Non natives can improve English as I had done!

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I notice many non native English speakers here being uneasy and humbled. They don't have to be. If they have the will to devote some time to improve, as I have done early on. Here are some tips from a specific plan I followed to improve: Read news magazines especially the magazine sections & supplements by well know writers keeping an eye on unfamiliar words and note down a few of them each day; try to remember the context the word is used Spend some time looking them up in a standarad dictionary and write down a shortened version of its meaning that is easy to remember Majority of English words have Greek or Latin roots; familiarizing the rootswill help learn a lot of new words Get a book that is productive while being interesting; I was using Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis. You'll love it if you check that out for yourself Here's a link to download the e-book: http://www.ziddu.com/download/5617302/WordPowerMadeEasy.zip.html There may be some registration requirements for downloading; no big deal, considering it is a free version. Leaving this open for your thoughts with a few examples: gno is to know or knowledge; words with gno as root are: ignorance, agnostic etc bene is good; words: beneficial, benediction, benefactor, benevolent etc Let me know if there can be improvements over this. Any other thoughts?