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Anyone tried the Rosetta Stone Language software?
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.