I was going to write a long comment detailing what I did on the way to Spanish fluency, but I realized that the main thing I wanted to say was this: There's a

I was going to write a long comment detailing what I did on the way to Spanish fluency, but I realized that the main thing I wanted to say was this: There's a podcast called Language Transfer which focuses on understanding other languages from scratch using English and its Latin/Germanic roots. I really can't speak highly enough of this guy. His passion for language is contagious, it's clear how much thought he has put into the lesson structure, and his method of teaching left me wishing I could have him teach me something else, like music theory.