I'm happy that people want to share their experience. I surely will read an article (on phrasemix.com). TV shows are great source for hearing common speech. But sometimes it's difficult to understand some phrasal verbs or slang. But it's another big topic :-). Probably for separate discussion.

Thank you for clarification what active/passive learning exactly mean. So I try to look for new words, passively revise them to be prepared to use them actively in my speech. Maybe I should use them actively immediately instead of reading or revising them.

Active vocabulary. The goal is to know enough vocabulary/phrases to speak almost the same way like in your native language.

Another great tip yvonne. Thanks.  I also try to watch ted.com. It suits me because I can find topic which is interesting to me. 

Armando, I agree with you that youtube is very powerful tool to build english in general. About memoriztion I saw interesting youtube video by Anthony Mitivier - Memory palaces.

Vítor, I didn't clarify that it's necessary to find appropriate translation into target language. Translation "word by word" is nonsense of course.

Thanks for tips and ideas guys :-)