my past experiences learning english

I started learning English when I was 13years old, so I had studied English for 6years in junior H.S and high school. When I was small, I went to Hawaii with my family and that was why and when I started having interest in foreign countries and foreign languages. Also when I was a junior H.S student, my family hosted an exchange student from America. Almost at that time, I started studying English very hard because of her. But in both of junior H.S and high school, we studied English just reading textbooks and writing dowm what the teachers wrote on the blackboard. I mean those were very boring and I wanted to speak English more and very well.
Then so I decided to be an exchange student for one year. I stayed in America as an exchange student and learned English for one year. In over there, I learned English in completely defferent ways from Japan. Of course I had to speak only English every day all the time. No matter when, no matter what, I just had to speak only English and listened to what people said in English, so I think that was a big reason why I can speak and understand English now. My English is not good enough yet though. Actually I had a lot of hard time in over there, but I could make a lot of awsome friends and I had VERY VERY great time in Ameica, I could learn English with having a fun time.
Even after I came back to Japan, I hadn't had time to speak English as much as I used to, but I tried to listen to music and watch movies in English and speak English as much as I can. And now I am in Kanda University and studying English hard.
Well these are pretty much all about my past experiences learning English.
Thank you.