Hello all...

I have been wanting to learn a language for some time now and think im gonna go for it. I took French in HS dont know why....so I want to learn Spanish(would benefit more than French) I am thinking about getting the Rosetta Stone level 1-5 learning kit. $599 ouch.....so my question is......Has anyone had any experience with the Rosetta Stone learning?

 

I have actually used Rosetta Stone on a couple instances. With the business I'm in, languages are well needed. I originally just bought the last level for Spanish (level 5 I think) to use as a refresher to my spanish minor from university. It definitely helped a good bit, but obviously as many people here would say the hp/$ ratio wasn't as high because I already had a working knowledge of the Spanish language.

However, I have since bought Level 1-5 for Danish and have begun teaching myself that (my company's global headquarters is in Denmark). It definitely has a much higher hp/$ ratio and I have learned a good bit in the intial levels I have gone through.


My biggest advice would be to be consistent and persistent with it. Set a learning schedule and stick to it, not necessarily in how fast you progress, but rather how much time you block off to spend using Rosetta Stone. It helps stay focused tremedously. The other piece of advice is to not rush through the levels. Just because someone finishes every level of Rosetta stone does not automatically mean they will be fluent. So take your time, be thorough and it will happen.

I will be starting another language once I complete this one in the next six months. Probably Mandarin, which I have a feeling will take me quite some time to finish, and a good bit longer than Spanish or Danish will/did.

Spanish and French are both romantic languages so if you have any cobweb'd French language left, you should see the similarities once you begin Spanish.

 

Ok thanks!!!!!! Me and my GF want to learn together. She already has a bit of a headstart but I will take my time on it. Also I have Windows 7 and have read that the disc will not work on 7. Do you know if this is true because I didnt make a disc Vista before I upgraded DOH!! May I can revert back the system??

 

Wow, you just made me realize I haven't done any Danish lessons in a few months. I upgraded my laptop to Win7 in January and have NO idea whether it works on Win7. I would check the RosettaStone website for compatibility.

I would hate to revert back to anything from Win7, it is a fantastic OS, the best Windows has put out in...forever.

 

Yes it is great!! I like it better than Vista. Looking like its not compatible with 7. I may go look at some more (cheaper ones) to get my feet wet with atleast. LOL.

 

Really? Microsoft did something right for once?

 

Absolutely. Instead of just updating the old OS (XP to Vista) with new bells and whistles creating an even more bloated OS, they completely revamped the entire OS and created a much more lean OS. My three year old laptop (XPS M1210) had finally begun to have the times catch up with it and began to slow down. I reformatted and put Win7 full install on it, and it is back to running like a champ.

NOTE: I did already have 3gb of RAM which probably helped the process along. Though I will probably upgrade to 4gb of RAM soon.

 

Earlier today i installed Version 3.3xx on my parents computer which
i recently upgraded to Wiindows 7. Initially it wouldn't work, it kept giving
me an application error. After a few more failed attempts i right clicked and hit
Run as Administrator and voila! it worked.

tl:dr yes it works on win 7