Customer Reviews

Rosetta Stone V2: Spanish (Spain) Level 1-2 [OLD VERSION]

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What I like about this software is that it does not come with too many "gadgets." At my age, I am "technically challenged." So this software worked out fine for me with my limited computer skills. I also like the fact that this software covers Castilian Spanish. It is probably the only course available that exclusively covers Castilian Spanish in such depth since Pimsleur and Learning Like Crazy only offer Latin American Spanish courses.
The downside of this software is that you will not learn much Spanish grammar with it. If you want to learn the rules and mechanisms required to combine words and form sentences in Spanish, you will have to buy a good Spanish grammar book. For that I strongly recommend Spanish Grammar for Independent Learners by Avigail Azoulay, Arie Vicente. It is more expensive than other Spanish grammar books but it is well worth the money.

We are a retired couple hoping to learn Spanish to make travel more enjoyable. Using Rosetta Stone you hear the words/phrases, see them written, and see a picture showing the word or action. You can speak the language and write it. It provides lots of review. We were afraid we would not have the self-discipline to use the program everyday. However, we are finding this not to be a problem. You can use it for short periods of time, or for longer if you want. My goal is to understand and make myself understood in Spain. My husband's goal is to become fluent (he took Spanish in high school and college, but never got fluent). Unlike "school" Spanish Rosetta Stone does not bog you down with grammar rules. Also, the speakers speak excellent Spanish, not with American accents as many of our teachers did. We think we can reach our goals.

Superb learning tool for Spanish. Vocabulary and grammar are taught with logically sequenced written and spoken sentences corresponding to color photographs from everyday life scenes. A bonus is that my two and a half year old grandson delights in sitting beside me and pointing out "el gato" ... "el caballo" ... "el perro" and others.

while there are many benefits to learning vocabulary with this tool, I found it did not help with conversation.

I've only just started. But so far, I am very pleased with this language program. My only regret is that I don't have enough time to keep at it. The various learning modalities are quite useful-this is the only program (aside from taking a class) that i've used which does this. I recommend it!

The many different avenues of learning that Rosetta Stone offers helps the user make associations that get results!

I ordered the wrong Spanish Language Learning Sucess kit for my husband for Christmas. Although he had taken off the outside wrap, Rosetta Stone graciously allowed us to return the set I had given him and in return they sent us the version he had originally wanted. Rosetta Stone made the return very easy and fast.

Good if you want to speak the Spanish of the minority. Only 10% of the native Spanish speakers live in Spain. The grammar of the Spanish from Spain (or as some incorrectly call it, the Castilian Spanish, although castilian -castellano- and spanish -español- mean the same in Spanish) the "interesting" grammar of the so called castilian Spanish (the misuse of direct and indirect objets, and the confussion between the perfect and simple past tenses) are anomalies in the Latin American Spanish: that means for 300 million speakers in Latin America. You choose!