Any other programs like Rosetta Stone? Books are also an option, I guess.
Rosetta Stone Review - To be honest. In this review: How does Rosetta Stone teach? Why is it not an effective program? Why is it still popular?
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A research about the program effectiveness. Rosetta Stone VS Pimsleur and other programs.
Languages taught: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, Irish, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Swahili, Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Welsh. Format: Computer- assisted language learning which includes: Lessons in the software. Online tutoring sessions. Interactive Language games. Price: . HOW DOES ROSETTA STONE TEACH? The method. Rosetta Stone calls their method .
There are no English translations or explanations. Words and phrases are defined by pictures. There are also no grammatical explanations. You are expected to learn grammar structure by recognizing the patterns in the sentences presented.
A typical lesson. Words/ phrases are introduced one at a time. They are provided with the script and pronunciation. As you progress through the lessons, you will complete exercises that pertain to the lesson. These exercises include: Matching words/ phrases with their related pictures. Testing the correct pronunciation for words/ phrases.
This is accomplished by voice recognition technology. Providing a transcript for spoken phrases. You are also asked to do some grammatical exercises such as verb conjunctions, etc. The whole course for a language has up to 5 levels.
Each level contains 4 units, with each unit containing 4 core lessons. This means there can be up to 8. Outside these core lessons, there are also additional sections which focus on building writing, vocabulary, grammar, listening, or reading skills.
Each core lesson should take about 3. Focused activities should take 5- 1. The company recommends you to relearn a lesson one or two times to solidify your knowledge. The online tutoring sections. After finish 2 core lessons you are encouraged to take part in an online tutoring section.
An online tutoring section, which is 2. In the section, you will go through a fixed set of activities, and all of the conversations in these sections are in the target language; English is not allowed. When buy any CD .
The maximum number of sections per month you can schedule is 4. This means that you will be given 1. After that you have to pay if you want to continue to use this tutoring service. II. Helpful tutoring sections.
This may be the best part of the program. Talking with native speakers is always an excellent way to practice what you. Spaced repetition.
The program uses the . This feature is helpful; it helps the learner retain the knowledge better. Beautiful software interface and images.
The software is aesthetically pleasing. The images used in the lesson are vivid. III. For most of us, Rosetta Stone does not work. There are no grammar explanations, if the learner can. Imagine you are in an Arabic lesson and you don.
That is the first time you see it. Because you were not taught Arabic writing rules explicitly, you don. The learner has no way to understand the word meaning, because teaching is based on previous lesson. This system can cause you to lose your way.
In fact, it seems that Rosetta Stone simply translates the course from a language to another, only making small adjustments. For example, when you learn Asian languages you will not see much Asian food, clothing, or cultural information. Instead, a set of generic pictures repeat throughout all language courses. No practical words/ phrases.
Learning sentences like “the dog jumps”, “the elephant is big”, or “the girl is under the table. Matching pictures hundreds of times is boring. Others Concerns. There are many kind of Arabic, Rosetta Stone doesn. CONCLUSIONRosetta Stone is unlikely to be an effective way for you to learn a language.
What can Rosetta Stone be useful for? Some people use Rosetta Stone as a supplemental tool to help them acquire vocabulary. V. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION1. A statistic: Rosetta Stone versus other programs. On Sept 2. 8, 2. 00. How- to- learn- any- language. The number of votes for 1.
Rank. Program. Number of votes. Assimil. 61. 2Pimsleur. Michel Thomas. 35. Teach Yourself. 26. FSI2. 56. Linguaphone. Living language. 98. Rosetta Stone. 89.
Hugo. 81. 0Colloquial. Fluenz. 7Rosetta Stone has only 8 votes. The forum is the most reliable forum about language learning methods.
Many of its members can speak 2, 3, 4 or 5 languages. The low number of votes for Rosetta Stone (despite the big fame it receives in the market) means that most of the forum. Why is Rosetta Stone so popular? Source: Rosetta Stone Inc.
Annual Financial Report (2. A large portion of Rosetta Stone. The ratio, although smaller than the rations in 2. A Rosetta Stone effectiveness research. The research was conducted by Dr.
Katharine Nielson from University of Maryland. The Rosetta Stone software version used is the version 2. US government agencies. The result is not much better with Tell Me More. We cannot resell Rosetta Stone CDs. Why? Rosetta Stone has a policy that denies any owner of the software the ability to resell it, even when legally purchased/acquired: “The Rosetta Stone Product is licensed, not sold.
The transmission of Licensee’s user name, password or Activation Id to allow any person other than Licensee to use Rosetta Stone Product is expressly forbidden and failure to comply with this prohibition may result is the suspension or termination of the right to continue to use the Rosetta Stone Product or receive support.”Excerpt from Rosetta Stone End User License Agreement. Therefore you cannot resell it on online websites such as Amazon or Ebay.
A good review from Susanna Zaraysky, a famous polyglot. Video version: https: //www. OYp. 1r. T9p. 8Text version: http: //createyourworldbook. Rosetta Stone Website. Despite that there might be points that I need to be more specific, or points that I was wrong. If you know the program well, please help me, as well as other learners, by giving your opinions about the program in the comment section below.