Rosetta Stone seems pretty good. Ive seen promos and results.What software will make you fluent in another language?Rosetta stone will give a start on the basics but the only way to beocme fluent in a second language is hours of study and work and actually practicing the language with native speakers.What software will make you fluent in another language?
I tried rosetta stone for Spanish. It does not have any translation, grammar or conjugation instructions so it will be very hard to go beyond the basics with it. It is good for the basics as it is pure memorization. There is no way to be fluent with it. Their program is based on the same thing where you see these 4 pictures over and over again. I was disappointed especially for the price I paid.
My college uses another software: tell me more. My goal was to become fluent so it was perfect for me and I bought their individual version. It has a lot of different activities: picture/word association, videos, dialogues,..., includes also grammar and conjugation. It has also more content than any other language software. Their speech recognition is great so you can have a dialogue with the computer. You can contact them to get a free demo and also ask for a Rosetta Stone demo to compare, visit independent reviews websites(About.com, ...).
The best way to learn a language would be through immersion, visiting these countries. Learning a language will require some time. In addition to software, you can have books which are useful as well. Audio CDs like Pimsleur for instance might help you out but you cannot get any feedback on your pronunciation so I did not like it so much.What software will make you fluent in another language?Rossetta stone is more suited for a child.. They use techniques like immersion which is aimed at children..
You could try linguaphone as well. There are highly regarded as well. Rossetta are extremely expensive if you wanted to learn to an advanced level.
But both are very good just depends whats better for you.
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