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Jaybo
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Anyone have experience with Rosetta Stone?
OK, First post after lurking for a couple weeks, watching the umm.. interesting.. exchanges in the various threads so all of you grizzled veterans
please don't be too rough on me 
I am looking to learn the Spanish language and there are several programs out there one of them being Rosetta Stone for immersion type of Spanish
instruction. I would love to be able to just move down to Baja and immerse myself that way, but that isn't going to happen for a few years. In the
meantime I would like to have a grasp of the language to help me out on our travels down there in the meantime. Does anyone have any experience with
these programs or have some advice on choosing one?
..Jay
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tjBill
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I liked Rosetta Stone because I found it fun. 
So made it easy to spend time studying.
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jeans
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I saw it in the British Museum 
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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Loretana
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Jaybo
Bienvenidos a Baja Nomad.
I don't know about Rosetta Stone......
But if you are in the Portland area, I strongly suggest you check out adult ed classes at Portland Community College. For a little over $100 you can
take a semester (12 weeks) of evening classes.
And if you are really serious about learning Spanish, you can enroll at PCC Sylvania (or a campus near your NW Oregon location) and take entry level
college credit Spanish 1 with day or night classes and in two or three semesters I guarantee you will be speaking intelligible, correct Spanish.
Here's a link. <<http://www.pcc.edu/>>
These classes are not only fun, but you will find a lot of older folks who are trying to get their language skills up and going. It's easier to learn
in a classroom with a great instructor than sitting in front of a computer by yourself. The camaraderie with other students and homework make it all
come together.
Buena suerte!
[Edited on 12-29-2009 by Loretana]
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DENNIS
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Welcome to BajaNomad, Jaybo. Rosetta Stone is a good program....if you do the work. "No free lunches" and all that stuff. Good luck.
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abreojos
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Best language program out there. Get it!
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woody with a view
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i gotta ripped, ahem, backup copy that i'll copy for you WHEN FdT tells me you sent $50 to the Dia de los Reyes toy drive. look at the bottom of every
page for details....
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Iflyfish
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Welcome aboard.
Iflyfish
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caboguy
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My wife and I are working through it. I think they are on to something, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone without any spanish at all. It is
fairly difficult pretty quickly. I have to say that I think it is a very good program and I am impressed so far, about halfway through disc #1. We
bought all 5 discs and I may not ever install the last one.
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Jaybo
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Thanks for the feedback everyone
Loretana - Too far from Portland, I'm down around hte Monmouth area - and I don't have time to devote to taking classes, I can do language software at
work in my slack times and boss would be fine with that as it would help me out in my job as well.
Woody, sent you a U2U
Thanks everyone!
..Jay
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bajalera
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My daughter, who has taught college courses in Advanced Spanish, considers Rosetta Stone by far the best course of its type.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
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arrowhead
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There is a program on Public Television that comes on most every night. It is called "Destinos". It was designed by a university prosessor to teach
Spanish (really Castillian, the way they talk) to Gringos. It is set up as a series of half-hour soap operas where a woman lawyer from Los Angeles
travels through several Latin American countries and Spain on an assignment.
I highly recommend it. It is all in Spanish, but designed for Gringos to follow the story and learn Spanish from the context. They even stop and
review key words learned during the story. You should find it in your local TV listings.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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Debra
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The problem I've heard with Rosetta Stone isn't that it isn't concidered the best, but, it teachs Castillian (Spanish, Spanish, as I was taught in
grade school in California), not Mexican, but, once you get the grasp it shouldn't be too hard to convert?
Arrowhead's idea is great, I have a friend from Chile who didn't speak a word of English when he came here in 1974, when I asked him how he learned,
he told me TV!
[Edited on 12-29-2009 by Debra]
Mean people suck!
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Rosetta Stone makes two versions of Spanish lessons, "Spain" Spanish and "Latin American" Spanish, so make sure you order the right one. I ordered
mine 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for it to show up.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Scorpimon
I ordered mine 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for it to show up. |
Messssican Time.
No joke, amigo. Hope it gets there.
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
There is a program on Public Television that comes on most every night. It is called "Destinos". It was designed by a university prosessor to teach
Spanish (really Castillian, the way they talk) to Gringos. It is set up as a series of half-hour soap operas where a woman lawyer from Los Angeles
travels through several Latin American countries and Spain on an assignment.
I highly recommend it. It is all in Spanish, but designed for Gringos to follow the story and learn Spanish from the context. They even stop and
review key words learned during the story. You should find it in your local TV listings. |
That is an excellent recommendation. My problem with Rosetta Stone is the price. If you're going to buy it, look for used copies. Buying it new retail
is outrageous.
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Debra
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Scorpimom......didn't know there was a Latin version, Thanks!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Scorpimon
I ordered mine 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for it to show up. |
Messssican Time.
No joke, amigo. Hope it gets there. |
They have an on-line only subscription option by the month if you want to test-drive a language before investing.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
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That is an excellent recommendation. My problem with Rosetta Stone is the price. If you're going to buy it, look for used copies. Buying it new retail
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Absolute bulllchit unless cost saving is your objective rather than language assimilation.
If one wants to learn a language, that objective should be the first and foremost consideration. Not cost.
What do you want? To be be frugal or multi-lingual?
Take your pick.
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Jaybo, I have a cousin who owns and runs a Spanish Language School in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. u2u me if you want the website. I have no
affiliation with this school so I don't know all the bells whistles he has but I will give you the web info so you can investigate.
David
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