Rosetta Stone V3: Spanish (Spain) 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: B001AFB56C
• Item model number: 20885
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 9, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,903 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #78 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Spanish & Portuguese

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.

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 Spanish (Spain) 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

169 of 197 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Warning -- Even if you buy it, you don't own it, August 25, 2008

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Edward Barnett (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Spanish (Spain) Level 1-3 Set with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I bought this product for my son, who was studying a foreign language in middle school. He did not find the software helpful and stopped using it completely after about a month. Because the software was quite expensive, I decided to try to recover part of my investment by selling the package on eBay. Rosetta Stone made eBay take down the listing, saying it was a violation of their copyright, even though I was selling the original product. Rosetta Stone told me that I didn't really buy the product when I paid $400 for it; they said I was only buying a license to use the disks and that I could not transfer that license to someone else. Technically, that's probably what some fine print on one of the installation screens said, but it's an unfair practice and I can't figure out why Rosetta Stone refuses to let customers resell their product the way we might sell a used book when we're done with it. I suspect that a lot of users find that they don't end up using the language DVDs they "buy" from Rosetta Stone, and preventing customers from recovering part of their purchase price is a bad and unfair corporate policy. I would strongly recommend that you find a way of trying these DVDs before you buy them and are stuck with an expensive mistake. The DVDs are OK (although they certainly do not make learning a language quick and painless, as the ads would suggest), but Rosetta Stone's treatment of its customers is unacceptable.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprised!, April 27, 2009

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W. F. Hart "WFH" (Spain / Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Spanish (Spain) Level 1-3 Set with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

We have a home in Spain where our son and his family reside. I've been trying to learn Spanish for the last 8 years by buying and studying various programs, drill and classes. I've been a miserable failure. They say that the older you get - the more difficult. So, I was skeptical when my son and wife wanted me to try Rosetta Stone. I have a fairly unique learning style, and I didn't want to risk $500 on this program. Well, I have been surprised. The constant review and voice recognition attributes are great. The scope and sequence is well thought out.

As a retired educator, I find the program to be quite sophisticated. It's fun and effective. I try to do 30-60 minutes every day, and I am learning. The main drawback is that we wanted to install it on both my wife's and my laptops and also put one copy on our computer in Spain. Rosetta Stone only allows two installations.

So, bottom line, thanks to Rosetta Stone, with 30-60 minutes of study per day, I think I will finally be able to handle basic Spanish with fairly accurate pronunciation. I do recommend this program.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rosetta Stone with audio companion is my best companion!, June 5, 2009

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L. Weiss "the law" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosetta Stone V3: Spanish (Spain) Level 1-3 Set with Audio Companion [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

This prodcut is great. Easy to use and understand. The product is fun, its not like tradition learner PC games. i would highly reccommend this product for anyone interested in learning a language, who doesnt have a lot of money or time. However, i do suggest you buy a language dictionary because there is NO translation whatsoever. Therefore i suggest buying a dictionary to help you with the translations that are more difficult than others.