learning italian

sup /lang/

im taking a beginners italian course at univ in the fall and I wanted to know if you guys can recommend some audiotapes or italian forums/imageboards.
is pimsleur good? sorry if this has already been done. also french is my mother tongue so i hope this will help with the language acquisition.

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I wouldn't bother with Italian. There just isn't enough italian literature that makes learning it worth it.

You should just learn Japanese instead.