5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1892

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Mac Os X
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Level 1
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.2 x 2.1

MPN: 1580228437
UPC: 794678206474
EAN: 0794678206474
ASIN: B000P13KRO

Release Date: August 28, 2007

Features:

•	Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through our proficiency-based listening and reading activities
•	You will pronounce words correctly after practicing with our proprietary speech recognition and analysis tools
•	In no time you will speak without a script, Rosetta Stone's Contextual Formation makes sure you have the confidence and the cues you need to get the words out on the spot
•	With Rosetta Stone Milestone activities you quickly gain confidence to engage in real-life conversations
•	Track your progress to reinforce your strengths and revisit needs with our Adaptive Recall Language feature

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Italian Level 1 allows you to build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more.

Amazon.com Product Description
Why is Rosetta Stone the world's No. 1 language-learning software? Because it works. pEscape the endless tedium of translation, memorization, and grammar drills. Get the language you want, the skills you need and the success you deserve by learning a new language naturally--the same way you learned your first language./p table border="0" width="250" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin-right: 30px;" tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundtopleft.gif"/td td width="220" /td td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundtopright.gif"/td /tr tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15" /td td width="220" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/rosetta-immersion-pie.png"brbr smalliThe complete bimmersion/b environment puts your native language-learning skills to work, eliminating your dependence on tedious translation and rote memorization.brbr td width="15" /td /tr tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundbottomleft.gif"/td td width="220" /td td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundbottomright.gif"/tr /table table border="0" width="510" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="margin-left: 30px;" tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundtopleft.gif"/td td width="480" colspan="3" /td td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundtopright.gif"/td /tr tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15" /td td width="220" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/rosetta-immersion-pie-1.png" align="left"bImages/b/td td width="40" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/shim.gif" width="40"/td td width="220" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/rosetta-immersion-pie-2.png" align="left"bIntuition/b/td td width="15" /td /tr tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15" /td td width="480" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center" colspan="3"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/shim.gif" height="20"/td td width="15" /td /tr tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15" /td td width="220" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center"psmallIn Rosetta Stone you learn the meaning of new language from clear, real-life bimages./b/smallpimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/rosetta-v3-screen-1-th.jpg" border="0"brpsmallbIn this activity you learn colors./b/smallbr/td td width="40" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/shim.gif" width="40"/td td width="220" bgcolor="#FFCC00" align="center"psmallYou advance using language you've learned and clues from new images. 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Speech recognition shows you exactly how you're doing./b/smallbr/td td width="15" /td /tr tr bgcolor="#FFCC00" td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundbottomleft.gif"/td td width="480" colspan="3" /td td width="15"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/roundbottomright.gif"/tr /table pspan class="h3color"bYou learned your first language without translation./b/spanbr You learned your first language easily and naturally by connecting words to objects and events around you. With Rosetta Stone, learn a new language the same way: using native speakers and thousands of real-life images to help you think in the new language from the very beginning. Studies show that learning exclusively in the new language, without translation as a crutch, is crucial. pThe exclusive Dynamic Immersion method reinforces your natural language-learning skills with award-winning instructional technology. Identify your learning goals, then choose customized courses that take you there. pThe timeless immersion method, along with research-based techniques and new technologies, make Rosetta Stone the clear solution to your language-learning needs. brbrbr pspan class="h3color"bWhat will you be able to do?/b/spanbr pbUnderstand everyday language./bbr Through Rosetta Stone's proficiency-based listening and reading activities, you'll learn quickly. pbPronounce words correctly./bbr After practicing with Rosetta Stone's speech recognition and analysis tools, pronunciation will come easily. pbSpeak without a script./bbr Contextual Formation makes sure you have the confidence and cues you need to get the words out on the spot. pbSpell and write accurately./bbr You'll build gradually from letters to words and sentences. pbEngage in real-life conversations./bbr With Milestone activities, gain confidence using speech alone in simulated situations. pbRetain what you learn./bbr The unique Adaptive Recall reinforces language so it sticks with you in the real world.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars

Doesn't work with Vista September 17, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful

Worst program on the planet. Spent $600.00 for level 1,2,3 two hours to download and install. Not working. Call support talk to 3 different people and 2 hours more....still not working. Don't buy this program it doesn't work and the tec people can't help. Sure wish I had kept my money.br /You would think a program costing this much would have it together. VERY UNHAPPY.

4 out of 5 stars

Great Program August 26, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I bought to learn for a trip. I have done 2 lesson plans and am retaining everything thus far. I love the way the program works.

5 out of 5 stars

Phenomenal language learning software July 9, 2008
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

I am an American native speaker, was a Spanish major in college, lived in Madrid for about a year and a half and am (well, WAS) fluent in Spanish. I love Italy and have faked my way through Italian trips with my spanish for years. And then my husband ordered Rosetta Stone. It's wonderful! I'd heard about it for years, but had no idea that this system was so intuitively exciting. It's more fun than playing Freecell, or other addictive games on the computer! br /br /The system (an immersion approach, with picture recognition and hearing native speakers) is so natural, I couldn't believe it. I've done about half the first level and I find myself out on a walk and making up fun-sounding little italian phrases and sentences in my head. The teaching system is logical, gradual, progressive, challenging, exciting, quickly paces, never boring, and plain fun. I love the tapes for the car. My husband and I are both using it and we both love it. br /br /There are two negative reviews (here and on the level 12 software), both of which I find insubstantial. The one here complains, in essence, that you can't steal the software and give it away to your friends! That's fine with me. It's licensed for one computer, but you can have lots of users using that one machine. If you're honest and respect intellectual property rights, that won't be an issue for you. br /br /The second negative review asserts that the set-up is difficult for MAC users. I have a two iMACS (and am a 25 year PC user who just switched, so I'm completely PC oriented) and have just installed it on one of my machines. The installation was easy, flawless and the software works beautifully. The person who complained had a very sophisticated system and had trouble with some of his intricate settings. I am an Apple neophyte and trust me, for those of us with plug-and-play systems, this is a plug-and-play program. MAC users - don't worry! Get the software and start having fun.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent software to learn the language January 6, 2008
131 out of 131 found this review helpful

This was my big Christmas gift this year and I noticed that the rating of it is only 2 stars, primarily because it does not allow the user to copy it and install it in a variety of PCs or to share with friends. Fair enough... but what about the program as a way to learn the language?br /br /1) The most important element for me is that the immersion method is a fun way to learn; instead of being given translations of words or phrases, you "discover" the language, just like a baby discovers language.br /br /2) This game like approach, of looking at alternatives and guessing and slowly building up your skills, keeps me coming back for more, which I think is an important step towards making progress and learning the language.br /br /3) The actual software installed very smoothly and easily and the USB headset/microphone has been very useful and without problems (I was worried about drivers and incompatibilities, but there have been no issues). It has some fairly powerful speech recognition capabilities and it is very good at giving me feedback on my pronunciation of Italian. Again, I had fairly low expectations in this area and I was very pleasantly surprised that it all works as advertised.br /br /To supplement the software, I have also gotten a dictionary and a couple of books on grammar and I make occasional use of AltaVista's Babelfish translation. Depending on how you learn, you may or may not need additional resources such as these, but I find as an engineer, that in addition to the immersion method I like the handholding of some structure and rules provided by a bit of grammar/syntax on the side.br /br /All in all, I'm very happy with this software and I highly recommend it.br /

2 out of 5 stars

a software note December 27, 2007
45 out of 107 found this review helpful

This product is sold as licensed software. Users will NOT be able to load it onto more than one computer. This aspect of the product is not clear from the blurbing on the Rosetta Stone website. It is a "single-user" product.br /Don't think that you can share this with friends, or that it is appropriate for a lending collection.br /