Posted: 11/27/2010 8:48:41 AM EDT
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Has anyone used Rosetta Stone to learn another language? Please share your experience. I'm thinking about it for a Christmas gift for someone, but would like to hear some personal experiences first. Thanks. |
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I have used it for Tagalog. I'm not going to claim to be fluent, or even conversational (yet, but it's coming!), but after a few days of lessons I can at least get the gist of what is going on in everyday conversations. I haven't even finished the first disk, there's a level 2 after that.
It works. You learn to read, write, and speak simultaneously. It starts you out with basic and common things - man, woman, boy, girl, etc, expands to basic actions, drinking, reading, writing, eating, cooking, running etc. it builds from that into complex concepts. I like it. I would recommend it. |
| I was doing the French Rosetta Stone, and was liking how it teaches. They call it "immersion learning" or something like that. My take is that it will teach you to be able to converse in a basic sense if you travelled to an area where they speak the language. I can't imagine becoming fluent in French using Rosetta Stone. Good product with that in mind IMO. |
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It's a huge waste of money unless you're buying it for someone who has strong resolve. It takes a lot of extra-curricular work for it to be effective. You could sit someone down in front of it for a year and they wont learn shit unless they practice speaking it to other people. I used to brush up on my German.
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Quoted: It's a huge waste of money unless you're buying it for someone who has strong resolve. It takes a lot of extra-curricular work for it to be effective. You could sit someone down in front of it for a year and they wont learn shit unless they practice speaking it to other people. I used to brush up on my German. Hmmm... |
| I like CDs, I can do other stuff while listening and answering. Rosetta seems like you'd spend time stuck in front of a computer. I really enjoyed Berlitz German CDs, they were funny, so I remembered. Pimsleur's German and Arabic CDs were dull and repetitive and I remember nothing. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I like the idea of it and liked the free samples they have on their website, but it's hard for me to justify the expense. It's $250 for level one, $570 for levels 1-3, and $750 for levels 1-5 (the complete set). Yikes! ––––––––––- you gonna get this one locked... might want to edit that out... |
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Quoted: It was just a dream I had. Just a dream.Quoted: Quoted: I like the idea of it and liked the free samples they have on their website, but it's hard for me to justify the expense. It's $250 for level one, $570 for levels 1-3, and $750 for levels 1-5 (the complete set). Yikes! ––––––––––- you gonna get this one locked... might want to edit that out... |
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Quoted: Dude, between this and the yodeling thread, are you trying to get locked man? Jesus, take an hour off or something.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I like the idea of it and liked the free samples they have on their website, but it's hard for me to justify the expense. It's $250 for level one, $570 for levels 1-3, and $750 for levels 1-5 (the complete set). Yikes! ––––––––––- you gonna get this one locked... might want to edit that out... |
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Quoted: meh, probably a good idea.Quoted: Dude, between this and the yodeling thread, are you trying to get locked man? Jesus, take an hour off or something.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I like the idea of it and liked the free samples they have on their website, but it's hard for me to justify the expense. It's $250 for level one, $570 for levels 1-3, and $750 for levels 1-5 (the complete set). Yikes! ––––––––––- you gonna get this one locked... might want to edit that out... |