I have just arrived at a revelation: the key in learning a language is to "pretend" you have never had any experience in any language. By putting yourself into a "newborn baby" state, you will absorb things like sponge. By doing this, You can avoid the common missteps of translating back forward between languages to learn and native language. Try to speak and think in that new language. You will probably get it wrong the first time around, but the correct way will stick with u much longer. Subtle point. But I bet it IS the key.