Improving my English during this semester

This morning when I came to my English class I felt very happy to think that my English has improved a lot during this semester, I must say that thanks to the classes of this semester I have ventured to write more in English, and try to improvise in a Conversation, I was always a bit afraid to be wrong and I was frustrated not being able to communicate well what I was thinking in English, now I can say that I'm trying it and the truth is that there not other way. To learn a new language you have to eliminate fear and shame. Writing blogs has been a good tactic to improve my writing and make use of words that I know but don't use because I don't use them often, I used to think that watching movies and listening to songs in English was enough, today I know that helps you improve your hearing for this language, but it does't teach you to write well, in that sense writing blogs is very useful. For now I plan to continue doing this, writing in English, watching movies and listening to songs, but I must find a way to make myself speak more often in English with people, the truth is that I have many friends who can help me. For a long time it has become more necessary to improve my performance in this language, since at least in the university it is increasingly necessary to read research that contains information that I can not find in Spanish and books for which there is no translation.