Rosetta Stone

[Judist]

Anyone use this program?

 

I'm interested in learning Japanese. Saw it at best buy and almost sprang for it, but they only had level 1. Some of the other languages has levels 1-3 or 1-5 included so maybe I'll order it online and get a more thorough package.

[DeViLzzz]

Oh damn I thought this was a thread about some hot gaming chick.

[Createinator]

Anyone use this program?

 

I'm interested in learning Japanese. Saw it at best buy and almost sprang for it, but they only had level 1. Some of the other languages has levels 1-3 or 1-5 included so maybe I'll order it online and get a more thorough package.

Its a great software to learn foreign language. It does take the place of a physical teacher but if you only plan to learn certain phrases and common kanji, it will serve your purpose. I would suggest you to use the level 1 package before investing in advanced versions.

[Mouse-Potato]

It's one of the best language learning softwares out there.

[ericlee30]

Rosetta Stone is a very good program to learn different languages.

[helping]

It's stupid and useless. It's the Norton AV of language learning.

 

If you want to learn how to say I have a fork under the red table, it's fine, but otherwise don't waste your money.

 

You take (a) class(es), use the free grammar resources available online, become familiar with more content of your goal language, and later attempt to communicate. You need to be interested enough to be able to teach it to yourself. Rosetta Stone is worthless. 

[Judist]

Its a great software to learn foreign language. It does take the place of a physical teacher but if you only plan to learn certain phrases and common kanji, it will serve your purpose. I would suggest you to use the level 1 package before investing in advanced versions.

 

Fluency would be nice, is it hard or?

[Judist]

If you want to learn how to say I have a fork under the red table, it's fine, but otherwise don't waste your money.

 

If the reply is "yes, lets fork under the table" then money well spent!

[Createinator]

Fluency would be nice, is it hard or?

I have had formal education in Japanese for 6 years... being fluent in a language you don't use everyday is very hard, at best you will be able to understand choice dialogues in Anime and Jdrama. I am not a fan of Rosetta Stone... used it to learn Spanish 12 years ago and it served my travel to Spain needs. Give it a try, if you like the language you can always join your nearest Japan Foundation center. Its very cheap to learn Japanese there.

[Judist]

Gotcha. Mostly I was worried that (for the $) all level 1 would give me is the ability to say "hi, bye, where is the bathroom, etc"

[That Norwegian Guy]

I used it back in 1992, when I was about 6 years old. A trial came free with a MacWorld disk, it seemed nice enough.

 

That probably doesn't amount to useful advice. But hey.