Rosetta Stone: Latin Explorer

by Fairfield Language Technologies

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002S9FM
• Item model number: 043-22
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,572 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Now you can 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. It's the natural way to learn.

The Rosetta Stone Explorer contains 22 lessons for beginning learners with nearly 900 real-life images and phrases spoken by native speakers. It develops all key language skills--listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing--while its systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Includes previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson, with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Beginner Course, August 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rosetta Stone: Latin Explorer (CD-ROM)

Having no knowledge of the Latin Language, but having a desire to learn without spending large sums of money on a program for a language I might not enjoy, I found this program useful in it's approach to first time speakers of an unfamiliar language. Easy to use and the instant feedback, for those with a microphone, was very useful. Rosetta Stone is the definitive maker of language software, allowing the user to set their own pace. I feel ready to tackle the more in depth programs they offer.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It is just a demo......, July 26, 2002

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R. Bartlett (California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone: Latin Explorer (CD-ROM)

A previous reviewer, Murray Jacobs, warned the reader that this is just a demo. He's right, but I had to scan completely through Fairfield Language Technologies to find the real one,.... Seems like false advertising to me. There are a lot cheaper courses available that are very good. Try Traupman's "Conversational Latin....", both book and tape, or the "Learn Latin Now!" CD. ...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent., December 31, 2001

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"juliuslazarus" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rosetta Stone: Latin Explorer (CD-ROM)

This program teaches the user things that Latin books lack. For example, you learn the names of shapes, or colors, numbers, articles of clothing; things that you would actually converse about in English, not something like Monachus in monasterio habitat (the monk lives in the monastery). An overall excellent and different look at this beautiful language.