Have you not always wanted to study a foreign language Speaking for example French fluently and using your newly learned language skills while going on holiday isn't that your biggest wish957886

The simplest method to begin is to use the workbooks (ideally with CD-rom) which you keep in your basement. Many of us bought the book, but did not have time to really sit down and learn. 15 minutes 5 days a week will make such a difference! Learn five hundred words and some fundamental grammar. Then you are prepared for the following step: A little more commitment is needed when searching for for a "language partner" on-line. There are portals which you can be part of for free to study a new language, like livemocha.com. Same as with an online pen-friend, with whom you can either write, chat or even talk. If you use Skype you will not spent a any money to study your new language. The best alternative though is to travel to the country where the language of your choice is spoken. If you are a grown up, this will be harder and more costly, but as long as you are a teen there is also a free or at least low cost solution at hand. Arrange a private student exchange. It is simple and inexpensive: I visit you - you visit me! How easy can it get? You will find a foreign exchange student program providing private student exchange on the internet. Only when you go abroad will you learn a language the way natives speak it and which better way is there, than an international student exchange program ? Therefore we can certainly suggest any of the student exchange programs which promotes private low cost student exchange. Usually the fees are around 80 - 100$ per year for those exchange student programs and you can arrange as many exchanges as a foreign student exchange as you like. Your school offers no high school student exchange program? Then a private exchange is the best option for exchange programs for high school students. Our final recommendation is continue your study and use your new language frequently: blend in subtitles when watching DVD's, change the DVD movie language, tune in to foreign radio stations on the web or while sitting in your car. Read books in your new language or magazines. And stay in touch with your overseas friends foreign exchange program.