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On Monday, 22nd November 2010 , Lori Hung from Taiwan said: Hi Richard, First of all, I would like to thank you for your time giving me the free online class. To my suprise, I felt so much confident to talk during the online class and I don't know why! I don't perform that well (I mean feeling so freely to talk) attenting some converstation courses; not online ones but literally go into a classroom. I have been thinking that it might urge me to talk more by having some classmates so my speaking will be improved over the time. But I finally give up after years of trying for I don't feel any improvements. The teachers said: "You are improving, you just don't feel it." It's probably ture but it's also true that I don't feel my speaking is improving. So I lost confidence and thinking maybe I have reached the very limit of my ablility to speaking Engish. The experience of talking to you on online got me to think that perhaps practice speaking English online is a better alternative if go to school doesn't work. During online class, it's only you, it's all about you, so you could think more concentrately. Maybe that's why I felt more freely and more confident to talk. The other cool thing about the online class is I don't have to take notes; you will mark the mistakes my made and email me after class so I can review it afterward. Not that I am lazy but I can more focus on the questions and focus on my thinking. FOCUS is everything when you are learning something. If my experience could help someone who is just about to give up learning English, I would like to say one more thing. Some people say an ideal is like a carrot dangling in front of a donkey; it is not set for achieving, it is set for pursuing. Best wishes, Lori