Has anyone tried Rosetta Stone?

[Armykid93]

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?

[Times Roman]

They are very expensive. I did notice that they are highly pirated overseas, with selling prices of about $25 or so for the course.

[Armykid93]

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.

[Times Roman]

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

[lovbyts]

Ever hear of news groups? You can find most anything you are looking for. Another way is via file sharing; bittorrent.

[redz]

You can find it for free, I didn't like it myself.

[wmaousley]

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.

[gixxerboy1]

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

[Honkey_Kong]

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.

[Armykid93]

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

[Armykid93]

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

[Euroholic]

Best way to learn a lanuage is to move to the country were the language is spoken. Move to moscow. Mingle with the locals.

[Honkey_Kong]

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.

[Honkey_Kong]

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.

[Euroholic]

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.

[Honkey_Kong]

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.

[Armykid93]

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.

[wmaousley]

Ask TDY to SWC language center. Wait whats your MOS?

[Armykid93]

Ask TDY to SWC language center. Wait whats your MOS?

35F
Intelligence analyst

[wmaousley]

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.

[terraj]

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.

[Armykid93]

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

[Honkey_Kong]

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?

[Armykid93]

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

[Rwy]

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.

[gixxerboy1]

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

[< <Samson> >]

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.

[Rwy]

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

[Armykid93]

Good to hear some people find it effective. One of my buddies used the Chinese one I believe and got pretty good

[wmaousley]

Not yet. I'm gonna hook it up after I get internet on my laptop, 15th needs to come sooner

payday looooool

[wmaousley]

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

[Armykid93]

payday looooool

Haha I knew someone would get it

[langston07]

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

[Honkey_Kong]

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.

[thai007goy]

Worked for me learning Thai..but my wife is Thai so she pretty much help to. But I think its a pretty good software.