My method for learning English was a little bit different. First, the groundwork was definitely laid at school, because in my country's school system learning E

My method for learning English was a little bit different. First, the groundwork was definitely laid at school, because in my country's school system learning English is mandatory. But after I finished school, I could hardly speak English without errors. I could write and read it, but I couldn't speak it fluently. I was aware of this, but I didn't know what to do about it without going abroad. Then, after a while I happened to find out about The Daily Show [1] by coincidence and I started to watch it every day. This was the best thing that could've happened to my English skills. They have different guests on the show everyday, so you get to hear a variety of different dialects, and you get to hear actual spoken English (not the scripted dialogs from Hollywood), and you also learn a lot about American culture. There are surprisingly big parts of American culture that don't get imported into Europe. :-) After a year or so, my English got good enough that you can't hear an accent anymore, I think. I actually don't know how good or bad I am, because I don't know any English-speaking people to whom I could talk to. Which is a little bit sad. But if one day my chance arises to move to the USA, I'm at least ready language-wise. [1] http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/ http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/