Hello Ambrinabelle, I guess that the most effective ways to learn new language are: 1.To watch a movie in that language you want to learn for the first time with translation and repeat it without the translation,but that way it took along time and may be it will be not effective. 2.The second one and the best one from expert opinion,that is to live in a country that speak that language in native form. I hope my information is very helpful to you.