learn more and more,speak more and more.I think it's the best way to learn chinese and other language

many chinese in malaysia who are not cantonese learn cantonese through watching hongkong tvb drama.

Language learning demands deligency and devotion. Chinese is no exception. Practically there are no shortcuts unless you have a superior memory. You should keep using it before it may slip away. Better training methods can be conversing with native speakers, watching native TV shows and so on, but be selective as they can be way affecting your progress.

if you want to speak chinese ,i think you should find out the dirrerence of sentences betwin chinese and english.i am a college student in beijing.i have translated my paper into english these days.and felt the difference.