[writing in English ever day challege 1] My English learning journey Hi, I am a newbie of this site and avid learner in English. To improve my written English, I decided to write little bit of English sentences every day here. The first topic I chose is about 'My English learning journey" up to now. I've been learning English by myself since last November. I mean "Learning", not "studying." As you know, Korean people have lots of interest and passion for English. As a Korean, I've been studying English a lot since when I was around 8. For almost 20 years, I studied to get a higher score for tests such as school mid/final exams and TOEIC, TOEFL, etc. I think I loved to study English grammar and did my best to obtain the best result at school, but never enjoyed doing that. As a result, my reading and listening ability are not bad, quite good, but when it comes to speaking and writing, I was terrible. That's the point. I am always under pressure studying it because it was an inevitable duty in order to survive in here Korea. However, I couldn't even speak daily conversation fluently. So I changed my method since last year. I realized that to study for a test isn't a good method to be excellent and then have been trying to read, listen and speak in English a lot. yes, it was an immersion! I searched something in English on the net and listened to lots of English news. I really enjoyed doing those passive activities by myself using English books, online articles, youtube, and podcast. BUT I am still very poor and sometimes feel desperate on speaking and writing. Fortunately, I made a really good American friend who helps me and gives me a proper advice. Thanks to him, I can practice my spoken English through Skype and get some courage and energy from him. Most of all, I can keep my motivation. "Don't give up and enjoy your progress with patience, and then finally you will be able to get your goal." This is what I learn during last 4 months while learning English. it was the most valuable lesson. I am still going on learning. I sometimes felt desperate and too gloomy because of a plateau. At least, I now know the only way to master a language, in my case, English, requires consistency. Yeah, the other names of it are an effort, passion, motivation, and humility. so let's keep going together and don't forget to do a small thing you like every day! Thank you for reading this note. If you are a native English speaker, please correct my sentences in more natural ways.