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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 33 of 41 30 December 2006 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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| InsanePenguin Senior Member Wales Joined 6872 days ago 248 posts - 248 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 34 of 41 14 January 2007 at 8:41am | IP Logged | ||
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So is it fair to say Rosetta Stone is helpful with reading and writing? I can get hold of Spanish (Spain) I and II for free.
I've done the passive wave of Assimil and up to about lesson 22 level II of Pimsleur, When I get burn out I tend to change direction i.e from Speaking to listening or to reading. Probably not the most constructive but it's all Spanish at the end of the day! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crimson_King Newbie United States Joined 6529 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 35 of 41 22 January 2007 at 8:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you want to try out Rosetta Stone but you dont have the money to buy it or you dont have a friend who owns a copy, you might want to chech your local library.
My local library has it set up to where, if you have a library card, you can use Rosetta Stone online for free. I am using the German edition and, while I must say it is improving my vocabulary (which is not very good anyway), I would not shell out the cash to buy it if it wasnt offered to me for free. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| justinwilliams Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6690 days ago 321 posts - 327 votes 3 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Italian | Message 36 of 41 16 February 2007 at 12:42am | IP Logged | ||
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How many words can you except to learn with rosetta stone and how long does it take to complete 2 levels? I mean if that's all it teaches it's important to know that!
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| seifip Newbie Russian Federation nihongoup.com/Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5057 days ago 3 posts - 8 votes | Message 38 of 41 21 January 2011 at 1:00am | IP Logged | ||
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@justinwilliams: According to Rosetta, it seems to be a Level per year... But I've seen
testimonials form people who completed the whole course in a few weeks :) I think that the main problems of Rosetta are that the methodology can only be used with beginners, and thus you can't move onto more advanced levels without changing the way you learn. Also, even Level 3 dialogs are so slow it's painful to listen to. If anyone's interested, I recently wrote a japanese-worth-it/">Rosetta Stone Japanese review on my blog... I review the Japanese version, but the overall reasoning and conclusion applies to other languages as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tibbles Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5192 days ago 245 posts - 422 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Korean | Message 39 of 41 23 January 2011 at 9:36am | IP Logged | ||
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A level per year??? A level in Rosetta Stone comprises only about 25-30 hours of actual instruction or activity. Spreading that out over a year would mean a user would average under 5 minutes per day with the software, or it would mean that the user tortures herself going through the same lesson again and again and again. Even all 5 levels would comprise less than 200 hours of instruction which is probably only 25-50% of what eager learners would wish to do in a year.
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| seifip Newbie Russian Federation nihongoup.com/Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5057 days ago 3 posts - 8 votes | Message 40 of 41 23 January 2011 at 11:00am | IP Logged | ||
Yes, I know that it sounds incredible, but when you launch any of the Rosetta Stone Japanese levels, the default course choice is "Full Year Curriculum: Extensive content and skills covering full scholastic year" xD 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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