my learning english' experiences I have studied English for 8 years. In Vietnam, pupil study English from junior school, but most of what we got is just grammar. I have to say that I'm not very good at English, but I have some experiences for everyone to consult. 1. at least, U have to know " Why you study English?" or " Why you choose English but Japanese or chinese to study?" .. After u get a clear purpose, u will know what to do next. ^^ 2. Let's make a detailed timetable. U can be a sudent, a business man, a housewife..U understand your time most, so choose a reasonable time to study for you 3. Using Internet. U know, there are a lot of website to sudy English FOR FREE in internet. All you can do is using GOOGLE with a key word " study english" or " english grammar"... 4. Making a clear goal. such as: you will finish grammar in 3 months. then first month U study all tense, second month U study verb and verb phrase, third month U can study idioms.. 5. dont forget practice speaking. my experience is that I make a sentence with each new word I study and speak it aloud. U will remember the new word, how to use and how to read it.. 6. after a short time ( 1 week or 5 unit..) , do a small test or practice all U studied to make sure that U did control all the old stuff. 7. Be a translator everytime. when i was a highschool student, I alaways tried to translate all conversations I heard ( of course in my head ), U will find that there are many ways to express 1 sentence. very interesting.. 8. find a patner have the same purpose. two is better than one, sure. u can talk with them, practice and ask him/her if u dont understand and help them. all of this will make you study better. ITALKI is a very good website for this.. 9. listen english music, watch english subtitle film, make friend who can talk english. U will find Engish is an colourful and intertesing world U want to discovery more and more.. Goodluck.