Rosetta Stone V3: Russian Level 1-3 Set with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION]

by Rosetta Stone

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: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001AFDBA0
• Item model number: 22585
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 9, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,032 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #12 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Slavic

Product Description

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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.

Communicate and connect with the world: Level 1, 2 & 3 Set.
Rosetta Stone Level 1, 2 & 3 Set will take you on a journey from the basics to a whole new level of sophistication. You'll build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. You'll quickly gain the confidence to engage in social interactions. Say "hello" and "goodbye," arrange travel, order food, go shopping and more! From there, you'll share your ideas and opinions, express feelings and talk about your life, your interests and more. You'll discover a voice. In a new language.

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 Levels 1, 2 & 3 (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 Russian Levels 1, 2&3 you connect with the world around you. With level one you begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-reliance, shop and enjoy basic social interactions. Taking what you’ve learned in Levels 1 and 2, we help you reach an advanced level of competence. This competence allows you to connect with the world around you. You will learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life; your work, current events and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they’ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD’s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great program, but not for beginners, February 13, 2009

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Love2Read (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Russian Level 1-3 Set with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I wholeheartedly agree with others who describe this as a great advanced program for learning Russian. I had already completed Pimsleur Russian levels 1, 2, and 3, and I also had some experience with the Cyrillic alphabet. Without these fundamentals, I seriously don't know how you could get through the first lesson of Rosetta Stone. There is zero explanation of the alphabet, and you can't rely solely on repetitive patterns to associate spelling with sound for the simple reason that Russian words bend and break spelling rules just like English words do. So it would be extremely frustrating to start with this program as your first introduction to the Russian language. That said, if you do have the basics already, this program will accelerate your learning like nothing else...and it's FUN. You certainly don't have to exercise a lot of self discipline to get through the lessons consistently.

47 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good stuff, August 24, 2008

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J. Y. Jones "J.Y. Jones" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Russian Level 1-3 Set with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Rosetta Stone Russian levels 1,2, and 3 is a tremendous adjunct to the study of this language. However, I would NOT recommend it unless you have considerable background and knowledge of Russian already, as it moves rapidly from one concept and many new words without any explanation in English (and often the accompanying pictures are not completely explanatory). I've already mastered Pimsleur's Russian I, II, and III (90 30-minute lessons), plus another Russian course with 40 lessons, and still I find myself in the English-Russian dictionary a half-dozen times at each Rosetta Stone session. It's this small a number because I already know some 4,000 words in Russian. I don't know how anyone with less background functions at all in the Rosetta Stone course. That being said, once a person has a background similar to mine, the course is hugely helpful in building speech proficiency, mastery of grammar, and expanding one's vocabulary. I would not recommend the course for one's first exposure to the Russian language, as it would have to be a formula for extreme frustration. For me, it's been extremely profitable and enjoyable.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Way to Learn Russian Without a Native Speaker, January 10, 2009

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Adrian P. Hull - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Russian Level 1-3 Set with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I've used Rosetta Stone Russian Version 3 and was quite happy with the results. I bought the course one month before departing to Azerbaijan (the Caucasus); during that month I completed Level 1. Upon arrival in Baku, I was able to use Russian effectively in practical day-to-day situations (taxi, restaurants, light conversation at cafes, museum tours, in the hotel, and at stores). Since returning from Azerbaijan I have continued the course (Level 2) and now can understand much Russian news broadcasting (television and radio) as well as read and understand some of the sections in the Russian-language newspapers. I'll be returning to Azerbaijan in summer 2009, and completing Rosetta Stone Version 3 Russian will ensure my success speaking, listening, reading, and writing Russian. Though results may vary for some users, for me it has been a stunning success. I recommend the course wholeheartedly.