Results 1 to 35 of 35
  1. #1
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686

    Has anyone tried Rosetta Stone?

    I wanna learn Russian and eventually German as well. Is Rosetta Stone a decent product?

    Of course its not gonna make you perfect or fluent but is it worth the price?

  2. #2
    Times Roman's Avatar
    Times Roman is offline Anabolic Member
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    Back from Afghanistan
    Posts
    27,376
    They are very expensive. I did notice that they are highly pirated overseas, with selling prices of about $25 or so for the course.

  3. #3
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Lol dang that's pretty cheap, its like several hundred dollars here.

    I think I have a way of getting it for free threw a friend. The military used to have a deal where we could get it for free but I don't think that is an option anymore.

  4. #4
    Times Roman's Avatar
    Times Roman is offline Anabolic Member
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    Back from Afghanistan
    Posts
    27,376
    at camp eggers tthere was a weekly swap meet just outside the gate, and they had those programs for sale. now, I KNOW they were pirated, and I seem to remember they were in the $20 to $50 range, but you could and should haggle

  5. #5
    lovbyts's Avatar
    lovbyts is offline Knowledgeable Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Posts
    30,263
    Ever hear of news groups? You can find most anything you are looking for. Another way is via file sharing; bittorrent.

  6. #6
    redz's Avatar
    redz is offline Knowledgeable Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    GTA
    Posts
    14,260
    You can find it for free, I didn't like it myself.

  7. #7
    wmaousley's Avatar
    wmaousley is offline American Bedoo
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Kuwait/Florida
    Posts
    3,518
    To me Rosatta stone will only teach you the basics, I had the Arabic version 6 years ago. Paid upwards of $500 usd for it and I learned more being imersed in the arabic environment than a computer.

  8. #8
    gixxerboy1's Avatar
    gixxerboy1 is offline ~VET~ Extraordinaire~
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    32,802
    Quote Originally Posted by wmaousley View Post
    To me Rosatta stone will only teach you the basics, I had the Arabic version 6 years ago. Paid upwards of $500 usd for it and I learned more being imersed in the arabic environment than a computer.
    I agree it only gets u so far. U need to be around thst speak the language. I had questions with it to. And i would have been stuck if i didnt have someone
    If people can't tell your on steroids then your doing them wrong

  9. #9
    Honkey_Kong's Avatar
    Honkey_Kong is offline Superbowl XLIX Champs!
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    The Dude Abides
    Posts
    11,015
    Quote Originally Posted by Armykid93 View Post
    I wanna learn Russian and eventually German as well. Is Rosetta Stone a decent product?

    Of course its not gonna make you perfect or fluent but is it worth the price?
    The Russian one is okay, but yeah you're never going to learn THAT much from it. One thing you need to learn if you learn Russian is how to write in cursive. People who can't write in cursive are looked at as uneducated boobs.

  10. #10
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post

    The Russian one is okay, but yeah you're never going to learn THAT much from it. One thing you need to learn if you learn Russian is how to write in cursive. People who can't write in cursive are looked at as uneducated boobs.
    Lol I can't even write in cursive in English, damn

  11. #11
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Quote Originally Posted by wmaousley View Post
    To me Rosatta stone will only teach you the basics, I had the Arabic version 6 years ago. Paid upwards of $500 usd for it and I learned more being imersed in the arabic environment than a computer.
    Sounds like it at least helped you get started with the language though

  12. #12
    Euroholic is offline "ARs Pork Eating Crusader"
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    A world without islam!!!!
    Posts
    7,092
    Best way to learn a lanuage is to move to the country were the language is spoken. Move to moscow. Mingle with the locals.

  13. #13
    Honkey_Kong's Avatar
    Honkey_Kong is offline Superbowl XLIX Champs!
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    The Dude Abides
    Posts
    11,015
    Quote Originally Posted by Armykid93 View Post
    Lol I can't even write in cursive in English, damn
    That's what I said in class..... hahahaha

    that being said, spelling is a lot easier with the cyrillic alphabet than it is in english with the latin one.

  14. #14
    Honkey_Kong's Avatar
    Honkey_Kong is offline Superbowl XLIX Champs!
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    The Dude Abides
    Posts
    11,015
    Quote Originally Posted by Euroholic View Post
    Best way to learn a lanuage is to move to the country were the language is spoken. Move to moscow. Mingle with the locals.
    I don't really think it's that great of an idea for a yankee to just move to Moscow and mingle with the locals.

  15. #15
    Euroholic is offline "ARs Pork Eating Crusader"
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    A world without islam!!!!
    Posts
    7,092
    Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post
    I don't really think it's that great of an idea for a yankee to just move to Moscow and mingle with the locals.

    Why? Its not 1980 anymore bra. Im throwing out ideas for this kid to learn russian. Dont kill his dream.

  16. #16
    Honkey_Kong's Avatar
    Honkey_Kong is offline Superbowl XLIX Champs!
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    The Dude Abides
    Posts
    11,015
    Quote Originally Posted by Euroholic View Post
    Why? Its not 1980 anymore bra. Im throwing out ideas for this kid to learn russian. Dont kill his dream.
    I'm totally for learning Russian, but it wouldn't be a good idea for a Yank to stroll in to a Moscow pub and start mingling.

  17. #17
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post

    I'm totally for learning Russian, but it wouldn't be a good idea for a Yank to stroll in to a Moscow pub and start mingling.
    Lol gotta say I don't think it would go over well either but thanks for the suggestion euro I completely understand what your saying, that method is called immersion training definitely the most effective, its how the Army teaches linguists new languages.

    Sadly at 20 I don't have the money lying around to go on Trip like that lol maybe in a couple years.
    Last edited by Armykid93; 02-10-2013 at 12:22 PM.

  18. #18
    wmaousley's Avatar
    wmaousley is offline American Bedoo
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Kuwait/Florida
    Posts
    3,518
    Ask TDY to SWC language center. Wait whats your MOS?

  19. #19
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Quote Originally Posted by wmaousley View Post
    Ask TDY to SWC language center. Wait whats your MOS?
    35F
    Intelligence analyst

  20. #20
    wmaousley's Avatar
    wmaousley is offline American Bedoo
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Kuwait/Florida
    Posts
    3,518
    Quote Originally Posted by Armykid93 View Post
    35F
    Intelligence analyst
    Ok so you should be able to take any language course you want at the army's expense. Are you still at Ft. Huachuca? Go see your PL.

  21. #21
    terraj's Avatar
    terraj is offline Knowledgeable Member
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Location
    Japan
    Posts
    2,280
    Quote Originally Posted by gixxerboy1 View Post
    I agree it only gets u so far. U need to be around thst speak the language. I had questions with it to. And i would have been stuck if i didnt have someone
    This ^.

    I got it for free and I wouldn't bother giving it away...its little help.
    Been around it and using what you have picked within 24 hours really works.
    I learnt Japanese in bars.

  22. #22
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Quote Originally Posted by wmaousley View Post

    Ok so you should be able to take any language course you want at the army's expense. Are you still at Ft. Huachuca? Go see your PL.
    Sadly i'm not still at huachuca. I'll talk to my platoon sergeant though for sure

  23. #23
    Honkey_Kong's Avatar
    Honkey_Kong is offline Superbowl XLIX Champs!
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    The Dude Abides
    Posts
    11,015
    Quote Originally Posted by Armykid93 View Post
    Sadly i'm not still at huachuca. I'll talk to my platoon sergeant though for sure
    Did you ever get that rosetta stone program?

  24. #24
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post

    Did you ever get that rosetta stone program?
    Not yet. I'm gonna hook it up after I get internet on my laptop, 15th needs to come sooner

  25. #25
    Rwy's Avatar
    Rwy
    Rwy is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Posts
    3,497
    I am surprised a lot of people do not like it. You can get it and pay for it monthly instead of one shot. I bought Spanish and Italian and you can have conversations with people through the program. Like any other skill you learn you need to keep doing it in order to get better at it. In the beginning it throws you right into everything without really explaining what you are saying.

    For example they will show you a picture of a boy eating. It never tells you the picture and word association is that "The boy eats" you just assume it is. There really isnt anything else it could be.

  26. #26
    gixxerboy1's Avatar
    gixxerboy1 is offline ~VET~ Extraordinaire~
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    32,802
    Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post
    The Russian one is okay, but yeah you're never going to learn THAT much from it. One thing you need to learn if you learn Russian is how to write in cursive. People who can't write in cursive are looked at as uneducated boobs.
    I never heard that. I never seen my wife write in cursive
    If people can't tell your on steroids then your doing them wrong

  27. #27
    < <Samson> >'s Avatar
    < <Samson> > is offline Neurologically Intact
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    AZ Side
    Posts
    12,821
    Blog Entries
    2
    People pay for Rosetta Stone? Really?

    I got their whole library of languages when I wanted to catch up on some Russian and started learning Spanish.

    Personally I think it's pretty effective. It does work for sure, just depends on the time you put in.

  28. #28
    Rwy's Avatar
    Rwy
    Rwy is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Posts
    3,497
    Quote Originally Posted by < <Samson> > View Post
    People pay for Rosetta Stone? Really?

    I got their whole library of languages when I wanted to catch up on some Russian and started learning Spanish.

    Personally I think it's pretty effective. It does work for sure, just depends on the time you put in.
    I would never torrent software. If I did it would be under someone elses connection

  29. #29
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Good to hear some people find it effective. One of my buddies used the Chinese one I believe and got pretty good

  30. #30
    wmaousley's Avatar
    wmaousley is offline American Bedoo
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Kuwait/Florida
    Posts
    3,518
    Quote Originally Posted by Armykid93 View Post
    Not yet. I'm gonna hook it up after I get internet on my laptop, 15th needs to come sooner
    payday looooool

  31. #31
    wmaousley's Avatar
    wmaousley is offline American Bedoo
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Kuwait/Florida
    Posts
    3,518
    Quote Originally Posted by Armykid93 View Post
    Sadly i'm not still at huachuca. I'll talk to my platoon sergeant though for sure
    I am sure since you are intel, any language course will be available to you. Try https://www.atrrs.army.mil/ and see if you can attend a course or get Rosetta Stone Free from ATRRS.

    I did it for you https://www.atrrs.army.mil/atrrscc/course.aspx

  32. #32
    Armykid93's Avatar
    Armykid93 is offline Productive Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Where they take my ass
    Posts
    3,686
    Quote Originally Posted by wmaousley View Post

    payday looooool
    Haha I knew someone would get it

  33. #33
    langston07 is offline New Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    san diego
    Posts
    24
    Quote Originally Posted by Armykid93 View Post

    Haha I knew someone would get it
    Ha I remember when I was a E nothing ..its OK though spending a chunk of your paycheck that you hope to actually use to better a skill is not a bad way to spend DFAS money. Also I have Rosetta stone and I wanted to learn Spanish. It got me through knowing all the basics and how the layout of the language is, but now that I live in San Diego and I'm around it daily including my landlord who only speaks Spanish it now is never used

  34. #34
    Honkey_Kong's Avatar
    Honkey_Kong is offline Superbowl XLIX Champs!
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    The Dude Abides
    Posts
    11,015
    Quote Originally Posted by gixxerboy1 View Post
    I never heard that. I never seen my wife write in cursive
    My professor was telling me that when I was trying to explain how I can't write in cursive in english so I should be excused from doing it in Russian.

  35. #35
    thai007goy's Avatar
    thai007goy is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    Everywhere
    Posts
    77
    Worked for me learning Thai..but my wife is Thai so she pretty much help to. But I think its a pretty good software.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •