I would like to thank you all of you for sharing your insights. In Thailand, we start learning English in kindergarten. English is not a new language for me. But, the lack of practice for the past eight years sets back my learning process.

You're right about exposing myself to the language by using it in daily communication. For the last few months, I have given it a shot and regained my confidence. Recently this month, I started to watch and listen to Podcasts again. For reading, I made flash cards but they didn't work very well for me. I discovered that I learn new words by studying from their original sources (my vocabulary lists and newspapers) and writing them. So, instead of making flash cards, I write new words (with their meanings from dictionaries) on notebooks. 

April last year, I read a newspaper (for the first time) and encountered 30 or more words per page that I didn't recognize. I highlighted all of them in bright orange. This May, the number of words I do not recognize seems to reduce approximately by half. 

I am actively working on improving all my English communication skills. :)

Becriend with your dictionary. I used to skip words I don't know and try to guess their meaning by the context but it didn't work out. I became more familiar with those words but didn't acutally learn them.

Right, be patient :)

Starved and weak. I could faint.