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Rosetta Stone Italian Level 1&2 (PC/Mac)

by Rosetta Stone

Platform: Windows / XP / 2000 / Me, Mac OS X, Mac

3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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System Requirements

Platform: Windows / XP / 2000 / Me, Mac OS X, Mac
Media: CD-ROM
Item Quantity: 1

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Product Features

Up to 550 hours of instruction
Over 8000 real-life images and phrases
Illustrated user's guides
Curriculum text books
No translation
No memorization
No drills

Product details

Item Weight: 962 g
Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
ASIN: B000077DD4
Release Date: 18 Jun 2004

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 731 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)
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Learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency.

This comprehensive program provides up to 550 hours of mastery instruction in listening comprehension, reading, writing, and speaking. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists or drills. Previews, exercises, and tests accompany every lesson, and there are automated tutorials throughout the program. Graphical speech recognition displays your voiceprint and compares it with the native speaker to help improve your pronunciation. (Ages 6 and older).

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3.0 out of 5 stars Flawed., 4 Mar 2005

By	Graham Phillips (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

The basic idea of the Rosetta Stone course is that you associate words with pictures. Fine. The pictures certainly make for a more enjoyable experience than plain textbooks.

One of the main advantages of computer-based courses is that you can record yourself speaking then play it back and listen to how it compares with the native speaker. It would be better if the program repeated the original recording after you've heard your own, but it doesn't. There is a speech recognition thing that indicates how well you have done, but it is not accurate: you can say the wrong word entirely and it will sometimes indicate "good".

The box says "learn a new language the way you learned your first language" and "you learned your first language easily and naturally". This is nonsense. We do not learn additional languages the way young children learn their first language, and anyway it was never effortless - we've just forgotten how hard it was. What they mean is that they don't explain anything: you have to figure out the grammar for yourself. That may or may not be a good thing.

I had tried a computer-based language course before ("Tell Me More Italian") and found that it was rubbish, so I was wary of getting another. Well, Rosetta Stone is much better than Tell Me More. You may not want to use this as your only source of instruction, but to supplement other methods it's quite good. Having also done some pure audio courses (just listening and speaking), I now wanted to extend my vocabulary and improve my reading and writing skills. Unfortunately, the program assumes you have a non-standard keyboard layout (qzerty not qwerty) so you can't use the keyboard for any of the written work. In Lesson 1 Question 1 the answer is "bambino" but if you type that on an ordinary English keyboard it comes out as "ba,bino". I emailed Rosetta Stone about this. They replied "This is a common problem" and suggested that I should look at the picture of a keyboard on screen and press the keys on my keyboard that are in the corresponding position, even though "the markings may not be the same". I found this reply astonishing. If it were cheap software I could accept it, but having paid nearly two hundred pounds I expect the program to work properly.

If you are happy to omit the written work, or if you are willing to use the on-screen keyboard, then you might find Rosetta Stone useful. Personally, I don't, and the search for a good computer-based language course continues.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Rosetta stone - French, 31 Mar 2006

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I badly need to learn French for work purposes and thought about Rosetta Stone. Yes, I've spoken to other users of Rosetta Stone on the keyboard problems with using the software, which was highlighted by your previous reviewer. If you can't enter written work properly then its not worth buying such an expensive program. Perhaps the Rosetta Stone company might do something about it one day...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rosetta Stone Italian levels I & II, 9 Jun 2009

By	Paul D. Mcgurk "M D Bluenose" (Lincolnconshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The product does what it says on the tin. I just need time to make the best use of it. all good

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