If you want to learn a new language, you should be really attentive because it comes easier if your heart and mind is in it. Irrespective of the fact that it might be easy to learn the language, but never take an easy-going attitude, or else you would not land anywhere. Learning to speak rocket french is probably one of the most popular course and most local colleges and universities have courses. In case age is not on your side and you would not like to attend classes with a group of teenagers, then the best option for you is to go for their language programs. As per my understanding there are various crash courses, which are offered by school during summer breaks.
To make you able to speak French, some companies also offer crash courses in the language where you could also get a job, as soon as you finish your learning. Aside from that, you’ll see lots of dictionaries in bookshops that could really help you if you have no time to attend a class. Lots of self-help books are also available where there are lots of sentences in French with their English translations appearing at the bottom. Free tutorials are there for you to take help from which are available on the net from Google and Yahoo. Learning a language not only involves speaking and reading all by your self, though speaking French is comparatively easier since it is more phonetic. But, you can listen using Internet, too and there are webcasts and podcasts available and what’s great is that some sites will allow you to download it, all you have to do is just type your fingers away!
Yet it is far simpler to learn a language if you listen to it so do not depend too much on books as there are plenty of materials for you to listen and watch, like songs, movies and tele-novels. Pictures would help, as well because you will remember the French word more easily if you know what it looks like. If money and time permits, take off and visit the land where the language is spoken by every one. Be familiar with their habitat and culture and in no time, you would be speaking French.
Do not tax your self too much while learning, as the more tensed you are the more frustrated you would get. Remember not just say the words when you are speaking French but to use an accent as well - it will improve the sound. Do not be embarrassed when you make mistakes as you are expected to make some howlers but then, you are a beginner trying hard to grasp a language. Anyway, when making mistakes, you learn and you get to remember the correct way, so just enjoy the learning process, have much fun as you can and buena suerte!