Rosetta Stone?

[kaydee]

Does anyone here have any personal experience with Rosetta Stone? I've heard great things about it, but am wondering if that's just hype.

[Sandy Navas]

Re: Rosetta Stone?

Vilket språk ni vill lära ?

[Hulamoon]

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I looked it up before to pick up some Spanish (I own a house in So Calif and when I go there you are in mexico) and it seemed really expensive.

[kaydee]

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Making me work for it, eh Sandy?

French

[Poppytree]

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No wonder I was confused - only heard of this one!!!
Rosetta Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[kaydee]

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Oh, sorry, Jane. Maybe I spelled it wrong. I'm not sure. But I am looking for the software program for learning a new language.

[ilive2craft2]

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I think you spelled it right - I found it on amazon Amazon.com: Learn French: Rosetta Stone French - Level 1-5 Set. Sorry, no personal experience, but it is so tempting! I have a minor in Spanish, but I have lost most of it - college was a looonnggg time ago.

[kaydee]

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I think you spelled it right - I found it on amazon Amazon.com: Learn French: Rosetta Stone French - Level 1-5 Set. Sorry, no personal experience, but it is so tempting! I have a minor in Spanish, but I have lost most of it - college was a looonnggg time ago.

Is there anything you can't buy on Amazon? Never thought about looking at reviews on Amazon. Duh!

[kimsophia]

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My husband used it to learn some French before we went to Paris. It's helpful. Better than just buying a book like the "Learn Italian in Three Months" guide I got... You can hear the sounds of the language so its good for hearing and speaking the language and it is fun to use.

[Susann]

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I home schooled my DDs and used RS for part of their foreign language requirements for high school. I had checked out Spanish and French but ended up settling on German due to DDs educational/career goals. We were very happy with the program and felt it was very user friendly. Oldest DD ended up spending five months at a German engineering school her sophmore year of college. She felt she had a solid foundation to work off of at school and as she traveled around the continent. My background was Latin and ASL so I was coming in blind to it. We used it 8 years ago and it was very expensive but worth every penny.

[Claire OneStitchAtATime]

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There are some free online resources to get you started with a new language. Good luck!

[ozziepuppy]

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I got it a year ago for Christmas & I thought it was good. There are many sales so you don't need to pay full price. I got the Spanish one. I didn't keep up with it though so will have to start over when I feel better.

[GuitarGramma]

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We got the Spanish version when we were home schooling. I hear great things about other languages, but I had a HUGE problem with the Spanish version. When you're learning Spanish, conjugating verbs is really important. But Rosetta Stone, Spanish, manages to skip a LOT of conjugating by using "ing" verbs.

In other words, instead of teaching I play (juego), you play (jueges), he plays (juege), Rosetta teaches I am playing (estoy jugando), you are playing (estas jugando), he is playing (esta jugando). It uses this pattern for almost all verbs. Native Spanish speakers use the first set of conjugations FAR more often than the latter. So Rosetta Stone teaches you to speak Spanish like an American, not a Mexican. You miss a lot of important stuff, and it handicaps you when you're listening to a native Spanish speaker.

As I said, I hear great things about other languages, but I think it's not worth the money for the Spanish version.

[icul8rg8r]

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We have the Homeschool version and really like it (it grades my kids progress, etc). I love the fact you can HEAR the pronunciation - especially for non-phonetical languages (like French)!

[Hulamoon]

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You can find used ones on Ebay too.