About two years ago, my job was getting really boring. I liked the bank and enjoyed working with my colleagues, but I needed a change. I wanted to become a manager because I the work would be more interesting and that would have the chance to travel to different countries. However, I knew that it was very important for managers in my to write and speak excellent Spanish. studied at school, but stopped when l was 16. so I couldn't remember much. decided to try and improve my Spanish quickly so that I could apply for a job as a manager. To begin with, I studied my old Spanish textbook from school and did lots of exercises. After that, I started reading Spanish newspapers online for 30 minutes every day and looked up the meaning of any new words in my dictionary. Soon could understand nearly everything l read. After a while, l found a website where I could practise listening and speaking. Then l joined a Spanish class at a language school in my town and went to classes twice a week. In the end, after about 18 months, l could understand and speak Spanish quite well I decided to start applying for management jobs at the bank and last month l got an offer of a job in Barcelona. My new job starts in September so l've got a few weeks to find a flat. I'm really excited about going to live in Spain.