Customer Rating: 
Summary: WARNING!
Comment: 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.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great program to help learn basic French, but be wary of the hype
Comment: Rosetta Stone programs are very good for a quick and fast intro to a language, especially for the casual visitor. I used a previous version to help me learn enough French to get by on my frequent visits to Paris (on business), and my son has been using this version to support his school French classes. I found it very helpful in getting me quickly to a point of learning basic (broken) French, and improving my pronunciation and accent. My son has had similar experience.
But be wary of the company's hype, that this is equivalent to an "immersion" program for learning a language, etc. That's nonsense; in fact, I found it very lacking in helping understand French grammar, and completely inadequate sometimes in just helping understand French words.
So use it by all means. But a good French-English dictionary is essential. And so are friends/teachers who know the language and culture: I found it very necessary to ask questions of my French colleagues about proper idiomatic (and cultural) uses of various words and phrases.
Customer Rating:
Summary: There are three blue bowls.
Comment: I toyed with Rosetta Stone years ago through a $20 intro package they had. It seemed promising, but the cost of the full package was and remains prohibitive for the casual learner. For professionals needing language training, I think this is an excellent package, but if starting cold, this would best complement classroom instruction. One other thing: for the money, you'd think the program would get you functional faster, e.g. travel french - where is the bathroom, i would like a glass of wine, etc. Instead, we have "the bicycles are yellow." Overall though, a very professional package.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rosetta Stone
Comment: Excellent. Instructions for use of teaching methods should be more explicit. Booklet with all words and phrases used in the lessons would be of help
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent language learning tool
Comment: I got this to learn some French, but I haven't learned a single thing. That's because my wife got her hands on this software as soon as it arrived and I haven't ssen it since. She took French many years ago in high school and wanted to refresh her knowledge. She's been using the software at least a half hour a day for the last month and she says it is really great.
Rosetta Stone takes good and full advantage of computer technology (graphics, animation, video, audio, speech recognition) to assist in learning a new language. It is far more sophisticated than, say, a language teaching book transferred to a computer presentation. It is very interactive. The speech recognition is quite accurate and very helpful in improving the student's foreign speaking skills. It is fun to use and it's never a chore to go through the lessons.
The only concern about the product is a lack on explanation about some language concepts that would be new to someone who has never learned a non-English language before, such as masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives, and how adjectives are made plural if the corresponding noun is plural. But unless she missed something, my wife says these things are not explained anywhere. So someone that is unfamiliar those things might not be taught as well as possible.
Summary: WARNING!
Comment: 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.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great program to help learn basic French, but be wary of the hype
Comment: Rosetta Stone programs are very good for a quick and fast intro to a language, especially for the casual visitor. I used a previous version to help me learn enough French to get by on my frequent visits to Paris (on business), and my son has been using this version to support his school French classes. I found it very helpful in getting me quickly to a point of learning basic (broken) French, and improving my pronunciation and accent. My son has had similar experience.
But be wary of the company's hype, that this is equivalent to an "immersion" program for learning a language, etc. That's nonsense; in fact, I found it very lacking in helping understand French grammar, and completely inadequate sometimes in just helping understand French words.
So use it by all means. But a good French-English dictionary is essential. And so are friends/teachers who know the language and culture: I found it very necessary to ask questions of my French colleagues about proper idiomatic (and cultural) uses of various words and phrases.
Customer Rating:
Summary: There are three blue bowls.
Comment: I toyed with Rosetta Stone years ago through a $20 intro package they had. It seemed promising, but the cost of the full package was and remains prohibitive for the casual learner. For professionals needing language training, I think this is an excellent package, but if starting cold, this would best complement classroom instruction. One other thing: for the money, you'd think the program would get you functional faster, e.g. travel french - where is the bathroom, i would like a glass of wine, etc. Instead, we have "the bicycles are yellow." Overall though, a very professional package.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rosetta Stone
Comment: Excellent. Instructions for use of teaching methods should be more explicit. Booklet with all words and phrases used in the lessons would be of help
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent language learning tool
Comment: I got this to learn some French, but I haven't learned a single thing. That's because my wife got her hands on this software as soon as it arrived and I haven't ssen it since. She took French many years ago in high school and wanted to refresh her knowledge. She's been using the software at least a half hour a day for the last month and she says it is really great.
Rosetta Stone takes good and full advantage of computer technology (graphics, animation, video, audio, speech recognition) to assist in learning a new language. It is far more sophisticated than, say, a language teaching book transferred to a computer presentation. It is very interactive. The speech recognition is quite accurate and very helpful in improving the student's foreign speaking skills. It is fun to use and it's never a chore to go through the lessons.
The only concern about the product is a lack on explanation about some language concepts that would be new to someone who has never learned a non-English language before, such as masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives, and how adjectives are made plural if the corresponding noun is plural. But unless she missed something, my wife says these things are not explained anywhere. So someone that is unfamiliar those things might not be taught as well as possible.
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