Improving language skills How can you improve your communication skills in a foreigner language? Of course there is a lot of thinks you can do, besides attending traditional lessons in an academy. Here go some ideas: 1. Watching movies or TV series. That's a useful way to improve your listening in a foreigner language. Subtitles, whether in the language you are learning or in your mother tongue can help you to understand. In my country, Spain, all the movies are translated. It's been shown English level is better in the countries were movies are not translated. 2. Internet interfaces, as italki, can help you to meet people from everywhere in the world sharing your own hobbies and triying to learn your language. That's a great chance within your reach. 3. Finding a pen pals is a traditional way of communication that can help you improving both your writing and reading skills. And it can become also in a long time friendship for you. 4. Finding a language partner. With a language partner you can speak and benefit each other. The best way is join with a different language partner and speak the same time in each language. 5. Living abroad. In that way you can integrate all your language skills, because you have to face the daily live challenges, as go shopping, filling in a form in the bank, asking for directions or communicating your boss. I was living in Scotland for 5 months, working in a bar and it helps my to improve my fluency and my communication skills. Have your ever been abroad? What about your experiences?