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Yes, definitely best is "immersion" in the language and culture. I've studied languages in school (college degrees in French & Italian) and now just basically speak Greek. It has been 30+ years since my original language studies so I'm not sure if I've forgotten because of time or from learning a new language. I've lived in Greece for 14 years now, and although I speak well and am understood - I make many grammatical errors and my accent is atrocious (although some say the American accent is sexy ;-) !
One thing for sure - learning a new language gets harder as I get older. Although, in my defense, Greek seems much more difficult than French or Italian because of the alphabet and grammar differences.
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