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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5821 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 17 of 29 18 November 2010 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Nope. I don't agree with the guy -- I think he's been duped by the marketing, but I think he genuinely holds that opinion. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6513 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 29 18 November 2010 at 11:57pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I would like to remind participants in this discussion about the original question. It was not what members of the forum think about it, but about the concrete experiences its actual users have had with it - though this should include those who tried it and dropped it (otherwise we will have an overrepresentation of the satisfied customers). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Magnus13 Triglot Newbie United States mybestwaytolearnspan Joined 4951 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Mandarin, Korean | Message 19 of 29 19 November 2010 at 12:23am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I understand that if I were in your position I would likely think that I am a shill. However, this is simply not the case. I was merely expressing my opinion of Rosetta Stone, based upon my experience using it. @ Cainntear I haven't been duped by the marketing, as I am fully aware that it is a hyped product and that there is no one system that can teach you everything you need to know about a target language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5155 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 20 of 29 19 November 2010 at 1:05am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I think of Rosetta Stone in the same way that I think about Pimsleur, Michel Thomas or Livemocha: as valuable complements to my main textbooks that nicely round up particular competencies, altogether facilitating and enhancing my study regimen.
But since by themselves they won't take you very far at all, they should be priced just like what they are, secondary aids and complements, not as if they were complete and robust language learning programs, which they definitely are not. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| nebojats Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5006 days ago 89 posts - 120 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Thai Studies: French, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Italian | Message 21 of 29 19 November 2010 at 4:23am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Juan!
Ignoring price for a second, if you could identify some of RS' biggest shortcomings, what would they be? What program or type of book would you use to address those shortcomings and why? Magnus13 says a grammar book is a good complement to Rosetta Stone, since RS doesn't explain grammar at all. Cainntear mentions improvisation/comminicating in the language as something lacking from RS, which might be addressed by using programs like Livemocha. Thoughts? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6931 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 22 of 29 19 November 2010 at 2:04pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Well, if that is your opinion, you are certainly entitled to it, and if you found benefit from the program, then good luck to you. I hope you will post more about your experiences with language learning. As a new-comer to a forum posting positive comments about a course that, otherwise, receives a lot of criticism, I would ask you understand why you aroused (arouse - you're not off the hook yet in my books!) suspicion. Such is the way of the Internet! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Magnus13 Triglot Newbie United States mybestwaytolearnspan Joined 4951 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Mandarin, Korean | Message 23 of 29 19 November 2010 at 3:09pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Thank you for (sort of) understanding Chris. In my original post I said what I liked
aside from the price. Rosetta Stone is very overpriced, but if it were to cost say $50 for all 3 levels, there really isn't a reason to not get it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5155 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 24 of 29 19 November 2010 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
That it is not substantive enough. Not by far. After completing all three levels you'll have an exceedingly limited vocabulary and no formal understanding of the grammar. You'll be able to ask for directions, but not give your opinion on politics or literature. I think if you were to bundle Rosetta Stone with Pimsleur and Michel Thomas, and offer them as "companions" to a real textbook like Langenscheidt's Optimal for German or Hachette's Alter Ego for French, you'd be onto something. In my opinion USD60 for all three levels of Rosetta Stone with no installation restrictions would be a fair and reasonable price, and I would gladly pay it. Same for Pimsleur and Michel Thomas, all levels included. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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