Contents
Preamble
Why to read this book
Nota bene
How to have a good learning experience
Why are you learning a language?
Preparing to learn
Goals
Habits
Mindset
Recap | How to have a good learning experience
How to practice a language
Fast and slow
Comprehensible Input
Deliberate Practice
Language skills
Reading
Listening
Writing
Speaking
The L-R method
Recap | How to practice a language
How to study a language
Learning to learn
The building blocks of language
Vocabulary
Deep encoding
Pronunciation
IPA (not that one, the other one)
Advanced techniques
Grammar
Recap | How to study a language
How to make it stick
Spaced Repetition
Between Scylla and Charybdis
Higher-order thinking
Preserving what you learn
A quick experiment
Recap | How to make it stick
Epilogue
What we talk about when we talk about learning like kids
How to be good at languages
Appendices
Resources
The tyranny of choice
Schools
Private teachers
Books
Apps
Other
To buy or not to buy
Learning in the age of AI
Languages around the world
Selected bibliography
Other resources
References