<p>at the risk of sounding repetitive, study abroad. before even reading this thread I was going to make eg1’s point: exposure to a foreign language should help you in English. Not necessarily for the exposure to Latin roots etc. (although that too), but I was focusing more on the fact that learning a foreign language often gives you a much better grasp of adjectives v. adverbs, subjects v. objects, etc. While test prep may hone this skill too, I think learning a language will make the skill more reflexive.</p>