[eroullit]

This will hardly work out. By reading only, you might (re)learn some things but with time, it will fade away again. To quickly learn a language and make it stick, you need to speak it and have real-life situations using it. No wonder that going to a foreign country is the best way to learn its language.

[earpwald]

Yes I agree, I'm going to be on the receiving end of this myself. I am traveling to China/Vietnam later this year so as much as trying to learn before I go, I know I won't truly get it till I arrive and start using it.