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Korean Level 1 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version] From:Fairfield Language Technologies
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1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful: Finally!, 2007-09-09 I've been trying to learn Korean for 13 years now, and have never found a book/tape/cd that got me excited about learning. I've trudged through a dozen programs/books, and have very little to show for it. This program is challenging and fun! I try to spend about 1 hour a night clicking away at the pictures, listening, and occasionally trying to speak - but having taught ESL, I know how important the listening is (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing). The other programs I've tried have been mostly reading and speaking, not a lot of listening. I was very wary of buying this based on all the negative reviews, but I'm glad I took the plunge. Learning a language is like anything, you get what you put into it. But with an efficient system (which this is) one can get to one's goal much faster (80% of the work can be done in 20% of the time in most things in life). Like I said, I try to spend about an hour a night, and after a few weeks, I've only finished Unit 2 (first time tonight all the way through). I have a long way to go, but I'm amazed at the progress. The only negative thing I can say about this program is that there is no Level 2 - but maybe they'll have it by the time I'm ready for it - in 6 months to a year :) You may be able to get this free., 2007-08-05 Before you pay a bundle for this product, check your local library. My library cooperative, in Hillsborough County, Florida, owns a licence for the whole shebang, every language and every level. Maybe yours does too: it won't hurt to check. I found it quite by accident in my library's online catalog. I registered by entering my library card number, loading a plugin that was provided, and creating a password. Now I can access it at home online and use any set of lessons I want, for the cost of a library card, which I had anyway. Actually I spent quite a lot of time on the French module, but when I got to Paris I had very little opportunity to remark that the children were about to jump off the table. I pretty much agree with the remarks of reviewers who awarded the minimum number of stars. (I plan to cross post this to other language modules.) 1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful: Inadequate, 2007-06-29 I received it last night and took it for a test drive. Right away it expects you to start pronouncing Korean Words. How can they possible expect someone to pronounce words correctly if one does not even know the sounds of the alphabets. I think this software will be helpfully but you MUST have a solid foundation, and by foundation I mean know all the sounds of the Korean alphabets; vowels and consonants. 1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful: Learning Korean, 2007-06-27 So far I think the Korean Language software is good. It is difficult at times, but one thing I really like is that there are three speeds to listen to the pronunciation, so for the real difficults words or phrases it helps a lot. Basically, they show a picture and say the word, so you can repeat the word. One thing I don't like too much is that there is not an english explanation that accompanies the pictures, so unless you have a native speaker who can tell you exactly what you are saying, you have to guess, unless I am missing something (I've been using it about 1 month). But overall, I have struggled twice in the past in learning a foreign language, but with this method I am doing much better, so I give it a thumbs up. 9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful: Worthless, 2007-06-03 If you are trying to learn Korean, or any language for that matter I do not recommend using Rosetta Stone. First, you learn some worthless vocabulary that isn't going to help you right away. Do you want to learn how to say running, skipping, red car, blue car, boy on top of table, boy under the table? Not to mention some of the pictures are ambiguous and you are never told what is EXACTLY happening in the picture. Second, you are never told how to read Hangeul (Korean alphabet). The Korean letters are there, but you are never told how to pronounce each letter and irregular pronounciation i.e. when certain letters are in the badchim position. If you don't know how any of the letters are pronounced, then it just looks like you are staring at a bunch of symbols that have no significant meaning. Third, they do not teach you how to use proper Korean grammar. Fourth, the speech part was not accurate. You can have a native speaker pronounce the words and still get a bad rating sometimes (I've tried this). If you want to click away on pictures for an hour, then this is for you. If not and you want to seriously learn Korean I suggest: 1) Study abroad. The best way to learn Korean is to go to Korea itself and practice everyday. 2) Take a university class. If the two above aren't a realistic option for you, I suggest "Survival Korean" by Stephen Revere. This book will help you learn Hangeul, increase your vocabulary and help with grammar. "Speaking Korean" by Francis Park is also a good book. It'll give you good practice exercises and has good grammar explanations. I'd start with Survival Korean then move onto "Speaking Korean" Do not fall for this overpriced product who tries to use it's supposed reputation for sales.
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