Series: A Hodder Education Publication
Audio CD
Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers; Com/Cdr/Bk edition (September 1, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1444790684
ISBN-13: 978-1444790689
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 2.7 x 6.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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I want to express my feelings on the Michel Thomas Total German program. First of all, I have been a casual student of German for many, many years, but about seven years ago I bought Rosetta Stone German to begin my study in earnest. I was first interested in German in high school, and I took two years of it while there, then promptly forgot it because I didn't use it much at all after graduation. Fast forward to the time I purchased Rosetta Stone, at which time I jumped right in with great anticipation. I liked the way RS presented everything with pictures and words, matching the two and hearing the native speakers, etc., and not having tried any other courses—other than high school—I had no other program to compare it with. I prodded along with RS, off and on again for several years. I kept hearing the words and phrases in my head, but any time I tried to conceive a thought in my head in German, I often had great difficulty. I knew how to say certain things, those which were presented in the RS materials, but I still found it very hard to come up with my own sentences. I kept struggling with, "Well, how do I say this, or that?" I kept getting frustrated. Basic sentences were not too difficult, but anything the least bit complex was just overwhelming for me. I got up to level 3 in the RS course, at which time the software stopped working on my laptop because I supposedly had an "outdated" version which the company did not care to support unless I paid a "fee" to get a fix. I didn't want to do that since I had paid so much money up front for the course. I don't feel like that is good customer service since at the time I purchased RS, it was twice the cost of what they are now charging for it.
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