anyone know an good language learning programs apart from vce?

[spectroscopy]

after doing a few linguistics competitions, mucking around researching different langauges syntaxes etc. i figured (i always wanted to) that its about time to learn another lote, i was thinking either indonesian, or spanish, i wanted to do swahili (long story LOL, but it isnt as useful)
i was wondering if anyone knows any good language learning programs, or textbooks, even if its for a different language that you have learnt
ive been looking around online but everythings so expensive i want to make sure my money is spent well

oh and i didnt know where to post this, i hope this part of the forums is fine?
cheers guys !

[Art Vandelay]

going on gumtree/other sites to find language partners are good. memrise and duolinguo are good. before using these resources it's worth getting a grounding in basic stuff like greetings/numbers/introductions, which you can easily find online. i think when i was trying out spanish a while ago there were a lot of cool podcasts and lectures on iTunes U

Edit: few good resources listed here: Language resources

good luck

[spectroscopy]

yeah looked around the forums abit already including that thread
and thanks! lmao

[Art Vandelay]

I think assimil is also a really popular/effective way to study languages as well! might want to supplement that with extra grammar and vocab work through the sites mentioned above, and elsewhere!

[WonderBunny]

Duolingo is online and free to use. I've heard good reports about it.