Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Rosetta Stone
EAN: 0794678216855
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Rosetta Stone
Manufacturer: Rosetta Stone
Model: 21685
Packaged Height: 290 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 770 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 195 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 650 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows XP
Platform: Mac OS X
Platform: Windows Vista
Platform: Windows 2000
Publisher: Rosetta Stone
Release Date: 2008-06-16
Studio: Rosetta Stone
Feature:
- Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through proficiency-based listening and reading activities, proprietary speech recognition and analysis tools
- Contextual Formation makes sure you have the confidence and the cues you need to get the words out on the spot
- Milestone activities quickly give you confidence to engage in real-life conversations; Adaptive Recall reinforces language so it sticks with you
- Audio Companion allows you to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go
- Build a foundation and navigate your surroundings: learn fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers
Product Description:
language. It's built around our award-winning Rosetta Stone curriculum, which has been adopted by organizations around the world including the U.S. Army, NASA, major corporations such as Deutsche Telecom, IKEA, Royal Dutch Shell, and over 10,000 schools worldwide--and is available in 31 languages spoken by over 90% of the world's population. | The comprehensive language-learning solution that fits your life. 
Learn Naturally
Learn your next language the same way you learned your first language. Dynamic Immersion empowers you to see, hear and comprehend without translating or memorizing. You already have this ability, Rosetta Stone simply unlocks it. Engage Interactively
Get feedback to move forward. You learn best by doing, and you'll apply what you've learned to get to the next step. Rosetta Stone adapts to your individual needs and skills, because you drive the program with your progress. Speak Confidently
Start speaking immediately. From the very first lesson, you'll speak. You'll begin with essential basics, which form the building blocks of the language. Soon you'll create new sentences on your own using words you've learned. Have Fun
Best of all, Rosetta Stone is addictive. With every entertaining activity, you'll feel success. You'll want to use Rosetta Stone to have that next moment, that next breakthrough. So you'll keep using it, and you'll learn more! |
The Fastest, Easiest Way to Learn a New LanguageProceed at Your Own Pace
Rosetta Stone is considerate of your time. Anytime, anywhere, you can learn a new language with Rosetta Stone. You learn comfortably without feeling pressured or overwhelmed. Rosetta Stone provides guidance to make your language learning effective, fast, and enjoyable with a process that is intuitive, interactive, and visually engaging. At the end of each lesson, you are given the opportunity to test your new skills. And, since Rosetta Stone automatically records your progress, you can easily pick up where you left off, when other priorities arise. Make Language Learning Intuitive with Dynamic Immersion
Rosetta Stone uses rich visual imagery to help you learn. You will be presented with sets of images to match correctly with a spoken or written phrase in the new language. You will advance to the next set of prompts once you've successfully matched words and images and pronounced the words correctly. With Dynamic Immersion, you learn by directly associating your new language with images--nothing is lost in translation. Fun, Easy, and Immediate Reinforcement
Interactive exercises create a learning environment that is engaging and game-like--it's fun! How It Works As children, we gradually learned our first language through a process of associating mental images with words or phrases, accompanied by complete immersion in our environment. This approach was simple because it was natural and allowed the brain to adapt to increasing complexity. Rosetta Stone recreated this natural way of learning by developing a method that uses a computer to mimic the environment in which we learned our first language. We call this Dynamic Immersion. A simple, intuitive interface and advanced technology confirms learning at every step of the process by prompting you to make connections between images you already understand and the new language. You receive immediate feedback, which helps you to reinforce learning. This systematic structure builds from simple nouns and verbs to more complex concepts and phrases very quickly, helping you achieve your language-learning goals faster than you ever thought possible. Level 1, 2 & 3--Connect With the World Connect with the world around you. Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Quickly gain the confidence to enjoy social interactions such as greetings and introductions, travel, dining out, giving and getting directions, shopping and other recreational activities. Learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life, your work, your interests, current events, and much more. Features & BenefitsFaster and More Effective
Rosetta Stone will teach you as fast as you can learn! Leveraging your natural language-learning ability, Version 3 immerses you immediately in the new language, providing just the right context to prompt you to speak, pronounce, read and write in the very first lesson! Intuitive, sequential learning builds progressively and makes every lesson count. Our Dynamic Immersion method is so fast and so effective, it's used by the Fortune 500, the U.S. State Department, and over 10,000 schools. Convenient
You pick the time, the place and the pace! We are ready when you are because there are no class schedules or missed lessons to make up. From your desk or your dining room, your valuable time can be turned into productive language learning that fits your lifestyle. Enjoyable
When something is fun, it captures your attention...and holds it! The interactivity in Version 3 instantly engages you. Rich, vivid imagery, real-life context and voices of native speakers make Rosetta Stone different from any other product out there--never tedious or boring. Rosetta Stone provides a captivating, game-like experience. Milestones
Learn and apply! Our MILESTONE feature lets you try out your new language knowledge in real-life situations. Track Your Progress
New ADAPTIVE RECALL feature tracks your progress, reinforcing your strengths and revisiting your development areas. New Speech Recognition Technology
State-of-the-art new speech recognition technology helps you learn to speak your new language even faster. And our new Speech Analysis Tool compares your voice to that of native speakers, helping you perfect your pronunciation. Life-like Context
Our New CONTEXTUAL FORMATION feature uses real-life simulations and vivid imagery to give you exactly the context you need to produce new language--all on your own! Level 1, 2 & 3 Set Includes:The Basics
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, numbers, questions, colors, clothing. Friends and Family
Ages, family relations, household items, introductions, landmarks, states, descriptions. Work and School
Times of day, greetings, calendar terms, body parts, speaking, personal hygiene. Shopping
Buying, selling and shopping; entertainment and sports; merchandise, speed and weight, comparing and contrasting. Travel
Destinations, transportation, directions, locations, telling time, distance, cost, weather. Past and Future
Tenses, letter writing, school subjects, signs, workplace terms, polite requests. Friends and Social Life
Months of the year, arrivals and departures, social interaction, celebrations, meal courses, quality terms, apologies. Dining and Vacation
Future tense; terms for art, architecture and music; emotions, places of worship, travel and lodging. Home and Health
Terms for home, garden and backyard activities; household items and appliances; terms for strength and physical activity. Life and World
Emotions, continents, life milestones, oceans, botanical terms, terms for animals. Places and Events
Opinion and judgments, currency exchange and transactions; measurements, household repair tools, culinary terms. Talking About the World
Nationalities, governmental leaders, political terms, media terms, business terms, religious terms. Doing things!  Audio Companion allows you to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go. |
Audio Companion--Taking Rosetta Stone to the Next Level Introducing Audio Companion from Rosetta Stone, the newest enhancement to the world's #1 language-learning software! It's a great addition to the Rosetta Stone experience, allowing you to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion?
Audio Companion CD-ROMs enhance language learning anytime, anyplace. You can learn new skills on the computer, and then reinforce them with Audio Companion. Play the CDs on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 Player and go! Enhance the Rosetta Stone Learning Experience
Audio Companion activities correspond to Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. You can listen to Audio Companion and practice what you've been learning, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Extend Study Time
Now, you don't have to stop learning when you leave your computer. Audio Companion lets you access lessons whenever and wherever you want. It empowers you, and works within your busy lifestyle! Build Vocabulary and Pronounce Words and Phrases
Audio Companion features distinct words and shorter phrases to make them easier to hear and repeat. Build good enunciation habits by hearing native speakers pronounce them first. Speak and Converse
The speaking portion of Audio Companion lets you listen to questions and answers, repeating them to use later. To help them build your conversation skills, first you'll listen to a conversation and then repeat phrases individually.
Customer Reviews:
 Great teaching aid, but a little disappointed this version, 2008-09-07
I use this to teach my third-grader a foreign language. I have previously used other Rosetta Stone products and found them to be very good additional study resources for foreign language students. This particular version surprised me with issues I didn't encounter in other Rosetta products. The first problem occurred after (an easy) installation. After installation completed, the program checked and informed me there was an update available (approx. 130 MB in size). The subsequent program update was a nightmare. I initially tried upgrading over a wireless connection, however, it hung on the "Downloading" screen for over an hour and, upon checking, there was no related hard disk or network activity during that time. I forced the application to quit and tried again three subsequent times before switching to a physical ethernet cable connection. It still sat for over an hour with apparently no computer activity. I decided to leave it for a couple hours and see what happened. Eventually (approx. 1 1/2 hrs in), it FINALLY decided to resume installing the update. My theory is that the download speed for that particular update must have been extremely slow that day. I'm willing to give Rosetta the benefit of the doubt that their servers may have hiccupped that day. It happens. However, it was a serious enough issue that I felt it had to be shared, in case anyone else encounters it.
Once installed, it's the same good old Rosetta system. The immersion process is wonderful. I set up the program for my daughter, had her train her microphone and she was off and running. Lessons are broken into different groups, core, pronunciation, vocabulary, speaking, writing, etc. She initially did really good with the core lesson and vocabulary. After a few lessons she was identifying people and objects based upon the program questioning her in Italian. Unfortunately, the speech recognition leaves a lot to be desired. The pronunciation lesson became so frustrating, we skipped the remaining 3/4 of it. We tried to find our mistakes, however, despite utilizing all of the voice analysis tools within the program, we could not detect error and were convinced we were saying the words correctly. We also noticed the program kept repeatedly beeping "incorrect" despite total silence in the room. I reinstalled the application to rule out faulty program files. Same result. This could be a possible bug in the app. I plan to email Rosetta and advise. Other than those few minor annoyances, my daughter loves it and has been in there for the past few hours using it. Every few minutes she'll pop in our room and speak a phrase in Italian.
Overall, a solid program slightly hampered by a busted upgrade feature and flawed speech recognition. However, as I've said, this isn't typical in my other Rosetta products so I'm hoping it's either just a bug. It would have definitely received 5 stars if not for these little quirks. Despite that fact, my daughter loves it, just as my other children love their respective Rosetta products. I believe your child (or you) would enjoy and benefit from this program too. Despite the warts, it DOES effectively teach and that's the thing that matters most.
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