Important guidelines: It is not proper to postpone any foreign language course as it is a completely new kind of course. A foreign language course requires a minimum of 3 hours weekly and 15 minutes on a daily basis, so when you delay matters, you are doing nothing but inviting failure. While you would benefit if you devote any additional time to study the language but make sure that each session does not last more than 45 minutes.

Partition your study into many small sessions. It is imperative that you attend classes regularly, if you are sincere about your intentions of learning the language and pass the course. You could revisit your learning off and on and check what your have learnt in the past, for example the vocabulary. Take these tips which are aimed to make the learning of the foreign language easier and faster.

Find the meaning of only such words whose meanings can not be gauged even with the reference to the context. Everyday stay in touch with the language and glance through the chapters of the text book.

Move on to talking: Everyone makes mistakes so listen to what others are saying and start to talk. Practice the foreign language by talking loudly to yourself, or communicating with your friends in the same class or even with your own dog or cat at home.

Jotting it down: Go through the exercise of noting down things on paper till you no longer have to take any extra effort to do it.

Take a dictation of a small portion of the language from a friend and then check it for correctness.

Some Miscellaneous Helps: View the foreign language learning positively and set achievable goals. Know what you are going to get from your studies and how to get them.
1.f you need help get it and do not be afraid to ask questions or ask for help for fear of sounding stupid, or being embarrassed.Ask questions, get help and never feel awkward to ask for assistance. 2.Get audio tapes of the language and listen to them or make you own tapes and listened to yourself in order to perfect your pronunciation.One of the most successful ways to have correct pronunciation is to learn through repeated listening of audio tapes of others or those made by you using the language.
3.An interesting way to develop vocabulary is to make flash cards where different colors depict different genders and words like nouns, verbs and adjectives.
4.If you practice studying in groups, you can make good friends with your classmates which would be eager to help you out.