Here are some techniques that students have found effective for improving their English outside the classroom.

Independent Travel Overseas (English can be used in planning the trip, on the trip itself, and communicating afterwards with friends you've made in your travels. After your trip, share what you've learned with others at Wikitravel.)

Watch English DVDs/videos without subtitles, with English closed captions, or while following along with the transcript. Repeated viewing can help.

Join a Meetup Group to make lots of foreign friends

Read books (Find books that don't frustrate you; that you can read comfortably. Try reading graded readers or non-simplified ones written in simple, clear English.)

Read English magazines and newspapers--either online or in print. (Reading helps you to increase your vocabulary and understand how the words/phrases are used in context.)

Use the Internet to access sites especially designed for speakers of English as a second language and English online news.

Listen to/Watch NHK radio and TV programs for learning English.

Join a group that has members in it who you can communicate with in English. (The group might be one of the clubs or circles at Aoyama Gakuin University or an off-campus NGO, health/fitness club, nature appreciation group, etc.)

Listen to Internet RADIO Choose from a wide range of genres--including classic radio dramas.]

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