People learn most through associations. Associations are tied deeply to our memory, which his why we immediately feel an emotion and remember something when we go to favorite places, why we have PTSD when returning to places of negative events.

If you can associate the content of your lessons to something relevant in your life, basically "hack your brain" it will be easier to remember and understand.

For Latin, as an example, the association is English derivatives. "domum" became "domicile" where each means "home"

Try the association method and see if it helps you retain information. It's not so easy for me as what I'm learning is brand new with nothing to attach to it, but it worked for me in macroeconomics last semester.