Learning French

I read a while ago now about some homeschoolers who had been learning French with Rosetta Stone, and were surprised at how little it prepared them for actually living in France. They have since found (whilst living there) a couple of ideas which have really helped them:

http://www.biendire.com

and

http://www.speakalanguage.com/french-speak-in-a-week.html

We may try this out ourselves!