learn Brazilian (Portuguese)

so i just hooked up to ichat, so i can do video conferencing with my exchange student. any hints on how to communicate and speak in portuguese with out actually knowing any portuguese?

I had a brazilian exhange student for 6 months. It was really great. I am going to teach English and live in Brazil for 6 months in March of 07. I have been trying to learn portuguese. I started off with the book and am using Before you Know it. I like it because it is a very visual program, with a lot of repition. The Pemsleur program cost way too much. My goal is to spend an hour a day studying.