Rosetta Stone Version 3: French Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion

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Rosetta Stone Version 3: French Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion

Rosetta Stone Personal Edition contains everything you need to start learning a language. It's built around our award-winning Rosetta Stone curriculum, which has been adopted by organizations around the world including the U.S. Army, NASA, major corporations such as Deutsche Telecom, IKEA, Royal Dutch Shell, and over 10,000 schools worldwide--and is available in 31 languages spoken by over 90% of the world's population.

The Fastest, Easiest Way to Learn a New Language

Proceed at Your Own Pace
Rosetta Stone is considerate of your time. Anytime, anywhere, you can learn a new language with Rosetta Stone. You learn comfortably without feeling pressured or overwhelmed. Rosetta Stone provides guidance to make your language learning effective, fast, and enjoyable with a process that is intuitive, interactive, and visually engaging. At the end of each lesson, you are given the opportunity to test your new skills. And, since Rosetta Stone automatically records your progress, you can easily pick up where you left off, when other priorities arise.

Make Language Learning Intuitive with Dynamic Immersion
Rosetta Stone uses rich visual imagery to help you learn. You will be presented with sets of images to match correctly with a spoken or written phrase in the new language. You will advance to the next set of prompts once you've successfully matched words and images and pronounced the words correctly. With Dynamic Immersion, you learn by directly associating your new language with images--nothing is lost in translation.

The comprehensive language-learning solution that fits your life. Learn Naturally Learn your next language the same way you learned your first language. Dynamic Immersion empowers you to see, hear and comprehend without translating or memorizing. You already have this ability, Rosetta Stone simply unlocks it. Engage Interactively Get feedback to move forward. You learn best by doing, and you'll apply what you've learned to get to the next step. Rosetta Stone adapts to your individual needs and skills, because you drive the program with your progress. Speak Confidently Start speaking immediately. From the very first lesson, you'll speak. You'll begin with essential basics, which form the building blocks of the language. Soon you'll create new sentences on your own using words you've learned. Have Fun Best of all, Rosetta Stone is addictive. With every entertaining activity, you'll feel success. You'll want to use Rosetta Stone to have that next moment, that next breakthrough. So you'll keep using it, and you'll learn more!

Fun, Easy, and Immediate Reinforcement
Interactive exercises create a learning environment that is engaging and game-like--it's fun!

How It Works

Rosetta Stone recreated this natural way of learning by developing a method that uses a computer to mimic the environment in which we learned our first language. We call this Dynamic Immersion. A simple, intuitive interface and advanced technology confirms learning at every step of the process by prompting you to make connections between images you already understand and the new language. You receive immediate feedback, which helps you to reinforce learning. This systematic structure builds from simple nouns and verbs to more complex concepts and phrases very quickly, helping you achieve your language-learning goals faster than you ever thought possible.

Level 1, 2 & 3--Connect With the World

Features & Benefits

Faster and More Effective
Rosetta Stone will teach you as fast as you can learn! Leveraging your natural language-learning ability, Version 3 immerses you immediately in the new language, providing just the right context to prompt you to speak, pronounce, read and write in the very first lesson! Intuitive, sequential learning builds progressively and makes every lesson count. Our Dynamic Immersion method is so fast and so effective, it's used by the Fortune 500, the U.S. State Department, and over 10,000 schools.

Convenient
You pick the time, the place and the pace! We are ready when you are because there are no class schedules or missed lessons to make up. From your desk or your dining room, your valuable time can be turned into productive language learning that fits your lifestyle.

Enjoyable
When something is fun, it captures your attention...and holds it! The interactivity in Version 3 instantly engages you. Rich, vivid imagery, real-life context and voices of native speakers make Rosetta Stone different from any other product out there--never tedious or boring. Rosetta Stone provides a captivating, game-like experience.

Milestones
Learn and apply! Our MILESTONE feature lets you try out your new language knowledge in real-life situations.

Track Your Progress
New ADAPTIVE RECALL feature tracks your progress, reinforcing your strengths and revisiting your development areas.

New Speech Recognition Technology
State-of-the-art new speech recognition technology helps you learn to speak your new language even faster. And our new Speech Analysis Tool compares your voice to that of native speakers, helping you perfect your pronunciation.

Life-like Context
Our New CONTEXTUAL FORMATION feature uses real-life simulations and vivid imagery to give you exactly the context you need to produce new language--all on your own!

Level 1, 2 & 3 Set Includes:

The Basics
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, numbers, questions, colors, clothing.

Friends and Family
Ages, family relations, household items, introductions, landmarks, states, descriptions.

Work and School
Times of day, greetings, calendar terms, body parts, speaking, personal hygiene.

Shopping
Buying, selling and shopping; entertainment and sports; merchandise, speed and weight, comparing and contrasting.

Travel
Destinations, transportation, directions, locations, telling time, distance, cost, weather.

Past and Future
Tenses, letter writing, school subjects, signs, workplace terms, polite requests.

Friends and Social Life
Months of the year, arrivals and departures, social interaction, celebrations, meal courses, quality terms, apologies.

Dining and Vacation
Future tense; terms for art, architecture and music; emotions, places of worship, travel and lodging.

Home and Health
Terms for home, garden and backyard activities; household items and appliances; terms for strength and physical activity.

Life and World
Emotions, continents, life milestones, oceans, botanical terms, terms for animals.

Places and Events
Opinion and judgments, currency exchange and transactions; measurements, household repair tools, culinary terms.

Talking About the World
Nationalities, governmental leaders, political terms, media terms, business terms, religious terms. Doing things!

Audio Companion allows you to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go.

Audio Companion--Taking Rosetta Stone to the Next Level

What is Audio Companion?
Audio Companion CD-ROMs enhance language learning anytime, anyplace. You can learn new skills on the computer, and then reinforce them with Audio Companion. Play the CDs on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 Player and go!

Enhance the Rosetta Stone Learning Experience
Audio Companion activities correspond to Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. You can listen to Audio Companion and practice what you've been learning, turning travel time into productive language learning time.

Extend Study Time
Now, you don't have to stop learning when you leave your computer. Audio Companion lets you access lessons whenever and wherever you want. It empowers you, and works within your busy lifestyle!

Build Vocabulary and Pronounce Words and Phrases
Audio Companion features distinct words and shorter phrases to make them easier to hear and repeat. Build good enunciation habits by hearing native speakers pronounce them first.

Speak and Converse
The speaking portion of Audio Companion lets you listen to questions and answers, repeating them to use later. To help them build your conversation skills, first you'll listen to a conversation and then repeat phrases individually.

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Langenscheidt French Pocket Dictionary: French/English/English/French (Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionaries)
Cyber Acoustics AC-850 Silver USB Stereo Headset/Microphone with In-line Volume Control
501 French Verbs: with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides)
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The Ultimate French Verb Review and Practice (The Ultimate Verb Review and Practice Series)
Larousse Concise Dictionary: French-English/English-French (BookEdition 001)
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Rosetta Stone Version 3: French Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion Reviews

The program will automatically recommend to repeat a lesson if you make too many errors. I think it would also be a great family activity and learning with others would be great for motivation and practice. This program is a great way to learn a language. You do need to be self motivated but I found myself looking forward to the lessons. I had no problems with the software installation and set up except for some reason the software could not detect my wireless connection and I had to register by phone. The audio companion CDs are a big help to reinforce and practice what you have learned. The method of using pictures with the text helps you make associations and learn much faster and easier than just memorizing words. I love that you can have up to 5 users so others can learn along with you and that makes it a good value for households that have several members who would like to learn the language.

Do not attempt to learn by simply listening to the CDs. In Rosetta Stone, we start with simple objects and words. Like your parents who were constantly speaking to you in a language you don't understand, your 24 hour immersion and constant questioning is what makes you finally understand. Then we build to phrases and sentences using those same objects that we learned about. You install the program, activate the levels depending on what you purchased and then create a user so that you can save and go back to where you left off. These were created to assist your learning experience for words that have already been imprinted into your brain by way of visual association. It is there for you to learn and re-learn over and over.

I need to know when to pronounce certain letters and when not to. The interface is simple and easy. You will know what I am saying when you get into the program itself. However, despite these I would strongly recommend Rosetta Stone as the only program to successfully make you understand another language in the fastest way possible.

The concept of Rosetta Stone is simple - learn a language the same way our parents thought us through picture books. I would want to be able to CHAT with someone on the other end to help me understand further before I go on to the next level of learning. The latest addition to Rosetta Stone learning software is the so-called Audio Companion. Unlike other learning software that simply comes in an audio CD that you pop into your vehicle to listen and hopefully learn, this Rosetta Stone Audio Companion is a supplementary to the program. Because Rosetta Stone immerses you right into the visual process, there are numerous times where you are fed phrases and sentences which only leave you wanting to ask questions on why it was constructed that why or when to leave out a letter in pronouncing a word which has slightly changed. The program simply spoon feeds me the words. Which means you work at your own pace. When the photo comes up, we can easily identify it.

Unlike other programs, there is no need to memorize a ridiculously long phrase or sentence that doesn't mean anything to us at the moment. The price of the software is steep, but definitely worth it. With Rosetta Stone and all other program, your learning and inability to ask questions is what makes learning a second language slow and limited. Lastly, despite the so-called Dynamic Immersion, you will not be able to learn as much and as fast if there is no one else you can converse with in the process of learning. When I speak the same word to an actual friend who is native to the language I am not understood as much.

We then say the word over and over until it is second-nature in our brain. We are shown a photo and told what it is. We always asked WHY so we can understand the rules and be corrected for proper speaking. Like all other programs, this also has it's short-comings. Isn't that the same way when we were younger.

Finally after installation, don't forget to check for software updates (if the software has not done so already). There is nothing to learn. Hope you enjoy learning a second language as much as I am learning right now with the help of Rosetta Stone. I can repeat a million times the word and boost the volume until my ears bleed, but for a person who speaks another language I need to know if there is a silent letter involved or if the letter is in fact pronounced but only in a subtle manner. When I repeat the word, Rosetta Stone says I am correct.

There is an included USB headset with mic so you can speak, analyze and compare your pronunciation with the voices on the program.

I like learning foreign languages and I tried various ways of doing that - from learning on my own with a help of various audio cassettes and written materials, to attending a total immersion program abroad. FIFE STARS. I think this is a very useful learning tool for people wanting to learn the language on their own. I usually learned the language in a structured way by getting to know new words and learning grammar rules and trying to apply them in practice. Rosetta Stone's method is probably the closest one to learning language the "natural way" - the way children learn it. It is actually a very cheep alternative to an immersion program abroad. This means acquiring grammar instinctively, without actually learning the rules. It IS expensive, but considering the fact that this isn't just the usual audio CD with some supporting text but actually a fully blown computer program, with speech recognition technology, etc, I say it is well worth the price.

I highly recommend it, it makes learning a foreign language much easier, and it is very intuitive to use. This is by far the best self-guided foreign language product on the market that I have used.

While I am nowhere near to speaking full conversational french, I feel that my language skills are improving the more and more that my wife and I use this product. Other than that.I suggest you pick up a package in whatever language you wish to learn. Get a movie that you havent seen before, turn it to the language dubbed version and see of you can follow along. I would happily pay the full price on this program, and am looking in to having my hospital get on board as a corporate partner so that we can begin learning spanish.many of our patients arent fluent in English. Everyone has seen the television commercials, the print adverts, and the magazine inserts.Rosetta stone is touted as the best way to learn a language.

Its true. One of the other cool things to do. After payiing upwards of 400$ for a program, I should be able to use it on as many devices (or within a set limit) that I want to. Overall an amazing product, and only marred by the extreme restrictive installation permission. The mp3 audio files are good for one the go, and I use them more frequently that I originally thought I would. The only dissapointing thing about this progam is that it can only be installed on one computer. Just another step in the immersion process.

Limiting it to only one PC or notebook seems to be overly restrictive. Popping in the software and navigating its menus, lessons, and audio files, I was greatly impressed with the sheer volume of material. I took french quite a few years ago as a younger kid, and was amazed at how easy it was to pick it back up again. The only way to really get real world experience with another language is to speak it all the time, everytime with a native speaker to help you with your conversation- but barring the possibility of that, this software is an amazing tool. I find that to detract from the overall impression, hence- the 4 star review. And you know what.