*At first, one letter at a time, pen in hand. Your ideal is developing a sort of ear-to-hand reflex, bypassing the brain.

*Use software that allows adjustment to both letter speed and overall sending speed. Learn letters fast (~18 WPM) and slow it to an overall speed of ~5 WPM.

*Copy simple words as soon as possible (SEE, EAT, TEA among the first), and simple sentences as soon as possible (I SEE THE SEA).

*Eventually, get a simple shortwave receiver, make sure it can receive the modes known as SSB. (Many simple receivers will only receive amplitude modulation.) Get a piece of wire up high and tune into the ham bands. Odds are good you'll pick up stations from really far away.

*Most international stations transmit in English. They use a lot of abbreviations and procedural signs but that's ok. Copying while not anticipating words is important, and copying things you don't understand is a good way to do this. Once you can can copy station call letters you can look them up online and it will tell you exactly where they're located. I've been doing for 25 years and receiving signals from 10, 100, or 10,000 miles away still a thrill every time.

*When you're ready, get a radio license. It's a process, and an investment, but two-way telegraphy with stations across the world using nothing but a wire in the trees is really, really, really fun.