The Way I Like To Learn. We all learn things in different ways and that is great but for me, not having a proper education to really speak of found in my late teens, early 20's the best way for me to learn. I never really knew when I was a kid blowing up plug sockets and breaking toys, that what makes me tick and really when I start to learn is by pulling something to pieces to see how it works. This style of learning got me working as a teacher in a primary school within a year as opposed to sitting down copying out of books or listening to a teacher. I am applying same method to learning Russian here on italki. I am starting buy learning alphabet and writing Russian, even though don't understand the words just getting to grips with individual sounds and their visual representation is paying off. I know as soon as can say it and read it regardless of understanding then will be a very short time before fluent enough to have conversations. who else works this way or is it just me.