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• Includes Audio Companion™ CDs to reinforce your language learning anytime any place
• Included is a USB microphone headset that allows you to listen to the program and practice pronouncing words correctly while working with our proprietary speech recognition and analysis tools
• Contextual Formation™ feature uses real-world simulations to give you the benefits you need to succeed
• Adaptive Recall™ Language feature tracks progress to reinforce your strengths andrevisit needs
• Intuitive, sequential learning makes every lesson count and build progressively
• 32-bit Windows 2000, XP or Vista; Mac OS 10.4 or 10.5; Processor Speed 1Ghz or higher; RAM 512 MB or higher; 16-bit sound card; 600 MB free hard-drive space (Per level); USB Headset (for Speech Recognition); One-time 16x CD-ROM drive (for installation); One-time Internet or phone connection (for activation)
People usually buy Rosetta Stone because they think that a high price is a guarantee of high quality or because they think that using the computer will be a more fun to learn the language... Both assumptions are wrong when it comes to Rosetta Stone. You will waste a lot of your time and money learning completely useless vocabulary and you will fail to assimilate the grammar of any language if you use Rosetta Stone (the order of the presentation of the grammar was based on English, so it has no relevance for the difficulties of Spanish or the language you are trying to learn!). And if you thought that learning with a computer is fun, I can guarantee that you'll be bored with this program after Lesson 2! You will learn much more and effectively using the materials published by Teach Yourself or Berlitz. True, you won't have the computer to have fun with, but Rosetta Stone computer lessons are no fun either. And you will end up saving yourself at least $200!
19 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 17, 2009
For it's insanely expensive price, it is a terrible way to learn. They do not provide translation, so you may wonder what they are trying to teach, the don't teach basic grammar, they just expect you to learn phrase by phrase, and most of the phrases are not useful. There are hundreds of other Spanish courses that are much better than this, and much cheaper.
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Posted August 15, 2009
Some of the words are used and taught incorrectly, such as Nada; the software says the word Nada means " swim". Nada means nothing, the word is Nadar; " to swim". And Rosetta Stone teaches Bebe means "drink". Bebe is "baby". "Beber" means to drink. This makes me wonder how many other word translations are wrong?
11 out of 15 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.As any language learning process, Learning Spanish requires time, effort, and discipline. Rosetta Stone is the fastest way for one to start. I started my Spanish with Rosetta Stone. Since I wasn't born to speak English, learning Spanish using my English would be extremly stupid. Plus, in my country Spanish is not popular, that is why I could not find any book for studying Spanish by my mother tongue. It started so easy and the knowledge that you learn be repeated days after days. Anyone who doesn't have any background on Spanish could start with Rosetta Stone. I did ace the program in three months. I was unemployed and hopeless to find a job. Everyday, I spent for like 8 to 10 hours in front of the computer studying Spanish and applied for a job.
After I found a job, I got back to school and enrolled for Spanish. I am acing my Spanish class with the knowledge I learned from Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone is not a perfect program indeed. You would not earn a strong background and foundation on Spanish if you don't use any other aid for grammars and verb conjugation since Spanish verb conjugation is far more complicated than English.
Below is the list of products that I have used and found to be great study aids, if you are interested.
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Overview
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone© Version 3 Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 with Audio Companion™ includes everything you need to begin learning Spanish—from grammar and vocabulary to basic sentence structure. It's the foundation upon which your language-learning journey begins. Gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills in Spanish, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows you to take Rosetta Stone Spanish anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion™? Audio Companion CDs provide activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. You can listen to Audio