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Learning of English

The main goal is fluency. Remember that you don't have to know many complex grammatical structures to achieve that goal. First of all try to speak as fluent as possible (even making some grammar mistakes). Then, after making  speaking fluent, you can focus on grammar aspects.

Many people think that knowing a lot of words is a key to fluent speaking. It's true. However, there are many people who have wide idiolect and problem with fluency. They try to learn more and more words because they think vocabulary is their problem. They don't realize the problem is somewhere else. They always try to use an exact translation of the word they want to use, but it causes that they often get stuck.

If you have the same problem remember that almost all words can be swapped by some other words. If you'll be speaking and suddenly stop, trying to get to your mind translation of some word, forget it_ Try to say what you have on mind in other words - practicing it is a real key to fluent English conversation_

 Of course, the best way of practice is English conversations with other people. You can find some people who want to talk to you online on our website. I recommend contacting with other person using communicator which provides voice chat (like Skype). However, in case you don't have the possibility to use such, it's better to practice by standard chatting than not practicing at all.

So the most important thing you have to remember is:

The more you practice, the more fluent your English speaking is.

 In my opinion, proper pronunciation is more important than that of proper accent or dialect. It would be better for you not to feel any hesitation and inferior when you find yourself unable to deliver the words in actual accent. This is not a big deal. You must have seen and heard the French or the Italian speaking English even they speak fluently, but their accent is of not that of American or British. The proper accent can only be achieved if we live amongst the native speakers. I have a number of nieces and nephews who born in USA and UK, these infants speak, in the same way because they have friends speaking the native language. The bottom line is that you should pay more attention than try to speak with a native accent. With the passage of time, it will itself improved.