Spanish is easier to pronouciate than French for about the first year of learnign the language. Spanish is useful if you live or plan to live in the US and French is vice versa if you plan on living in Europe.
Explanation:
For r, you should practice everyday. It's hard because your facial muscles haven't been used in such ways and will continue to get harder as your muscles harden and become less flexible. Practice training those muscles everyday by saying it.
