Has anyone ever used the Rosetta Sone Language teaching software?

Question

I'm interesting in buying the Rosetta Stone language software. I've heard good things about it, even from a few questions asked here on Yahoo Answers, and I was wanting to know if anyone had any experience using it. I would really like to learn German, but I figure Spanish is more practical, especially considering I'm in school to be an elementary teacher in Utah! If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate hearing it. Thank you!

Answer 1

Good question.
I'll be checking for the answers too.
Thanks,
Dan.

Answer 2

Funny thing, today I was looking into learning Spanish with the Rosetta Stone Lanugage software too! What a coincidence. Anyway on the contrary I saw some negative reviews on Amazon.com and other review sites. In my opinion I don't think it would be a bad place to start as the brand name is quite popular for those wanting to learn a language. Obviously the best thing you could do is enroll in a local language course where you can actually speak Spanish with your peers (language is a practical skill!). If that is not what you're looking for, you might want to check out the many Spanish phrase books which are very helpful and use it as a supplement to the Rosetta Stone software. In any case, I suggest the Rosetta's Online Demo before you decide to purchase the software as it is quite expensive. Good luck!

Answer 3

A friend of mine used it for learning Russian; I saw the program and was quite impressed, it is the best language teaching software I've seen so far (and I am a) Russian; b) linguist)

Answer 4

I as used it. It will help you it 's a good place to start

Answer 5

I am a teacher in CA. I use it with my ESL students and I am using it for myself. It is a great program.