I studied English at school from 8yrs old to 18, and I was really bad at it. After graduating high-school I decided to work on it (I wanted to work in IT, and

I studied English at school from 8yrs old to 18, and I was really bad at it. After graduating high-school I decided to work on it (I wanted to work in IT, and english was a must-have). That was around the time when DVDs were really taking over, and it was now really easy to watch movies in original version (as opposed to the dubbed versions). So I started watching movies in English. Like a lot. I'm talking 3 to 5 movies a day every day for months. I took a year off between high school and college. After that, I was fluent in listening, I moved to an english speaking country and started working on the speaking part. I was less intimidated since I could understand perfectly so I wasn't shy about speaking and exercising my pronunciation. I'm now fluent in English and live in the US. Most natives I talk to have no idea I'm a foreigner. Usually after an hour of conversation they start wondering which part of America I'm from and they're always surprised to hear I'm from Europe.