What is your approach to language learning?

My approach includes reading a lot of questions in my native language.  I find it quite disturbing that many people waste their time on really impractical and boring content, instead of focusing on everyday language. I would get bored really quickly and stop learning a new language if I had to study textbooks for beginners. What's your approach to learning a second (or third, etc.) language and tutoring others?

By the way, feel free to correct this entry, because it's not only a question.  I'm also trying to improve my writing.