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Total submergence into the culture of the other language 24/7. For example, if you were to try to learn Spanish, start watch Novellas in Spanish, and listening to music in Spanish and watching soccer games in Spanish, and reading articles online in Spanish... The goal is to totally emerge yourself into the other language, while at the same time still learning the language.

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This. I took all the Spanish available to me in middle school through undergrad. Moved to Honduras, and I could barely understand anything. Watching Honduran TV with Spanish subtitles, and spending a lot of time around people who didn't speak English, worked... although it was a good four or five years before I could think and speak in Spanish. Still, worth it!

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