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| From: Fairfield Language Technologies
List Price: $209.00
Buy Used: $126.00
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 4618
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Nt, Windows 98
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows NT
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.2 x 2.1
MPN: 031-00
Model: 031-00
UPC: 794678006982
EAN: 0794678006982
ASIN: B00004YUGQ
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 13
 The best ever! February 2, 2006
Yvonne Langenberg (Gold Coast, QLD Australia)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I'm 11 years old and find the Rosetta Stone Chinese simply the best language learning method program out there. I have been using it for a while now and my Chinese teacher (Who is Chinese) Says I speak Chinese like a native, without an Australian accent! I find it fun and simple to use but very effective. It makes you associate the words with pictures that stay in your mind so you don't fall in the habit of translating everything.
My mother says it's hideously expensive but after wasting money on cheaper versions she realizes it's definitely worth it.
The Rosetta Stone rocks!
 Learn Chinese, then practice with this program December 2, 2005
Michele Costello (Los Altos, CA USA)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Had I known then what I know now, I would have never bought this, at least not now.
The software is in phoenetic mandarin (pinyin) which isn't helpful in understanding what you are saying. Unless you have a basic understanding of chinese you will learn chinese with no context and therefore not be able to use a word of it (or sentence of it -- we don't know what we're learning, so how can we use it?). My son and I are learning it together and though he's a stud at it, even he can't figure out the meaning of what we are saying.
A big disappoint given the hefty price. I thought Rosetta Stone's expertise would deliver a useful product, but alas, the beautiful diction of the speakers is about the only upside.....
Great For Advanced Beginners - Intermediate Students October 24, 2004
Laura De Giorgio (Canada)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was originally using Rosetta Stone's Chinese program through online subscription. I went several times through the entire program before I decided that monthly subscription was getting expensive and since I enjoyed going over this program very much I finally decided to purchase it.
The online version has Chinese only written with pinyin and I was a little bit disappointed that it didn't have Chinese characters anywhere. When I received the package, I was thrilled and delighted to find that it had two books included and the books had all the material written both with Chinese characters and pinyin. This has taken my enjoyment of this program to a new level.
I do need to add that I have purchased numerous other books and programs, so this is not the only one I have been using - and the other books and programs have helped me tremendously in using this one.
Working with the entire Pimsleur program first has helped me tremendously in working with Rosetta Stone, as did many other books that deal with grammar and writing. Also, among different dictionaries, one of my favorites is Wenlin's electronic dictionary as well as NJStar program. Yes, getting all of these programs can get pricey, but they are all well-worth it, especially if you're learning Chinese on your own. They will serve you for a long time and will make the arduous process of learning Chinese a breeze, allowing you to progress easily and to enjoy the process.
very limited, not to be used alone December 14, 2006
T. Hollister (Albuquerque, NM USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having successfully learned a few other languages in the classroom, abroad, and through traditional self-study, I was intrigued by what I read about the Rosetta Stone method. I'd already had an introduction to Chinese by starting the "Teach Yourself" series, and picking up some tips from a couple of Chinese friends, so had a few grammatical concepts under my belt before starting Rosetta Stone (RS). But I still found it difficult to figure out what a particular lesson was trying to teach me in RS, and what individual phrases were supposed to mean. Referring to the version of another language I know well helped me to understand the Chinese, but this is time-consuming and could be remedied by some kind of online help.
Initially I enjoyed the challenge of this course, but after a while it becomes fatiguing. I feel like a pigeon earning a pellet for each correct mouse-click in a psychological experiment. Sometimes I choose the correct matching phrase because I know it's supposed to be the longest phrase in the group (for example), not because I know what it means. RS could be useful if you have access to a very patient tutor, but home alone I find I have too many questions about what is being said to make decent progress. I don't believe what they advertise, that this is the "fastest" method for learning a language. It could make a useful supplement to some other course. And if you want to learn how to write Chinese characters, you'll have to go elsewhere.
Rosetta Stone-Mandarin January 9, 2007
M. McKinney (Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This product lives up to its hype! Mandarin, to the English speaker, is so very, very foreign. Before you realize it, Rosetta Stone really does teach you the language in a very simple, go at your own pace way. Rosetta Stone shows pictures of a girl, boy, woman, man, dog, cat, etc. and an accompaning sentence below. Before you realize it, the student learns which word(s) mean what and this continues through the lesson into more and more complex situations. Highly recommend the product! Xei, xei!
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