I grew up learning both English and Spanish as I spent much time with my family doing missionary work in Spanish-speaking countries. As an English speaker by nature, I can attest that learning a new language is certainly difficult. One key to success is becoming as immersed as possible. I found a fabulous site hosted by the BBC that offers free language lessons including videos & sound bites.

They have a lot of languages to choose from like French, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese (not limited to these) so if you're trying to learn a second language now's the time to get some great tools for free!