does it work? can you learn as fast as they claim? seems like a bargain to learn a new language for 400 bucks.

anyone have experience with the program?

1/25/2008 12:09:47 AM

hahahahaha

1/25/2008 12:28:57 AM

NASA uses it? It's gotta be good!

1/25/2008 7:20:06 AM

They let you try it for FREE? It must be good!

1/25/2008 7:26:47 AM

It's just like anything else. You're only going to get out what you put into it.

1/25/2008 7:27:25 AM

i like it; it's good for visual learners i guess

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 8:39 AM. Reason : &]

1/25/2008 8:10:26 AM

^What he said.

If youre not a visual learner, I would suggest Pimsleur instead. it is almost entirely audio and is a great way to learn to speak a language. It is a bit tedious at the beginning but it is well worth it.

1/25/2008 8:52:14 AM

what is rosetta stone's method of teaching? j/w since it's so revolutionary and stuff

1/25/2008 9:00:01 AM

basically, they show you a picture and tell you something about it in the other language and you have to figure out what they've said. it helps you to associate the word with the idea it represents, so that you're not translating in your head

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 9:09 AM. Reason : more]

1/25/2008 9:03:02 AM

alrighty then, picture this if you will...

1/25/2008 9:17:43 AM

FBI uses it as well

i've seen the real Rosetta Stone, it didn't do shit

1/25/2008 10:33:47 AM

it's not blarney stone

1/25/2008 12:45:57 PM

rosetta stone is one of those things you could save money on by googling enough helpful sites

1/25/2008 12:49:10 PM

rosetta stone is one of those things you could get for free from thepiratebay and then pay for if you find out it is worth the money.

1/25/2008 1:01:54 PM

Ok, I'm going to give a serious answer. I have never used Rosetta Stone, but one of my friends did.

He took Spanish in high school and was in engineering at NCSU. He was supposed to take the placement test at orientation to try to place out of having to take any foreign language electives. He ended up getting drunk the night before and missing it. No problem he thought, he'd just take it sometime during his first semester.

First semester passed, as did freshman, sophomore, and junior year. In his second semester of senior year he still had not taken any foreign language classes and he had all but forgotten what he learned in high school.

Enter Rosetta Stone.

He listened to it in the car for three weeks straight. He took a couple trips to the beach, listening and practicing the whole way.

He ended up passing the placement test and graduating on time. Maybe there were other ways he could have done it, but Rosetta Stone was probably his best bet at actually learning enough to pass the test.

Did he learn much? Probably not. He probably brought back some of his high school learning and crammed in just enough info to pass the placement test. If he put more time into it I think it is possible that he could have actually learned the language though.

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 1:19 PM. Reason : l]

1/25/2008 1:10:13 PM

^ that story sucked. The way it was built up, I was betting on the dude curing cancer.


But let down.

1/25/2008 2:10:51 PM

And then there was an explosion and a bunch of strippers jumped out of the cake.


Does that make you feel better?

1/25/2008 2:32:32 PM

nvm

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 3:41 PM. Reason : this isnt chit chat...]

1/25/2008 3:41:00 PM

I used it for Japanese for ~2months, doing 30-40mins per night for about 4 nights a week.

I was pretty amazed at how much I had learned. Then I stopped for 6 months... Now I am trying to go back to where I had left off and I really see how far I had come in those 2 months, now that I have to build my understanding back up.

It is not worth $400 imo, but if you have the means (or maybe other MUCH cheaper means) then go for it. It is confusing at first because they literally just throw you into the language, it is mostly pictures, and you kinda pick up on the grammar and such as you go along. It worked very well for me. I took pretty diligant notes the whole time as well.



[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 3:59 PM. Reason : e]

1/25/2008 3:56:42 PM

Quote :

"He listened to it in the car for three weeks straight. He took a couple trips to the beach, listening and practicing the whole way."

i think you're getting rosetta stone and pimsleur confused homie

1/25/2008 5:23:22 PM

yes, it really works.

1/25/2008 8:15:29 PM

it just takes alot of self dicipline to sit down and spend time working on it

1/25/2008 8:21:55 PM

^^^ Yeah Im thinking the same thing. However, I have had a lot of success combining both Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone. Pimsleur helped a lot more on my speaking the language and Rosetta Stone helped a lot more with my reading and writing. Although doing both at the same time can be a little overkill for the casual learner especially considering the cost.

1/26/2008 9:02:18 AM

I got Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone from OiNK before it was shut down. You can get it pretty fast from other private sites, I'm sure. TPB might have it but is as slow as molasses.

1/31/2008 3:12:14 AM

how good is this at helping you learning like how to conjugate shit? thats what always fucked me up...i could get to the point where i hear words that i know, but when it comes to conjugating and what not thats what would fuck me up

[Edited on February 17, 2008 at 5:22 PM. Reason : if anyone has the spanish files pm me...would like to get them if possible]

2/17/2008 5:05:47 PM

I'm almost done with level 1 German and I'm really impressed by it. It makes you think intuitively instead of memorizing conjugation tables and lists of definitions.

9.2/10

3/2/2008 9:06:52 PM

how long have you been taking the german?

thanks good site

3/3/2008 12:35:52 AM

Maybe 2 weeks on Rosetta Stone. I knew a little bit just to get around over there in college but I've never been anywhere near conversational.

3/3/2008 12:50:15 AM

i'm a visual learner, the rosetta stone thing worked okay, but i learn much more quickly actually having a conversation with someone fluent in the language. that way you can ask questions and really learn useful knowledge that you might actually need in everyday interactions. i guess it also depends on why you're learning it, if it's just to visit somewhere find a program (or a person) to teach more travel-oriented stuff, or for instance if you're learning spanish to interact with local people, find a program (or person) to specialize in teaching what is pertinent to the situations that you will be speaking the language in for the most part.

3/3/2008 10:54:29 AM