Okay, so I'm having trouble thinking of stuff that I can do. Unfortunately, there's not much I can do. However, I seem to be pretty good at learning languages so I'm going to run with that.
When learning a language, the number one way of improving is to speak it as much as you can. Even if later you realize that it didn't make sense or that you were mispronouncing something. Speak it at home, talk to your family in whatever language you're learning, even if they don't understand I have learned that they eventually catch on to what you're saying. Even if you're just talking to yourself. Do it. Whether in the shower, in bed, in front of the mirror. It doesn't matter. Just do it.
Another thing that is of the utmost importance is to integrate it into your life as much as possible. For example, when you sit down to watch your shows, put the subtitles in that language. When you watch a movie, watch in that language with English subtitles. Or you can go even further and find shows from countries that speak that language and watch those instead of Glee or whatever. TV isn't the only way either. You can also jam to foreign music (it really is pretty great) while you do homework, when you're getting ready for school or even when you're going to bed. Find a group or multiple group that you like and listen to them, learn their songs. Listening to music can help you learn expression as well with pronunciation. And it's just fun.
Ta-da.
I realize that you can't like follow these steps and just "BAM" you know a language, but I've found that they certainly help.
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