There are many traditional ways to study foreign languages - courses, private tutor, college, self-study, etc. However learning foreign language could be built into our day-to-day routine and add much more value than simply attending classes. Of course these ways do not exclude your need to grab and sit quite long with grammar textbooks and dictionaries. But combining below methods with traditional studying process should speed up your language skills significantly:

1.   Language exchange. It’s done by frequent communication with someone who is a native speaker in the country where your language is primarily spoken. Once another party is also interested in learning your native language, mutual cooperation could be easily achieved. Nowadays this way is pretty much eased by communication via internet - lots of voice chats, messengers, etc.

2.   Immersion. The most effective way to accelerate learning of language is to completely surround yourself with it. Best option here is to travel to the country of origin and stay there about 2-3 months although this may not be possible due to high costs or workload.

3.      Audio. You probably spend some time every day to get an office and on your way back to home. This time can be used effectively on listening to radio or audio books in foreign language. Another option is to listen audio while you getting sleep. Some words and phrases will simply be recorded onto your mind without any additional effort from your side.

4.   Movies. Start watching foreign movies. To let this go easier in the beginning try to find foreign movies with subtitles in your native language. Or you may download both original and translated movies, first watch translated one to get an understanding of plot, then re-watch it in foreign language. It’s advised to begin with soap operas, because they are easy to follow and understand.

5.   Chat rooms. If you don’t have any dedicated foreign buddy to speak on a constant basis, you may enter public chat rooms or forums, to participate in coversations, discussions and so on.

6.   For beginners who just started to learn basics of grammar it’s better to grab first past tense as you always more likely to to speak about past events rather than present or future.