Anyone used this before? I see it's on sale at Chapters for 50% off for all 5 language levels.
Worth it?
Worth it?
Rosetta Stone Language Software?
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No, Rosetta is something you so sitting in front of a computer. It is quite good.
Pimsleur language lessons are audio lessons you can do while stuck in traffic and are also quite good.
Pimsleur and Rosetta are the two best systems you can get, they take very different approaches, and I highly recommend you do both if you actually want to learn a language well.
If you just want some phrases for travel do one or the other.
Specifically it doesn't teach you grammar rules, and neither does pimsleur. Rosetta uses pictures and gets you to listen to speech so you work it out yourself. Pimsleur works by getting you to imitate examples of native speech and make variations in what you are imitating.
I am a big advocate of learning in multiple ways and I think you do need grammar lessons and word definitions. You could get that by working through a good instruction book and doing written problems. Also I like flash cards for vocabulary building.
I really think if you try to find one system that will do it all there isn't one.
When I was seriously learning a language I took a night class, I used pimsleur, I used Rosetta, I practiced with flash cards, and I tried to use it every chance I got. I was also married to a native speaker. I didn't do all that every day but I did something every day and kept changing it up.
When I pick up some language for traveling to get by in another country but not trying to achieve fluency I find pimsleur great for that.
I've studied French as an adult. I went to U of T continuing Ed and the Alliance Francais, and Humber college. Also tried Pimsleur audio.
Without a doubt, Humber was the best.
I need a more traditional and rigid system to learn.
I found Pimsleur to be a joke and a waste of time and money.
Without a doubt, Humber was the best.
I need a more traditional and rigid system to learn.
I found Pimsleur to be a joke and a waste of time and money.
