I first learn in college for two years programming Delphi. Its a good langauge but lacks power. I found just messing about with the language helped alot. I kept wanting to create better programs so I had to learn how to do it. I when around the internet looking for how to do something. Then applied it to a problem. I learnt that progamming isn't about just writing code. There is a development process with programs from start in design to end in testing. I'm reading Code Complete 2 by Steve McConnell. This is an excellent book about the development of programs and good practices in being a programming. I would suggest reading it. It's expense, maybe get it from a library or somewhere like Amazon.com (I think theres previous used versions cheap there). He also does some other books on software development.
In general programming isn't something you can just learn just like that, you have to practice, and its suprising what you can forget without practice.
Now I'm learning C# at uni, problem is I know many of the principles of programming but can't express it in a new language. But I'm also learning new features of C# which weren't in Delphi.
What languages do you know, and whats you experience, it would be good to know.