The game of learning a foreign language: duolingo

Learning German is not easy, as any German who grew up with one of those regional "dialects" will tell you, you know, variants that could be considered a "foreign" language.

For foreigners comfortable with computers, there are various options for learning German, paid options like Rosetta Stone and some free ones.

Of the free ones, duolingo is our tool of choice. This Wikipedia article explains the concept, the business model, and the history of duolingo better than we could.

duolingo is actually fun,  a concept traditionally not associated with learning a foreign language.

Take a break from Angry Birds and play some language learning. You might like it and, of course, you are not limited to German.