Review by C. Fernandes

For those unaware, the Rosetta stone philosophy is to learn a language the way a baby learns. No grammar, no lessons, etc. Just immerse the student in the language the way a baby is immersed. To be honest, I wasn’t aware of that philosophy when I decided to try this out.nThe technique is certainly interesting. They do a good job of showing you pictures many times and making you pronounce the word. This package comes with a mic and headphone, although I only used the mic. But when you speak back, the software tells you how well you pronounced the word. That’s pretty neat. But occasionally it can get annoying if you think you’ve pronounced the word correctly and it still says you haven’t! For each word they also have a training session so that you can practice just the pronunciation of that word.nOne other ‘feature’ that I didn’t like was that they always take you through a review when you start a new session (after having previously finished a session and then closed the software). There is a way to disable that review, but they’ll always remind you about it later on and mark it as remaining to do!nIn all fairness, if the goal is to learn a language, this software does a good job of that. Just don’t expect to learn it quick. It is meant to take a long time, just as a baby takes a long time to eventually communicate with others. But the point is, at the end, you will be able to communicate!