Rosetta Stone?

#26
#26
Rosetta Stone is awesome; i'm currently learning Iranian farsi. like a lot of things though, if you're not dedicated to it, it won't do squat.
 
#29
#29
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#30
#30
In my opinion, Rosetta Stone is alright. I don't think it's worth the money. I can speak Spanish, French, Portuguese, a little Italian, and Tagalog. I have demoed the Rosetta Stone on all these languages. While the concept behind it is really good, it's only a good intro to a language. I think you can get more out of a class or a restaurant setting.

I remember I was doing the Tagalog Rosetta Stone and I said something to my mom (she's a native Filipina) because I had never heard the word before and she asked me to repeat myself. I told her again, and she said that Filipinos don't say that. After talking with some others of different backgrounds, they expressed the same thing - the Rosetta Stone tends to use words that aren't actually used in everyday speech. They use some formal speech (which isn't a bad thing necessarily).

I also just think the phrases that they have you repeat in some of the lessons are just ridiculous. I don't think you'll ever have to know how to say "the car is blue" or "the horse is jumping" in German. I find this too be a common complaint among people that use Rosetta Stone. It doesn't teach you how to form sentences. That part you have to figure out on your own and you have to figure out what the words mean individually. Then again, you have to learn words somewhere and that's overall the concept of cultural immersion, but actual cultural immersion and a computer program are two different things. You will at least have context and actual people there to help you in a cultural immersion situation.

Obviously, the best way to learn is being in the environment itself, but since most of us can't afford to that, there are other ways. I find one of the best ways is going to a restaurant where the language you might want to study is spoken and speak with them(this sometimes can lead to awesome discounts later on down the road - I got a free Mexican meal today because of this)

A good way to learn is to have a pen pal. MyLanguageExchange is a good website. I recommend paying the 3 or 5 dollar fee for a month and get as many pen pals as you want and communicate through Skype, Facebook, or e-mail and learn that way.

Reading is another good way to learn. Reading local news goes along way, but it doesn't help speaking so much.

Another good site is LiveMocha.com. It's very similar to Rosetta Stone. There, you can have native speakers can correct you on speaking and writing. The basic site is free too, and that should be all you really need.

Rosetta Stone is a good product, but I think you can do better.

I hope that helps!
 
#31
#31
Its a bit overpriced for what it is, but it's a good intro for Latin bases languages. Non western stuff, look elsewhere.
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#32
#32
milohimself said:
Its a bit overpriced for what it is, but it's a good intro for Latin bases languages. Non western stuff, look elsewhere.
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I agree. I remember trying the Russian, Chinese, and Arabic versions. They were good, but it doesn't teach you a single thing about the alphabet. That you have to learn on your own. It's a good supplement tool, but that's about it.
 
#34
#34
Wouldn't be easier on all of us if we just force the rest of the world to learn English? It's the American way!
 
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