Well i think the most important thing is to stay CONSTANT!! I taught myself to read russian and i'm in the middle of japanese (learning hiragana anda katakana) how ever i usually stop practicing and bam!! Everything is gone jajajaja. The way of studying will vary from people to people but i would save the grammatic for later, i studied german a couple of years and i think i would have been better at it if there were more conversation and listening than repetition of grammar rules. Several autodidacts like this way better (leaving grammatic for a more advanced time, i don't mean to leave it at all, it's important!!!) I suggest you to search in youtube for "lingosteve" and "richard simcott" they are polyglots and have great tips for language learning" How ever each one must find it's own way, if you need a classroom then go to the classroom if you are more visual then read if you have a great hearing then listen a lot. I learned english by watching movies lol XD

I am interested in learning languages. I learned Korean by myself for more than 6 years, but still not good, maybe it's because I am an amateur. I learn Korean just for entertaining, because I love Korean music and drama. I want to learn more languages, like French, Spanish, Japanese, till the day I sick of it, but I hope that day will never come. LOL

I'm absolutely agree with you Arwa.

I think you need to have interest and desire in the first place. You need to be interested in learning a language, otherwise you will end up quitting. Then you have to study the language grammar and structures with a teacher. After that I think you can teach yourself by reading books, watching movies or news, listening to music..etc and you can practise some other skills like writing or speaking with native speakers or language partners.

i'm italian and i'm teaching myself english and russian. i watch a lot of movies, read books & newspapers and sign in websites like this to chat with foreign guys (: