Learning Spanish: Attempt #1,236,501.

Yes I've tried many times to learn the Spanish language. This current attempt has a little fervor about it however, so I might make some actual progress.

Willy and I are watching the news in Spanish and we practice vocabulary lists together, which is sort of strangely romantic and fun. And I'm abusing all my work friendships with Spanish speakers. Other things I'm doing or plan to try:

1. Get out the label maker and mark everything in the house with its Spanish name.

2. Blip.tv via Hulu and poke around on YouTube

3. Check out all the apps and podcasts for Spanish on my iPod.

4. See what my local library has to offer.

5. Maybe I'll watch Destinos.

6. Or listen to the Foreign Service Institute's course online.

7. Perhaps the BBC has a good program.

8. Take this free online class via the Open University which has classes for everything. Look through some of the free online language courses listed here for Spanish. Also check out Learn Spanish.com.

Let me know if you have other free online tips, good apps or podcasts. There's already a lot here to keep me busy but I'm always looking for stuff that others have used and liked.