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[Darkmere]

+1 to speaking it. I learned more in 2 semesters of conversational German than I did in 2 years of the intro classes. I also lost almost all of it once the class was over, because I didn't keep using what broken bits I knew.

[Parsely]

Just speak it every chance you get. It might seem hard at first but you'll get the hang of it. Plus listening to other people say the words helps you get them down quicker.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Back in high school, the kids who spoke the best English were geeks who had played World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike and Dota online with headsets for several years.

So yeah, speak it and you get better.

[deepdowner]

VOIP play in english?

Like, multiplayer games with active voice support and a friendly community / server.

That's where I got it

[Bdthemag]

VOIP play in english?

Like, multiplayer games with active voice support and a friendly community / server.

That's where I got it

Probably one of the best ways to learn any language once you have an initial grasp of it, besides actually visiting the country that primarily speaks that language. Just being able to talk to people, along with understanding how the average speaker talks, will help you much more than just watching/reading various pieces of media.

[deepdowner]

Oh, and watch out to get onto ENGLISH (UK) servers, you don't want that dumbed down dialect.

Also, read Terry Pratchett.
How READING Terry Pratchett makes you a better english speaker?

Read Terry Pratchett. ALL THE DISCWORLD NOVELS!

[Vector]

Oh, and watch out to get onto ENGLISH (UK) servers, you don't want that dumbed down dialect.

Seriously?

[Parsely]

Oh, and watch out to get onto ENGLISH (UK) servers, you don't want that dumbed down dialect.

Seriously?

[scrdest]

VOIP play in English

Seconded, within miliseconds you will be intimately acquainted with the most commonly used words in English: 'fag','dumb','learn','to','play','noob'...

But, being snide aside, talking and listening. Contrary to what some others said, listening can be very useful when you're learning to speak a language, since if you hear the word enough times, you will simply recite the sounds from the memory.

[Chink]

How READING Terry Pratchett makes you a better english speaker?

I'm sorry, but this made me laugh a lot more than it should have.

[deepdowner]

Oh, and watch out to get onto ENGLISH (UK) servers, you don't want that dumbed down dialect.

Seriously?

Was there every any doubt?

How READING Terry Pratchett makes you a better english speaker?

I'm sorry, but this made me laugh a lot more than it should have.

Huh? 

[Vector]

Oh, and watch out to get onto ENGLISH (UK) servers, you don't want that dumbed down dialect.

Seriously?

Was there every any doubt?

Because every British person speaks with Received Pronunciation.  Of course.  And that is somehow inherently better than whichever mode of speech you're attempting to denigrate.

[Chink]

How READING Terry Pratchett makes you a better english speaker?

I'm sorry, but this made me laugh a lot more than it should have.

Huh? 

It's a bit oxymoronic that your suggestion on how to learn to speak English better had such bad grammar. I presume that was intentional?

[Sergius]

How READING Terry Pratchett makes you a better english speaker?

I'm sorry, but this made me laugh a lot more than it should have.

Huh? 

It's a bit oxymoronic that your suggestion on how to learn to speak English better had such bad grammar. I presume that was intentional?

He wants to speak English good and wanna learn how to do other stuff good too.

[Owlbread]

Because every British person speaks with Received Pronunciation.  Of course.  And that is somehow inherently better than whichever mode of speech you're attempting to denigrate.

That kind of thing makes me go all Marvin the Martian. What makes it worse is that he isn't just referring to RP though, he's referring to... "English" accents in general, as if not only RP is better but also estuary English is better and all the rest of it. It's entirely up to him what accent he starts affecting, but my advice would be don't affect an accent at all. He'll pick one up as he goes along.