Stuff that helps

I'll be adding more to this post later, as I sift through my bookmarks and weed out all the broken links. (Note for poor students: All of the stuff below is either free or it can be found by asking your friendly neighbourhood pirate. They usually hang out in a Bay of some sort. Don't tell anyone I sent you.)

Software:
Rosetta Stone - A flashcard program with voice recognition, it's pretty good at teaching pronunciation but not much else. It's fun to use though and I like playing around with it.

TellMeMore - I hated this one. It was buggy and confusing to use. In the amount of time I spent swearing at it because of the constant crashes, I could've learnt 8 irregular verbs!

Books:

Hugo's Learn French in 3 Months/Hugo's Learn Spanish in 3 Months

These language teaching series are awesome. If you work through the weekly assignments, you will have a solid understanding of grammar in...well..about 3 months! The explanations are simple and the book comes with CDs where every exercise is read out loud. They even explain the harder aspects of grammar, for example the subjunctive in French.

Children's storybooks with audio

You can find these in your local library. Get a ton of them! You can also read and listen to stories online. For French, try http://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/ (you will need to make a free account.) Another great website for multilingual story-telling is http://www.banq.qc.ca/portail_jeunes/raconte_moi/

Free podcasts on iTunes:

These vary in quality, so be sure to listen to samples before downloading a whole series.
Here are a few good ones that I tried:

Coffeebreak French- a fun and easy language podcast for complete beginners. The teacher speaks with a heavy Scottish accent in English, which is kind of funny, but his French accent sounds authentic. Also check out Coffeebreak Spanish by the same people.

Walk, talk, and learn French - videos starring an overly enthusiastic French guy who'll take you on a tour of Paris while teaching you some basic phrases.