I have a cd which teaches Spanish.  When I am driving, I listen to it.  However, I cannot always give my full atttention to the lessons because traffic and bad drivers are terrible!

Take a course that immerses you in the language... no English spoken!  You will

pick it up quickly.

thanks for the info..

i really love to learn other languages most especially on the European area.. their langauges, for me, are tongue twister.. and i would love to learn languages like french, italian and more.. it's a challenging thing to do but it's sad that i can't since i don't have the luxury of time..

Has anyone tried Rosetta Stone?

It must be successful judging by the number of kiosk in the airports.

I took French in highschool and college because my father advised me to.

What was he thinking?

I sign up for language classes at our local free university (the classes are not free in the money sense, but free in the aspect that anyone is free to take or teach a class in the subject of their choice).  I do poorly at the ones who lecture and conjugate verbs.  The best ones for me use the immersion technique, many include CDs for reinforcement and pronunciation help.  Listen to music CDs, especially at the kids level (this is how you learned your native language, right?) ; watch movies and television; and listen to radio in the language you want to learn for hours at a time each day... just have it on in the background.  This is huge and gets one accustomed to hearing the language even when you don't understand any of it and is a big advantage when you get to your destination.  It is not such a shock and one can concentrate on actually deciphering what is being said.  I have friends who also check out language CDs or tapes from the library.  I know of ongoing groups whose sole purpose is to get together and speak a specific language just to keep it fresh in their minds.  Sometimes one can find a relevant restaurant where the language is spoken and one can practice and/or ask questions.

That said, I'm terrible at learning languages... wish I had started much earlier in my life!