Rosetta Stone V3: Korean Level 1 with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION]

by Fairfield Language Technologies

Product Features

• Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
• Innovative solutions get you speaking new words, right from the start
• Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
• With Rosetta Stone, you'll discover a foundation of key vocabulary that you'll use to build into a whole new language
• Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001GBLMGI
• Item model number: 21915
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 18, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,980 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #47 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Asian

Product Description

Amazon.com

Rosetta Stone Personal Edition contains everything you need to give the voice inside of you a new language. The method used recreates the natural way you learned your first language, revealing skills that you already have. This approach has won numerous awards, and has been adopted by countless organizations, schools and millions of users around the world. Join the language revolution today. Only with Rosetta Stone.

The comprehensive language-learning solution that fits your life.

Learn Naturally
Learn your next language the same way you learned your first language. Dynamic Immersion empowers you to see, hear and comprehend without translating or memorizing. You already have this ability. Rosetta Stone simply unlocks it.

Engage Interactively
Get feedback to move forward. You learn best by doing, and you'll apply what you've learned to get to the next step. Rosetta Stone adapts to your individual needs and skills, because you drive the program with your progress.

Speak Confidently
Start speaking immediately. From the very first lesson, you'll speak. You'll begin with essential basics, which form the building blocks of the language. Soon you'll create new sentences on your own, using words you've learned.

Have Fun
Best of all, Rosetta Stone is addictive. With every entertaining activity, you'll feel success. You'll want to use Rosetta Stone to have that next moment, that next breakthrough. So you'll keep using it, and you'll learn more!

That's language-learning success.
That's Rosetta Stone.

No translation or memorization required.

The most effective way to learn a new language is to be surrounded by it. When you were an infant, your parents taught you this way, by intuitively associating words with images. That's the ultimate language lab, but most language-learning programs completely ignore this.

Think about all of the ways you've tried to learn a language: classes at school, tapes and cassettes, even software that uses your native language as a base for your next one. What do they all have in common? Translation and memorization.

Instead of taking a "direct flight" from your brain to your new language, translation and memorization connects you to your old language. You always have to "fly" from your brain, to your native tongue ... and then translate what you've memorized to communicate.

That might work for a few words, but what happens when you get to a sentence or phrase? When you have to change tenses? You're going to make a lot of "connecting flights." That's why those other methods are so frustrating ... and why they fail.

Enter Dynamic Immersion.
This method encourages you to think like a baby. You'll pair words with vivid, real-life images and make connections between things you know and the new language. Soon, you'll be thinking in a new language, stringing words together into phrases that you create.

Innovative technology.
Rosetta Stone places this Dynamic Immersion method at the core of a suite of software that works with you to develop your skills. The simple, intuitive interface helps to keep you engaged in the solution, while advanced speech recognition technology makes certain that you're speaking correctly and accurately. Best of all, Rosetta Stone never leaves you behind. You'll only move forward when you're ready, when you've become comfortable and confident.

Discover the building blocks of a new language: Level 1.
Your journey begins with a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and language structure that you'll need to begin to think, live and breathe in your new language. Rosetta Stone's solution will give you the confidence to master basic conversational skills. You'll be able to introduce yourself, say "Hello" and "Goodbye," ask and answer simple questions, go shopping and so much more.

Audio Companion
With Audio Companion, you'll enhance the Rosetta Stone experience wherever you go. You'll learn new skills on the computer, and then reinforce what you've learned with Audio Companion. Simply play the CDs on a stereo or download them to a MP3 Player. Each Audio Companion activity corresponds to a lesson in the Rosetta Stone software, so you can turn your travel time into productive language-learning time.

Inside the box, you'll find:

• Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Level 1 (Windows/Mac)
• Headset microphone
• User's guide
• Audio Companion, a multiple-CD set to play or download to your MP3 player

Product Description

Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Farsi Level 2 with Audio Companion is for intermediate-level language learners. The software helps you start to interact and engage your surroundings. By the time you complete this level, you’ll be able to talk about your environment, give and get directions, tell time, dine out and more. And Rosetta Stone Audio Companion allows the learner to practice their new language anywhere: in the car, at the gym or on the go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs provide activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and reinforce what they’ve been learning on the computer, turning almost anytime into productive language practice time. Audio Companion lets the learner access the power of Rosetta Stone whenever and wherever they want. Play the CDs in the car, or download them to your iPod or MP3 player and take it with you anywhere. Audio Companion truly empowers the learner and extends the total learning time – even with a busy lifestyle!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great way to learn a new language., December 6, 2009

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David Proffitt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Korean Level 1 with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

During my tour in the Army I spent a year in Korea. I learned a little Korean and was impressed by how easy the language was.
I wanted to learn another language but didn't want to do it the conventional way or go back to school to do it. Then I saw the Rosetta Stone program and tried their demo out. I was impressed at how easily their process worked.

Don't get me wrong, this still involves work, you can't learn it a couple of times thru but the way it's presented with pictures, spoken word and your interaction with voice print recognition makes it a really fun way to work. I enjoy every session I have with it and find myself saying words at work or around the house and to the dog. He seems to think I'm nuts! Anyway, I also realized how badly I was mispronouncing the words. The pronunciation lab (at least that's what I call it) shows voice prints and inflections. Once you can master the voice print and inflection you are saying the words the way they should be pronounced. They have even made this part of it fun. The Korean ideograms are also show atop the pictures and with all the lessons.

I just bought the first level to see if I liked the program. I do so I'll get the rest of the programs as I need them.

I believe you really can learn any language this way. It sure beats any other process in schools that I've used.

Dave P

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A flawed system, July 8, 2010

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Kyle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Korean Level 1 with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I have used a number of language learning programs / books for various languages including, Spanish, Korean, and Chinese. Rosetta Stone to me really drops the ball. Their idea to teach you the words without translation and just using pictures is a good idea; however, there are many issues.

1) They show you many pictures and say a word and type the word above it and often it is very unclear what exactly in the picture they are referring to. A lot of the time you end up guessing what exactly they are trying to convey.

2) They never teach the alphabet. They constantly show you words and you are just supposed to memorize them with no concept of what the letters are. It is like trying to learn every word as if it were a Chinese character for an alphabetical language....

3) There is never any mention of any grammar.

It is a novel approach to try and teach people how we learn as children a second language, but it falls short. It ends up basically making you into a parrot. You can repeat things, and guess at what it means, but you have no real comprehension of the language and do not forget, are illiterate.