5 Techniques to learn a language
Breaking the Language Barrier
Hacking language Learning
Learn any language in 6 Months
Learn any Language Easily
How I Learned 8 Languages
Getting Started with Latin | William E. Linney |
Latin for Dummies | Clifford A. Hull |
AP Latin Vergil Exam | Ronald B. Palma |
English the American Way | Sheila MacKechnie Murtha |
Baron's AP English Language and Composition | George Ehrenhaft |
Cracking the AP Spanish Exam | Princeton Review |
Barron's AP French | Laila Amiry |
Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters | Alison Matthews |
Beginner's Chinese | Yong Ho |
Barron's AP Chinese Language and Culture | Yan Shen |
Barron's AP Italian Language and Culture | S. Ghelli |
Japanese for Dummies | Eriko Sato |
African Languages | Bernd Heine |
The Arabic Alphabet | Nicholas Awde |
Read and Speak Arabic for Beginners | Jane Wightwick |
Read and Speak Greek for Beginners | Hara Garoufalia-Middle |
Portuguese in 10 Minutes a Day | Kristine K. Kershul |
The Everything Learning Russian Book | Julia Stakhnevich |
The Symbolic Species | Terrence W. Deacon |
The Language Instinct | Steven Pinker |
Understanding Linguistics | Great Courses |
Story of Human Language (when on sale) | Great Courses |
Use Google Input Tools to type characters from other languages with Google
(http://www.google.com/inputtools/try/).
1. Begin with the end in mind
2. Be Proactive
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Do a survey of a course before you take it, such as reading a general history on the topic or several Wikipedia articles on the topic. This may include studying one of the many online university courses or other Top 20 Online resources such as the Khan Academy. This might also include studying an audio/visual course on the topic from your library or from The Great Courses Company (when on sale). These surveys give you a scaffolding in which to put particular facts.
Get off to a good start also by reading part of the textbook or the reading list before starting the course.
For AP Courses, review the course descriptions at www.apcentral.collegeboard.com and use review books or apps.
Develop and use flashcards from a site such as Quizlet and possibly a flashcard app for that topic.
Use study guides such as SparkNotes and review articles such as the Sunday Book Review from the New York Times.
Seek out a mentor or study group (without plagiarism) and ask questions.