...Somehow, I'm thirstier after reading chpr1's XD No, but, seriously, I have different methods. Here are a few: ACCENT/HEARING- Listen to music or watch movies/interviews/etc. in that language. It's fun and can conciously or subconciously improve your hearing and accent. VOCAB- Ugh. One of the most boring. I constantly go over what I do know, parshly to motivate myself by knowing I've improved, and parshly because one forgets if he or she doesn't review. For new words, come up with something funny or a song or something to remember the word. It really helps with vocab. NEW IDEAS- If the language has a different sentence structure, or new words/rules that cannot be translated and are just new ideas, I normally remember these just because they're different. However, if I don't, I'll memorize the word/rule (see vocab.), and remember when to use it by first picking out what I'll most often hear and use. These are most useful. Then, I'll already have remembered the others by that vocab tip, and the most frequently used are more natural to add on :) Lastly, practice!!! I know it's cliche, but things are made cliche because they're so important everyone says them ^^ Rewrite, reread, listen, etc. Just practice and get motivated by knowing you've improved or to understand someone (celeb, friend, etc.)

-watch foreign movies without English subtitles -use it when i can, like force myself to say some chinese to my mom no matter how much i suck at it. -went to china this past summer. got frustrated w/ the language, but i improved when i was there. -write vocab words over and over...it's time consuming, but it works.

The last time I suggested alcohol, I got lots of negative points. . . . Still, let me recommend alcohol.

hi,,,my friend,,,again we meet,,,haha do u know the French saying,"écoutez,parlez,osez",,,??? it means: to learn a language, the best way is,"to hear,to speak and TO DARE to do anything in that language whether u speak or write or sing correctly or wrongly in that language,,,then u will surely learn that language,,this is a famous secret,,,hahah!!!

@chpr1: you should read posts more carefully before you answer... murat asked for MAGICAL! I have a potent magical formula saying «Abracadabralistentosongssimsalaminspeaktoyourselforobjectstoopasticcinpolpettinwatchmoviesbidibibobidibobidireadbooksbù!». You just repeat it 3 times and then other 3 times starting from the end, then apply it :)