Spanish (Latin America) Level 1, 2 & 3 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version] | ![Spanish (Latin America) Level 1, 2 & 3 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PZS2V7D9L._SL500_.jpg)
| From: Fairfield Language Technologies
List Price: $509.00
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 2873
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Mac Os X, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8.4 x 2.8
MPN: 1-58022-276-5
Model: 794678027659
UPC: 794678027659
EAN: 0794678027659
ASIN: B000BKH1JC
Release Date: September 15, 2005
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| Features:
| • | Spanish language learning software with speech recognition for accent practice | | • | 8,000+ images and phrases in 312 lessons; about 850 hours of instruction | | • | Picture, video, and narrative lessons covering life skills; reference section | | • | Systematically teaches vocabulary and grammar without lists and drills | | • | Previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson with automated tutorials |
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Product Description
Rosetta Spanish Level 1-2-3 helps you learn Spanish using the fastest method on the market! This compilation brings together all 3 volumes of Rosetta Stone Spanish, for a completely immersive language-learning experience. In Level 1, you'll participate in 92 lessons where you'll interact with fluent Spanish speakers, building your speaking & vocabulary skills. Level 2 introduces you to native Spanish speakers, then uses real-life images, speech recognition and fully interactive software teach you like you learned your first language -- naturally! Level 3 build on the foundation of 1 & 2, adding live-action video accompanied with audio, picture lessons, and narrative lessons that show you how to use Spanish in real-life situations.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 So overpriced... May 19, 2006
Emma Grant (USA)
86 out of 96 found this review helpful
I bought this software because I really wanted to learn Spanish and be fluent. The price and marketing of the company made me believe that this package was the most complete package on the market.
So I was very excited to receive it after spending $450 on a software. My excitement did not last long after that.
I was shocked to see how the software itself looked, I was expecting a top of the line interface for the price I paid but that software seemed years old.
But I still wanted to get my money worth so tried the first level for hours, even days, as I was convinced I could learn Spanish with it. I also tried the other 2 levels to make sure that my issue was not only with that first level.
I had looked at the demo and noticed that most of the content was based on that same acitivity with the 4 pictures. I was expecting different exercises for the full version...The software gets so repetitive, I was really disappointed, even more because of the outrageous price of that package.
 Excellent for the child, but what about mom and dad? April 7, 2006
A. Rivera (Daytona Beach, Florida)
79 out of 81 found this review helpful
As the editor of the Learning Spanish Products Reviews (LearningSpanishProductsReviews) site, one of my responsibilities is to review learning-Spanish software products that are listed on Amazon. I am also a native Spanish speaker and a professional private Spanish instructor, and the author of two learning-Spanish products offered here at Amazon:
1. Anna Rivera's 1000 Plus Most Powerful Spanish Words
2. Anna Rivera's 800 Plus Most Powerful Spanish Phrases
Rosetta Stone Spanish is a great Learning Spanish product for a child or pre-teenager that wants to learn Spanish. This software features native speakers, real-life images, and a speech recognition feature. Your child or pre-teenager will find that this software is lots of fun. But the photographs do appear to be from at least two decades ago.
I'd actually give this product 5 stars as a tool for teaching a child or pre-teenager Spanish. But as a learning-Spanish product for an adult the effectiveness of the product really depends on whether the adult is a visual learner or not.
My advice is for you to also experiment with some of the auditory or auditory/text based comprehensive Spanish courses sold on Amazon, and decide if you are primarily a visual or auditory (or auditory/text) learner. Even if you determine that you learn better with or an auditory Spanish course you can still get good results with Rosetta Stone Spanish, by using it to complement your main auditory home-study Spanish course. You may also find the Rosetta Stone software helpful if you're an adult that has one or more of the major comprehensive auditory courses under your belt, and now you are merely seeking to expand your vocabulary.
 One piece of the puzzle October 3, 2006
B. Steeg
51 out of 52 found this review helpful
If you are serious about learning Spanish this software isn't enough. You will need to purchase a Spanish-English dictionary - I like Barron's Spanish Dictionary because it came with a free down loadable software version - and a Spanish audio series such as Pimsleur or Learning Spanish Like Crazy (LSLC). A verb conjugation book is a good idea too, I like The big Red Book of 555 Spanish Verbs. Finally, just like back in the day, you should either buy flashcards or create your own to build up your vocabulary when you can't stand to look at the computer monitor even one second longer.
Now here's the part of the puzzle that Rosetta Stone will help you with: it is very repetitive and requires interaction with picture/word association. I have found that this burns the words into my mind and that the photos help me to recall a word or phrase. Rosetta Stone will also help you with reading comprehension as well as spelling - as long as you use all the lesson plans and resist the temptation to just do the fun parts. But the speech recognition feature is not as good at teaching you to speak Spanish as a high quality audio series such as Pimsleur or LSLC.
The advantage of the speech recognition is that you can slow down the word or phrase being spoken. So if you want to slow down the word "mujer" you can hear how the native speaker uses the hard H sound on the J and a slight roll on the last R; it's great for pronunciation but not effective for learning how to handle yourself in a conversation.
In summary, Rosetta Stone is not a one stop shop. It isn't as mobile as an audio series on your iPod. And it isn't going to make learning Spanish a thoughtless and easy task. I recommend that you buy this software and use it but understand that you are paying $500 primarily for word/picture association and the ability to analyze your pronunciation of individual words and phrases. Also, keep your Spanish dictionary handy to alleviate any confusion. The whole childlike learning approach is good, but your adult skills will definitely help to speed up the process.
It's not magic, but it seems like it is. March 3, 2006
Cait O'Ceallaigh (San Rafael, CA)
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
I've used this product for Spanish through Level III, Russian and now French. I also study Spanish with a private tutor, and I can't say I speak perfectly - I still had a lot to learn and still do - but she says that I speak "differently" than her other students. She thought maybe I'd grown up around the language, but had never been formally taught. And I'd been learning Spanish for less than a year.
If you use this product, I urge you to use it consistently, but don't force it. If a meaning or a phrase isn't clear, don't worry about. Study as passively as possible, as that is how you learned your first language. I would say don't even try to speak it for a few months. Just keep listening to the sounds. Let them settle in your brain.
So some critics say that there's no explanatin of grammar. Well, that's good. You don't want to distract yourself with that. By the age of four, most children understand a lot more than what they can say, without studying grammar. They make mistakes, they mispronounce words, but they still have the language template. That's what you want to start with. It only comes from daily, passive immersion. Study the grammar later.
 Laptop Users: Be Warned January 31, 2007
J. Baker (Virginia, USA)
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
The Rosetta Stone application requires that the language CD be present in the harddrive, and it *continuously* spins up the CD disk while the program runs. This unfortunate design will quickly run down your laptop batteries, making this application unsuitable for travel. My repeated requests to Fairfield Technologies, the Rosetta Stone software company, to remedy this problem were declined. Considering the substantial price paid for this software, it should *behave* like software, and not a DVD. If the application could be installed and run like normal software, it would not uselessly drain you laptop batteries.
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