Series: Platinum
Audio CD: 336 pages
Publisher: Living Language; Pap/Com/Ps edition (August 9, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307479129
ISBN-13: 978-0307479129
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.3 x 8.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #316,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #23 in Books > Books on CD > Languages > Language Instruction > Spanish #320 in Books > Books on CD > Nonfiction #536 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Foreign Languages > Spanish
This year my son started Rosetta Stone's Spanish. At the same time I got this set, so there will be some comparison.1) COST - obviously paying $125 for this program vs. $500 for Rosetta Stone is a huge bonus for me.2) LEARING PROCESS - This system focuses on reading through chapters with exercises and listening to audio files to support the chapters. The content in the audio files is just like the book. Where audio files help the most is if you don't know how to pronounce the words it helps to hear it and hit rewind over and over again.Rosetta stone, requires a computer as it uses visual queues (pictures), audio files and in version 3.x it lets you speak into a mic and measures if you are speaking the word correctly or not. I tried this with the Chinese lesson once - which Chinese has different tones of the same word - the program allowed me to continue even though my pronunciation was off. Thus this feature becomes worthless on some levels.Having lived in foreign countries, learning a language comes through repetition. Since we all have MP3 players and can take them wherever we are, then this system works fine for replaying the phrases and words over and over again.Thus for the impatient person who doesn't want to spend the time practicing, then maybe not only is this program not for you but learning a language in general is not for you. Similar to learning the guitar...I know a bunch of chords but I can't play songs by memory without practice, practice, practice.3) TRAVELLING - The Essentials book, has a Spanish-English and English-Spanish glossary in the back. The book is thin enough and light enough you could throw it in a bag and take it with you when travelling.
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