One of the most important parts of learning a language is using it. Considering I live in a country where English is the primary language and the next most popular language is Spanish, there aren't exactly a lot of opportunities for me to practice my Japanese naturally. However, quite a few of my nerdy friends know a little Japanese and there is of course my classmates from Japanese class.
Basically, use it as much as you can. I know very little so I can't use much, but I can use basic greetings and phrases pretty well. Another thing that ends up happening a lot is texting in half Japanese. Since you have more time to think about it, you can either write out full sentences in Japanese or just throw in Japanese words where you know them. For example, you could say "the おんがく on my phone is confusing 私のねこです," which is just "the music on my phone is confusing my cat."
All the people I text in half Japanese are better at the language than I am, so I often find myself having to look stuff up. However, it teaches me new phrases I wouldn't otherwise know. This method isn't for everyone because it can get a little confusing at times. I personally enjoy texting in half Japanese because it does help with repetition and getting used to actually using the language, both of which are necessary steps to learning. Still a lot of studying to do the normal way, though. Ugh second term is so much harder than first term...
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