The 5 Things You Need To Do Every Day To Learn A Language The Fastest I've been in Mexico for 4 weeks now, trying to learn Spanish, full-time (and surfing with the rest of my time). These are the things I've discovered matter when trying to make REAL improvement (not just going through som software and making you FEEL LIKE you're learning the language). The pillars of language learning - these should be your daily habits if you're 100% committed. vocabulary - structured progress - 50 new words/day grammar - structured progress - one lesson from a book/day grammar - weak spots (i.e. conjugating verbs) speaking - structured progress - apply your new vocabulary a lot & your structured grammar stuff & weak spots speaking - random - go out and live & interact...taking notes on more weak spots in grammar & vocab