This site deals with learning German using a self study language course. A self study course can be really useful when you are learning a new language but it can have some disadvantages over other ways to learn a language. Basically, a self study course gives you a great deal of flexibility in when and how you use it. The hard part is that you need to be self motivated or disciplined if you want to get the best out of it.

This site will discuss various Learn German courses, including Rocket German. It will point out some of the good and bad points of each course. On a more general point, it will highlight the aspects of learning a new language that a typical self study course cannot really help with and  suggests some way to get round these problems.