BABEL, QUITE A TOWER [PART DALAWA]

A true, proven method for an adult to learn another language, even if presented to you with tongue in cheek.
Tricks on how to become fluent in a language that you just have to learn.

1. Be convinced that it will be a great challenge
2. Do not give yourself less than one year [Trust me, you can't do it faster than a baby. I know.]
3. Make a friend from the country where your new language is spoken
4. Stop hangin' with mono-lingual Anglo-Saxons
5. Turn your computer language preference on to the one you want to learn
6. Laugh a lot
7. Buy the newspaper or a weekly magazine in the "other" language.
8. Watch "native" TV  [Computer streaming news from the country of your choice is a good idea]
9. Dream
10. Clown around  [Be childish, actually, and you'll absorb more while being silly]
11. Drink [I've known how fluent people can get when they are "oiled up."]
12. Go to "native" restaurants and ask to sit with cool people who don't know English
13. Get mad [I have a personal story about how effective emotional intensity can be as a help to get your point across in a new language.]
14. Be a dictator  [Be hard on yourself and on your teacher.]
If you want to learn an easy language, befriend a Brit, listen to the BBC and read "The Tablet."