Learning a foreign language

[Dris]

I started conversational Spanish lessons.I have been to one night class.Missed 2 -first as my grant hadnt come through (although I could have started but didnt know) and last week as I was ill.

I dont think its the type of learning for me.I asked for the sheets which summarise what was discussed to be sent to me and to be honest after 10 minutes I had the gist.

I would say that its 15 minutes learning stretched to 2hrs as you continually go around the table asking the person next to you 'What is your favourite colour?.They reply and then ask what your is etc etc and with 12 students it pretty dull.

Right - can anyone suggest a tried and tested way of learning apart from evening classes.
I really need to learn about the grammar rather than nouns (they can be picked up -its stringing a sentence together which is foxing me thus far).

All help appreciated.

[jomifl]

I find that I learn a lot from reading novels in french, because I can re-read bits that don't quite make sense first off. It helps me identify phrases in conversation that I would otherwise have missed. It also helps with learning the grammar of the language at a subconcious level. I have an english neighbour who has been in france for 16 years and he cannot read an instruction manual for a toaster, astonishing!