Anyone have an opinion on a good language learning program?

I only have experience with one program, and that’s the Rosetta Stone program. I really liked the program and know many other’s that have used it and liked it as well. They have 2 different Spanish programs (Latin America and Spain), along with a lot of other languages.

I have only experience with one as well & it is also Rosetta Stone. I used it to learn Hindi & it was helpful for me.

I might look into Rosetta Stone myself after reading these reviews.

Another vote for Rosetta Stone here. As @Seaofclouds points out, they offer a series geared towards Latin America Spanish.

My SO recently completed their French series. He really enjoyed their process and is now supplementing it with literature, films and internet radio programs.

First of all, check out Margarita Madrigal’s Spanish book from your library, and start plugging away. I’ve tried Rosetta Stone, and it got two thumbs way, way down from me. If you are starting at ground zero, check out La Clase Divertada-I forget the website, but they have three levels of exposure programs for kids, and also offer online classes via webcam where you can interact with the teacher if you’re an older student. Also, check out “learning spanish like crazy.” If you are an auditory learner it will help a lot, and will give you good insights into what some of the cultural differences are in Latin America compared to the US. (It also has a portion that covers obscenities-definitely a must know if you’re an adult traveling abroad.)

…forgot to mention: Pimsleur approach is really good, but moves very slowly, and is a very formal way of speaking. If you’re determined, use all of these, and only watch movies with the language flipped to spanish, and start listening to radio etc in Spanish only. You’ll get there, but Rosetta Stone for me was a big dud and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive for what it is.