Effortless English and me

Hi, I am Hoang. Do you know Effortless English method? In my opinion, it's the most powerful method for students who want to improve English speaking and listening. So, why is it? I know, I know you will ask this question. Let's me tell you a story.

There is a Vietnamese student. He loves IT and he learns in an IT major. He totally knows how important English are, because English can help him using internet, study with English material, connect with other student in the world and apply English on his exercises. He can get a better job after he is graduated.

However, he was very bad English. He doesn't know any grammar, can't speak or listen any English. In his mind, English is very difficult. He doesn't believe he can learn English well. Terribly, many his friends are so shy in learn English. Sometime, they laugh him when he tries to learn it and make common mistakes. He comes to some English basic grammar class, but nothing change. No one tell him how to learn English right way or no way make he feel better. There is only a little voice in his mind talk with him "going to class, going to class".

Then lucky for him when he meet a teacher, he's not really change his English, but he make him love English. Therefore, something starts to change. He goes to the internet read and read so many articles about how to learn English. Every day he listen VOA, learn TOEIC, IELTS and some others material.

Poor he, his English is not really change quickly. Until a day, he joins a langmaster seminar about learning English by new method, because he hears about this method before. He thinks maybe it's good. Some langmaster coachers impress him. Now, he knows the way to use this method call Effortless English. He slowly makes Effortless English (EE) become a part of his life. Thank for langmaster and AJ teacher.

Three months later, he focuses on EE and follow rules from teacher AJ. He can listen to VOA easier. English music becomes more beautiful when he understand lyrics. He forgets TOEIC and IELTS goal. He makes plan to improve English right way and confidently.

What's amazing here? Named Effortless English is effective method with him. It focuses on listening with many lessons set. Each one has funny stories, vocabulary and supper powerful mini story. It includes seven rules to learning real English. AJ teach him how to learn English quickly, easily and automatically. The keys to success in learning are psychology and emotion. In addition, AJ teaches many wonder things for his life. Can you wait to try it?

This guy is me. Now I'm enjoying to learn English. I'm better English every day. Effortless English is what I want to share to you. It's more than a method, it's totally what you need to change your English, change your future. Contact me I will show you more.

Thank you for read this line. Bye!

English learning plan in July 2012

Get up early after a long sleep. Think about the pain in yesterday (I drink much and sleep little) and think about my English learning daily. To walk around with a big question in mind:

What will I do to learn English?
What do I need to focus in?

Compare with my big plan in study English, I need think about some real actions and identify what is the most important thing in this moment. My answers come:

 - Focus on pronunciation
 - Find an English speaker friend to speak and chat
 - Keep listening

So how. With pronunciation I will focus on 2 materials: American Accent Training and Rachel's English. I don't know what will better than those, but I choose this one to make me clearly in study. I have a month to do it, it's enough and I need moving everyday. I don't stop when I tired, I stop when I done.

Find an English friend. I have no idea to do that. Maybe I will ask to some friends. I hope I will see something better.

Keep listening, of course.

That's all for today. Long time I don't write English.

Youtube and learn English

My favorites link to learn English I found on Youtube. These really good and improve me so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2n0PFFI-4U&feature=BFa&list=UU0Xh9W3_Y5W3s34W-oECk7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw0TfWFTZQ8&feature=BFa&list=PL99F0B05E2DD52384
http://www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish#g/u

Enjoy it!

Import/Export Excel and DataGridView

Today I write an example use MS Office Interop Excel to import and export Excel file and DataGridView. It's common with many results when you search on google.
But this class is very easy to use and study for beginner. I hope you enjoy it!

For the first, you need add reference Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
And use this class

   1:  using System;

   2:  using System.Reflection;

   3:  using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

   4:  using System.Windows.Forms;

   5:  using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;

   6:  using Application = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application;

   7:   

   8:  namespace ImportExcel

   9:  {

  10:      public static class ExcelUtils

  11:      {

  12:          public static bool ImportExcelOnRange(string filename, DataGridView view, string from, string to)

  13:          {

  14:              try

  15:              {

  16:                  var excelApp = new Application();

  17:                  Workbook workbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Open(

  18:                      filename, 0, true, 5, string.Empty, string.Empty, true, XlPlatform.xlWindows,

  19:                      "\t", false, false, 0, true, 1, 0);

  20:                  var worksheet = (Worksheet)workbook.Worksheets.Item[1];

  21:                  //var range = worksheet.UsedRange;

  22:                  Range range = worksheet.Range[from, to];

  23:   

  24:                  for (int row = 1; row <= range.Rows.Count; row++)

  25:                  {

  26:                      int newRow = view.Rows.Add();

  27:                      for (int col = 1; col <= range.Columns.Count; col++)

  28:                      {

  29:                          view[col - 1, newRow].Value = ((Range)range.Cells[row, col]).Value2;

  30:                      }

  31:                  }

  32:   

  33:                  workbook.Close(true, null, null);

  34:                  excelApp.Quit();

  35:   

  36:                  ReleaseObject(worksheet);

  37:                  ReleaseObject(workbook);

  38:                  ReleaseObject(excelApp);

  39:   

  40:                  return true;

  41:              }

  42:              catch

  43:              {

  44:                  return false;

  45:              }

  46:          }

  47:   

  48:          public static bool TranferExcelOnRange

  49:              (string filename, DataGridView view, string from, string to)

  50:          {

  51:              try

  52:              {

  53:                  Missing objOpt = Missing.Value;

  54:                  // Start a new workbook in Excel.

  55:                  var excelApp = new Application();

  56:                  var workbook = (_Workbook)(excelApp.Workbooks.Add(objOpt));

  57:                  var worksheet = (_Worksheet)(workbook.Worksheets.Item[1]);

  58:   

  59:                  var objData = new Object[view.Rows.Count, view.Columns.Count];

  60:                  for (int i = 0; i < view.Rows.Count; i++)

  61:                  {

  62:                      for (int j = 0; j < view.Columns.Count; j++)

  63:                      {

  64:                          objData[i, j] = view[j, i].Value;

  65:                      }

  66:                  }

  67:                  var objRange = worksheet.Range[from, objOpt];

  68:                  objRange = objRange.Resize[view.Rows.Count, view.Columns.Count];

  69:                  objRange.Value = objData;

  70:   

  71:                  // Save the Workbook and quit Excel.

  72:                  workbook.SaveAs(filename, objOpt, objOpt,

  73:                                 objOpt, objOpt, objOpt, XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlNoChange,

  74:                                 objOpt, objOpt, objOpt, objOpt);

  75:                  workbook.Close(false, objOpt, objOpt);

  76:                  excelApp.Quit();

  77:   

  78:                  ReleaseObject(worksheet);

  79:                  ReleaseObject(workbook);

  80:                  ReleaseObject(excelApp);

  81:   

  82:                  return false;

  83:              }

  84:              catch

  85:              {

  86:                  return false;

  87:              }

  88:          }

  89:   

  90:          private static void ReleaseObject(object obj)

  91:          {

  92:              try { Marshal.ReleaseComObject(obj); }

  93:              finally { GC.Collect(); }

  94:          }

  95:      }

  96:  }

 - "filename" is full path of excel file
 - "view" is DataGridView to import or export.
 - "from" and "to" is string address of Excel cell, for example: "A1", "C100"
Thanks,

Learn English experience - Part 1

Good morning everyone!

Today I like to share you the key to success in study English. For the first I want you ask to yourself some power question.
Why do you learn English? I think if you want to do something, your success will depend for your reason. I believe the true reason for learn English is "use English". You use English to listen to music and understand it. You use English to watch the film without subtitle and translation. You use English to listen to your famous English speaker. You use English to communicate with people over the world. You use English to read books, browse web and study by English materials. Compare with true reason, you can find some not true reason such as my father want I learn English and to get high score in some English test.
Why's not you good English? We have many subjective and objective reason, maybe because Vietnam's education is boring, we are lazy, we are too busy, we have not environment. OK, you will find clear answer for this question after next question.
What's imptant things to improve your English? I mean we have 2 things in here, there are Method and Psychology. Do you think how many percent for each one?
In many acticles of researcher report.
Method is about 20%
Psychology about 80%
It's suprising. Why that?
From history you know, many people learning English as a second language become to very good English. They don't have a perfect method, they don't have enough tool for study. I mean method is not the most important.
So, what is similar from all good English learner. It surely is Psychology.
Maybe you will ask question, what is Psychology I mention?

We have 6 factors of Psychology, we to control when we learn anything.
Emotion: Imagin, when you sad, can you study? In the other hand, can you study when you happy? Right, when you happy you can study very well.
Motivation: How can you do anything in long time and patient without motivation. So you know it very important. Try to always keep motivation in every time you study.
Action: take action, nothing change if you don't start action. The first action mean you hold a half of success. In the first time you will make many mistake, but remember: "When you make mistake, try, try again"
Standard: to study, you need choose an standard English, for example: you can follow British English or American English. You need to know different sound of English with your country, anh many common mistake when you study English.
Rules: Control yourself, make your rules to study. Reward to you when you done something well and penalize to you when you don't finish. Review what you do, what you done everyday.
Belief System: late but no less important. Do you believe you can speak English easily, automatically on 3 to 6 months. If yes, you can do it.

So now, you know why psychology is very important to study English. You need change it by yourself then you can get big success in future.

In next time, I want to share you my method to study English. It's not amazing, but it's really useful.

Enjoy it!