Multitudes of language teaching practice shows that great attention drawn to language learning can help language teachers better their teaching and give appropriate learning support to language learners. A critical analysis of the author's English language learning experience is given in the paper, encompassing the approaches used, the role of the teachers, expectations on the learners at different times and the effectiveness of the learning. In addition, how the language teacher can benefit from this experience for his own TESOL (Teaching English to speakers of other languages) practice is addressed.