Always learning

Learning a language is always an incomplete process. There's something new to learn every day. Today I'm going to write about my last achievement in English learning, and the great opportunity I had a couple of weeks ago to test my listening and speaking skills.

I have been learning new things about different topics using the Internet, through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). This courses are provided by a lot of universities worldwide, and you can learn about a huge amount of different subjects.
A few weeks ago, I found a course about writing essays in English, and I decided to sign up for it. It was developed by University of Reading in the UK. As you can see in the picture on the left, I finished it. It is a basic course about writing essays, but it helped me to learn how to organize my ideas and thoughts, and to improve my writing skills.

I have to admit that speaking is the hardest part to practice when learning a language. Fortunately, some friends of mine are English native speakers, and I try to meet them from time to time and practice a bit. However, it is never enough time.
A couple of weeks ago, I had a bonus. I traveled to England to attend a wedding that I had been invited about 6 months ago. This trip was a good opportunity to meet a lot of people, all of them English native speakers. It was a great experience, that I enjoyed a lot, and it encouraged me to keep learning and mastering English language.

To sum up, it is important to keep learning, but it is even more important to remember that the goal of learning a new language is to communicate with people who speak that language. I will continue to do both things.