Hi Crist, Niko's answer is good. Grammar is one thing you need to know. You can also learn vocabulary by reading the news. 1. Find a very popular news article in your language. (Right now, Conflict between Georgia and Russia). 2. Read your article. Make a list of the most important words. 3. Go to yahoo.com, or aol.com, or cnn.com and find a similar article. 4. Try to read the article in the new language. If you find a word you don't know, look it up in your English-Chinese dictionary. Then, if the translation (the Chinese word) is on your Chinese vocabulary list, you probably found a new word. Now you can study that word! 5. Repeat! and Repeat!

First you could to make tests of grammar on line, in the internet there are many tests! Try: http://www.easyenglish.com/ http://www.english-test.net/ http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.fab2360b1645a1de9b3a0779f1751509/?vgnextoid=69c0197a484f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&WT.ac=Redirect_ets.org_toefl Good luck! ;)