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When I was in Khartoum (the Capital of the Sudan). I found a small book has an attractive title (learn English in 4 days without a teacher), in a very local bookshop. There are some word and phrases translated in Arabic in the book. I thought is easy to learn English in a few days, and I bought that book.

After the mentioned four day, I discovered it is so difficult to learn English in the identified period. Therefore I tried to join an English language university diploma. The course was a progress for me but the University had only one English native teacher. This teacher was teaching listening skills. It was very difficult for me to understand what he was saying and what the cassette says. So I failed in the listening skills exam in the first year.

I had been passed to the second class with (good) degree, but I felt that my English wasn't good. I wasn't free for the course but I was doing my best to find a time for English practicing that time. When I graduated in the university diploma I realized that I need to learn English as a beginning.

Since I haven't got enough money to by daily news paper, I used to by one newspaper per week. It was very hard to me to complete it in the whole week.

Now, English Club is my last station to improve English skills; reading writing listening and speaking. And still I have grammatical and spelling problems as well as pronunciation.

My lesson learned is no body can learn English in four days without a teacher.