Stop the Insanity! | View From the TownView From the Town. For this Christmas, I got my first, truly powerful mobile device in the form of a Kindle Fire HD. At last, I was moving in the modern world, where I could properly ignore people around me by playing games, updating Facebook, and watching movies. Up until now, I could only do that so completely on my computer. I have an ancient (2002) Pocket PC which allows me to read ebooks while travelling, but not with this much power. I went to the App Store to see what was offered for languages and language learning, naturally. There was quite a variety, including Kindle version of Memrise and DuoLingo. I decided to see how good some single language teaching systems were, so I searched for “Italian” (a language I have been studying on and off for a few years) to see what came up. I know I’m not going to learn Italian in a month. It also had the subtitle and promise of “Learn Like Kids”.
Of course, as kids, we didn’t get single pictures and words. Advertisement This program is all wrong! Related. Measuring_the_Effectiveness_RS-5.pdf. Languages Around the Globe: Review of Rosetta Stone. Should I Buy Rosetta Stone? Does it Work? Rosetta Stone has been the forerunner of language learning software for most of the last 30 years despite a rather spotty success record among many serious polyglots and amateur learners alike. Its commercials and other successful marketing strategies have made it a popular choice among adult learners and a name that is known nearly everywhere. For only $500 USD you can own levels 1-5 of Rosetta Stone's Spanish, for $300 you can subscribe to a year's worth of material.
It is not my place to tell you whether or not Rosetta Stone will work for you, or how to spend your own money, but I can tell you with certainty that you don't need to spend that much money, so why would you? When I was working as the program coordinator for the Literacy Volunteers of Eastern Connecticut (LVEC) I was given a lot of first hand experience using Rosetta Stone as a teaching tool in our computer labs. Okay so... But that's not exactly what you wanted to know. Rosetta Stone® Logiciel - Apprendre l’anglais - Apprendre l’espagnol. Rosetta Stone Review | Effective Language Learning. ← TOP 10 Language Learning Software Course Overview Uses the total immersion approach3 Levels available (for Spanish even 5)USB Headset with microphoneAccompanying Audio-CDsAvailable languages: more than 30 languages Homepage: Rosetta Stone Ratings Review Rosetta Stone courses are some of the most talked about within the field and it’s really not hard to see why.
Many other language courses have tried to emulate the innovative methods that they use, and have failed. The practical fact of the matter is that Rosetta Stone programs are in their own league, using what they call the “total immersion” approach. Content As you might expect, the Rosetta Stone packages come with a lot of additional extras. Similarly good, the vocal recognition is not bad, and picks up on subtle mistakes that other pieces of software might have missed.
There are three Levels to each language taught by Rosetta Stone, and each Level contains four lessons. Usability Cost And here is the major flaw with Rosetta Stone.