By that I mean some sort of a CD or something you can listen to in the car. I drive quite a bit for work and am getting tired of listening to nonstop Texans and Astros radio.
Go live in another country and force yourself to learn it. That's what I've been told anyway... Either that or get XM/Sirius in your car and quit worrying about other languages. If none of that works for you, I've heard of people using software to try and learn languages... I can't vouch for this software, but I always hear/read about it : http://www.rosettastone.com/index/.
There's no better way to learn a foreign language than to have practical experience. You should go to your local home depot and pick up a hispanic-speaking person to accompany you on your commute.
I'll back up what's been said here. The best way is immersion. If you can't do that I've heard good things from two different people who did the Rosetta stone one. I don't know from firsthand experience, but if I was going to do it, that is what I would use.
Ok... please stop derailing the thread. I think R0ckets03 is actually serious about learning a language during his commute. I've never had experience with Rosetta Stone, but I do not believe that anyone can properly learn a language without actually using it in real life. However, if it teaches you grammar and vocabulary, it will give you a good foundation to learn the language in the future.
Thanks for the advice guys. The Rosetta Stone method won't really work for me as I am lazy once I get home. I need something that will work in the car. But I haven't really explored the RS website fully, and will look into it a bit more. Oldman, I agree that it would be hard to learn another language without actually being able to speak it with someone. The languages I was really interested in are French, Italian or Arabic. French probably makes the most sense to me as I would be able to speak it every now and then with someone at work. Not to mention chicks (including my wifey) dig French.
Be careful of speaking a foreign language with someone at work, some people might find it offensive (*ahem* hotballa *ahem*). Ok, I'll stop derailing the thread as well. Seriously, make sure that French person is cool with you practicing the language with them.
He is an employee of mine, so he really doesn't have a choice. hehe...Actually he is pretty cool and has said that he would love to help me.
I've been using Rosetta Stone for Vietnamese for about a month and I guess it's been doing ok. I'd probably be doing a lot better if I stuck with it on a regular basis. I'll do a lesson for an hour or so, then forget about it until a week later.
Im taking chinese in School. This is year 2 and I can barely speak a full sentance, but a girl in my class did an immersion program in china for 2 months and is almost completly fluent now. Thats prolly the way to go.
Immersion is the best way. Basically you have no choice but to try. It`s too easy to fall back into speaking English if you have that option. To be really fluent and know all of the nuances of the language takes a hell of a lot of time, practice and most of all patience. I can speak/read and even write pretty decent French now but still don`t know some of the more complex verb tenses. Maybe after I`ve taken another intensive course. I suggest you try to master English first.
