Rosetta Stone Version 3: Spanish (Latin America) Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion
Rosetta Stone Version 3: Spanish (Latin America) Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion see short title
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Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Levels 1, 2&3 you connect with the world around you. With level one you begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-r... » full description
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Levels 1, 2&3 you connect with the world around you. With level one you begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-reliance, shop and enjoy basic social interactions. Taking what you’ve learned in Levels 1 and 2, we help you reach an advanced level of competence. This competence allows you to connect with the world around you. You will learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life; your work, current events and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they’ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD’s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! « short desciption
User Reviews
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Review Date: 2009-11-19
This is a GREAT product. I have never had any success with learning another language..Middle School and High School were just boring memorization. For the first time in my life, I was actually learning a language from native speakers. Also, I was having GREAT fun!! I am a Ph.D. and you would think with all that education that one would be smart enough to learn another language but I just couldn't "get it" and just got discouraged.
Now, there is no substitute for practice and that is also true with RS. It is not a magic bullet where you become instantly fluent but I have never seen a system that was so much fun and as addictive as this is. There are many people where I live who are either bilingual or are Hispanic and I was already speaking with them after I completed the first level. It helps to listen to Spanish TV as well as local conversations to pick up some of the slang but I am moving so quickly through this that my friends are amazed.
I live on the west coast where knowing Spanish is extremely important and I find myself being able to listen to people talk and really being able to follow the conversation! Yes, this is an expensive product but worth EVERY PENNY. RS is like having a private tutor. It is far more enjoyable and much less expensive than a single college course even at a community college. Unlike a class, you can spend more time on a section which is harder for you and move quickly through another section which is easier. I have purchased a SPA/ENG dictionary which helps with a tricky verb or word (not included in the vocabulary) and also have a good friend (Hispanic) when I am not exactly sure of the exact sound of a word. Other than that, I am SO impressed with this product!
By profession I have been a college professor for 25 years and I have heard so many students complain about how boring a foreign language class is as you just "sit in class and congugate verbs". True, you have to know the grammar just like in English but RS makes it so much fun you learn in spite of yourself. I have read reviews by some people who think this is either too expensive or you don't learn how to be fluent in "conversation" but I couldn't disagree more.
I don't work for RS so I have nothing to gain by writing this except that I am so glad it was developed to really help people learn in a fun way.
User: S. Carrish-Bulkley
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Summary: A great product!!
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-11-15
This is such an awesome product! What a fun and interesting way to learn a language!
User: Carissa
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Summary: Rosetta Stone
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-11-13
Here's the low down on Rosetta Stone - It doesn't work like other forms of teaching a foreign language, but that is the point. You will not be learning the same way as you will in a college class (I am in my 5th semester now). You will not know that you are speaking in the "preterit" conjugation by name, but you will know you are referring to the past (which is the point after all right?!?!?). Could you imagine trying to explain the complexities of the rules to a young child instead of just saying "No son, we are not WENT to the store, we're GOING to the store". Learning the rules after having a foundation is a tremendous help, trust me.
I studied abroad in Costa Rica with a Dora the Explora level of spanish (much less than my classmates) yet progresses much faster because I used Rosseta Stone simultaneously. I admit taking 4 hours-a-day of spanish classes while in a spanish-speaking country may have helped a little bit, but I went from 'hola, como es-TAH-sssss' to being able to carry a full conversation in 4 months.
That is obviously the most ideal situation for learning a foreign language, but I could see the confidence difference between me and classmates. When ever our class would go out (say to the market to practice names of foods) I was the only one with the confidence to start conversations with the merchants with out the professor prodding. That is because I had interactive feedback from RS and knew the words and that I was pronouncing them correctly.
Of all the complaints about this software I have read on Amazon, none are exclusive to RS but learning a foreign language in general. The best way to learn a language is to be immersed in it, which most people don't have the luxury of doing.
The bottom line is that using RS by itself is not the best way to learn a language, but nothing is. It is, however, the best you are going to get in a product. Vastly superior to any other product available. Taking spanish classes is great, if you have a basic foundation in the language. If you don't it is stressful and confusing. If you truly want to learn a foreign language, start here and move forward.
Learning a foreign language is difficult but one of the most rewarding things you can do. I have seen so many people start and give up because they were confused. They were confused because spanish classes are ridiculous and terrifying to most people. By practicing with RS before taking classes, you will have the confidence you need to excel.
PS: Rosetta Stone haters - relax. There is NOTHING that is going to teach you a language overnight. NOTHING. RS is like a treadmill. It's what you need to drop the pounds but it is just a starting point to a healthy life and you still have to get on for it to work.
User: J. Orcutt
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Summary: 2nd only to actual immersion
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-10-26
You're really excited about that trip you're taking to a foreign country. You want to speak the language and talk to the natives. So you dive right into Rosetta Stone and in the very first lesson learn how to say "The boy is sitting on the airplane" and "the girls are jumping." And it doesn't get very much more conversational from here until well into the program.
Save your money, get Pimsleur or Fluenz, which both teach you really useful phrases from the beginning, such as "do you understand English?" Or Living Language, which I believe is out of print for some languages but you'll be able to find used.
Oh, by the way, you won't be able to resell your Rosetta Stone software once you're finished with it, so YOU ARE STUCK FOR THE WHOLE PRICE! FOREVER!
User: CAW
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Summary: not worth the price
Helpful Votes: 3
Total Votes: 4
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Review Date: 2009-10-22
Before spending big bucks for this software, you should know that according to Rosetta Stone's licensing agreement, you are not purchasing the software as a physical product, but rather you are purchasing only the *right* to use it! In other words, Rosetta Stone is only granting you permission to use their software for the $400+ you spend for it. You do not have a right to sell or in any other way share the software with others. Legally, only you the purchaser have "permission" to make use of their software. This deceitful practice of "licensing" a product for use and not for purchase is now being challenged in the courts as a breach of the "First Sale Doctrine", and the best way to protest such tactics is to not buy Rosetta Stone software until the company changes its manipulating and deceitful practices.
My own experience with Rosetta Stone is that is way overpriced for what it offers. There is nothing revolutionary about its method, it is only using multimedia to guide you through learning a language. Rosetta Stone is a highly controlling company and its marketing machine makes it appear that you are getting something special for a very high price. Nothing could be further from the truth. You would be better served by less expensive and more advanced language-learning programs.
User: spinoza
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Summary: Do not buy Rosetta Stone, it's a total ripoff!
Helpful Votes: 2
Total Votes: 5
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- Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Innovative solutions get you speaking new words, right from the start
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- With Rosetta Stone, you'll discover a foundation of key vocabulary that you'll use to build into a whole new language
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
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