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 Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:49 pm
I've heard that the Rosetta Stone is a really good program for learning foreign languages, and by the price, one would certainly hope so. My library offers a few courses on it for members of the library though, and I just tried it out, and it seems more like a book of colloquial traveler's phrases to me than an effective method of learning.
(In the courses my library offers, I've only seen the four-square picture and phrase lesson, with the person saying the phrase and you have to find the correct picture, with a few microphone options and stuff.)
This can't be it, can it? I was kind of hoping I could use it to learn Japanese.
Edit: I have discovered that The Rosetta Stone does not seem worth the money to pay for it, as the methods that I've seen them use would never work for me, and are kind of questionable anyway.
Keep posting opinions on the Rosetta Stone, but also, does anyone know any other good language-learning programs?
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:31 pm
I don't think that's all. They said that the CIA or the FBI or whatever uses it, so I'm sure that couldn't be all.
I've been wanting to use it too, but I was afraid of the price. How much is it exactly?
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:19 pm
I think it was like 200 bucks. Very steep. Especially if you're not sure.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:40 pm
It's crap, don't use it
The method it uses to teach you the language is fast but very, very weak. It makes connections with meanings of ideas as opposed to meanings of words.
If you can find it for free, then sure, but don't pay a cent for it, it's a total waste of money
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:30 pm
Yeah, I was looking at some of the previews on the actual site. Turns out there really isn't much more to it than I thought there was.
What about other language programs: has anyone found a quality one?
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:56 pm
Gotta get a Textbook like Genki. That's the one i'm using and i think it's going well.
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:02 pm
My sister has two textbooks I use occasionally, both from school. One is like "Adventures in Japanese" (...yeah) and the other has a title in Japanese that I forget. I actually think I like the Adventures one better.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:47 pm
Gaddo Gotta get a Textbook like Genki. That's the one i'm using and i think it's going well. Ｉ ｔｈｉｎｋ ｔｈａｔ ｔｅｘｔ ｉｓ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｂｕｔ ｔｈａｔ ｍｙ ｏｐｉｎｉｏｎ ｓｉｎｃｅ Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ｉｔ ａｎｄ Ｉ ａｍ ｕｓｉｎｇ ｉｔ ＾＾ ｉｎ ｓｙｎｃ ｗｉｔｈ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｂｏｏｋｓ ＾＾；
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:31 pm
Rosetta Stone doesn't really seem to be worth it and I hate that my parents wasted their money on a program we're not using.
Genki is definately a good text to use. I read through almost both of the books and skipped Japanese 122 when I started at the community college here. 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:09 pm
che_hyun I've heard that the Rosetta Stone is a really good program for learning foreign languages, and by the price, one would certainly hope so. My library offers a few courses on it for members of the library though, and I just tried it out, and it seems more like a book of colloquial traveler's phrases to me than an effective method of learning. (In the courses my library offers, I've only seen the four-square picture and phrase lesson, with the person saying the phrase and you have to find the correct picture, with a few microphone options and stuff.) This can't be it, can it? I was kind of hoping I could use it to learn Japanese. Edit: I have discovered that The Rosetta Stone does not seem worth the money to pay for it, as the methods that I've seen them use would never work for me, and are kind of questionable anyway. Keep posting opinions on the Rosetta Stone, but also, does anyone know any other good language-learning programs?Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, but for some reason I wasn't too impressed with Rosetta Stone. In fact, looking back at it, I felt like it was a rather overhyped program (at least for learning Japanese). There are better resources out there in my opinion. One that comes to mind is Pimsleur's Japanese. And for learning Kanji, Remembering the Kanji by Heisig is a good one, although its major downfall is that it doesn't provide the kun and ON readings, but at least it gives you the English translations and the stroke order. sweatdrop
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