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| wharrgarbl Newbie United States Joined 5852 days ago 27 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 6 25 November 2008 at 4:56pm | IP Logged |
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Does it work? I always see the advertisements for it, and of course they have a bunch of success stories and stuff, but I'm still skeptical about it. Has anyone here actually used it? How is it?
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| Juan M. Senior Member Colombia Joined 5907 days ago 460 posts - 597 votes  | Message 2 of 6 26 November 2008 at 10:03am | IP Logged |
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It is good for what it does, but to learn a language you need several resources and great dedication. Used as one tool among many Rosetta Stone can be very useful. You won't achieve anything remotely resembling fluency by itself though.
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| Felixelus Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6846 days ago 237 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 6 26 November 2008 at 2:46pm | IP Logged |
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Well I've been using the Rosetta Stone version 3, German level 1, and I must say it's a greatly improved product. You can now style your own course to concentrate on speaking or reading if you like but theres also a nice all round course that covers all the skills. The voice recognition software they use is greatly improved and there no more waiting to get those useful phrases and verb conjugations since they now cover "I, you, we" much earlier in the course.
Having said all of that I still wouldn't expect to reach fluency using only RS. I'm expecting some useful vocab and valuable immersion time but I certainly don't expect to understand all of the grammar just from RS. My advice? If you can get RS free through a library type deal then get it but make sure it's version 3. Work your way through RS while utilising other resources such as a good grammar book or general course book so you can fully understand the details. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Juan M. Senior Member Colombia Joined 5907 days ago 460 posts - 597 votes | Message 4 of 6 26 November 2008 at 2:59pm | IP Logged |
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I have used both, and believe version two is actually much more thorough. Edited by JuanM on 26 November 2008 at 2:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6873 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 5 of 6 26 November 2008 at 6:24pm | IP Logged |
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I heard Rosetta Stone had some technical problems with some of the non-Western languages in version two, but theynhave been sorted out in version three.
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| Felixelus Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6846 days ago 237 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 6 27 November 2008 at 4:03am | IP Logged |
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JuanM: I have also used both version 2 and 3. While version 2 might be more thorough, I couldn't really stick with it! It got quite boring after the first few units and I hadn't felt like I'd really learnt anything that would help me in real life apart from some basic vocab. Whereas in version 3 they've mixed it up so you have vocabulary lessons, writing lessons, speaking lessons etc so I'm not getting bored and practising a range of skills.
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