With the amount of free resources out there, there's no reason to purchase anything to learn a language. I've been studying Portuguese and Spanish, and I've been pleased with my progress.
This is a list of podcasts for many 40 languages http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons
The best rated podcast is Korean. I have no interest in the language but I checked out the site, and it's smooth.
Here are some sites to supplement the podcasts
http://duolingo.com/#
http://www.memrise.com/ (thanks roosh)
http://www.livemocha.com/sihp
Additionally, you can find native speakers of your desired language who want to trade lessons on Couchsurfing. I've posted on groups in Mexico and Brazil. Everyone wants to learn English so you will have no shortage of practice partners on Skype.
Any critique of my strategy? Any more tips, sites etc?
This is a list of podcasts for many 40 languages http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons
The best rated podcast is Korean. I have no interest in the language but I checked out the site, and it's smooth.
Here are some sites to supplement the podcasts
http://duolingo.com/#
http://www.memrise.com/ (thanks roosh)
http://www.livemocha.com/sihp
Additionally, you can find native speakers of your desired language who want to trade lessons on Couchsurfing. I've posted on groups in Mexico and Brazil. Everyone wants to learn English so you will have no shortage of practice partners on Skype.
Any critique of my strategy? Any more tips, sites etc?