Rosetta Stone

[dgsevier]

I suggested to Rapunzel that she might take a job with Valley Crest if she wanted to learn Spanish. What a great deal, getting paid to learn a foreign language!

I wondered how long it would be before someone played that card...

 

[Matt J]

Rosetta Stone is especially good if you want to learn a minor language (Hungarian, Swedish, etc.), but without a doubt the best way to learn a For Lang is to go to that country and immerse yourself in the culture. But that's even more pricey than the wine list at Fi$h Out of Water. Rosetta Stone, if you're dedicated, is a great "toe in the SOWAL water" for language instruction. If it's Spanish or French then I suggest finding a local "language club" that gets to together with the express pupose of keeping their chops up in that language. Does anyone know if the local CC has one through their continuing ed. division?

A friend of ours actually did that by going to Italy. He speaks great Italian now. He did this when he was an airline steward so he flew for free.

 

[Chickpea]

I can only comment on the French language lessons which I have used, but Rosetta Stone is just fine. It's not the miracle that they advertise, nor is it the only system out there for learning another language, but it does more than an adequate job of teaching. You might want to look into Living Language and Pimsleur as well.

Chickpea, you're asking this question for a reason! Where are you going next??

Hi Mermaid,
I actually am somewhat conversant in spanish but really want to be fluent so I am looking for a way where I can be disciplined and learn by myself - I thought about trading french lessons for someone who could teach me spanish.....

 

[Miss Critter]

Rosetta Stone is especially good if you want to learn a minor language (Hungarian, Swedish, etc.), but without a doubt the best way to learn a For Lang is to go to that country and immerse yourself in the culture.

A friend of ours actually did that by going to Italy. He speaks great Italian now. He did this when he was an airline steward so he flew for free.

Like the book "Eat Pray Love." I loved that book.

 

[Ocean Lover]

I just saw a commercial where Michael Phelps said he used it to help him learn Chinese.

 

[ASH]

I got it to learn Spanish when my company sent me to Honduras looking at a company they were purchasing. I have left that company since, but wish I had kept up the lessons. It was working pretty good. Now I am not as immersed and don't recall as much as I used to. I think I paid something like $80 for the Spanish.
If I did it again I would also go all the way and get the headphones so that you can learn to enunciate properly. I remember getting laughs when I was obviously just a white boy who knew the right words, but not the accents.

 

[Cil]

My kid has a download (or is it upload? anyway) of Rosetta Stone's Russian course. I listened to him speaking to his laptop for much of the summer. I guess he thought it was fine.

 

[goofer]

My kid has a download (or is it upload? anyway) of Rosetta Stone's Russian course. I listened to him speaking to his laptop for much of the summer. I guess he thought it was fine.

That is great. I would love to learn Russian, both my paternal and maternal grandparents came to America from the Ukraine. I would also love to learn Chinese but I suspect both languages are hard to learn.

 

[aggieb]

That is great. I would love to learn Russian, both my paternal and maternal grandparents came to America from the Ukraine. I would also love to learn Chinese but I suspect both languages are hard to learn.

so did my maternal grandfather's grandparents. ukraine and german here.

 

[Matt J]

That is great. I would love to learn Russian, both my paternal and maternal grandparents came to America from the Ukraine. I would also love to learn Chinese but I suspect both languages are hard to learn.

so did my maternal grandfather's grandparents. ukraine and german here.

Your names have been added to the list. ;-)