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User Rating: Amazon Sales Rank:#77 |
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7 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
 Product Support is Essential!, 2008-05-17
I recently purchased Rosetta Stone Spanish from Amazon.com. I was initially delighted by the product and its approach to learning a new language. I then started having problems. I realized that an essential part to writing Spanish is the inverted question mark at the beginning of every question. I could not determine a way to make this symbol and I contacted Rosetta Stone Support via the internet and via telephone. I was amazed to learn that the normal level of support could not solve my problem and was told I would have to talk to a supervisory level. I was finally contacted by supervision 4 days later. In the meantime, I decided that this was not going to work and returned the product to Amazon.
2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
muy fabuloso , 2008-04-27
This is a very good product, I've already learned so much. I didn't realize it was a total immersion program, some translation would be nice but they use so much repetition that I can eventually tell what it means.
I really do enjoy it, I go to Mexico on medical missions trips, which is why I got this. So now I'm even more excited to go to see how much I really did learn :)
8 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
Excellent program, though very overpriced, 2008-04-26
Hola! You truly can become fluent Spanish with this product, and in relatively very little time. They have made learning a new language by yourself as fun and easy as it can possibly be. Instead of just rote memorization, they've turned it into sort of a game, and they very cleverly use heavy repetition in a way that doesn't seem repetitious at all because the images and situations are always different. For example, you have a lesson which focuses on pronunciation in which you speak into a microphone and it judges your accent, then there's a lesson that focuses on writing in which you write down what you see (image of an apple: right down "una manzana"), etc. Each little lesson builds on the last, so you don't just forget everything after you complete a lesson and take a few days off. There is a huge amount of information that is poured down on you, but it's done in a very manageable way that allows you to actually LEARN the material instead of just memorizing it for the purposes of completing each lesson. If you have taken Spanish in high school then you will have an easier time, but even if you don't have a background in Spanish, if you're willing to work hard at this and have fun with it and look forward to doing it every day, then you will learn Spanish fast.
I took a star off because of the price. Get it used if you can, because honestly it's not worth the price for an average student. If you are a person who gets paid by the hour, then it probably is worth the price because it'll save you a lot of valuable time in learning a new language.
14 of 61 customers found the following review helpful:
 Horrible for preteens and teenagers, 2008-03-27
I teach high school Spanish and my school system (without consulting the Spanish department) decided to unilateraly expand Spanish to the junior high where students would learn using Rosetta Stone. Kickbacks anyone? The students are expected to get an introduction to the language from this product rather than from a qualified teacher. It is atrocious! This program might work mildly for an adult who will actually really work at it and not take shortcuts but for adolescents ... por favor. They answer correctly by memorizing picturs or just the first letter of certain words, finish quickly and then goof off with the pronunication function.
On another note, the U.S. government supposably recommends this or uses it. That is such a joke. Is that even a good recommendation? Are Americans good at languages? Are government employees good at languages?Last time I checked the only bilingual people in the U.S. were immigrants.
Finally, so as not to be too harsh, I recommend hiring a private tutor for a time and then travelling abroad. The problem with all these snake-oil miracle cures is that they can (I suppose) work but only if the person using it is the most dedicated, academic, psychotic language learner ever. 98% of the population will not get much from this book or any other self-learning academic product. Take a class! I seriously question the high reviews on this page (planted?) and even if these are real satisfied clients and not employees I doubt they even know if they are good at the language. They have succeeded at the program and feel like they are learning but how can a monolingual individual really know. Wait until they travel abroad and don't know squat.
13 of 21 customers found the following review helpful:
Don't buy from Amazon!, 2008-03-27
I purchased V3 of Rosetta Stone on Amazon because it was nearly $100 cheaper than on the Rosetta Stone website. When I got the package three of the CD's were not in plastic. I was told by Rosetta Stone that I would be able to download it onto two computers. Well, I tried downloading it onto a second computer, and it wouldn't let me. I called Rosetta Stone, and they said it had already been downloaded twice! I supposedly purchased it new on Amazon. I think Amazon is selling this item already used and saying it is new. Return it if any of the CD's are not in plastic! I came to the conclusion that this is why they're selling it for much cheaper!
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