Rosetta Stone: Italian Explorer | 
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| From: Fairfield Language Technologies
Category: Software
Buy Used: $89.90
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 11373
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 95
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows NT
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.3 x 2.3
Model: 030-22
UPC: 794678000539
EAN: 0794678000539
ASIN: B00002S9FI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Product Description
Now you can learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before. We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency. It's the natural way to learn. The Rosetta Stone Explorer contains 22 lessons for beginning learners with nearly 900 real-life images and phrases spoken by native speakers. It develops all key language skills--listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing--while its systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Includes previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson, with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)
Product Description
This highly-acclaimed program adapts to your individual learning style and develops all four language skills in Italian: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. Covers everything from colors to word use in the present, past, and future tenses.
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 Worked for me! September 1, 2004
Leslie A. Dannelly (Italy)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this program when I found out we were going to moving to Italy. I used it half an hour to an hour every day for a year. When I got to Italy, I was able to communicate the FIRST DAY! I also used another program to build more vocabulary - Triple Play Plus. With the help of these two programs, I was able to speak to landlords, salespeople, and new friends. It also enabled me to skip Italian One at the language school here. EXCELLENT program!
 This is the way to learn a foreign language January 22, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought the Explorer AFTER I signed up for the free lessons that Rosetta Stone has on their website. I tried the French and the Portuguese lessons and was amazed at how quickly I learned the words. This is the way I learned English--symbol association, and it's the way a child learns its first language. How many times have you seen a parent point to a picture or a toy and say "Lion", or "Dog" to the child. The idea is bootstrap your knowledge by associating the word with the image in your head. The Explorer only offers the first 22 lessons of the Level I's 92 lessons. So, don't expect to be speaking in full sentences after going through the 22 lessons!
 Rosetta Stone Italian March 13, 2000
66 out of 69 found this review helpful
This software is very misleading. I purchased Rosetta because it was described as being easy and very effective. The box advertises that this program is used by NASA, well I hope they don't use this version it only gives you 1/4 of the full program. The box makes you think your getting a complete program but your not. After you going through all the exercises just once to get a feel for it you find out you have to go online and buy the rest of the program. I've also purchased Smart Start Italian, Quick Study Italian and Transparency 51 Languages and all are 95 % better then this program.
Rosetta Stone - No! February 29, 2000
Samuel A. Lappano (Mechanicsburg, PA USA)
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
I ordered this program sight unseen, because it seemed to have had lots of favorable comments. I was immensely disappointed with the program. The sound quality was very poor and the basic setup of the program would not lead me to become very fluent in Italian.
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