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    Rosetta Stone V2: Thai, Level 1

    Rosetta Stone V2: Thai, Level 1

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    From: Rosetta Stone
    Category: Software

    List Price: $219.00
    Buy New: $197.10
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    Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
    Sales Rank: 1340

    Format: Cd-rom
    Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Mac Os X
    Media: CD-ROM
    Operating System: Windows XP
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
    Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.1 x 2.3

    MPN: 1580228925
    UPC: 794678289255
    EAN: 0794678289255
    ASIN: B000TFI08U

    Release Date: August 28, 2007
    Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

    Features:
      • 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 comparison tool
      • Find the words you need when you need them Connecting new language directly to real-life images means the words spring to mind when you're in everyday contexts
      • Rosetta Stone teaches you to spell and write accurately Language-specific keyboards and drag and drop tiles perfect your writing skills
      • Learn to communicate by quickly combining words and phrases into complete sentences and dialogue

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    Thai Level 1 starts at the very beginning. You progress from words and phrases to complete sentences. Basic content and structures help you engage the world around you, culminating in practical language for getting around town. At any time you can practice writing or speaking what you've learned until you get it right.

    Amazon.com Product Description
    Why is Rosetta Stone the world's No. 1 language-learning software? Because it works.

    Escape the endless tedium of translation, memorization, and grammar drills. Get the language you want, the skills you need, and the success you deserve by learning a new language naturally--the same way you learned your first language.



    The complete immersion environment puts your native language-learning skills to work, eliminating your dependence on tedious translation and rote memorization.

    Images Intuition

    In Rosetta Stone you learn the meaning of new language from clear, real-life images.


    In this activity you learn a few basic nouns.

    You advance using language you've learned and clues from new images. That's your intuition at work.


    Now that you know these nouns, you can easily grasp the meaning of the new verb...

    Interactivity Instruction

    Throughout Rosetta Stone, you constantly interact with the program to confirm your intuition.


    ...and then check what you've learned.

    From beginning to end you build systematically toward your language-learning goals, for the most effective and enjoyable instruction anywhere.


    Pattern your speech after a native speaker. Our speech comparison feature shows you exactly how you're doing.

    You learned your first language without translation.
    You learned your first language easily and naturally by connecting words to objects and events around you. With Rosetta Stone, learn a new language the same way: using native speakers and thousands of real-life images to help you think in the new language from the very beginning. Studies show that learning exclusively in the new language, without translation as a crutch, is crucial.

    Rosetta Stone's exclusive Dynamic Immersion method reinforces your natural language-learning skills with award-winning instructional technology.

    The timeless immersion method, along with research-based techniques and new technologies, make Rosetta Stone the clear solution to your language-learning needs.


    What will you be able to do?

    Understand everyday language.
    Through Rosetta Stone's proficiency-based listening and reading activities, you'll soon be able to understand everyday language.

    Pronounce words correctly.
    After practicing with Rosetta Stone's proprietary speech comparison tool, the correct pronunciation of words will come easily.

    Find the words you need when you need them.
    Connecting new language directly to real-life images means the words spring to mind when you're in everyday contexts.

    Spell and write accurately.
    Language-specific keyboards and drag-and-drop tiles perfect your writing skills.

    Learn to communicate.
    You'll quickly combine words and phrases into complete sentences and dialogues.

    Retain what you learn.
    Regular reinforcement of new words and phrases in new contexts ensures the language sticks with you in the real world.


    Customer Reviews:   Read 3 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars Great Software to learn advanced Thai   September 13, 2008
    L. Minnich (Phoenixville,PA)
    My mother is from Thailand, and I never was taught the language as a child. I picked up this software before a monumental trip to meet my older sister who does not speak english. I studied each chapter religiously, and attempted to really LEARN each and every lesson. It was amazing!! You must be very self disciplined to use a piece of software like this, but the rewards are worth it. I can now speak casual Thai with my sister, and I understand my little nieces when they say that they love me. It has truly helped me become more conversant in Thai. Since then I have been looking for a more advanced software tool but have not found one yet. I really hope that Rosetta can create a Level 2 soon!!!


    3 out of 5 stars Mixed   August 25, 2008
    James Smith
    The speaking and the vocabulary building are nice. Where this product fails is in the writing area. If you were studying the writing independently, the program would reinforce it. But, if you buy the program to learn Thai speaking and writing you're only getting half of what you paid for.


    2 out of 5 stars Experienced only need apply   July 30, 2008
    C. S. Junker (Burien, WA USA)
    5 out of 5 found this review helpful

    This program assumes that you can already read Thai script. There is nothing that teaches you the individual characters and sounds; you are presented, from the gitgo, with whole words and phrases (Thai script does not uses spaces between words). For the first two lessons, this approach is OK, as you associate sounds with pictures. However, the third lesson expects you to associate sounds with written symbols, which cannot be done without a prior study of the characters and some sense of what they represent.

    To use this program, you will need a dictionary and some kind of guide to the alphabet to begin reading. This is not exactly an easy task, as many dictionaries either use phonetic transliteration (using Roman characters instead of Thai), or have very small print.

    Before buying this program, learn the alphabet, if you can find a good book. Printing out Wikipedia's page on the Thai alphabet may help, although the characters are very small and the differences between many of them are very minute.

    I'm extremely disappointed with the overhyped Rosetta Stone approach, and cannot recommend it to anyone, at least not for an Asian language. However, if you already have some background and knowledge of the characters, this may help. Otherwise, you won't get past the first three lessons.



    4 out of 5 stars Teacher Taught   May 26, 2008
    AndAnotherThing (Bethesda, MD USA)
    5 out of 5 found this review helpful

    I've taught French for 30-odd years and have always wanted to learn an Asian language. No, I'm not looking for a compendium of useful phrases for travel, but rather a working knowledge of the language. Oh, and as a proud autodidact, I want to do it on my own. I've been at it for a couple of weeks now, using Rosetta Stone as my core tool. I've supplemented it with a grammar, a dictionary, and more patience than I thought I had. I'm finding the Rosetta Stone approach necessary but not sufficient -- it's much more useful for speaking and listening comprehension than for reading and writing, the Thai alphabet being what it is. the For the latter two skills, I'm in search of a tutor, not so much to teach but to fill in any ambiguities in the written texts. All in all, given the "at mother's knee" philosophy of Rosetta Stone's method, I cannot imagine the pedagogy being carried off any better. I wish only that there were level II and III versions!


    5 out of 5 stars This is genius   April 6, 2008
    Alina Nguyen (Waco, TX USA)
    3 out of 3 found this review helpful

    Even though i've only gotten to start a few lessons now, I think that this program is exactly what i've needed to learn Thai. Starting without explicit instructions, each lesson takes you through learning Thai in the way you learn your first language - pictures, sound, repetition, and associating words together through context instead of pre-determined vocabulary lists. The way they designed the program is genius! I highly recommend this instead of over-used language tapes and workbooks.

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