Try to THINK in the language when you are alone. For example, when travelling to work. Even talk to yourself. If you drive, get some language CDs for you car, and talk to your CD. Apart from that, try to find at least one hour a week to talk to a native speaker.

It’s hard to become fluent without lots of work but there are ways to make more productive use of the time you have. Firstly, doing a little each day is better than doing a lot once in a while. I use spaced repetition software to keep languages I know in my head & to learn a bit more - I find Supermemo courses (www.supermemo.net) best but other SR providers offer cheaper or even free courses. If you get spaced repetition software on your phone, you can do your daily repetitions & learn new stuff when you are on a bus or waiting in a queue - any time you have a spare moment! It can turn 'dead' time into useful time. Hearing a language a lot is more helpful than you might think for improving fluency. If you are listening to the radio/watching TV, you could find programmes in your target language. For my last 2 years at school, I did maths/sciences, so to avoid losing my French, I often had a French radio station on in the background (music+some talk) - I didn't pay much attention to it most of the time but when I went to France afterwards, I could understand almost everything people said & form my own sentences more easily - I was far more fluent than I had been a year earlier & hadn't even been actively studying French in that time! Now I sometimes listen to audiobooks in languages I am fluent/almost fluent in (or simpler podcasts for other languages), often when I am cooking/cleaning (again, otherwise 'dead' time) - if you don't get too frustrated when you don't understand every word, you can get a lot out of this! Audiobook apps also let you listen to books at slower than normal speed if you want to & they let you go back a few seconds & re-listen with a single touch. Otherwise, just find as many chances as possible to use the language - talk to language partners here (it doesn't have to take long), take lessons involving a lot of 1-to-1 interaction when you do have time, find places to meet native speakers of the language you are learning, etc.

How to speak fuently if you dont' have time to study, etc...* Well, listen to music in the target language. Travel with a Ipod, mp3, phone or some other musical device and a set of earphones. Talking to yourself works as well (in the target language). If there is any time you spend socialising or doing ''fun'' activities, try to do the same in the language. BY THE WAY, YOU/WE ALWAYS HAVE TIME; SAYING OTHERS IS AN EXCUSE (Y)