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brewer
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Roseta stone?
Is it worth it? Do you get anything out of it?
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by brewer
Is it worth it? Do you get anything out of it?
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Totally worth it. Buy it now.
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QUETZALCOATL
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I just finished levels 1-5,its kinda pricey but now I can understand every thing. However I dont speak it unless I have to cause I sound like a
"Spanish Forest Gump". I highly recommend it and this is coming from a guy who's wife is from Mexico,kids are fluent and lived in Baja for seven
years. I wasn't smart enough to learn Spanish w/o R.O. There is another system some say is better called "Pimsleur" but I went with the Roseta stone
and it worked .Oh, some say you can't switch from one computer to another with Roseta stone. I was able to and the 1 time I had a problem the customer
service was prompt and helped correct the problem.Good luck, hoped I helped some.
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Curious?? How "expensive" is "kinda pricey"?
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Around $500 us for level 1&2. I noticed Costco had some the other day but I didn't notice the price or the levels of lessons
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QUETZALCOATL
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I got 1-5 for around 500.00 USD about 6 months ago on the Roseta site. Thinking about selling it, but then again I might do it all again to see if I
can get better-then sell.
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I found Rosetta Stone to be useful, but it takes a lot of computer time and a lot of memorizing. I also found I could understand more, but had
difficulty speaking much. I found my copy on Craigslist at about half price. I'm working on Pimsleur now and find it much easier and much cheaper. I
also found I felt much more comfortable talking after working with Pimsleur.
Just my two centavos.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by QUETZALCOATL
I got 1-5 for around 500.00 USD about 6 months ago on the Roseta site. Thinking about selling it, but then again I might do it all again to see if I
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Be careful about buying a "used" copy. They only allow it to be load on 2 computers, so if you buy a used copy you can only use it on 1 computer
assuming the first owner only loaded it on one.
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jbcoug
I found Rosetta Stone to be useful, but it takes a lot of computer time and a lot of memorizing. I also found I could understand more, but had
difficulty speaking much. I found my copy on Craigslist at about half price. I'm working on Pimsleur now and find it much easier and much cheaper. I
also found I felt much more comfortable talking after working with Pimsleur.
Just my two centavos.
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Are you writing that Pimsleur doesn't take as much computer time as RS?
How is Pimsleur easier? Why is it more comfortable to speak now?
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I loved rosetta stone. I used it for Italian and for Polish and I learned so much that the 1st time we went to Poland, I could understand 75%. Two
years later, when we went again, I could understand 95%.
When we went to Italy, I was able to converse in basic Italian and it was fun. I think the speaking comes with time practicing. I was really happy
being able to understand what people were saying.
My husband Les did Rosetta with Spanish and within 2 weeks, he was speaking more than he had in a whole year. and he could understand so much more as
well, it was like night and day.
I did pimsleur for Polish and altho one does speak more, I was not as impressed with it as with Rosetta.
[Edited on 11-2-2012 by BajaBlanca]
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jbcoug
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Lee,
Pimsleur is not a computer program. It is audio that you listen to for 30 minutes a day. Basically you listen and repeat. It sounds boring but really
isn't. It's a pretty intuitive method based on using repetitions of words in different conversations. After doing Roseta for a while I had quite a
vocabulary, but wasn't comfortable speaking. Pimsleur is way more useful to me in putting together useful conversations or questions. I got way more
out of Pimsleur per thirty minute sessions than I did from Roseta.
John
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I have many friends who have used Rosetta Stone, and they loved it.
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QUETZALCOATL
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You can load Rosetta stone onto more then 2 computers -you just have to call the customer service, I loaded mine onto three-they helped reactivate on
the third-no questions asked.
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jbcoug
Lee,
Pimsleur is not a computer program. It is audio that you listen to for 30 minutes a day. Basically you listen and repeat. It sounds boring but really
isn't. It's a pretty intuitive method based on using repetitions of words in different conversations. After doing Roseta for a while I had quite a
vocabulary, but wasn't comfortable speaking. Pimsleur is way more useful to me in putting together useful conversations or questions. I got way more
out of Pimsleur per thirty minute sessions than I did from Roseta.
John |
Thanks John. Now I get it. I didn't know Pimsleur was CD's only. I started with CD's (different program) years ago and they worked OK. I
admit that extensive computer time is needed with RS. I don't mind the time as, for me, visual memory is important along with speaking during the
lessons.
In your case, verbal repetition alone has given you confidence to speak more, so, congratulations on that and keep up with the lessons.
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I'm happy others have been successful with RS but it just wasn't really helpful for me. It was okay to learn a few nouns in the beginning but all of
a sudden I got to a point and it just left me in the dust because there is no translation. A friend gave me some audio CD's by Micheal Thomas which
have been much more effective for me. While RS startss with nouns, this program starts with verbs. Ie; I want I need, I have, etc. It seems easier
and more effective to me to convey my thought and then just fill in the noun. They start by saying the sentence in English and then say it in
Spanish. Once you get the hang of it. They say the phrase in English, you repeat it in Spanish and then iot provides the correct answer. Just
beginning but so far I like it much better.
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QUETZALCOATL
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Alan-the Michel Thomas-ww2 veteran?
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and I believe all this has to do with how one learns...there are different learning styles
some read better - have to see it on order to comprehend
others simply can hear it and comprehend
others must write it down to comprehend
and others simply blurt out something remotely close to the object language and eventually learn it this way
my adopted Brazilian son started learning English at age 9 by coloring the objects in a book with the names of the words next to it. It worked so
well for him.
all methods are valid. As a veteran Englsih as a foreign language teacher for 30 years - the students that learn the quickest are those who simply
speak speak speak with little regard to whether it is gramatically correct or not. but you gotta be real courageous to do that !
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I did not really care for Rosetta Stone but found that Learning Spanish Like Crazy level 1-3 was much more effective at getting to conversational
Spanish. It is certainly much less expensive than Rosetta Stone but the results of everyone I know who has tried it has been very good.
http://www.learningspanishlikecrazy.com
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brewer
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So buying Roseta stone off Craigslist level 1-5 for $65.00 is probably a scam?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by brewer
So buying Roseta stone off Craigslist level 1-5 for $65.00 is probably a scam? |
It's probably a copy in which case you probably won't get the work book along with it.
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