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All Software | Home » » Rosetta Stone French Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion | | | | | | | Description: | | Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone French Levels 1, 2&3 you connect with the world around you. With level one you begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-reliance, shop and enjoy basic social interactions. Taking what you’ve learned in Levels 1 and 2, we help you reach an advanced level of competence. This competence allows you to connect with the world around you. You will learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life; your work, current events and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they’ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD’s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! | | | Features: | |
• Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
• Innovative solutions get you speaking new words, right from the start
• Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
• With Rosetta Stone, you'll discover a foundation of key vocabulary that you'll use to build into a whole new language
• Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 7.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 91 reviews |
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| Windows Vista / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Mac OS X | | Media:
| CD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
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 Rosetta Stone French Level 1,2,3 w/headsetSep 04, 2010
Arrived promptly, A1 condition as new, I'd already searched the net for the best deal and this was it.
The program is excellent IF YOU KEEP UP WITH IT REGULARLY even a little every day. allows you to go back or jump ahead if you think it serves your needs better. For a language class, I'm enjoying it.
 Compatibility issues with multiple languages on the same computer.Aug 25, 2010
I purchased RS French 1,2,3. I then purchased Chinese 1. After trying to install it on my MAC Book, neither will run! I get a 2122 error. Their support is terrible. It's the type of thing where they put you on hold and transfer you and it never gets solved... I'm out over $500 bucks!
My advice... Skip Rosetta Stone software... Too expensive for what is delivered. Not to mention compatibility issues with different versions of their software and the fact that they're terrible at supporting it.
Robert V.
The only way to learn a new languageAug 21, 2010
I purchased Rosetta stone french level 1-3 a month ago, and without a doubt it is the best method of learning a new language. I have several times over the last 2 years tried to learn French with living language, and the use of websites and none of them come even close.
The way rosetta stone works is incredible it doesn't make you learn by translation and is immensely interactive. The level set-up is that its broken down into 4 units, and each unit has 4 core lessons(about 30 min each) with additional basic lessons in-between (usually about 5 or more each) and they are either set as reading, listening, speaking or writing. But it is all connected visually. The software again is very interactive.
For the price of the content and what you get for it is great. Some may be skeptical about it, i was at first, but the pay back will be that by the time you finish with either lessons 1-3 or 1-5 you will be able to easily interact, communicate and quickly be able to immerse yourself in the culture who's language you've learned.
Sample: The speaking parts will show you say a dog and will pronounce "chien" at which point it will prompt you to say the word using the headset your provided and by how you pronounce it it will respond effectively whether you spoke it correctly. Even better if your having difficulty saying "jaune" = "yellow" their is a tab that when used will compare your speaking of the word with the 'author' and will show whether your pitch or pronunciation is off.
The only comment i would say is that each lesson should have a library of words that you can go through and practice with at improving your accent and pronunciation.
I am at this moment back at school and i could not imagine sitting in a classroom with 20 other people trying to learn another language. The plus side is you'd have people to practice with but for the time and cost your getting a much better deal just buying Rosetta. i paid 485 instead of 560 from rosetta and am already comfortable and confident with my french.
One of the perks about it is if you have a family or spouse who also wants to learn it allows several users on the program ( you can only have it on one computer unless you buy several levels and install them separately.
Overall if your looking at learning a new language this is the software for you. Try the demo version if you like but for costs sake it is worth the investment. I would be completely dumbfounded if i were to have this on my resume and they would be critical cause i didn't learn it in school given that the government, fortune 500 companies and international organizations use it as their method of learning a new language.
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 Rosetta Stone French 1,2,3May 29, 2010
After a couple months of use Rossetta stone no longer runs on my MAC 10.5.8.
Tech support is email only and slow to respond.
It's a fun program to play with if you have the time, I find myself google translating words constantly to learn the detailed meaning of them.
Their approach allows a single application version to be produced and sold to anyone regardless of their native language, so that is why they do no translation. It may or may not be a good method for learning, but it's ingeniously efficient use of programmers, which they probably need more of since they're slow to release patches. Profit is king at Rosetta Stone.
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 Great product, lousy supportApr 12, 2010
This is a great product. I wont go into details because others have done so. However, BEWARE, the licensing scheme is a pain and customer service is dismal. Licencing: not only are you restriced to installing in one computer (which, even if inconvenient seems understandable) but also, if your hard drive is damaged and you need to re install, it is impossible to do it withouth calling tech support, because the software thinks your are perfoming a "second", hence forbiden installation. Your are not even allowed to un install from your old computer and install in your new one: you must call tech support.
And here comes the rub: tech support is really bad. It is hard to get someone on the phone and being put on hold for 20 minutes is not uncommon. The answers are slow to come, and, to sum up, it just takes a lot of time and effort to fix any problems.
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