Rosetta Stone will teach you as fast as you can learn! Leveraging your natural language-learning ability, Version 3 immerses you immediately in the new language, providing just the right context to prompt you to speak, pronounce, read and write in the very first lesson! Intuitive, sequential learning builds progressively and makes every lesson count. Our Dynamic Immersion method is so fast and so effective, it's used by the Fortune 500, the U.S. State Department, and over 10,000 schools. To order in Europe see here.

It's Convenient!
You pick the time, the place and the pace! We are ready when you are because there are no class schedules or missed lessons to make up. From your desk or your dining room, your valuable time can be turned into productive language learning that that fits your lifestyle.

It's Enjoyable.
When something is fun, it captures your attention…and holds it! The interactivity in Version 3 instantly engages you. Rich, vivid imagery, real-life context and voices of native speakers make Rosetta Stone different from any other product out there - never tedious or boring. Rosetta Stone provides a captivating, game-like experience.

Milestones
Learn and apply! Our MILESTONE feature lets you try out your new language knowledge in real-life situations.

Track Your Progress
New ADAPTIVE RECALL™ feature tracks your progress, reinforcing your strengths and revisiting your development areas.

New Speech Recognition Technology
State-of-the-art new speech recognition technology helps you learn to speak your new language even faster. And our new Speech Analysis Tool compares your voice to that of native speakers, helping you perfect your pronunciation.

Life-like Context
Our New CONTEXTUAL FORMATION™ feature uses real-life simulations and vivid imagery to give you exactly the context you need to produce new language - all on your own!

Our Level 1 & 2 Set offers Beginner through Advanced instruction with over 8000 real-life images and phrases in 210 lessons. Spanish (Latin America) Levels 1 & 2 provide up to 550 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Some of the covered topics include Greetings and Conversation; People and Talking; Travel, Transportation and Transactions; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shopping and Dining Out; Common Social Conventions; Calendar Conventions; A Complete Reference Section of Commonly Used Terms; Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 &2 Set, Personal Edition set comes complete with illustrated User's Guides and Curriculum Text books.

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Sheletha Jones
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Rosetta Stone 3.0 Spanish Level 1 & 2 (Latin America) Personal Edition Box
In my opinion, Rosetta Stone is one of the best when it comes to teaching Spanish. As a homeschooling mother of four, I am constantly looking for software that is easy to understand and fun for my children. I have found that with Rosetta Stone. Not only does it let them learn by degree of difficulty, but they can also learn through writing, speaking, and reading exercises. The software even allows for testing to see what they've learned! It is an excellent learning tool. Perhaps what sets this software apart from the many others we've tried in our homeschool is the fact that Rosetta Stone uses brilliant color pictures to help students better associate words and phrases. I have found that it helps the memorization process as well. That is a very important part of the learning process, particularly when a foreign language is involved. In addition, the software has even helped me to increase my use of Spanish. All and all, I am very satisfied with Rosetta Stone Spanish, so much so that I am planning to purchase the French version in the very near future. The software has proven to be an excellent addition to my library and an invaluable resource to our homeschool. In fact, I highly recommend it to anyone in the market for easy-to-use products to help them learn Spanish. Buena suerte (good luck)!

Alex Grishin
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Rosetta Stone 3.0 Spanish Level 1 (Latin America) Personal Edition Box

The challenge If someone wanted to come up with an innovative language learning software package, something that would truly stand out among the competition, what should they do? Surely, claiming that their language program uses "an immersion method" would be far from unique.

Many a language software developer from the time when computer instruction became a fad until now has announced to the world that a potential user should expect to be fully immersed into the desired language, perhaps in a manner that resembles how children acquire their native languages. It is also important to assure users that they will not have to learn any formal grammar rules, do exercises and memorize countless rules, exceptions, vocabulary and speech patterns.

Really, it would be a challenge to find a language software package that does not claim to be based on "immersion". There may be a simple explanation for this. While books are still being published to accommodate traditional methods of language instruction the world of multimedia creates a general sense that some shortcuts can be taken. You just pop a CD in a computer, put on headphones and voila! in a few hours you know French! Does it really work that way? You guessed it, it doesn't. But what does work?

How is it possible that Rosetta Stone, one of the methods that claim to be using this "immersion technique" clearly stands out from the crowd and enjoys a growing popularity? The principles The most important component of the Rosetta Stone software-based method is what I call "a four squares screen". The user is presented with a page that shows four pictures of various objects or entities. A prerecorded phrase or word is played back and the user must click on the square that contains a visual answer to the question or best illustrates the concept. If the user answers correctly a little "ding" is heard, a check-mark appears on the screen and the program advances. That's all folks! I dare say that this process has absolutely nothing to do with "immersion" or how a child learns her mother language. Hopefully, not too many adults have haunting memories of their parents hovering over them with perpetual sets of objects (always four of them!) demanding to pick one in order to take yet another step in language acquisition. But does this work as a method for learning adults? Oh, yes it does!

The promise One might wonder why it is not enough to simply know that the Rosetta Stone method is an effective and worth-while method of learning a foreign language. Indeed, not every language program is picked by "U.S. Army, NASA, major corporations such as Deutsche Telecom, IKEA, Royal Dutch Shell, and over 10,000 schools worldwide" as the website claims. In my opinion, language learning software packages don't have a good reputation with too many of those folks who have actually tried to use a couple of these programs. Being a bit of a language junkie, I have acquired over the years a little collection of such packages. They never amounted to anything more than some additional material that could be used on top of a more traditional language course. But when I first saw Rosetta Stone Dutch, very quickly came the realization that if shortcuts in language learning are possible at all Rosetta Stone comes pretty close to providing some!

So, if someone sits out there in disbelief regarding the very feasibility of computer-based language learning (regardless of the claims made by various manufacturers) I think I can offer some insight into why Rosetta Stone works. The secret of Rosetta Stone So, why does the Rosetta Stone method work? At the very center of the Rosetta Stone approach is the idea of constant encouragement. Every step of the way the user receives positive feedback from the program. Rosetta Stone takes you through a rapid succession of multiple choice questions. Given that there are only four options per question it is not difficult to answer every question even if you don't get it right away. This process turns into a series of gratifying experiences. It is uplifting and encouraging to see yourself doing well at a difficult task of learning a foreign language!

Compare this to the level of feedback one receives from any other language learning software, not to mention a textbook. It is difficult to gage the progress, and the user is not padded on the shoulder nearly as much. As a result we have uncertainty, perception of poor performance and general lack of success. A user is much more likely to quit such a course, and it should be known that not quitting is probably the single most important requirement when learning a foreign language. Truly, any modern textbook will at least provide a student with correct information, even though it may not be presented in the most efficient and pedagogically suitable way. Rosetta Stone system creates language courses that a motivated student will not be likely to give up on.

Rosetta Stone's Spanish package is amazing. As far as language learning software goes, most applications present you with little more than a list of words, or expect you to just know things about the language that your normally wouldn't. But Rosetta Stone takes you from being completely ignorant of the language, to having conversational fluency at whatever pace you'd like.

The software is easy to use, keeps great track of your progress, and adjusts to your own performance with the interactive teaching it provides.

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