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| 843 Tetraglot Newbie Singapore Joined 5231 days ago 16 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Indonesian*, English, Malay, Mandarin Studies: French, German | Message 1 of 20 06 January 2010 at 1:27pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've seen pretty mixed reviews, mostly in the extremes. I've given it a try and it may be too early to say, but I believe it's very good when you're trying to get acquainted with the written system and pronunciation. As it's an immersion program, it's effective for remembering common phrases and vocabulary. It's true that you need to be intuitive to understand the grammar since it's not explained anywhere, but it's nothing a cheap grammar book can't solve.
In my opinion, if you want to converse fast in the language, it may not be useful. However, if you're willing to invest a lot of time and want to reach decent fluency, Rosetta Stone is a great way to start. Your thoughts? EDIT: I realized I'm posting in the wrong board. I'll repost the thread there. Edited by 843 on 06 January 2010 at 1:29pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5804 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 2 of 20 06 January 2010 at 2:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Short answer: as much as a chocolate teapot.
What feels to you like a slow start is actually pretty much all there is to it. The format of the Rosetta Stone software doesn't allow it to present any sentences with even a little complexity. It is extremely limited. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Muz9 Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5317 days ago 84 posts - 112 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Somali | Message 3 of 20 06 January 2010 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It sucks! Don't use, you will be stuck with tons of words you will never ever use in a normal conversation, example: they monkey is under the table, the apple is on top of the hat. It is also time consuming as it repeats so much, FSI or Assimil courses are much better.
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| hypersport Senior Member United States Joined 5674 days ago 216 posts - 307 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 20 07 January 2010 at 12:03am | IP Logged | |||||
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I did Roesetta Stone Spanish 1 and 2. Was very good I thought, I was using the stuff with native speakers from the beginning.
There are many ways to go about language learning, I consider this one of many tools, and a good one. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| elvisrules Tetraglot Senior Member BelgiumRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5262 days ago 286 posts - 390 votes Speaks: French, English*, Dutch, Flemish Studies: Lowland Scots, Japanese, German | Message 5 of 20 07 January 2010 at 12:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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You might have find it helpful, but personally I think there are much better resources out there, namely Assimil and FSI. Rosetta Stone, like any language learning tool with audio will get you speaking the language immediately, yes, but there are much better ways to go about it. Michel Thomas is a good way to get a start into the language before starting to study it seriously, Pimsleur too though I'm not a big fan.
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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5384 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 6 of 20 07 January 2010 at 4:43am | IP Logged | |||||
"as much as a chocolate teapot"-what a great expression! I had never heard it before. Is it an original comment or a common expression in the UK? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Halie Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5903 days ago 80 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 7 of 20 08 January 2010 at 1:17am | IP Logged | |||||
I was wondering that as well! I'm even a native English speaker and I've never heard it (Although I'm American.) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6150 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes Speaks: English* | Message 8 of 20 08 January 2010 at 2:32am | IP Logged | |||||
Pretty practical phrases, I'd say. ;-)  
(Edit: Had to swap in a new pic, the original was taken off the Net!) Edited by TerryW on 11 June 2010 at 8:52pm 9 persons have voted this message useful |
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