In my experience of learning languages, I doubt you'll be able to learn them without having real contact with a native speaker. Just as in aikido, I think that websites, books, videos, tapes, and such should serve as auxiliary learning tools to on-hand "training" with someone who knows the language well.
Of course, the best way to learn a language, in my mind, is immersion. Going to a country which speaks that language gives you the most effective way to learn it...
-- Jun
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