Rosetta Stone V3: French, Level 1, 2 & 3 From:Rosetta Stone
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Rosetta Stone
EAN: 0794678290695
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Rosetta Stone
Manufacturer: Rosetta Stone
Packaged Height: 240 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 990 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 140 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 810 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows Vista
Platform: Windows 2000
Platform: Windows XP
Platform: Mac OS X
Publisher: Rosetta Stone
Release Date: 2007-08-28
Studio: Rosetta Stone
Feature:
- 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.
Customer Reviews:
 Caution - Defective Disks - No Support, 2008-07-15
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.
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