What should i do?

[szczscsccs]

Hello guys this my first thread. I am currently a freshman at a four year institution in California. I moved to the United States of America last year in 2013 from a foreign country.

I want to ask i don't feel comfortable with my English, as English is my second language. I am thinking to take a Gap year after my first semester from school. And attend a local community college to improve my English in this Gap year and then return again to my four year institution.

i asked my professor and my pre-health adviser, but they totally didn't recommended.
How this will affect my application when i apply to Dental Schools ?
And what do you think it worth it ?

Any opinions or advices are totally welcome.!!

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[allantois]

Double posting is prohibited on SDN.

 

[costales]

You should definitely improve your English.

 

[keels99]

This isn't even a pre-dental forum.

 

[PlaqueBuster]

Go buy rosetta stone or take classes and learn English during your summers or in the evenings. There is no need to take a gap year for it in between your undergrad studies. And over the next 4 years you will improve slowly. I suggest you watch lots of tv and pick up on accent and pronunciation.

 

[baxt1412]

*le sigh*

 

[Maverick626]

Go buy rosetta stone or take classes and learn English during your summers or in the evenings. There is no need to take a gap year for it in between your undergrad studies. And over the next 4 years you will improve slowly. I suggest you watch lots of tv and pick up on accent and pronunciation.

What PlaqueBuster said.

 

[Awesome Sauceome]

Yup, watch a lot of TV, go hang out with friends and at bars, and pick of rosetta to get some of the nitty gritty down. You will be good to go in 3 years. I have a friend from Slovakia who picked up english in like 4 months of living in the US. I just grilled him with vocabulary and stuff like all day every day since we were working together and he wanted to learn a lot. Find a friend in one of your classes who will do the same.

 

[IslandStyle808]

Rosetta stone is overrated. Use duolingo, that s*** is free and is like the SDN of European languages (the only downside being they only have European languages). Well, I maybe biased.

 

[breezy124]

Take some english language learning classes in your local area.
Read Read Read. Not only will you understand english better but your VR will also improve!

 

[optimistic3]

See if your local library has some conversation groups for ESL people like yourself; I know mine does but I live in a city with a large immigrant population. If I ever moved to a new country and had to learn the language, I would be interested in something like that!