I’m learning Italian, very badly and very slowly, and was wondering if anyone knew of any good programmes to play on my iPod, not only the ones that teach you but genreal ‘italian podcasts’ if you know what I mean?

The only language I speak is english. I’ve just decided I need to do some thing fun and challenging. I was wondering if anyone knows any way to learn fluent Italian without taking a course because I dont think there is any around were I live. and do you have any tips?
ALSO!!!UPDATE

can some body explain breifly the pronounciations of words like…il dottore(doctor) and la mucca(cow) and others just so i have a better understanding of how to pronounce the words.

I´m really enthusiastic about learning italian becouse i think it´s great , so anyone could give a strategy or program that they recomend or personal experience i would apreciate it very much. I also know spanish perfectly, Thanks!

I live near San Diego, so if there are resources nearby, I would like to know what they are.

would havign a penpal help with my learning? currently taking lessons and theres no oen around to help practise. so i thought about getting a penpal, or even an email pal :p bearing in mind my italian at the moment is basic, anyone know of websites or anything like the such where you can meet people, prehaps trying to do the same?
Grazie tutto che risponde

I am trying to learn Italian so I can speak with my cousins that only speak Italian.

i know some italian and im fasinated to know what the best way to go about learning it is eg. books, internet, sound ?

I am a 23-year-old guy. I’ve picked up Spanish and Italian for 2 years. I really enjoy learning it during my spare time. I plan to visit Italy, Spain and Mexico in the future.Looking forward to those trips!!! However, in the past 2 years, my Chinese parents have keep saying , " Stop learning those 2 langauges now!!! What advantage can you get even though you can speak Spanish and Italian? You are wasting your time! You are not living in Europe. What’s the point of learning those useless langauges? Chinese culture is the best of all!"

Question 1) Does it mean my parents don’t accept Italian and Spanish and Latin American Culture?

Quesion 2) Do you agree with them?

Has anyone used Rosetta Stone to learn Italian? If so can you tell me how long it took you and how easy it was…I’m really interested in trying it out.

i would like to learn Italian. can anyone give me any suggestions as to where i can find a book that helps one learn Italian. like a book that thoroughly explains alot of things and is an excersize book as well. any suggestions would really help.