What are tricks to make learning a second language easier ?

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I just entered seventh grade, and started Italian. I'm doing pretty well, and have memorized about half of the phrases we learned in the past week or so (which is about twenty-five in total).
Is there anything to do to make learning this second language easier? Tips and tricks, from personal experience would be extremely helpful. (=
I only have the class a period each day (50 minutes)...Nobody at home speaks Italian

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