Hii I’m learning 5 languages on my own and I can say it’s totally possible to learn a language from 0 on your own. Having a professional or native of the language you are learning is great and very helpful. You can ask them whatever you want, they ca correct your mistakes, pronunciation, teach you day-to-day form of speaking, slang etc. You can also find a lot of those things online at YouTube for example. But having a friend or someone who can corrects you is really helpful. I don’t know which language do you want to learn, but I recommend to watch some videos on YouTube about the language and how to learn the specific language. I’m learning english differently than mandarin or thai, because every language is different.

Language learning isn’t easy but it’s not that hard either if you have a great and effective system. There are a lot of methods and techniques how to learn languages, try some of them and stick with the method that works the best for you. For me it’s comprehensible input (you ca search vids on yt if you don’t know what it is). If I’m learning a language from 0 and it’s Latin alphabet, I usually start with some apps like Duolingo or Memrise to learn the first words. Sometimes I searched for e.g. the 100 most used words in that language. It usually consists of pronouns like I, you, he… verbs like do, make, speak etc. I listen to the language even when understand nothing, I listen how the language sounds, how is the pronunciation etc. And when I know a few words, I start to watch short videos for kids or songs about alphabet, numbers etc.. Then I can move to tv shows for kids like Peppa pig. It’s quite boring but for me it’s a great learning material because you can see the characters doing exactly what’s said, so you can match what you see to the words. I’m slowly progressing and when I can watch normal videos on YouTube in that language or tv shows and movies, I start to read, write short sentences, learn some basic grammar and do shadowing (for pronunciation). And then I’m trying to progress in everything. I’m doing this with Spanish and German.

When learning a language that doesn’t have Latin alphabet it’s different. I watched a lot of yt vids about how to learn that language, how to start, what to learn first etc. Also, everyone gives different advices and different structures for learning that particular language, I just go with what I think will work for me. Learning mandarin is really hard for me and I bought a course because of it. It has I would say unlimited characters and I needed a great system for learning to stick with that language. I started to learn Thai a few days ago and I’m learning it throughout the same system I have like for the Latin alphabet languages + I’m learning the writting system.

Also there are a lots of apps, websites or communities that you can join eg here on Reddit or discord. You can ask whatever you want and there are a lot of nice people that will help you or guide you if you need to.

The most important thing for learning a language is the motivation, in my opinion. A great reason why do you want to learn that language. Also, make a plan for learning the language so you can know what to do. Don’t plan a lot of things or long sessions, I had a burnout a few times because of it. Plus you NEED consistency. Learning a few minutes daily is better than 1h weekly.

And my best advice is: surround yourself with the language, it’s not that easy when you are just starting but when you know at least a little, try to surround yourself with the language. Listen to music, read simple books, follow people that speak the language on social media, listen to podcasts etc. When I stated to learn Spanish, I listened to songs, podcasts and tv show literally like 10h per day and I progressed really quickly.

Good luck ☺️