Should i buy Rosetta stone a good learning program to learn German?

Ive tried the demo version and iono if only pictures are gonna help me learn the language. Should i buy it or is it just a waste of money?

Should i buy Rosetta stone a good learning program to learn German?
I tried Rosetta Stone 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, by Auralog. It covers not only the basics, but also intermediate or advanced level. It is also a lot less repetitive. My goal was to become fluent so it was perfect for me. 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 at http://www.auralog.com for a free demo and compare too. You can check out independent reviews on the web too http://www.toptenreviews.com or about.com websites.





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
Reply:OK... my first language is spanish, second is english and through school i managed to take about 7 years of portuguese which i now know fluently... i wanted to learn french (without having to take a class in school since i didn't have time) i bought the program and my honest opinion about it is that it did not work for me. You do learn, don't get me wrong, just not the way that i've been used to when it comes to learning languages. First of all the program contains nothing to teach you grammar, they say that pronounciation and basic vocabulary and communication skills are what really matter. To me that's bs because i cannot imagine knowing a language and not being able to write anything on that language, that's just mediocre learning from my point of view. SO... i gave up on it and found out about another program called "Tell me More" by Auralog (www.auralog.com) it's pretty much the same concept as the Rosetta Stone BUT they contain grammar activies to help you learn how to write! They also provide a lot more activities than the Rosetta Stone program overall which helps when you start getting bored. They also give you the option to jump between programs so you can choose what you want to do, the Rosetta Stone is a continuous program that doesn't allow you to do that. Another thing, they have a voice recognition program FAR better than that of the Rosetta Stone, it quickly recognizes your pronounciation so it can help you say it right, they also, show you how you should move your mouth and your tongue so you can hit those words to sound just right, i loved that! Well, hope this helped...


P.S. - You don't have to waste your money to get it, in fact you can download it for free from a p2p program. I got mine from LimeWire. They worked prefectly.
Reply:a lot of things are a waste of money....


id look it up more and find out who all its really helped.


not just by looking at ads.


and if so..GO FOR IT.