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    Rosetta Stone Version 3: French Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion

    Rosetta Stone Version 3: French Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion

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    From: Rosetta Stone
    Category: Software

    List Price: $549.00
    Buy New: $494.10
    You Save: $54.90 (10%)



    New (2) Used (1) from $475.00

    Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 reviews
    Sales Rank: 84

    Format: Cd-rom
    Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Mac Os X, Windows Vista
    Media: CD-ROM
    Edition: Level 1, 2 & 3
    Operating System: Windows XP
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
    Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.4 x 2.9

    Model: 21185
    UPC: 794678211850
    EAN: 0794678211850
    ASIN: B001AFD20E

    Release Date: June 16, 2008
    Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

    Features:
      • Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through proficiency-based listening and reading activities, proprietary speech recognition and analysis tools
      • Contextual Formation makes sure you have the confidence and the cues you need to get the words out on the spot
      • Milestone activities quickly give you confidence to engage in real-life conversations; Adaptive Recall reinforces language so it sticks with you
      • Audio Companion allows you to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go
      • Build a foundation and navigate your surroundings: learn fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers

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    Editorial Reviews:

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    Rosetta Stone Personal Edition contains everything you need to start learning a language. It's built around our award-winning Rosetta Stone curriculum, which has been adopted by organizations around the world including the U.S. Army, NASA, major corporations such as Deutsche Telecom, IKEA, Royal Dutch Shell, and over 10,000 schools worldwide--and is available in 31 languages spoken by over 90% of the world's population.

    The Fastest, Easiest Way to Learn a New Language

    Proceed at Your Own Pace
    Rosetta Stone is considerate of your time. Anytime, anywhere, you can learn a new language with Rosetta Stone. You learn comfortably without feeling pressured or overwhelmed. Rosetta Stone provides guidance to make your language learning effective, fast, and enjoyable with a process that is intuitive, interactive, and visually engaging. At the end of each lesson, you are given the opportunity to test your new skills. And, since Rosetta Stone automatically records your progress, you can easily pick up where you left off, when other priorities arise.

    Make Language Learning Intuitive with Dynamic Immersion
    Rosetta Stone uses rich visual imagery to help you learn. You will be presented with sets of images to match correctly with a spoken or written phrase in the new language. You will advance to the next set of prompts once you've successfully matched words and images and pronounced the words correctly. With Dynamic Immersion, you learn by directly associating your new language with images--nothing is lost in translation.

    The comprehensive language-learning solution that fits your life.

    Learn Naturally
    Learn your next language the same way you learned your first language. Dynamic Immersion empowers you to see, hear and comprehend without translating or memorizing. You already have this ability, Rosetta Stone simply unlocks it.

    Engage Interactively
    Get feedback to move forward. You learn best by doing, and you'll apply what you've learned to get to the next step. Rosetta Stone adapts to your individual needs and skills, because you drive the program with your progress.

    Speak Confidently
    Start speaking immediately. From the very first lesson, you'll speak. You'll begin with essential basics, which form the building blocks of the language. Soon you'll create new sentences on your own using words you've learned.

    Have Fun
    Best of all, Rosetta Stone is addictive. With every entertaining activity, you'll feel success. You'll want to use Rosetta Stone to have that next moment, that next breakthrough. So you'll keep using it, and you'll learn more!

    Fun, Easy, and Immediate Reinforcement
    Interactive exercises create a learning environment that is engaging and game-like--it's fun!

    How It Works

    As children, we gradually learned our first language through a process of associating mental images with words or phrases, accompanied by complete immersion in our environment. This approach was simple because it was natural and allowed the brain to adapt to increasing complexity.

    Rosetta Stone recreated this natural way of learning by developing a method that uses a computer to mimic the environment in which we learned our first language. We call this Dynamic Immersion. A simple, intuitive interface and advanced technology confirms learning at every step of the process by prompting you to make connections between images you already understand and the new language. You receive immediate feedback, which helps you to reinforce learning. This systematic structure builds from simple nouns and verbs to more complex concepts and phrases very quickly, helping you achieve your language-learning goals faster than you ever thought possible.

    Level 1, 2 & 3--Connect With the World

    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.

    Features & Benefits

    Faster and More Effective
    Rosetta Stone will teach you as fast as you can learn! Leveraging your natural language-learning ability, Version 3 immerses you immediately in the new language, providing just the right context to prompt you to speak, pronounce, read and write in the very first lesson! Intuitive, sequential learning builds progressively and makes every lesson count. Our Dynamic Immersion method is so fast and so effective, it's used by the Fortune 500, the U.S. State Department, and over 10,000 schools.

    Convenient
    You pick the time, the place and the pace! We are ready when you are because there are no class schedules or missed lessons to make up. From your desk or your dining room, your valuable time can be turned into productive language learning that fits your lifestyle.

    Enjoyable
    When something is fun, it captures your attention...and holds it! The interactivity in Version 3 instantly engages you. Rich, vivid imagery, real-life context and voices of native speakers make Rosetta Stone different from any other product out there--never tedious or boring. Rosetta Stone provides a captivating, game-like experience.

    Milestones
    Learn and apply! Our MILESTONE feature lets you try out your new language knowledge in real-life situations.

    Track Your Progress
    New ADAPTIVE RECALL feature tracks your progress, reinforcing your strengths and revisiting your development areas.

    New Speech Recognition Technology
    State-of-the-art new speech recognition technology helps you learn to speak your new language even faster. And our new Speech Analysis Tool compares your voice to that of native speakers, helping you perfect your pronunciation.

    Life-like Context
    Our New CONTEXTUAL FORMATION feature uses real-life simulations and vivid imagery to give you exactly the context you need to produce new language--all on your own!

    Level 1, 2 & 3 Set Includes:

    The Basics
    Nouns, verbs, adjectives, numbers, questions, colors, clothing.

    Friends and Family
    Ages, family relations, household items, introductions, landmarks, states, descriptions.

    Work and School
    Times of day, greetings, calendar terms, body parts, speaking, personal hygiene.

    Shopping
    Buying, selling and shopping; entertainment and sports; merchandise, speed and weight, comparing and contrasting.

    Travel
    Destinations, transportation, directions, locations, telling time, distance, cost, weather.

    Past and Future
    Tenses, letter writing, school subjects, signs, workplace terms, polite requests.

    Friends and Social Life
    Months of the year, arrivals and departures, social interaction, celebrations, meal courses, quality terms, apologies.

    Dining and Vacation
    Future tense; terms for art, architecture and music; emotions, places of worship, travel and lodging.

    Home and Health
    Terms for home, garden and backyard activities; household items and appliances; terms for strength and physical activity.

    Life and World
    Emotions, continents, life milestones, oceans, botanical terms, terms for animals.

    Places and Events
    Opinion and judgments, currency exchange and transactions; measurements, household repair tools, culinary terms.

    Talking About the World
    Nationalities, governmental leaders, political terms, media terms, business terms, religious terms. Doing things!

    Audio Companion allows you to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go.

    Audio Companion--Taking Rosetta Stone to the Next Level

    Introducing Audio Companion from Rosetta Stone, the newest enhancement to the world's #1 language-learning software! It's a great addition to the Rosetta Stone experience, allowing you to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go!

    What is Audio Companion?
    Audio Companion CD-ROMs enhance language learning anytime, anyplace. You can learn new skills on the computer, and then reinforce them with Audio Companion. Play the CDs on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 Player and go!

    Enhance the Rosetta Stone Learning Experience
    Audio Companion activities correspond to Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. You can listen to Audio Companion and practice what you've been learning, turning travel time into productive language learning time.

    Extend Study Time
    Now, you don't have to stop learning when you leave your computer. Audio Companion lets you access lessons whenever and wherever you want. It empowers you, and works within your busy lifestyle!

    Build Vocabulary and Pronounce Words and Phrases
    Audio Companion features distinct words and shorter phrases to make them easier to hear and repeat. Build good enunciation habits by hearing native speakers pronounce them first.

    Speak and Converse
    The speaking portion of Audio Companion lets you listen to questions and answers, repeating them to use later. To help them build your conversation skills, first you'll listen to a conversation and then repeat phrases individually.




    Customer Reviews:   Read 39 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars 3 Months Later, I'm Actually Speaking French! Etonnant!   December 29, 2008
    Robert L. Stinnett (Boonville, MO)
    1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I am the kind of person who was never good at learning a foreign language. In high school I took 2 years of German; in college I had two semesters of German. Yet I was barely able to ask where the bathroom was after all that. It just never clicked.

    Fast forward 15 years and Rosetta Stone has transformed the language learning process! For years I've seen ads for Rosetta Stone in magazines and at the airport. Looking at the price tag I was always thinking to myself "Yeah, right. There's money that will go right down the drain!" Little did I know how wrong I was.

    I started out skeptical -- and have to admit I was making it hard from the start -- but after two lessons with Rosetta Stone I was actually starting to enjoy learning French! I found myself really getting into the lessons and -- amazingly -- was starting to retain some of the words and their meaning!

    Rosetta isn't like tradition language classes. You don't try to memorize words and phrases. No, they do away with all that nonsense. Instead you are immersed in the language through a multi-media experience. Images and sounds encapsulate you. You are actually learning French as though you were dropped right in the middle of France! You are learning it how every school child learns it!

    Now here we are 3 months later and I can honestly hold a basic conversation in French. I feel confident I could get on the plane and land in France and be able to get around and take care of myself with relying on English or a translator. Now THAT is amazing -- at least for me!

    This old dog has been taught some new tricks -- and I highly recommend this software not only for business folks, but also for kids and others who want to learn a foreign language without being forced to memorize useless phrases that make the proces so difficult.




    1 out of 5 stars Save your money, and pass on Rosetta Stone.   December 24, 2008
    S. Bevan (Winder, GA United States)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    It sounds like a good idea, but it's not. I used this product over time, so this is not a snap judgement. Rosetta Stone does not deliver what is promises. I learned more of a foreign language in a semester of college than this poorly designed product delivered in 6 months of use. Massive waste of time and money. Now, several hundred dollars worth of software sits on my shelf collecting dust.

    PROS:
    - Rosetta Stone will consume hours of your time and lull you into believing that you are learning a language.

    CONS:
    - WAY, WAY over-priced.
    - Designed to work only when the CD is in your computer (TIP: Plan on carrying the language disk around with your laptop if you want to use the software.)
    - Voices become extremely grating over time.
    - Moves you at a snail's pace; if you are learning a language for business or expect to move past kindergarten level in a few months, then forget this product.

    If you want to learn a language then I'd recommend you take a course at your local college or buy one of the many texts available and a dictionary; sadly for me, either of these routes would have cost me a fraction of the price of this product and served me better in the long run. Save your money, and pass on Rosetta Stone.



    5 out of 5 stars A truly complete package   December 18, 2008
    B. Olalekan (Nashville, TN United States)
    I was pleasantly surprised with the completeness of this course. It contains everything to gently introduce the user to the French language, with each stage leading to a higher one.
    WIth the audio companion included, learning the french language become even easier. This is highly recommended



    5 out of 5 stars An Easy Way to Learn of Foreign Language   December 18, 2008
    Mark R., Whittington (Houston, Texas USA)
    This is one of the easiest ways ever to learn a foreign language. And I speak as someone who has had a tin ear for learning langauges in a classroom settting.


    1 out of 5 stars WARNING!   December 9, 2008
    W. E. Henderson (Denver, CO)
    5 out of 8 found this review helpful

    BEWARE! If you buy this product you can never resell it. Never return it. Never upgrade it. You better love it. Because you're stuck with it. I purchased version 2 a year ago and wanted to upgrade to 3 so I thought I'd sell my version 2. Rosetta Stone cancelled my eBay auction and threatened LEGAL action for attempting to resell an original legitimate in the box version of their product. They will only let you return it for 6 months and ONLY if you bought it directly from them (sorry Amazon) and there are NO upgrades. Basically, I'm out $500. Though I would never ever consider buying another Rosetta Stone product, where the customer is always wrong. BEWARE of this company.

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