I am not an English teacher, but I have noticed that these steps often work for learning a language: 1) Be prepared. Don't dive into a language without knowing that it might have some big differences from your native tongue. 2) Learn the basics. I can't stress this enough, the basics of a language are very important, without them you can forget moving forward. 3) And last but not least: Put time into it. With time comes experience, naturally, the more time you put into studying, the more you'll learn. Hope this helped :D