I was going to wait until I had the art finished for it to start promoting it publicly, but now's as good a time as any- the zine is done! It's available on itch.io here!
What you get for $10 USD:
- an explanation of the theory of language acquisition and principles of applying it
- summaries of a number of study methods based on language acquisition principles and a guide on creating your own
- an application section using the constructed language toki pona, including a couple (very) short stories and a dictionary
- an overview of basic linguistics useful for guiding language study, going from phonetics to semantics, with plain-English explanations of the relevant jargon- I went around and got feedback from a variety of people to make sure this was accessible to a wide audience
This thing is more like a small booklet than a zine- it's meant to be a pretty comprehensive intro into everything you might need to get started with learning languages, with names, terms, and links to useful supporting material that is out of the scope of the zine itself.
I'm using the sales from this zine to help with living expenses and transition costs (e.g. laser hair removal, voice training, etc.), so if you find this helpful, please share it around!