Language Learning

[michael71]

I've decided to put some effort into becoming multilingual, lets call it a mid-life crisis as I'm also learning the guitar. I can speak some basic french and german (from my school days) but would like some suggestions on one or two languages to work on that would be a decent starting point. Travel quite a bit so keen on Spanish, Portuguese and Italian as options while working on the French and German can't be ruled out.

Also with learning a new language, any tips on good websites, podcasts, books etc to use? (and yes, I've considered paying for an hour or two with a beautiful touring lady for some additional extracurricular practice).

[Lara Mills]

I'm using memrise (mobile app) to help me with French. It's free, and works on the premise that if you repeat and memorise something enough, you will learn it. I don't use it as often as I should but it is helping me a little They've got a huge range of languages on there, too, which makes it the perfect starting point.