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Italian Stone

Rocket Italian VS Rosetta Stone-Rocket Italian Course

If you're determined to learn Italian from a beginner level, please read on, here is some of my experience I want to share and I think you'll find it useful.

There're simply two ways of learning a new language, following a teacher or self-learning with an online course. If you have time limitation or a tight budget, I strongly recommend you to choose an online course. The course I've been using is called Rocket Italian with which I've achieved very satisfying results.

 

Right after I worked with Rocket Italian, I started using Italian when ordering food, greeting friends and even talking in simple words very quickly and confidently. In the whole package at only $100, I find the 33 audio lessons most helpful. They're so delicately designed, that I was lead to penetrate the surface of learning a new language without usual difficulties and hassles. These 33 audios are purely conversationally based with one male and one female voices. The female one is by a native Italian called Maria, whose pronunciation is pleasant, crystal clear and easy to follow. I also noticed that the structure is quite smart because old words I learned from previous courses always reappear in latter ones which can effectively reinforce my memory and make me to revise. Every lesson is focusing on one topic which is extremely useful in daily life and I actually used a lot of sayings from a lesson "At the dinner table" at a Spanish friend's and impressed them all. Rocket Italian also provides a grammar and culture lesson attached with each audio lesson which I think especially useful for those who are determined to take it to an advanced level.

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The two games MegaAudio and MegaVocab also made the whole learning journey full of fun and entertaining. MegaAudio is to help you with understanding the spoken words by giving 6 pictures and an Italian word so that you can select one from the 6. MegaVocab has a database of about 1000 words. You need to select the Italian word from the 4 options to match the given picture. Remembering new words is always the most boring and difficult part in learning a new language. MegaVocab managed to relieve me from all of that.

Make sure you try the 6-day trial course before purchasing the product to find out whether this online program suits you, which from my perspective will, especially when you don't have any experience in Italian. To say the least, even if you're not entirely satisfied with this program, the Refunding Policy until 60 days' use can eliminate your last hesitation.

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How long does it take to complete levels 1-5 of Rosetta Stone Italian?

OR how long does it take to mostly understand/write/read/converse?

I do not know how long it would take, but I can tell you this: Don't believe the hype. Rosetta Stone is just an overpriced language system.
A few months ago, I ordered a French demo Cd from their website. I installed it on my PC and started using it.
Oddly enough, according to Rosetta Stone, I was getting it right every time I repeated a word.
"This can't be right" -I thought.
So I mispronounced several words on purpose.
Well, guess what: it still gave passing marks every time.
Nobody needs a system that gives you a false sense of accomplishment.
Another thing: Rosetta Stone tells us that we don't need any grammar lessons or drills to learn a foreign language.
I say "B.S". How else are you going to practice by yourself?
I sure was glad I had decided to order their Demo Cd before I bought their course.
So I went back to The Living Language, which is the system I used to learn Italian and English (Spanish is my natural language)
But if you are serious about learning Italian, in addition to the language course of your choosing, try to get your hands on some Italian Cds, as well as Italian movies (amazon.com)
You'd be surprised how much you can learn using that approach.
Also, there are quite a few free web sites where you can meet people who are interested in corresponding with people from foreign Countries: try "amici di penna. com".
If I can be of any assistance: arizpe3@hotmail.com
Good luck.
God bless.

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