my feeling is, for language, similar to other things, say
research projects,

you have to really get into it, and eventually be at ease
with it. for

reading, i read a lot of english fictions in china very
quickly and probably

very carelessly; it helped for sure but my writing stank
straight way all the

time. it was a few years later that i read favorite pieces
very very slowly,

digesting sentence by sentence, even word by word and
grabbed any chance to

express in english. they turned out both pleasurable and
rewarding.

similarly, for some papers in your professional area, you'd
read/analyze

them tens or hundreds of times to gain depth and extent of
knowledge.

the way of things is connected.

some people who don't care for literature or novels a single

bit, also have very fine english. they are very
self-displined and

purposeful, reading journals (those not related with their
area) in an

awefully regulated pace, or they are very outspoken and
enjoy chatting and

writing. they'd push themselves forward. practice, practice.
even native

english speakers grab those chances of public presentations.
we can't be

thouroughly at home with english. but i can pretend, can't
i?;)

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