English is second language of my country (Pakistan). It is official language here whereas Urdu is national language. Most of the people in my country are bilingual at least, otherwise they are multilingual. In Schools we learn both Urdu and English hand in hand.
When I started my school I was not taking interest in studies, rather I was game addicted child. I was always failed in any subject and announcement days of results were horrible and terrifying moments of my life, as dad wrath was my destiny. Somehow, I manged to reach grade seven and over there I really turned around and commenced study. I remained weak in English. After my eight grade I memorized the holy Quran and prepared on my own for ninth and tenth grades' exams. I passed them and left home for further Islamic Studies and traveled to Karachi. I completed my Islamic Studies degree and learnt Arabic language. That was a really awesome experience of my life. When I was doing specialization in Islamic Studies English was a compulsory subject in my degree, so I worked hard and learned it. Moreover I used almost all of the ways of learning English, which Lisa Orto mentioned in her post: ''5 Effective Ways of Learning a Foreign Language''.
So, what mind can conceive, hand can achieve. For learning you need serious intention on your first step.
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Thanks Mr.Bob for your valuable correction. I will revise articles and their proper use soon.
Articles are also used in Urdu language, but in somwhat different form. If I give examples here my friends not speaking Urdu will not be able to understand.
If you start with the serious intention of finding every place an article should go in this blog, you can make it much better. Your first sentence is missing one. The second sentence is missing two. The next two sentences are good but then you need to start looking closely again. It is difficult to remember to always use an article if your Mother Tongue does not use them.
Better late than never. :)
Good and hard work. Good luck.