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An average college student in Panama City has spent approximately twelve years studying English as a subject at school. University will add more of these courses and still, many professionals feel they need to spend money in private lessons to learn how to use the language. Others don’t need that much energy to have a conversation, read, and write in English. Which are the keys to build confidence and be able to use it as a foreign or second language? Some students tell us what they do to practice it and improve each day.