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- Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language.
- Innovative solutions get you speaking new words, right from the start.
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you’re ready. You drive the pace. You set the schedule.
- With Rosetta Stone, you’ll discover a foundation of key vocabulary that you’ll use to build into a whole new language.
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go!
Product Description
Develop command of the language as you master conversational language skills across five levels. Gain the confidence to share your ideas and opinions. Develop conversational skills to plan adventures, care for your health and move abroad. Talk about government, work, movies and citizenship. Discuss family and traditions. And celebrate success.Amazon.com Product Description
Rosetta Stone Personal Edition contains everything you need to give the voice inside… More >>
Rosetta Stone Spanish Level 1,2,3,4 & 5 Set with Audio Companion
I bought the Chinese version of this software and it is not as easy as they say, even if you follow their tutorials. So, don’t expect to pick this up as easily as you did your first language. I am very disappointed in this product after all the TV ads I saw touting it as the best language software they had tried.
Rating: 2 / 5
Agreed, Rosetta Stone is a waste of time and money. Using the program for about 3 hours a day, 2 weeks into the program and I got a little curious because my spanish friends had no clue what I was attempting to say. I skipped ahead to to last unit and realized that I will never learn in this way because the program doesn’t even give you any “I” or “You” reference! How are you going to have a personal conversation with anyone. The verb endings are completely different. I got soooo sick of learning about and speaking of the ninos/ninas, mujeres and hombres. How ridiculous!
I’ve since opted to get some books from the library and all is going very well. For me, I need to know how to conjugate verbs and be able to make a statement about myself or you. Rosetta Stone does not have that option. Try for one day to only talk about “he, she, or it” and see how far you get. You won’t get very far at all. It’s impossible. People talk about themselves mostly.
How dissapointing!
Rating: 2 / 5
I knew it was expensive but it is great program and it was cheaper here than anywhere else I looked,
Rating: 5 / 5
I never received the product, I’ve been waiting 5 weeks and it still has not arrived. I filed a claim with Amazon but I have not yet heard back from Amazon regarding my claim.
Rating: 1 / 5
Don’t be fooled by this software. The basic concept is the Berlitz method: “Learn a new language the way you learned your first language.”
The idea was first proposed by Charles Berlitz more than 100 years ago. I majored in languages in college and spent a year in a Ph.D. program in linguistics. The problem is linguists have proved that fundamental changes occur in a human brain as the result of puberty. Once a person hits around the age of puberty, the human brain loses the ability to learn a new language (fairly well) just by “osmosis” like we learn our native language.
The neuronal paths in the brain become hard-wired to the person’s language. That is why full amnesia victims still can speak, read, and understand. It also means that we perceive the world through our language. If your native language is Russian (Latin, etc.) you perceive language as a bunch of grammatical “cases” where you put one ending on a word if it is the subject, a different ending if it is the direct object, different for indirect object, etc. If your native language is English, your brain doesn’t perceive language that way. Hearing and repeating sentences won’t “rewire” your brain.
Yes, you may learn some conversational sentences useful for tourists. But try reading a newspaper article or writing a short letter. Or try getting directions more difficult than “Go down three blocks and turn left, then go two more blocks.” Make a list of 10 things you’ll need that aren’t “Buy newspaper” or similar and see how far you get in trying to understand the answer.
In language learning, there’s no substitute for just plain rote memorization of rules and vocabulary PLUS practice. If there were, universities would be using it.
As far as using this product in coordination with a standard language course, standard courses already have audio practice materials. What the author of the glowing review fails to realize is that no matter WHAT method you use, the more you practice the better you will get. If he was using these materials IN ADDITION TO his class and his classmates were only using the class materials, of course he would advance faster–he’s spending more time studying. Regarding being able to write a few sentences in Arabic or Chinese in a short time, big deal. Anyone can learn a few sentences with a little practice. But “a few sentences” is far short of useful knowledge of a language.
Rating: 3 / 5