I like watching a TV show called Friends, that really helped me a lot. But do remember, don't put subtitles on the screen, that's not good for you.

I just love the "Rosetta Stone" software. With it you can learn almost any language, as it's principles of work have strong resemblance to the way children learn to speak. You can train your writing, speaking, pronunciation. Sure, earlier or later you will need a king of "living" partner to improve your knowledge, but as for some basics you can hardly find anything better.