Sublime

Teach Yourself, Colloquial, and Assimil

Italki.

Lernu.net,

Duolingo.com,

it’s one of the largest social networking sites and it lets you search through its members by language. All you need to do is search for the city you live in and limit the criteria to profiles listing the language you are learning (or maintaining).

It’s time with real people and real exposure to the language through TV, radio, and movies that pushes you forward. And you can do this from anywhere.

Start speaking a new language right away with easy-to-follow “cheats” for when you don’t know the words you want to say.

surround yourself (physically or digitally) with native speakers of the language you are learning right from home?

I generally find the Teach Yourself, Assimil, and Colloquial courses to be pretty good ones to start with, but there are also plenty of free online alternatives.