I'm in the camp that thinks it's not likely that you'll get be able to get to a level of fluency that is needed for a bilingual position. I just think the expectations for those positions are "native speaker" level...

That said, I think learning languages is fun, useful, and you never know when it might come in helpful. Who knows, you might find a job where knowing even a little Spanish is a huge benefit, without requiring you to be completely fluent?

BTW I am working on French. After 4 years in high school, a college certificate (like a minor, slightly less hours), and now almost two years of working on it on my own pretty resolutely (I do something to practice every day), I am definitely nowhere near fluent.

Here are some things I'm using, that you might like to check out:

- http://duolingo.com/ - Duolingo rocks. It's free, you can use it on a computer or download the app, and it has a ton of languages (including Spanish). It's "gamified", so it's set up like a game... it keeps track of the number of days that you log in and practice. There's also discussions and a place to practice translating articles.

It doesn't always do a good job *explaining* grammar, it's more about practice by doing things a million times, but if you have a background with Spanish this is a really good way to brush up on those skills. I really like it.

- Look at the Duolingo discussion board, and maybe check out other language boards (I like to read the subreddit for French, for example). One thing that comes up frequently is tv shows, podcasts, etc for the language you're learning. As you start to improve, you'll really want to look for anything *spoken* online like this, so you can start tuning your ear to the language. If all you do is lessons, it's going to be hard to understand actual speech. Finding short clips is nice, because you can listen to them several times - I read something that said this is similar to how kids learn language when they watch the same cartoon 20 million times, you will understand more each time you listen.

When I was getting started, I really liked finding cartoons on Youtube in my target language, b/c there's often a lot of visual information to help you understand what's going on.

- Check out italki: Learn a language online - I haven't used it yet, but I've seen a lot of recommendations for it. You can find a language partner there (for free, I think) - someone fluent in Spanish trying to learn English. You set up a time to skype, and spend half your time practicing Spanish, and half allowing them to practice English. They also have professional teachers that you can pay for individual lessons.

Obviously, an in-person class is a great option if you can swing it - since you'll have homework, somebody to ask questions of, and somebody who can hear and correct your pronunciation. But, if you can't do that right now, I think you can get a really good grounding using Duolingo, videos online, and Italki.

Good luck!