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which online course - duolingo , rosetta stone, babbel - and a grammar book

The Economist has just published an excellent review of online language courses. http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2013/06/language-learning-software It also has  a link to a review of the new rosetta stone. I consider rosetta too expensive - have heard it can be found on tpb, too. Maybe the new version is good enough, the elder ones were rather too simple to pay for it. Duolingo I never tried, but as it is free, it is worth a look. Babbel I recommended years ago - I still consider the free COMMUNITY the best feature about it: Ask others to correct your texts/homework/letters - ask what ever you did not understand about grammar etc. - there are lots of kind people out there eager to play teacher, and till you reached advanced level yourself, even an un-professional help is helpful. (I have also seen many "real" teachers not competent in explaining grammar. Believe me: They do not learn it in the German university! And abroad they learn a lot of "gramm