Rosetta Stone V2: English (US) Level 1-2 [OLD VERSION]

by Fairfield Language Technologies

Product Features

• This powerful 2-CD set of learning tools adapts to your personal needs and imparts a strong foundation in a new language
• With this award-winning method used by NASA and the Peace Corps, you'll learn the way children do -- by associating words and phrases with the world around you
• Participate in over 200 lessons where you'll interact with fluent English speakers to build speaking & vocabulary skills
• Get a full tutorial in speaking and syntax skills
• Graphical speech recognition displays your voiceprint and compares it to native speaker to help improve pronunciation

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000077DD1
• Item model number: 223-12
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 14, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,719 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #46 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > English

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

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)

Product Description

Rosetta Stone English Level I & II opens up a new world to you by teaching you how to communicate with a new culture! Reviews and testing features help identify weak points and work harder on them Comes with illustrated User's Guides and Curriculum Text books Ages 6 & up

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Beginners to Low-Intermediates, March 3, 2006

By 

ukranium (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rosetta Stone V2: English (US) Level 1-2 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

We use this in our language lab for our ESL students. The students who put forth the effort to work on Rosetta every week get higher TOEFL scores than those who don't. The software focuses on most aspects of language learning--speaking,listening, and reading. It also has a neat feature called Speech Comparison, where it shows a wave form of a sentence and, after recording the student's voice, compares the two wave forms, which gives a visual representation of how close the student's pronunciation is to the native speaker's.
The software isn't for everybody--mainly beginners who have a solid foundation of the romanized alphabet and minimal grammar awareness. However, level two is useful for intermediate students, especially the listening aspects. This does not appear to be an intensive study of vocabulary, rather, it gives the students practice listening to native speakers and solidifies grammatical concepts they may be having trouble with.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because of the price. You can find similar programs for much cheaper. However, since students can spend well over a hundred hours on one program, it is ideal for language labs in that it can be used over the course of a year. If you're looking for something more intensive, try something else. If you're in it for the long haul and want to do the most good for the most students, go for Rosetta Stone.

30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rosetta sends you on the way, January 2, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Rosetta Stone V2: English (US) Level 1-2 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I found the Rosetta Stone Method effective to get me on the way to learn the language I needed: Russian. It was the very key break-thru element in my attempts to learn it. I would never had have success without it.

It distinguishes itself very favorably from any other computer-based language training, in that it really sends one on the way, and keeps one there thru the first, always troublesome steps.

However be informed, that it is not self-sufficient. You need a grammar, a dictionary, a good understanding of language structures (i.e. the grammatics of your own or another indogerman language), and more material. I took a lot of text and audio (internet radio) from the internet. I used also other audio/textbook courses to get more volume and substance. Even Mickey Mouse and some pre-school children books in the target language have been helpful. This mix made it sufficient, with Rosetta as the key driving element.

Rosetta Stone does not tell you about these, but the implicit assumption is that of accompanying a teached course. Like the NASA astronauts had, evidently. They were not on their own.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rosetta Stone is Solid, August 27, 2005

By 

John R. Glover - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone V2: English (US) Level 1-2 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I bought this product for a person from Thailand to learn English better. It is simple to follow, uncomplicated, and effective. One can pace himself and review progress. It is outstanding in combination with the learner speaking the language orally and daily with someone else. It creates more confidence, as well.