how to get through a bottleneck on learning englsih? i'm just wondering how to get through the bottleneck on learning english. i have started to learn english since i went into elementary school. However, after so many years of learning, i find myself trapped in a bottleneck. i could use english to communicate with native speaker and briefly understand what they are talking about while sometimes i could not fully express what i want to say and sometimes it is just hard to say it in a proper way. i could use englsih to write a letter or email to my friends and colleagues while you can easily precevie that it's write by a foreigner instead of a native speaker. i could read a book that is written in english while if i read a chinese version it will save me half of the time. so you see where the question lies, how could i further improve my english. They always say that practice makes perfect. And i believed it is ture. but it is always frustrated to see that you havn't got any progress after so many practice. So i could only wish me a good luck and ask your advice, is there any good advice on getting through the bottleneck if you have also confronted with the same trouble in learning a second language

First notebook entry: Introducing myself hi,my name is gary, newly gruate from college. i lived in Shanghai, a modern, beautiful city with a huge amont of population if you have came to see the EXPO haa : ). It's a great challenge to me to accustomed to the new life. I need to work hard and balanced life at the same time. Compared with my college life, i have less private time to read books, watch movies and play basketball while having a job is also an exciting thing. so far i mainly take charge of the market research project in an pharmaceutical company. As maket research plays an critical role in an successful bussiness, i'm really glad that i could make contributions to the company.Any accomplishment is with great joy. i'm learning Engish and hope that i could know more foreign friend here, if you ate interest in shanghai and chinese culture, feel free to contact me. i'll really glad to chat with you.