Anyone ever use those Rosetta Stone or Tell Me More language things?

[fuzzybabybunny]

Since I want to globe trot for a little bit, I want to pick up other languages. I know a bit of Chinese, but need to learn Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, German, uhhhh... yeah.

Anyone have any experience with language learning software? How are they? How good are you at learning languages just as-is?

 

[nick1985]

ask michael phelps

 

[Tiamat]

I didn't pay for the language software if you know what I mean, but it only helps if you are willing to practice, practice, practice. I suck with memorizing stuff so languages have been tough be it computer code, spoken languages, organic chemistry etc. If you are willing to put forth the solid effort of practicing, you will be able to speak at least at a grade school level.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: nick1985
ask michael phelps

:laugh:

Did you notice how he pronounced it? There was a little skip on "Rosetta"...I think an extra 30 seconds coaching him on how to pronounce the product name properly would have helped

 

[Evander]

I'd recommend the Pimsleur series of audio courses. They are expensive though- check your local libraries. But the good thing is they have high resale value. Also if you buy the inexpensive mini-courses you can get a good discount on the full courses. This is not software but cds or audiotapes and possibly they sell in mp3 format as well. A reliable store w/ good prices is bigredgarage.com (I used them once)

If you want very cheap but surprisingly good software check out the "instant immersion" series from Topics Entertainment. Best Buy sells 2-cd sets for like $5