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My mother language is French and we learn a bit of English here in Canada in primary and high schools. I was so so at it but I took extra lessons at high school that one teacher was providing, which helped me. I have to admit that half of the English teachers I had in high school were complete incompetent so that did not helped me. They reminded me of that geography teacher I had who instead of teaching us geography was teaching us how to communicate with aliens.
I made sure when I looked for a cégep, to study french literature, to find one where I would be forced to take english courses, and I did. I also was accepted for one summer for a government program called "english language summer school", which helped me too.
My tv takes subtitles so I could watch american tv shows in English with subtitles, or movies. After that the internet and gaming (MMORPGs) have helped me tremendously.
I have less issue with reading in English than speaking English or understanding English, but I'm really better at understanding English than I used to be. I have bought quite a few books in English about my hobbies. I had tried in the past to read a novel in English and I had found it rather confusing. But just recently I bought a Kobo Glo and I've been replacing those french books by their original english version and I'm amazed to see how good I've become.
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