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Anyone tried the Rosetta Stone Language software?
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Dervacumen:
You can get the Pimsleur course at Barnes and Noble pretty cheap.  I commute 50 miles to work and have been learning Mandarin Chinese.  My neighbor is fluent and when I asked her a few questions about my pronunciation she told me it was much better than her 4 year old.

Take that as you may.

I tried Rosetta Stone via the Los Angeles library, and I couldn't get the hang of it.  If I could find a total emersion class I would take it in a heartbeat.   My dad did that several years ago and got pretty good at conversing in about three months.

I did supplement my Pimsleur with a bunch of study on the web that gave not only spelling but pronunciation.  I also have the college texts approved by the Chinese Government (in red moveable type, no less!)  I need to see the different spellings to be able to differentiate the subtle differences in sound since I can't hear worth a crap.


patrickl:

--- Quote from: Dervacumen on February 04, 2007, 06:20:14 am ---I did supplement my Pimsleur with a bunch of study on the web that gave not only spelling but pronunciation.  I also have the college texts approved by the Chinese Government (in red moveable type, no less!)  I need to see the different spellings to be able to differentiate the subtle differences in sound since I can't hear worth a crap.

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Indeed I have that problem with audio courses too. Sometimes you just get how a word is exactly supposed to sound when you read it. The Michel Thomas cours spells out a few words (the ones that really that need it), but I don't think any other audio course does that.
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