Posted by Willful on May 14, 2012, at 0:24:15
In reply to Anyone take RossettaStone courses?, posted by Shes_Initforthemoney on May 1, 2012, at 15:52:40
I used one of them briefly, but there are so many language learning resources online that are great and much much cheaper. You'd be better off using those and studying on your own with a tutor-- over time I"ve found amazing resources-- great dictionaries, books, quiz and flashcard websites, as well as substantive informational websites that help you memorize and retain information. I would imagine in French there would be even more than in the language I"m learning. I've found also lots of videos on youtube and even better ones not on youtube--not to mention lots of audio in various places-- You can often download supplementary material on website called scribd. And there are movies on Netflix etc. The more you look for these things, the more and better you find.
My problem with Rosetta Stone is that they don't teach vocabulary per se, although you can pick up some from the video-- or grammar. And there's really nothing "immersive" about it-- the only time you use the language is when you're listening to the tapes-- not in interaction with other people in unpredictable situations. It's just overpriced imo.
There are other language learning programs like well, Rocket[fill in language], and [language]pod.101-- and these aren't even necessarily the best-- just two of the better known. I would look into competitors and see what they offer, before I spend that much money on a quite limited program-- that spends more in advertising than others mostly.
Good luck, though!
Willful
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