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    Rosetta Stone V3: German, Level 1 & 2

    Rosetta Stone V3: German, Level 1 & 2

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    From: Rosetta Stone
    Category: Software


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    Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 6 reviews
    Sales Rank: 3895

    Format: Cd-rom
    Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Mac Os X
    Media: CD-ROM
    Edition: Level 1 & 2
    Operating System: Mac OS X
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
    Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.2 x 2.4

    MPN: 1580229077
    UPC: 794678290770
    EAN: 0794678290770
    ASIN: B000P08D04

    Release Date: August 28, 2007

    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 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

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    With German Level 1&2 you build a foundation and navigate your surroundings. Learn fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence to talk about your environment; giving and getting directions, telling time, dining out, shopping, enjoying basic social interactions and much more.

    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 colors.

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


    Now that you know colors, you can easily grasp the meaning of the new words...

    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.


    And finally, you get the fun of trying your new language in a real-life simulation. Speech recognition 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.

    The exclusive Dynamic Immersion method reinforces your natural language-learning skills with award-winning instructional technology. Identify your learning goals, then choose customized courses that take you there.

    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 learn quickly.

    Pronounce words correctly.
    After practicing with Rosetta Stone's speech recognition and analysis tools, pronunciation will come easily.

    Speak without a script.
    Contextual Formation makes sure you have the confidence and cues you need to get the words out on the spot.

    Spell and write accurately.
    You'll build gradually from letters to words and sentences.

    Engage in real-life conversations.
    With Milestone activities, gain confidence using speech alone in simulated situations.

    Retain what you learn.
    The unique Adaptive Recall reinforces language so it sticks with you in the real world.


    Customer Reviews:   Read 1 more reviews...

    4 out of 5 stars Great Language Software   November 29, 2008
    R. Ludwig (Novato, CA USA)
    I bought Rosetta Stone, Levels 1 and 2, to relearn German. I had lost a lot of my vocabulary and could no longer construct sentences. I've now gotten through one set of lessons. So ...

    Starting out the program seems difficult to use. There is none of the traditional vocabulary lists, or translation you might expect. RS uses a total immerssion concept where all you get is the language. You learn vocabulary by associating pictures with words. You learn sentence construction from examples. So, right off you are presented with a picture and asked to match it to a word. Be sure to read the manual that comes with it before you start.

    The German 1 course is gouped into 4 major groups, each of which is grouped into 4-6 lessons with each lesson composed of 10 to 45 segments. Each segment and lesson builds upon the previous ones and there are built in review points. Lessons are grouped into vocabulary, reading, writing, speaking. In some places you play a matching game to match a picture with the word. In other places you are asked to complete sentences. Elsewhere you have to pronounce the word or speak a sentence. The program has speech recognition built in and also has a speech analyzer to match your spoken word against that of a native speaker. I do not find that as useful.

    The program defines a curriculum for you and takes you through that. It rates each of your lesson points and gives you a final score at the completion of each unit. You can return to any unit you wish to refresh or retry it. The program does seem to skip over some units; perhaps if it feels you already show mastery of that piece. You can, however, go back over those items by looking at the main menu instead of the course track.

    There are several negatives on this software. It's expensive. It cannot be resold if you decide you no longer have a need for it. It's difficult to decide how much of the course to buy (German comes in 3 pieces. I got 1 and 2 thinking that would probably get me back to conversation. I may need to get part 3 later but that is a large investment). I find the need to recertify the microphone each time to be tedious. I also find that it annoying that it requires you to identify which user to use when there is only one user defined. And I find it annoying that it does not start where you left off (if you have multiple levels installed, it will ask which level to use even if you are the only user and you stopped at level 1, lesson 1 ... it does keep track of which unit you are on).

    Bottom line, I think I am learning, so the software appears to do what it's supposed to do; teach you a language. If you can afford it, if you have the dedication to set aside regular time to use the software and to learn a language, then RS will likely work for you.



    5 out of 5 stars it works   October 13, 2008
    C. H.
    writing in a new language is hard but i can read it now... that was my goal.


    5 out of 5 stars Good product   July 17, 2008
    Gentle Warrior (Europe)
    1 out of 2 found this review helpful

    I wish I would have had this before I moved to Germany! It has been very helpful and enjoyable as well.


    5 out of 5 stars For once advertising is true   June 9, 2008
    Linda Anzellotti
    3 out of 4 found this review helpful

    I have been trying to learn German for years. Even when living in Germany I did not learn much. I took a German class last fall and walked out disappointed at the end.

    Now after 1 month, I know and REMEMBER more words than I have ever have before. I feel confident that soon I will be able to put those words in a meaningful sentence.



    2 out of 5 stars a software note   December 27, 2007
    bukhtan (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
    15 out of 25 found this review helpful

    This product is sold as licensed software. Users will NOT be able to load it onto more than one computer. This aspect of the product is not clear from the blurbing on the Rosetta Stone website. It is a "single-user" product.
    Don't think that you can share this with friends, or that it is appropriate for a lending collection.


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