Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 & 2 [OLD VERSION] | ![Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 & 2 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BA13Y06DL._SL160_.jpg)
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Rating: 88 reviews Sales Rank: 219
Format: Cd-rom Platforms: Mac Os X, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp Media: CD-ROM Operating System: Windows XP Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.2 x 2.9
MPN: 226-12 Model: 226-12 UPC: 794678017858 EAN: 0794678017858 ASIN: B000077DD8
Release Date: October 28, 2002 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Brand new language program. NOTE-Homeschool version. We ship by the next business day!
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| • | This powerful 2-CD set of learning tools adapts to your personal needs and imparts a strong foundation in a new language | | • | With this award-winning method used by NASA and the Peace Corps, you'll learn the way children do -- by associating words and phrases with the world around you | | • | Participate in over 200 lessons where you'll interact with fluent Spanish speakers to build speaking & vocabulary skills | | • | Get a full tutorial in speaking and syntax skills | | • | Graphical speech recognition displays your voiceprint and compares it to native speakers to help improve pronunciation |
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Product Description Rosetta Stone Spanish Level I & II opens up a new world to you by teaching you how to communicate with a new culture! With this set of powerful educational tools, you'll develop your language skills & begin communicating with people throughout the Americas! Reviews and testing features help identify weak points and work harder on them Comes with illustrated User's Guides and Curriculum Text books Ages 6 & up
Amazon.com Looking for an effective way to get lasting language skills? Rosetta Stone's unique learning approach is designed to get you there, with faster results and a deeper understanding and mastery of the language. With Rosetta Stone, you will learn Spanish the way you learned your own native language, without translation or memorization. | Develop your skills in four key areas... | 
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Listening. View larger. | Native speakers, real-life images, speech recognition and fully interactive software teach you like you learned your first language--naturally. The Rosetta Stone Spanish Level 1 and 2 (Latin America) set combines the content found in Level 1 and Level 2 to take you from no knowledge of the language to advanced proficiency--in one easy purchase. Rosetta Stone is self-contained and intuitive to use. There are no complicated lists to memorize or handbooks to read. With Dynamic Immersion, you can start learning immediately. Join NASA, Fortune 500 executives, U.S. diplomats and millions of learners worldwide in discovering the fastest way to learn Spanish. And what exactly is Dynamic Immersion? Studies show that learning exclusively in the new language--without translation as a crutch--is crucial if you want to communicate. Grammar drills and rote memorization never develop this skill. Dynamic Immersion helps you think in the new language and quickly develops the language skills and structures you need to for everyday communication. Rosetta Stone teaches Spanish through a step-by-step sequence of carefully structured Dynamic Immersion lessons. New words become associated with familiar objects, actions, and ideas. Words build to phrases and sentences in a systematic progression. The Dynamic Immersion method reconnects people to the language skills they used successfully to master their first language. With Rosetta Stone, you start from a position of strength--your own strength. First, Rosetta Stone allows you to learn through context. The software presents a carefully chosen selection of four images and asks you to select the image that matches the written text and the voices of native speakers. Building on the knowledge you've already gained and your intuitive grasp of the meaning of each picture, you make a choice. There's absolutely no translation or memorization to hold you back, so you start making progress immediately. Next, Rosetta Stone offers immediate reinforcement. The very second you complete a task, the software provides feedback. Speak a word and our unique voiceprint technology automatically rates your pronunciation. Connect an image with a phrase and you'll immediately learn if your choice was correct. Complete a set of exercises and you'll instantly know how well you did. With Rosetta Stone, you always know where you stand. Recognizing that dynamic immersion is a continuous process, Rosetta Stone also employs a systematic sequence that gradually incorporates new words, phrases, and more complex grammar as it reinforces existing learning. As a result, your understanding of your new language grows naturally. Levels 1 and 2 includes more than 8,000 real-life images and phrases in 210 lessons, as well and an average of 450 hours of instruction depending on your learning style. Rosetta Stone also incorporates a balanced curriculum including listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as speech recognition for accent perfection. The program's systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills, and there are previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson with automated tutorials. Rosetta Stone's lessons will quickly get you up to speed on a wide range of language topics, including directions; affirmative and negative verb forms; food, eating, and drinking; family relationships; direct objects; telling time; shapes, colors and locations; greetings and conversations; travel, transportation, and transactions; shopping and dining; and much, much more.
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In Mayland - no longer available at libraries February 10, 2008 G. Romero (Maryland) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
From Montgomery County Maryland Public Library website: Effective January 31, 2008, Rosetta Stone is no longer available via the Montgomery County Public Libraries' website. Rosetta Stone has made the business decision to discontinue providing this resource to all public libraries as current subscriptions expire. We are disappointed by this news and we regret the inconvenience that it may cause our customers.
Does not meet expectations - try Pimsleur September 20, 2007 H. Pryer (Milwaukee, WI) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I spent a lot of money on this program, and, so far, all it's doing is MAYBE teaching me to RECOGNIZE what is being said - not to speak it. There is absolutely no English translation (in Level I anyway), no breakdown of pronunciation, and no opportunity to construct NEW sentences with words I've already learned. All you do is look at pictures and repeat what is already written or spoken to you. I've already made it through Pimsleur Spanish I and I'm into II and I've learned so much more. Pimsleur is slower on vocabulary, but when you learn it, you learn how to conjugate and incorporate it into an original sentence. The bottom line is, I feel Rosetta stone can only be used as a supplement to other programs I'm studying - a very expensive supplement.
Where is it? September 10, 2007 L. Barcelos (NJ) 4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I would love to do a review a product I've heard so many wonderful things about, but it never arrived. Called customer service (somewhere in India apparently) only to have their computers either "broken down" or "updating". All this for a week straight. Also, they would say their systems are down and just hang up on you on a few occasions. There is another language I'd like to use....
Decent But Do Not Use This While Driving. Use Behind the Wheel Spanish Instead! September 9, 2007 Ben Ryland (Orlando, Florida) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Rosetta Stone is clearly overrated but solid. The problem with the overall approach is that it requires that you spend your learning time in front of a computer, which is where you do everything else. Lot's of competition. I prefer to do my language learning during my otherwise wasted downtime while I drive. If I study a language while driving, I win because I use otherwise wasted hours. I, like most Americans, spend more time driving than ever before. When I get home, I want to do other essentials. My favorite car Spanish course is Behind the Wheel Spanish 8 CD. Free up your computer and learn Spanish while you drive is my recommendation.Behind the Wheel Spanish/Complete Illustrated Text/Answer Keys/8 One Hour
Rosetta Stone Spanish August 10, 2007 Thomas P. Benjamin (Virginia) 3 out of 7 found this review helpful
It is simple to use and makes learning Spanish much eaiser and you can progress at your own pace
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