Hi all, or should that be Hola!
I've dabbled with almost every Spanish course there is and I have a few suggestions. First if you want to speak to a native speaker then get Skype downloaded(if you haven't already) and then go on The Mixxer(see link) and find "friends" who are looking to practice English. I used to speak with a doctor from Madrid and a teacher from Barcelona. This is the best if you want real feedback.
Of the online resources I find Coffee Break Spanish(Google it!) to be really good, free podcasts that last 20/30mins just right for a..coffee break! And the good old BBC have Mi Vida Loca which is good. I have found the best cd course to be Michel Thomas' 8 hour introductory course really good and the only one that helps you to make your own sentences rather than repeating "parrot fashion" what may or may not be what you want to say.
Here are a few links, good luck!
Tony.
http://www.language-exchanges.org/
This is a good numbers one.http://jvlnet.com/~liliana/Spanish_Numbers.html
http://radiolingua.com/shows/spanish/coffee-break-spanish/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/index.shtml
This message was last edited by tonynault on 23/03/2010.