Hi Henry--here's another great way to improve your English. Listen to English-language news (BBC, CNN, SKY) every day --even for five minutes. You can even put it on in the background while you do something else, like cook dinner. The news tends to repeat itself around a few topics--the economy, politics, war--mostly bad things, it's true, but you'll pick up some very good, commonly used vocabulary.

Yes, Henry, here is one simple way to improve your speaking ability in English, but you must do it consistently: Watch and listen to movies in English (even with the subtitles). Don't worry that you don't understand a lot of the conversation. Even I--a native speaker--only understand about 85 percent of the dialogue because sometimes it is just too fast! But your brain will register the sound of words even if you don't know what they mean. And you can understand a lot from the visuals in a movie. Try this and let me know how it works.