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I'm a kind of girl who is really into learning languages. But obviously it's easier said than done.

And just like many others, I've spent years learning English, actively and passively: in schools and university, at English centers and mainly by self-study through media, movies, music, through reading stuffs that I'm interested in, by communicating with foreigners and even through learning other languages, etc. But somehow I still find myself unsatisfied and disappointed with my skills and knowledge. 

I'm struggling with remembering vocabulary, phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms, etc. It could take me hours with help from dictionary and google to produce some short texts just around 300 words, not mentioning that there're still tons of errors within. To be honest, I don't think that my reading comprehension is bad, in fact, I can read and understand quite good a variety of documents in different fields. But, my head just goes blank whenever I need to find terms and ways to express my ideas and put them into proper language. I forget most of things that I've learnt and even when I have something to write down, I'm not sure if I would write those words accurately. I guess spelling is really just not my thing. Sometimes I have so many ideas to share but just I can't finish anything or even worse, start it properly, because I'm often stuck with details and cannot move any further. 

For many years, my English couldn't get any better and I have real big problem with writing (and sometimes with speaking too) and even fear for using English. It's frustrating when you could understand complex sentences and academic articles but you're not able to take advance of anything from those. Simple sentences, chopped paragraphs, poor vocabulary and broken grammar are all that you are capable of. 

I'm so sick of this situation and I gotta get out of where I'm standing right now. I must do something, anything to change and make a progress. And I know that if I wanna make it, I have to break it - the past and so present me!

So from now on, I'm going to make up my mind, kick the laziness completely out, get disciplined and start creating good habits in order to build a better future me who is confident and capable of being excellent in things which I'm so into.

And to begin the very first habit, I'm going to set a schedule of regular writing here in www.myenglishclub.com with minimum 3 posts per week. It can be anything from my daily activities to global affairs, whatever subject that I can come up with. I know that by doing this I'll be able to create a path to get along with English and increase the ability to access my learnt knowledge and also acquire things that I haven't known. 

This is a journey that will require a lot of effort and self-discipline but also fun and passion. And I think that I won't have to make it alone but with help and company from wonderful English learners and teachers here in our community. 

I hope that you all will enjoy reading my posts, share your comments and also help to point out my mistakes within and ways to correct them.

Thank you for spending your time with me.

Kate from Vietnam

Sunday, Oct. 18th 2015