Find shows, movies, music that interest you. Watch them (with subtitles). Listen to it. A lot of language learning exists below the "level" of words and sent

Find shows, movies, music that interest you. Watch them (with subtitles). Listen to it. A lot of language learning exists below the "level" of words and sentences. The sound of a language. And even when you progress to words and sentences, phrases, idioms, and the like differ. Gender exists, or differs. Native speakers don't memorize these. They learn by absorption. You are fortunate in that, with today's connected world, so can you. P.S. The rest of it, e.g. working through texts, tutoring videos, and all that, I leave to you. Just remember: EXPOSURE. And that you can't and shouldn't try to consciously process and monitor it all. Steep yourself in it, and let your whole mind (including sub-conscious, or whatever we're calling it) process it. P.P.S. Approach it this way, and you will find that some of the "much harder than when a child" belief doesn't actually really of fully apply. I became conversational in French, starting from zero, in about seven weeks when I was 22. In the middle of Vermont.