how to learn a language

Language learning necessities: 1, TV --> keep it on even you are sleeping because your sub-conscious mind will absorb the sounds and turn it into memory. News is more appropriate than drama as it is pretty impossible for a non-native speaker to speak colloquial dialect. 2, Friend --> you gotta know how to pronounce the basic sounds of a language but you will never grasp it until you are heard by a native-speaker, interactively. TV wouldn't help because once you got to know he sound it is over and you will never know if you actually got it. 3, Newspaper --> if the language involves alphabets, just pick up a book or newspaper and copy until your fingers are burnt. Copying the characters are the first thing to learn in a lanuage. 4, Grammar --> once you advanced to the intermediate level, of course you want to speak comprehensable sentences. grammar books are therefore indispenable. go step by step. Speaking a language fluently will impress any boss even though you are repeating the same words. 5, Girlfriend --> 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Cost to learn a language: TV:free;Friend:free;Newspaper:1-2 bucks;Grammar books:max 30 bucks. Girlfriend:Priceless. There are some times money can't help, but for everything else, it gotta be cheaper than hiring a language teacher.