Learning English

Nowadays English is supposed to be a very useful tool in our globalized world, so it’s taught in almost every school and university in our country. In university, we have some obligatory courses which are made to help us to improve our English level, but we all know that if we really want to learn and be good English speakers we need to practice more and do a bigger effort to get better grammatical and improve our reading and listening skills. In that context, today I’m going to tell you about some problems and challenges I face when I’m trying to develop my English.

In first place, I think one of the challenges I face often when I try to study English is I don’t have anyone to practice. I think I would like to talk with other classmates in some quiet contexts, and help each other in the process of learning this language. However, currently I'm not looking for anyone to practice so I still practicing only by writing or listening some videos or songs in English. 

In second place, I think another challenge is to lose the embarrassment that I almost always feel when I’m trying to talk in English. I mean It’s very difficult to face social situations in English and trying to pronounce and understand everything OK is really stressing. To solve this, I think one very good solution is to practice with close people, so I can make mistakes without feeling it’s a reason to shame.

Finally, I think a third challenge I face is the lack of time to get this seriously. I mean I do other things during the day, so I don’t dedicate much time to improve my English. Sometimes I think the best way to learn a language is to get enrolled to some study group or English course, because personally I don’t have much force of will to practice every day and I think I’ll feel more motivated if I have a study routine.

In your case, do you think you could learn by yourself or you'd prefer to enroll to some course?