Is the Rosetta Stone Spanish program worth the money? Or should i just get a tutor?
I found a cheap tutor through craigslist, but keep hearing good things about the Rosetta Stone program. I think the program well over a hundred bucks, just trying to keep from wasting my money.
I consider Rosetta Stone well worth the cost. Private lessons which I have taken get really expensive and college or university classes are expensive as well…try the demo for free.
Well, it is very good. I started to do French and I learned a lot. But, isn’t there a Rosetta Stone online that’s free? when I did it, it was.
Anyways, I would try to look up some other programs maybe before spending it.
I hope I helped!
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I consider Rosetta Stone well worth the cost. Private lessons which I have taken get really expensive and college or university classes are expensive as well…try the demo for free.
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Personal experience
If your looking to speak spanish fluently, Rosetta Stone isn’t going to teach you that.
I recommend a tutor. They can help you with actual conversations and help you with what YOU need help with.
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I tried it 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. 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 a software called 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 check out their website for a free demo and compare too, or independent reviews (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.
A tutor will be the most effective way probably, depends on your learning style. The advantage of a software is that you can do it whenever you want
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Depending on what your goals are to learn Spanish, you’ll have to look at whether you really want to learn it fluently or just say a few phrases.
Rosetta Stone is great for learning a few phrases and that’s it. It shows pictures and basically you have to match the pictures with a phrase. (More or less)
If you got a tutor you could ask them how to say something that is unique to you: like the things you would need to say to people in your day to day activities, and what you would expect to hear back in response.
If fluency is your goal I wouldn’t suggest Rosetta Stone.
Check out this site and you might get a few ideas on what situations are the most common for native Spanish speakers to talk about.
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http://www.learn-podcast-spanish.com/free-english-to-spanish-translation.html