World Famous Comics: Rosetta Stone V3: French, Level 1, 2 & 3
Rosetta Stone V3: French, Level 1, 2 & 3
From: Rosetta Stone Average Rating: Binding: CD-ROM Format: CD-ROM Label: Rosetta Stone Release Date: August 28, 2007
Features:
Learn French with Rosetta Stone's proficiency-based listening and reading activities.
Pronounce French words correctly after practicing with our proprietary speech recognition and analysis tools.
Speak French without a script in no time! Rosetta Stone's Contextual Formation™ makes sure you have the confidence and the cues you need to get the words out on the spot.
Use Rosetta Stone Milestone activities to gain confidence quickly in French so that you can engage in real-life conversations.
Track your French language learning progress to reinforce your strengths and revisit needs with our Adaptive Recall™ Language feature.
Product Description: With French Level 1,2&3 you 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.
Amazon.com Product Description: Why is Rosetta Stone the world's No. 1 language-learning software? Because it works.
Escape the endless tedium of translation, memorization, and grammar drills. Get the language you want, the skills you need and the success you deserve by learning a new language naturally--the same way you learned your first language.
The complete immersion environment puts your native language-learning skills to work, eliminating your dependence on tedious translation and rote memorization.
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Intuition
In Rosetta Stone you learn the meaning of new language from clear, real-life images.
In this activity you learn colors.
You advance using language you've learned and clues from new images. That's your intuition at work.
Now that you know colors, you can easily grasp the meaning of the new words...
Interactivity
Instruction
Throughout Rosetta Stone, you constantly interact with the program to confirm your intuition.
...and then check what you've learned.
From beginning to end you build systematically toward your language-learning goals, for the most effective and enjoyable instruction anywhere.
And finally, you get the fun of trying your new language in a real-life simulation. Speech recognition shows you exactly how you're doing.
You learned your first language without translation. You learned your first language easily and naturally by connecting words to objects and events around you. With Rosetta Stone, learn a new language the same way: using native speakers and thousands of real-life images to help you think in the new language from the very beginning. Studies show that learning exclusively in the new language, without translation as a crutch, is crucial.
The exclusive Dynamic Immersion method reinforces your natural language-learning skills with award-winning instructional technology. Identify your learning goals, then choose customized courses that take you there.
The timeless immersion method, along with research-based techniques and new technologies, make Rosetta Stone the clear solution to your language-learning needs.
What will you be able to do?
Understand everyday language. Through Rosetta Stone’s proficiency-based listening and reading activities, you'll learn quickly.
Pronounce words correctly. After practicing with Rosetta Stone’s speech recognition and analysis tools, pronunciation will come easily.
Speak without a script. Contextual Formation makes sure you have the confidence and cues you need to get the words out on the spot.
Spell and write accurately. You'll build gradually from letters to words and sentences.
Engage in real-life conversations. With Milestone activities, gain confidence using speech alone in simulated situations.
Retain what you learn. The unique Adaptive Recall reinforces language so it sticks with you in the real world.
Intuitive & interative learning I have always wanted to learn so at least understand French. Rosetta Stone instruction relies upon total immersion, aurally & visually. This is not a program that will work for anyone who wants to learn while driving. One must sit in front of the computer screen and one again learns by hearing the language spoken and seeing images, probably the most basic way most people learn best. Since this methodolgy requires a great deal of time, it is ideal for those seriously interested in comprehending an additional language.
Writing sections stink I love this software because you don't have to sit down and try to memorize translations or learn how to conjugate verbs. Just do the exercises and you'll pick it up.
Unfortunately, the sections where it has you write are awful. They are so hard in comparison to the other sections, I need to do them 2 or 3 times to get them right. The writing sections do not fit in with the rest of this product.
Caution - Defective Disks - No Support Devoid of Manufacturing Quality : I purchased all 3 levels for the $500 and tried to install it over the weekend. The Language Level 1 disk would not install - my computer drive made horrible noises. The other levels installed just fine along with the program disk so it wasn't my computer.
Surprise - Rosetta Stone has NO human support on the weekends!! I sent an email via the web site & then called Amazon. Thankfully, AMAZON does. The replacement product arrived today.
Unfortunately, the same problem occurred again. (There must be a bad batch of disks.) Called Rosetta Stone this time & tech support said that a new disk would be sent out in 3 to 5 days. I asked for it earlier because of a deadline. Plus starting in the middle didn't seem to be a good idea.
Rosetta Stone Customer service advised that since I did not purchase the product from them I would have to go back to the retailer. I tried to explain to this person that this was a defective product & covered by manufacturers warranty to no avail. I asked to speak to the supervisor and was told that they all go home at 5:30 PM - there was no one there.
I've spent the $500 to get a defective product that the manufacturer will not honor. The customer service of Rosetta Stone is some of the worst I have ever encountered! While Amazon has been great, it is still my time spent trying to get what I paid for.
Content: In between all of this, I did try a few of the level 2 lessons. I'm not sure why everyone is raving how good this is - if I hadn't taken French in high school (many, many years ago) I would be totally lost.
I have purchased a CD based course locally, Barrons Mastering French, Level 1. So far I really like that. Also, it was only $80.
I think the Rosetta Stone fails to deliver on all counts - content & quality. This would be a definitely NO recommendation.
Worth the investment I hesitated for a long time purchasing these, but is well worth it. In the short time I have had it I have learned more than multiple years of 'traditional' language instruction. This teaches you how you learned your first language, it does get repetitive and sometimes you are not sure what it wants (it will prod you along). I find that I think in the other language rather than trying to translate in my head which is much easier.
Best learning course I found this French course interesting and fun to use ... and not as hard as i would have thought . Having the pictures of items and then being taught the word makes it easy and i find i retain it better . Worth every penny , Steven Robertson
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