The fastest way to learn a new language and culture is by The Immersion Method.
The Immersion Method literally means moving to a foreign country (where no one speaks English) where you speak but also think in that language ... and bypass the slow clumsiness of learning by translating grammar and new words, idioms and useful phrases (like, "Bwana, choo ni wapi?"*) back and forth from English ... like we did in high school ... which only taught us to HATE foreign languages.
It's called The Immersion Method, like duh, because you're submerged, completely covered, dunked, engaged and 100% occupied and focused on your new surroundings.
The Immersion Method is a lot like trying to negotiate your way across a pitching, unsteady dock, losing your footing and plunging over the side into a wet new world (yep, done that). Suddenly the clothes you were wearing no longer fit, no longer feel comfortable at all or look quite as good as you thought they did ... so you peel out of the old and change into something new.
The Immersion Method means Gettin' wet all over.
Trying to live life just getting by, enjoying the old customs and habits you were used to, or trying to keep in contact with your former language in situations where Everything's New, is like taking ten giant self-defeating steps backward.
That is, if you believe The Immersion Method really means gettin' wet all over.
* "Dude, where's the bathroom?"
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