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About two years ago, I went to work and live in Spain. I thought my Spanish would improve quickly. I gave
1.__________ everything about language learning: classes, books, exercises and so on. I did nothing 2._______
speak to the native speakers . It was easy and fun to have conversations with 3._______ they !
However, after about a year I noticed that my Spanish had hardly improved. I still spoke with limited grammar
structures and vocabularies. Sometimes I even felt that my Spanish was getting 4.______ bad than before. It
made me upset. What happened? I slowly started to realize that if I didn't get training in other aspects I
would not make any progress. So I started to go back to my old language learning 5. ________ activity
including reading books, watching movies and doing grammar and reading exercises. And they 6._______
work ! I quickly made progress. I could hold more difficult conversations. Speak 7._________language and
use it! That's the secret 8._________effective language learning ,right? Well, I know now, that if you
only have conversations with the native speakers, progress 9._______ come very slowly. Because native
speakers speak fast, you don't really have the time 10.________ learn new words or grammar structures this
way. To learn a language more effectively, you need to spend some time on other training besides talking.

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