I immerse myself fully into that topic and surround myself with relevant content incl. books, videos, communities (Discord, Reddit, forums) and, of course, try

I immerse myself fully into that topic and surround myself with relevant content incl. books, videos, communities (Discord, Reddit, forums) and, of course, try to start using that skill/thing early and constantly. This is the case with both programming languages, and human languages or things like mathematics as well. You just have to be ready and push through the many possible embarrassments and mishaps on the way. Online courses, e.g. from Udemy can likewise transmit to you how a particular instructor or a person approaches, talks and reasons about problems in that technology so you get that, while being part in various feeds and communities you will gradually see and be exposed to relevant current topics that are being discussed in that sphere. Books pave the way for deeper and more concentrated understanding while on the other hand pushing yourself to interact and discuss with people about things, as well as constantly consuming content in that language helps you condition your mind to that environment. I sometimes make it a kind of a firehose that fires at me so I get ”immersed” with the thing I’m learning. Oh, and of course, either early on, but rather even after first increasing your vocabary, spend time on reading through the documentation (this worked for me learning React.js, the current Beta docs, where I was coming from Vue.js before, same being the case as well for things like Django and RoR), or just learning the grammatical details or, so to say, syntactical details of a language after having some ”vocabulary” under your belt(in no case neglecting the ”boring stuff” either). I’d call such an approach an ”immersive” one or something. But you have to be somewhat committed and motivated so it starts to pay dividends over time and you get more comfortable. It’s not easy, so remember to spread this across a wider timespan, set goals and be systematic with your approach to learning. This is how I learned programming in high level languages like JS and Python and became fluent in German in addition to English, Finnish and Russian. Then what can happen, if you get too far and harsh on yourself, of course, is that you get burned out, so be careful and take care of yourself. But it’s all part of life, so I guess just one more thing. Try to ensure and be confident that you learn the right things for yourself, it’ll help a lot. Learning things just for the sake of learning is nice too, but over time you’ll get frustrated and start to ask yourself questions. E.g. Why learn Spanish if you never plan on using it? You’ll be able to form a sentence or two, but that’ll be just about it. Good luck!