It's difficult to start, as well as continue learning a language as an adult. You must carefully manage your time along with all your other daily responsibilities and activities. I've been writing English lessons for an online language learning company called Dailyling, which is produced by Looten International. One grammar point is used for each lesson and the content is designed to be fun. The great thing about Dailyling is that you can learn from a smartphone application, as well as your computer. If you spend a lot of time commuting by train, you can use this time to improve your English, or your Italian!
I love to watch movies from all over the world. The problem with watching say, a Chinese film in Japan, is that there are no English subtitles. I'm a member of a cinema group and I go to as many films as possible, regardless of the language. Even though I'm doing something fun, I'm tricking myself into studying Japanese (by reading the subtitles) when I watch a foreign language movie. If I only understand 60% of the Japanese characters, I only understand 60% of the film. So I have great motivation to study vocabulary, grammar and Kanji characters more.
You have to find something enjoyable about learning a language. That's why Looten International, and I (!), focus on what is fun when producing language learning material.
