When you want to make fast progress in your new language, taking an intensive language course really works. Fortunately it's easy to set up your own intensive course right here on Italki. I did this for six weeks using teachers from Italki, and when it was over, I was delighted with the results! Here's what I did. I set up a consistent schedule studying for a total of five hours per day with four different Spanish teachers at the same time every day. I also used a spaced repetition program to learn Spanish phrases for 60 minutes per day, split into two different 30 minute sessions. It was incredibly exhausting. Every day, I felt like I had gone on a difficult four hour hike, but my oh my, was it effective. The subjects that we worked on were whatever I was interested in that day, so I led out with the subjects, and the teachers relentlessly and lovingly, corrected my accent and usage. When I was corrected, I always tried to repeat what the teacher said immediately. So what would I do differently next time? I think I would take one day off per week and just watch Spanish movies instead of studying seven days per week. I think that would have been just as effective. I would also use fewer teachers if they had time available in their schedules. Two different sessions with the same teacher I think would have helped me learn better. I would also walk briskly for 15 minutes before each study session. This increases brain derived neurotropic factor and helps you learn faster. After my intensive course was over I switched to a more relaxed 30 minutes per day, five day per week study schedule with my favorite teacher, and that was by itself enough to keep me from forgetting what I learned during my intensive program and continuing to make slow progress.