I became fluent in Russian after 2-3 months of living in Moldova. I had a crash course in Russian beforehand, but couldn&#x27;t say a whole lot more than basic phrases before I got to Moldova and couldn&#x27;t understand much either. Obviously you need to study (grab a good grammar book). But I ended up studying less than an hour a day when I was there. What I did do was speak Russian as much as possible. You have to force yourself to use the language. What set me apart from the people I was working with (in terms of using the language) was that I was not afraid to fail. I just continued on and tried my best. I gave myself no chance to fail. If you aren&#x27;t living in country that speaks the desired foreign language it is a lot harder. I took French in school for over 10 years and another two years in university and I still can&#x27;t speak it. My grammar is very good in French and I can read it fairly well, but can&#x27;t speak much.