| Total immersion is the best way, I lived in France and Italy for many years and I'm quite fuent in both... except I can't write either one very well. If you have a good ear for languages then about six months living a language as well as classes will make you quite proficient.
If that's not practical then take language classes but also rent movies in that language as "seeing" a spoken language is just as important as hearing it.
I highly recommend French as a second language. No matter where you go in the world you will ALWAYS find people who speak either English or French. These have always been the two most taught languages in other countries. |