Hi EPSILON , The best way to study is always relative and differs from one person to the other . If you will use CDs to listen to lyrics and increase your vocabulary for example ,you better choose the music you like to listen to which keeps you hooked and makes your learning more interesting. When choosing your chat pals ,evaluate the outcome of your conversation ,are you really learning something ,is that language exchange beneficial , are there any mutual benefits ? Look always for an element of fun in whatever you choose to do , that would be the most efficient way for a more sustainable and continuous learning process . If there is no interest or fun , you might loose the incentive and look for other methods. Some of those methods are : -Reading at your current level of comprehension simple books , articles,magazines, online and offline. You can look up new words that come your way in the dictionary and write them down .By repeating and reading them now and then it helps you increase your vocabulary . -Listening to lyrics of songs in English ,watching movies in English etc all helps you get hold of the accent and learn new words and expressions . -Speaking with native English speakers will help you a lot catch the correct accent and increases your vocabulary and modes of expression. If you don't have the chance to mingle with native speakers in your country you can use online chatting programs such as italki to interact and voice chat with natives .It is a very effective way . -Doing any activity that involves using English such as games; Scrabble for example is a game where you build words using a crosswords-like board . -Do some grammar exercising using grammar books or online grammar links such as : www.englishpage.com/ .That would be the theoretical exercise helping you to build correct sentences,then you can apply it by speaking ,reading and writing to better memorize it . Wish you luck and hope those tips were helpful:)

Mmm.... First... everybody hates to study, right? So i think if you have a hobby like listening to music or watching movies or drama, then use that to learn English the fun way. I used to tell my students, if you like movies, for example, rent an dvd/movie at Tsutaya. Watch it one time with Japanese subtitles, then a second time without subtitles. If there is a chance you can get a movie with English subtitles, it is one way to learn natural English in a fun way. The other way is to listen to English music but that is more difficult since it is only music and not natural English. Of course, just memorizing vocabulary is a good way but it's not the most fun or inspiring. I watch Japanese drama, movies, and TV everyday since I do not have enough Japanese friends to practice my Japanese. This way, i can hear and catch (聞き取る) new tones and vocabulary. Sometimes I record Japanese variety shows and they have japanese subtitles so I can use my electronic dictionary to find the kanji I do not know. It has helped me improve a lot 一人で、when i am too busy to use the internet or meet friends in real life. I found that it is harder to improve in learning when you feel not interesting in studying. but when there is interest (such as watching movies without subtitles), then a student can feel inspired to study harder to learn!

i think the big proplem is not the listening one or the speaking one .i suppose the chance of using the terminolog y in ur life (of course except work time ) is very slim. so u 'd better find a friend who share the same occupation ,then much more chances can be created .i think u also can keep a english driary.it is not only a record of ur own life memories,coz u can't avoid mention something about ur work ,u can make a daily plan about ur work.moreover,try u best to seize more chances to talk to the people who also interested in ur work.evoke the conversation by audio or vedio .to talk more ,language is not literal ,it's alive.then ur listening skill might be improved. just a suggustion .hopefully,u will think that is helpful .^^

The answer is... (drumming) ...is... ...is... listening and speaking in English!!! Your question contains really the best answer in itself :) - I think so :) What can you listen? If you like science - see science history movies (and listen it), if you like comedies - watch them etc. Listen what you really like. Basically, actors and announcers have very good pronunciation. By the way, I do the same :)))) Suvorov ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvorov ) said "Train hard, fight easy!" All you see above is MY humble opinion. That's all.

momorize memorize ....vcabulary no second choise.this is the basic way to imporve you english