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Originally Posted by Pusinsky  Thanks for the advice guys!
Antimoon.com is such a fantastic site. After reading it I realize why I am making no progress. It it because I use a lot of English that I am unable to improve my language proficiency since I keep on reinforcing the same errors over and over again. Looks like I need to , as you call it, shut the hell up and listen LOL |
A lot of what the guys at Anti-Moon talk about is reinforced by the linguistic theories of Stephen Krashen. He argues that a massive amount of input is generally what allows people to become excellent in their first language, and a massive amount of input is needed to become very good at a second language in a similar way (knowing how to "just say it" without consulting a grammar rule). In fact, many people who subscribe to his language theory learn languages to college educated native proficiency or higher without ever learning a grammar rule. If you want to read of more examples I suggest
All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency.
Both these sites recommend using a spaced repetition system. Anki and Mnemosyne are free programs that you can download.
I think your English is already pretty good. Just focus on exposing yourself to a lot of English now and it will come out more naturally without having to think.