Rosetta Stone

• Classyposter58

  

  Anybody else use this? I downloaded it off a torrent site and am shocked how fast you pick it up. The immersive quality to it is pretty cool as well, you actually start to learn the language similar to how you learned english as there are no english translations or anything. Just pictures and words and a speaker saying the words. Something fun to do in the summer
• Automatik

  

  It's definitely legit, but I got bored with it rather quickly. I was also learning Danish, which is a bitch of a language.
  
  
  For casual learning or to brush up for a trip it's perfect, but I feel I need to be in a classroom setting if my goal was to speak fluently and read/write.
• dlazz

  Learning a new language gets exponentially harder with age.
  
  That being said, I tried Rosetta Stone for Spanish and found it to be useless. It rarely understood me when i spoke to it, and it didn't seem to teach me vocab very well.
  
  Also, most libraries have it so there's not really any need to pirate it.
• Automatik

  

  What level did make it through for Spanish?
  
  I've heard if you get through level 5 you'll have a solid understanding as a whole. A friend completed 1-3 for Italian and she was pretty damn good after that, but also very dedicated.
• dlazz

  Automatik;1624671 wrote:What level did make it through for Spanish?
  
  I've heard if you get through level 5 you'll have a solid understanding as a whole. A friend completed 1-3 for Italian and she was pretty damn good after that, but also very dedicated.

  I don't remember. Was years ago.
  
  I was only casually doing it to brush up for college-level courses I had to take.
  
  I wanted the fundamentals (sentence structure, verbs, conjugation, etc) and Rosetta Stone fell way short of that with its immersion bs.
  
  Granted, I guess I was a rare breed since I had taken Spanish before.
  
  I had taken Spanish in high school and six years had passed since I had seen/used it.
• QuakerOats

  Found the program valuable; I can speak French, in Russian.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Stay thirsty!
• cruiser_96

  

  что является удивительным!
• Classyposter58

  

  Automatik;1624662 wrote:It's definitely legit, but I got bored with it rather quickly. I was also learning Danish, which is a bitch of a language.
  
  
  For casual learning or to brush up for a trip it's perfect, but I feel I need to be in a classroom setting if my goal was to speak fluently and read/write.

  Is it? I'm learning Swedish which is actually pretty easy to catch on to
• Automatik

  

  Yes, definitely one of the harder Scandinavian languages. I'm assuming mostly due to the spelling and pronunciation. You hear a word, see the spelling and you're like wtf... and vice versa. My Swedish and Norwegian friends would always rag on Danes and their language.
  
  The structure is easy to pick up, but hearing a word and then spelling it very difficult. But like I said, I gave up pretty quickly.
• Heretic

  

  I'll have to suggest this to a friend, as she's moving to Europe (can't remember if it's France or Germany off the top of my head) in a month.
• Automatik

  

  http://livemocha.com/ is web based and free. I've heard it's ok....never tried though.
• thavoice

  Anyone tried the Farsi or arabic?
• Belly35

  

  Rosetta will by relevasing Belly soonm
• Fab4Runner

  

  Belly35;1625105 wrote:Rosetta will by relevasing Belly soonm

  Lol, amazing.
• Devils Advocate

  

  Belly35;1625105 wrote:Rosetta will by relevasing Belly soonm

  I wonder if Rosetta has a bellystani module?
• vball10set

  Belly35;1625105 wrote:Rosetta will by relevasing Belly soonm

  Will it include spellcheck?
• Belly35

  

  vball10set;1625123 wrote:Will it include spellcheck?

  no that er be an ouption $12.00
• Heretic

  

  Belly35;1625134 wrote:no that er be an ouption $12.00

  This line comes from the advanced version of Rosetta Stone. Belly 401, so your basic model will still leave you staring at the screen with confusion and disbelief.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  LOL. I had to rep belly.
• vball10set

  ernest_t_bass;1625155 wrote:LOL. I had to rep belly.

  Me too.
• vball10set

  Belly35;1625134 wrote:no that er be an ouption $12.00

  lol, touche'
• QuakerOats

  Belly35;1625134 wrote:no that er be an ouption $12.00

  
  upgrading to the premium version, NMP, is just $20 more
• Belly35

  

  Heretic;1625147 wrote:This line comes from the advanced version of Rosetta Stone. Belly 401, so your basic model will still leave you staring at the screen with confusion and disbelief.

  if you order the eye patch ouption... yes mofo
• vball10set

  *option
• Zoltan