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I know almost nothing about them, but I've been greatly tempted to try them out. They'll spam you, if you like. I actually did sign up for it, and it's ignorable enough razz It's scary how they practically beg--it makes me wonder if it really works or if they're desperate to sell. The thing is, I'd like to learn to write along with the system, though I need LOTS of work with speaking (Russian, btw)

I would like to note that that colour of green is very hard to read on a white background. neutral

Also, I don't remember if it was pimsleur or rosetta stone (probably rs), but one of them offers an online thingy. I'm willing to bet it's a ripoff, based on the hours listed on their information package. Yeah, it was probably RS. Anyways... good luck? pirate

I've tried the audio program. Thank god I checked it out of the library instead of wasting money on it. It was painfully slow, agonizingly simple, and completely lacking in terms of vocabulary. Three half hour lessons and I think they used all of two verbs and one grammatical principle.

It isn't the most useful program, but good to have if you want to get the pronounciation correct, and I found it fun.

I actually really liked it. I have it for Japanese. It teaches you useful stuff and really helps it become part of your long-term memory. I understand where yall are coming from, but I thought it was a good method. It seemed like this one was the most effortless(I know that learning a language is NEVER effortless, but this one was easiest to remember) and even though it doesn't teach you a whole bunch of stuff it really helps you remember what you have learned, and I think if you really stick to it you will learn your language.

It still makes no difference it's still extremely slooooooooooow!
Try the expensive 'Mastering (insert language here)' It's supposed to be really efficient and you can become fluent in it too!

Bullshit mastering(insert language here) is efficient. It is way worse and I have tried it, I do not like their teaching method at all.

I agree with you about that, you need more than just one thing to get the most out of your language studying.