I am currently using Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish...
Who thinks it'll work, or has used Rosetta Stone to learn a different language and had a good or bad experience with it?
Thoughts? Comments? Wishes of luck?
Printable View
I am currently using Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish...
Who thinks it'll work, or has used Rosetta Stone to learn a different language and had a good or bad experience with it?
Thoughts? Comments? Wishes of luck?
Most people I know learning a second language don't really like Rosetta Stone.
Do you know why?
@ Train : Good luck. I personally prefer Berlitz because that is what I am used to. Tell us how Rosetta Stone goes, please?
The problem is that I'm currently in Highschool, learning Spanish (because it's required!) and my teacher...well..fucking sucks at teaching...and goes about it completely wrong... so I have to learn it from an external source... or fail.
Get a textbook? My friends also agree that Rosetta Stone sucks. I've had no personal experience with it so I can't say anything.
in my opinion, the most important thing to do as your first step is to download lots of <Language Insert> music, movies, radio, dramas, etc etc and immerse yourself in the language. You might find that this to too hardcore for your needs (Do you want to seriously learn Spanish or do you just want to get a credit?) If you want to seriously learn it, this will help you a lot.
Next thing I would say is using a SRS to memorize words. Anki is my favorite program to do this.
When I used to play WoW I learnt spanish by changing the language and making a new character on Spanish-Speaking servers :).
I do have this one game for the PSP, its honestly amazing, i was reading the feedback and some guy in college was still using it.
it mainly focuses on vocabulary but help you learn more stuff the rosetta stone imho
That actually is a very cool idea :cool:. I might try it one day. Being forced to express yourself in the language, while hearing it constantly around you, is the perfect combination for mastering a new language. Gaming taught me how to speak English, so this should work very well with any language.
They only have English, German, French and Portugese.
http://www.runescape.com/l=1/title.ws?set_lang=1
to
http://www.runescape.com/l=3/title.ws?set_lang=3
That's too bad, I already know 3 out of 4, and I have no intention to learn Portuguese. :redface:
I tried Rosetta Stone - for Spanish, actually; most definitely a really old version of it - and I about died of boredom doing it. But I found that a lot of the things that I learned on it stuck with me in the long run.
If you CAN do it - I'd say it's really worth it.
but if you can't - no worries. There are other ways to learn it.
Puedo hablar en espanol. :P
insert "~" above here^
Buena Suerte!
Good Luck!
If you ever need help with Spanish you can ask me :) I'm a native Spanish speaker.
A somewhat extreme approach, but have you considered switching languages, so you get a different language teacher? Most US highschools (I am assuming you're in the US) are required to offer German, French, and Spanish. I suggest you switch to German if your Spanish teacher sucks. German is pretty fun I think.
Chinese, then? Mandarin is hard as fuck, but it's the most widely used language in the world, and that's not gonna change any time soon, in my opinion. I'd say go for it.
Also, the game idea is good. I did that when I was learning Spanish. Luckily, I love hentai/manga (anime is *okay* I guess.. I'm not a huge fan of it, but I've always loved hentai), and I really like the Japanese language, so I study it when I can. :3 I'm planning on doing what Capricorn said (really, it's a great method if you want to actually learn the language, as text books don't capture the emotion or pronunciation of anything. And hearing voice actors in an acoustic room isn't the same as a live action tv show, really.
:3 I'm excited to learn moar Japanese.