Rosetta Stone V3: German, Level 1 From:Rosetta Stone
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Rosetta Stone
EAN: 0794678205828
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Rosetta Stone
Manufacturer: Rosetta Stone
Packaged Height: 220 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 980 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 130 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:
- Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through our proficiency-based listening and reading activities
- You will pronounce words correctly after practicing with our proprietary speech recognition and analysis tools
- In no time you will speak without a script, Rosetta Stone's Contextual Formation™ makes sure you have the confidence and the cues you need to get the words out on the spot
- With Rosetta Stone Milestone activities you quickly gain confidence to engage in real-life conversations
- Track your progress to reinforce your strengths and revisit needs with our Adaptive Recall™ Language feature
Product Description:
German Level 1 allows you to build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more.
Customer Reviews:
11 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
 Mostly Adequate, but Overpriced, 2008-07-06
This is a great tool for learning the language via immersion. Rather than teaching through a structural method in which the mechanics and vocabulary of any given language are laid out in an organized manner, with Rosetta stone you learn mostly through pictures and figuring things out on your own.
This works really well as a means of forcing you to confront and use the language based on hearing, rather than reading, but I personally have found that it still works better as just a supplement to a more traditional structural textbook approach to learning the language. The Rossetta stone approach works great for stuff like learning vocabulary and basic phrases that any "beginner" to a foreign language will need, but when it comes to teaching more general rules of the language(i.e. things like conjugating verbs, feminine/masculine/neuter nouns and pronouns, etc, etc) the method is kind of lacking. There were many times that I found myself having to consult textbooks to figure out quite a few of the language's nuances in a much more direct manner than Rosetta Stone's method is able to provide.
Which doesn't mean that it's a bad program, but for the price I was hoping that it would be comprehensive enough on its own that you wouldn't need too many supplements. I think it would be better if they would integrate the "immersion" approach that they use here (which is very effective in its own way), with the more traditional structural method of teaching foreign languages. This would allow you to move back and forth as needed and adjust the program to your own learning style. As it is, it's definitely a valuable tool, but I don't think its comprehensive enough to justify the price.
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