Teach yourself Afrikaans

It would be so useful to be able to speak Afrikaans... I thought because I hear it all the time I would just 'pick up' the language. But after a year in Afrikaans speaking areas my vocab is still limited to môre, lekker, arend, totsiens.... 
"Teach yourself Afrikaans" has just arrived in the post - Time to start learning!! Groete! :)