way to learn new words is reading. I believe that was the best advice he could have possibly given us. I bought my first book in English and started reading. At first it was really hard work. I had to translate almost every word because I couldn't understand anything. A little later I decided that it was time for me to rewatch that TV show and translate everything I didn't understand.
Now I read English books without using a dictionary, watch everything I want to and listen to native speakers. And I really understand almost everything! Of course, I make a lot of mistakes while writing and speaking, but I believe that will speak perfect English in a few years time. I also started learning French and Chinese, but I don't think that I will ever love any other language as much as I love English.