Hi Sara! Greeting from the U.S. Without knowing more about your specific situation, I would say that anything you can do to improve your comprehension is critical. For me, I've made lots of improvement on my own with foreign languages by doing the following: - Listening to music in that language and reading the lyrics. You can practice translating them in your head or writing out the translation until you can understand without translating. Also, trying to sing along to different types of music will help your pronunciation. - Watch videos, commercials, or movies in that language. You can use subtitles in your native language until you don't need them anymore. - Try to learn a new word every day (at least) and then use it in conversation with your text partner. If it's not right, they can correct you. - Ask your text partner for their favorite books, movies, TV shows or songs. Watch/read them to the best of your ability and ask for clarification when you need help. Then, you can discuss them with your text partner! :) I hope this helps!