Reposting my last notebook (with paragraphs) I would like to tell in this text a little bit about me and my life story and how I started studying English as a second language. My graduation started in 2009 and I was proud of studying in a public university. I studied hard for many years and at that time I knew how important was English in my career. In 2010 I visited a new English school in my hometown and I liked it. The environment was amazing and the teacher was intelligent and funny. I can’t remember quite well how many years I had studied English before leaving the university and the truth was, I didn’t know English even though I had studied it. My first job was an ordinary one and English wasn’t necessary at all. In the second one I was supposed to use it but I needed just once or twice during nine months. In the third one (and the last) I also was supposed to know English, and when I was being interviewed I told my level would be around intermediate and I was building it up (which was a lie). Just the first week working I realized that it would be mandatory to speak and write quite well and of course my skill was not good enough. I decided to begin an English course again but in the meanwhile, I tried to understand why my level was so bad if I had studied for many years before. In 2014 I began a new course and I thought I was making progress and then I had an opportunity to meet a native speaker who did not speak anything in Portuguese so I tried to do my best but it wasn’t enough. After this episode, I understood that learning a new language is not just to have regular classes but it is also to make a huge effort. What do I mean when I say “to make a huge effort”? It’s just about read, write, listen and practice a lot. As a non-native speaker and a person who doesn’t live in a city that English is the mother tongue, everything becomes more difficult. There’s a phrase which I like and it suits to the context of this text “practice makes perfect” in other words, you need to practice as much as you can and do not be afraid of being wrong or to make mistakes because they are not a problem they are the purpose of learning. I have been trying to speak English since I left university but now I feel that I am in the right way.