Rosetta Stone Review - I'm almost finished!
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I'm almost done with Rosetta Stone, so I thought I'd make this video talking about my experience. I like A LOT more than other language learning platforms like Duolingo.
I'm almost done with Rosetta Stone, so I thought I'd make this video talking about my experience. I like A LOT more than other language learning platforms like Duolingo.
I bought the lifetime membership during Covid because I’ve always wanted to learn Italian. I don’t have the best short term memory and I’ll quit for like a few weeks here and there, but I feel like I’m doing ok because I always come back to it. I don’t care how long it takes me, I’m going to do this! Thanks for the video!
Keep going Italian is so sexy what a great thing to add to your life!
@@morningmayan thanks for the encouragement! Grazie!
@@hotstepper1649 how are you doing right now? are you still using RS?
How is the Italian going ?
This is awesome I'm MD and just applied for a library card and I'm already logged into my first lesson. Took less than 5 minutes! Thank you!
Go Becca! Great job on your placement test. I just started 11/30 & am also studying French & am enjoying the experience so far! I too am doing an hour + per day. Merci pour votre vidéo!
Estaba buscando videos en Inglés para poder aprender y me apareció tu video. Felicitaciones 👏🏼 por tu canal. Saludos desde Lima-Peru
Ive been doing Spanish on Duolingo for over 2 years and I feel like im not getting anywhere now, trying to find out more and this was helpful
I don't really have time to properly study yet another language right now as I've got my hands full with Japanese, but I've dabbled a bit in Mandarin and Korean using Rosetta Stone. Originally I was just supposed to test the Mandarin course in Rosetta Stone for the company I was working at (alongside some other apps), but ended up liking it so much that I bought the lifetime access. What I think is crazy about Rosetta Stone is the retention rate: I feel like I can still remember like 70% of the Mandarin I learned over a year ago. Vocabulary, pronounciation, grammar - the whole package. Granted, the similarities with Japanese help a lot, and I've had some outside exposure to Mandarin since then. If I was going to get started on a new language, or get serious about Mandarin or Korean, I'd most likely start with Rosetta Stone first to get a good feel for the language, and then probably move on to LingQ. It doesn't necessarily do great in every aspect, however. Since the lessons build on previous lessons to introduce new concepts, it can be hard to skip ahead even if you have pre-existing knowledge. In fact, I think it become an utter snoozer if you already know a fair bit of the language but just want a refresher for example. The content in exercises are just super repetitive and unengaging when you're not trying to figure out new words and patterns. Also, their stubborn stance of no translations and explanations can be just hilariously ineffective sometimes. For example, they give you the Korean phonetic alphabet with example sounds and just expect you to figure it out like it's a puzzle. If you start with no idea how it works, you could probably spend weeks or even months figuring it out on your own, when it could be taught in about 5-15 minutes. Or something like throwing irregular verbs at beginners because they just happen to be the same verbs they use in every language, with 0 mention or explanation of the irregularity, which can be really confusing at the start when you're trying to figure out patterns. I'm also not necessarily a huge fan of them pushing speech exercises at you straight from the beginning, before you get a good idea of how the language sounds and how the words are pronounced. Maybe after the 3rd lesson or something would be better. But you can just turn them off or skip so it's not that big of a deal.
Thank you so much!
thanks for posting this, super helpful! New sub❤️
Glad you liked it!
Rosetta Stone is aweasome! I' m brazilian and I bought the lifetime subscription and it's very efficient and cool!
I just started polish today and I learned alot more then. Also north jersey library has it for free just library card required.
I love your energy!!what state are you from? california here!!
Thank you, great review
Hi Becca, this video is very helpful for me, I've always wanted to learn Italian but I lack in commitment... I was afreid that the Rosetta Stone Program it no going to work but you show me that with commitment and will its possible to be fluent after finish the program. Thank you! Saludos desde Venezuela :)
Making this video was a very good idea! I love the fact that you actually were sticking to what you are talking about (it doesn't matter what your verdict is!). I personally found RS too boring - but I always play with the idea of "what if".
hello there I am in MD too Jessup so I can have RSt in library too?
Can I set up my level depending on how expert I am in every language in this Rosetta Course? If I am intermediate in French and Beginner in Arab for example, is there a way to clarify this difference in the course?
Working really well for me! I’m actually hearing spoken Japanese well now! My speaking is still a little slow and clumsy; however my reading has significantly improved! I’m on week 5
Thank you so much for telling me I could get rosseta stone for free from my library. I was just about to buy it ❤❤
Thanks for the tip on going through the library. Im also in MD, close to Moco. What’re the chances? Anyways thanks again!
How is your learning effect?
Great video, Becca. Im portuguese language native and I use RS to learn other of 'em. I use 5.0.37 (build 43113), but if you guys want how to update it Id appreciate a lot ;)
Becca thanks for the video. I have two questions I will greatly appreciate it if you could please give me your opinions. 1. Have you ever done any Pimsleur? I’m at level 4. It’s been like a magic for me. I have never been exposed to French before in my entire life and I couldn’t even repeat a simple sentence in French if was asked to. 2. I think you said you are at level 16 of Roseta. How is your listening skil after completing this level. I understand that you knew Spanish and English and that they might have contributed to your French journey! I agree absolutely. But how do you feel about your listening skill after completing 16 levels of this program. Are you able to clearly understand French speakers?! I have done a lot of pimsleur and Duolingo and etc (self learning only) but my listening skill is horrible at this point. I’m really really disappointed at myself. I have spoken to some French professors and they said it’s kind of normal and it takes about 2 years to get the listening skills right. So I feel that they kind of encouraged me to keep going and i will but I just want to know about your level of confidence in your listening skill. Thanks for reading my long and boring comment. Best regards.
Both are great. I have both. Pimsleur is good for speaking practice, and going from English to the language you are learning with no picture to help. Rosetta Stone is better for reading in the language you are learning and looking at a picture and thinking the word naturally. But both require other sources for grammar understanding.
Thank you. Buying today.
I wish I saw this sooner. I’m aware of another language program free at library. I should have checked to see if library had Rosetta Stone. But that ok. I ordered lifetime subscription. Just started. Love it.
Hi Becca! I agree with your review. I'm a native spanish speaker. I started 9 months ago to use rosetta stone (I get a free full "jack sparrow" version on the internet), and now I'm learning the level 3-4-3 (or unit 12, lesson 3. Depending the version). Personally, it really works well for me. I feel I'm progresing a little bit every day. But requires consistency day after day. I can say that I understood 70% of what you said in the video. It's so satisfaying for me. I really apreciate your review. Y que bonita sonrisa tenés! Saludos desde Argentina!
Warning !! Te cracks are not your friends 🤣
tienes*
@@ok_e3w Cada país desarrolla sus propias características de lenguaje. Así como no es lo mismo ingles británico que de Usa, o el español de España que el de México, en Argentina, de donde soy, se sustituye el tu por el vos. En lugar de decir "tu tienes" se dice "vos tenés". Es por eso que te pregunto: "¿Vos de dónde sos?, y no "¿tu de dónde eres?. Saludos
@@marianope123456 Ya veo, no sabia que en argentina el espanol era diferente, gracias por dejarme saber hermano
You must have improved a lot since this comment!
Most reviewers of Rosetta Stone are "Try the first lesson in Rosetta Stone and then try the first lesson in product X". But you can't judge a product by its first lesson. Obviously the most important question is "Where is the bathroom?" But just because that is not the first lesson does not mean the program is bad. For any program, you actually need to finish the program. So whatever program you think that you will actually finish is the one to use. My two favorites are Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur for different reasons.
Fair comment
I was not leaving my house! 🤣🤣 i felt that
I think it's too expensive but I love it. It just fits my style of learning. You have to guess and click on the right answer. There is a lot of audio and I repeat every sentence so you get a lot of pronunciation practice that way.
Great video - question - where are you at with it now? I am also doing the French module and I am on unit 5 of 20. It takes a while to get through and what I am finding is that while I am much better at French, I'm not quite sure yet what level I am actually at.
Once you get to Unit 6, things become a lot more enjoyable, because you start learning to speak in past and future (some forms). Starting in Unit 9 is when you start to fully learn future tense.
@@melissanewman5497 Hi yes, I am currently in that stage now and yes, you are right. I find that it is a long journey learning a new language. I need to upload a new video at some point talking about my progress, but my subscription ended recently (I need to renew).
I don't know why people hate Rosetta Stone. Yeah it was expensive; but prices have dropped (I am trying the three month version with a discount for around $32 which is not that bad) and do like it helping me to actually speak French and not hold my hand, I actually have to put in effort and think what the sentences and words mean which is more beneficial for me. I tried Duolingo; but it was weird (it was free but eh. I mean when am I ever going ask such questions as to whether or not someone is a cat? It only gets weirder from there which is funny but not really helpful besides learning a few new words in French. Not the worst thing as it did helped me a bit when listening and speaking; but it is a bit off). I use other things to help as well. I am pretty new to the language. Immersion is one of the fast ways to learn actually as it forces you to speak, read, etc...to get around. Yeah you may need other things supplement it in order to become completely fluent; but that is a give for most courses in general. One suggestion (I did this when I took a Japanese course) is to get a dictionary and note book to help write everything down and look things up. This all helps overall. Also recommend a grammar book to help with that or watch some free KZhead videos. Of course, talking to someone in person one on one is the best thing; but this is the next best thing and people have been successful with it. I am about to move, so taking a French course or any other college course is a bit out of the question at the moment until after I move and settle in.
I was so mad at the Rosetta Stone iPhone port that I haven’t used my lifetime membership at all. They didn’t redesign it at all when they ported it to the iPhone even though the screen is tiny compared to a computer. But I am inspired by your video and I think I will try it on my iPad. That said… if you speak Spanish and English… I think you should almost be able to speak French without studying 😂
So get a proper smartphone.
Hi, I think Rosetta is good enough to learn languages. As you have said, it has much content. And what is more, the content is accompanied by audio. The course is supposes to get you to some level from zero. And the faster you finish the course, the faster you will get to that level. The more time you do Rosetta every day, the better. The faster you move, the better, because the more intensive the process will be. I think even if you live in some country in order to learn the language in the fastest way, some other person can progress even faster, if he or she practices on Rosetta all day long. But you need to supplement Rosetta with some other material that Rosetta lacks: instructions on phonetics and pronunciation and grammatical explanations. So before you begin the course, you learn how to pronounce the sounds of the language so that you realize what sounds exactly the material you learn on Rosetta consists of. And you revise the phonetics from time to time.
Sooo funny, I only did 1 module and thought it was the full course.. hahaha. Yeh the thing about rosetta is if you only spend a few days on it , people-oriented realize how effective it can be it all fits together eventually
i actually wonder the way u studied like did u take notes or did u watch lessons on youtuba with u did rosetta stone
Becca, when you say "all of rosetta stone" in your French program, how many levels are you talking about?
I used RS in the past to help me get better at French. It does work to say the least. The downsides with the program I think is that RS is not a complete beginner's program and you HAVE to supplement your learning with outside material. In the defense of RS, I've done other software language learning programs and they weren't beginner level programs either and you had to supplement you learning with outside materials too. For any person looking to start learning a language with Rosetta Stone and any other language learning app, take some classes, find a tutor, watch some KZhead videos or buy some grammar books before you start those programs. I want to mention as well that I'm currently learning Spanish with RS. I didn't buy the software this time around and bought the subscription. The only complaint I have with the subscription is that they've gotten rid of live tutoring. Now they only have the live video sessions with one of the tutors. They never mentioned this to the older, continuing customers for some reason. But RS is not so bad if you go into it realizing that it's mainly an interactive way to learn vocab. nuff said.
I totally agree!
@@beccalevy1 I wanted thank you for mentioning using Wikipedia as a way learn a language. I had the habit of buying novels but was thinking of buying Spanish textbooks on subjects I wanted to learn in Spanish. I realize now that, that's the more expensive route. I'm not sure why it's been 6 years and I never thought of using Wikipedia but I'm glad I finally found out about it. Thanks!
I am studying Russian... I really like Rosetta Stone as well.
Awesome, I totally appreciate your amazing video! I just wish I would've ran across it before I download babble lol. I will definitely keep Rosetta Stone on my mind. Thanks for making this video cheers
How is your learning effect?
Non ci sono i sottotitoli in italiano.
I just started the Rosetta Stone German course (received for free), and so far, there are some things I find annoying (eg., there is no weighted repetition, over stressing of grammar, etc), however I really appreciate the intuitive nature of the learning - they don't have any translations which makes learning way more organic rather than forced and contrived. It causes you to pick it up in a mock natural setting through osmosis rather than forcibly translating your native language into the target language - the problem with translating is I find I tend to over-replicate the structure of my native language. Rosetta Stone basically eliminates that problem.
im from dominican republic now i investing which is better lenguage lear plataform. i think your video will be useful for me. thanks becca Levy.
Actually there has been some studies that suggest that moving abroad is a good way, just NOT the osmosis approach, by forcing yourself to only speak the foreign language and selecting a language partner or tutor to help assist you
Qué buena review.
I tried Duolingo to learn Hebrew and the app just throws words at you
I'll finish it maybe in 3 months
It works for Russian, too.
I was hoping to hear a sample.
I’m currently using Duolingo for French, but it seems to gloss over grammar and listening comprehension (it’s rudimentary at best). Definitely gonna move onto Rosetta Stone.
french language is a mistake, dont contain yourself 😭😭😭, jokes aside I love your energy, your video is informative as it is entertaining 👏🏽thanks for this video. new subscriber
Thanks for sharing this. Is this a paid promotion or are you totally unbiased?
HAHAHA there’s definitely no one paying lmao
You actually badmouthed Duolingo? You went there?
What's your native language ?
I’m a native English speaker!
the first time i see uu i falling in love hhhhh
"Ped uh gah gee" just fyi
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erm, internet maybe?
Didn't speak tho, soooooo. ? What language did you learn. I clicked through your video so idk.
This is not really a review video, but more like a loosely organized vlog. I would have liked to hear you demonstrate your spoken French, or some of your ability to communicate with real people in text. I appreciate that you can understand ~60% of Netflix French with subtitles on, but you didn't say how many hours you've put into Rosetta Stone. It's also not a complete testament to Rosetta Stone, considering you have previous experience from school and Duolingo. It would have been more representative of Rosetta Stone if you tried it with a fresh language. Maybe video sections would have been nice, but overall I think you repeated a lot of stuff and I didn't get a sense of how effective Rosetta Stone actually is for a 16 minute video.
I agree, I was waiting to hear some French! I’m glad it worked for her nonetheless, but I’m still not sold on Rosetta Stone haha
voice recognition in rosetta stone is just absolute garbage. That alone makes me not want to use it (I have to for my course). Further more, I've never experienced worse lessons for language learning. It's literally more efficient and effective to create your own schedule by doing research on a language and that's without paying anything
Why you didn't do it with French then 😂
If your not B1 up level in English....don't watch this......
3 reasons why RS don't work: Reason 1: At the end of the course you can't talk Reason 2: At the end of the course you can't talk Reason 3: At the end of the course you can't talk
not just that. You won't be able to form proper sentences either without just repeating the lessons
What's Reason 4 and 5?
@@joelance101 it's boring; It's too boring 🤣
It's too damned boring.
This is used for my mandarin class and its terrible, all they do is shove words in your face and expect you to know what they mean without actually teaching you first,you only really learn if you get all the answers wrong and that gives you a bad grade
Duolingo sucks.
I'm sorry but you talk so fast that listening is very exhausting.