Why and how I make personal flashcards rather than using shared decks

A balanced approach to language learning, where you climb two ladders focused on learning more about the language, and learning to use what you know about the language.

Which are the best language learning books, and which are the worst? I have bought plenty of books in the past, only to look at them guiltily, as they sat on the shelf, and I have bought other books that proved to be real treasures. Here, I make recommendations that worked for me.

"The Missing Manual" for Michel Thomas Courses (French, Spanish, Italian)

Everybody struggles when learning languages. It is an inherent part of the process. If you are struggling it means you are progressing in the same way everybody else does.