Resource Description
"Rosetta Stone Homeschool is a powerful learning tool that provides students with an immersive, interactive and engaging language-learning experience while also giving parents the tools and resources needed to track and manage student progress. Utilizing a variety of immersion techniques and administrative features, the software accelerates language learning and provides quantifiable measurements of success. Rosetta Stone Manager is a built in management tool that delivers real-time reporting capabilities, details on student progress and user-friendly administrative functionalities. Rosetta Stone Homeschool is available in more than 30 different languages."
Rosetta Stone is used by the State Department to prepare employees and contractors for overseas jobs and is available in the following languages:
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(14 Reviews)
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Contributor Reviews
Reviews are solely the opinions of the contributor.
Cons: trouble, at times, with the speaking sections/ seems microphone was not picking up the sound well enough
Grades Used: 9th
My son loves this program, but has experienced problems having his voice "picked up" on some sections. It does not seem to be a problem with the computer microphone. It may be that some tweaking of the program is needed to fix this. Overall, I still give this program thumbs up.
Cons: It is targeted to older students
Grades Used: Kindergarten and 2nd
I really do love Rosetta Stone. I recommended to anyone who wants to learn a new language.
Cons: price, one computer usage
The fact that the children could learn Spanish without my help was a buying factor for me. However, I was disappointed that I couldn't install the program on each of their own computers. Also, one child has a difficult time getting the computer to accept her pronunciation. The pictures help to connect the word with the object.
Cons: Kind of expensive
Grades Used: 7 and 8
My daughter is using the Latin course and she really enjoys it. She does each lesson on her own. I want her to learn Latin as I believe it will help her become a better writer and reader as much of the English language comes from Latin. I am not worried about the grammar side of Latin as we are doing a thorough study of english grammar.
Cons: price
Grades Used: 3-5
We love this program, very comprehesive and the kids really enjoy sitting down at the computer and doing it.
Grades Used: 2-3
Rosetta Stone is not a language course in the usual sense; it is a supplemental resource. It prides itself on not teaching grammar, without which you cannot learn a language! And it costs way too much to be used as a supplement unless you happen to have a lot of money to throw away.
Further, while the kids do learn to match a picture and word/phrase, it is not always clear just what the spoken word/phrase means. There are so many good language learning materials available (some of them free) that I don't see any need to ever spend a small fortune on Rosetta Stone.
Cons: the price
Grades Used: 8th & 10th
We are extremely happy with our Homeschool Version of Rosetta Stone - German Level 1. My children use it on their own, the software keeps track of their progress. It is an interactive, multi-sensory approach to learning the language. You can print out worksheets, quizes & tests if you want to but I prefer to have the children learn the language naturally and at their own pace. We chose German because it is an easier language for beginners, a lot of words are similar to English, and it was a better alternative to the usual Spanish or French taught in public schools. Overall, we are very pleased with the program and are saving up for Leve 2 & 3.
Cons: Difficult to understand correct pronunciation.
Grades Used: 7th - 12th
We have Rosetta Stone Hebrew and it has been frustrating for my two children to pronounce the words correctly into the microphone. They might have to say the words 10 times or more before the computer would recognize the word. With the interaction of pictures, voice and computer it was interesting to begin with and they lost interest as the level of difficulty increased. I wouldn't recommend a computer program for such a intricate language.
Cons: The price
Grades Used: jr. high to freshmen
We used the computer program for the fun part of doing the lessons on the computer versus using a book. We did not do much as far as grammar plus we did not do much writing. I would like to do it over but my boys had already given me a hard time about it. They saw no point in learning Latin.
Cons: kids said sometimes they felt it was a guessing game
Grades Used: 5th through 10th
We used Rosetta Stone Spanish level 1 and 2. They felt they learned a lot of vocabulary but not much of the grammar etc. though there are workbooks on the CD-Rom you can print up with more info. on grammar. We have moved on to another program to go more in depth with the language and culture.