Wonder if any one has used Rosetta Stone to learn a new language and if this is great or just okay?
2007-02-21 07:00:34 · 8 answers · asked by Curious 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I tried Rosetta Stone for Spanish. It was effective to learn basic words and sentences. It does not have any grammar or conjugation instructions though so it will be very hard to go beyond the basics with it
My college uses another software called TeLL me More, by Auralog. I found it more complete and less repetitive. It covers not only the basics, but also intermediate or advanced level. My goal was to become fluent so it was perfect for me. It has a lot of different activities: picture/word association, videos, dialogues,..., includes also grammar and conjugation. It has also more content than Rosetta Stone as far as level and number of hours of learning. Their speech recogntion is great so you can have a dialogue with the computer. They have a free demo at http://www.auralog.com/. I came across a site listing reviews http://learn-spanish-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
The best way to learn a language would be through immersion, visiting these countries. Learning a language will require some time. In addition to software, you can have books which are useful as well. Audio CDs like Pimsleur for instance might help you out but you cannot get any feedback on your pronunciation so I did not like it so much.
2007-02-22 03:01:10 · answer #1 · answered by jparizona2007 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 00:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tool Rosetta Stone
2016-12-18 05:05:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 02:17:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used Rosetta stone to brush up on my Spanish. I liked it a lot better than the other programs because it's really user friendly. It's easy to move ahead quickly on the things you do well, and it slows down for you on those that you do poorly.
My favorite part was where you can speak into the microphone and compare your pronounciation with the programs. It was by far the best program I've ever used.
2007-02-21 07:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've used it. Not very successfully. I use an online language learning site called Livemocha. It's been great and I've learned a lot in the year that I"ve been using it. I'm learning Mandarin Chinese and Korean.
2016-05-24 03:35:09 · answer #6 · answered by Danielle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The military gives Rosetta Stone to their translators as a supplement tool. My sister has a couple and she swears by them!
2007-02-21 11:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by queenrakle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great--if you really want to learn. I am using it with Junior High students, and if it flies with them (and it does), it will work like a charm for you. (We are doing Spanish).
2007-02-21 07:09:29 · answer #8 · answered by mistrhistre 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋