Rosetta Stone Reviews & Product Details

Content was sublime. Perfect teaching method Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Could not repeat lessons because lessons scroll so you can not select them. Such a horrible quality issue. Company should be out of business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The comprehensive immersion it offers first time learners. It has many units that cover language topics thematically. The software is visually appealing and easy enough to figure out. The reports to track learner progress are interesting but I wish they allowed more specific views into a student's work. I also like the level of management and structure of creating groups and lists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a teacher and admin, I cannot see what errors my students made so kind of pointless in that area. I also dislike that it does not provide any teaching of grammar- for elementary aged kiddos this is ok but for adults this is what pushes them away. I wish they allowed more specific views into a student's work so I could focus on those areas in the classroom. This would also help make more connections between the class work and Rosetta work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Truly excellent program that is well designed with short (5-10 minute) lessons. Program focuses on integrating listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in the target language with no translations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Minor issue, but I have not figured out how one can pause the program when a lesson finishes before it jumps to the next lesson. Often I want to write down some of the vocabulary or grammar from a particular lesson at the end of it, but the program jumps to the next one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It puts students in the front seat of their own education. Traditional models are not student-centered and they often leave students behind or don't go fast enough. This allows students to complete the course at their level and in their own time. The usage reports allows the teacher to see how long the student is in the program for and what the student has completed. This makes the student accountable which is something that we typically don't have the ability to do in large classes where monitoring students can be a full-time job outside of teaching and all other duties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve was difficult for us. We spent an entire semester trying to work the kinks out and making sure that students, teachers, and administrators understood how the program worked and what it could and couldn't do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The incredibly easy navigation and bite-size lessons you can have when you're commuting to work or coming back home makes it extremely easy to have you on your path to learn a new language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Compared to other competitors, I was really attracted to DuoLinguo for some time, considering the in-voice pronunciation skill is one feature that lacks in this software. Yet, it's not 100% accurate and most of the time is boring, so I'm sticking with Rosetta Stone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You don't fall back to your mother tongue to learn, you see images and match them with words in your target language, there is no translation so you actually learn to talk and write a new language instead of learning to translate it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Price tag. It's totally worth it since learning a new language helps you increase your personal and company value but a little painful to pay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ho apprezzato tantissimo il metodo di insegnamento basato sull'immersione nel linguaggio. sin da subito si ha a che fare con parole e frasi più o meno semplici che aiutano ad abituarsi all'ascolto e alla lettura per la comprensione della lingua. Le lezioni di grammatica naturalmente sono integrate. Nel complesso è veramente completo e ben fatto Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

L'unico lato negativo è un piccolo difetto nel rilevare la pronuncia che in alcuni casi costringe a ripetere più volte la parola o la frase prima che venaga rilavata correttamente Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It truly works, one year ago I could barely speak a word besides "hola" in Spanish and now I'm able to have a normal conversation with my Spanish speaking patrons Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Price is expensive. I doubted to buy it or not for months before deciding to buy it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of the program and learning basic words to help interact with fellow employees, enough to "get by". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it hard to make out full words, symbols, etc with a smaller screen. The cost is a little high too. Sometimes can experience slow speeds and downloads, not sure if that's the program or my system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Is the best tool to learn a foreign language.Honestly it is an app this simple to understand and use.Thes software connects words in foreign language that you wish to learn with real images and videos which you can relate to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Seeking clarification to some matters is difficult since the Rosetta stone is not controlled by human beings at the time of learning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ho trovato molto innovativo ed estremamente efficace il metodo di immersione nella lingua. Ci si abitua abbastanza rapidamente all'ascolto e alla formulazione di frasi sin dai primi step. Non è assolutamente noioso ma anzi estremamente stimolante. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Non ho trovato aspetti negativi nella struttura del programma di apprendimento. L'unico aspetto negativo è legato al fatto che a volte non riconosce la pronuncia anche se è corretta, per cui si rende necessario ripetere più volte la stessa parola o frase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The easy to get a report to show students progress. So I can focus in supportive materials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The students can click as all the answers until they click the right one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how Rosetta stone completely immerses you in the language you are trying to learn. I used it to start learning Mandarin Chinese and this was crucial because any other program was mostly just reading, but Chinese has so many pronunciations that it was crucial to be speaking. It is really effective to constantly be using pictures for form associations, even if you aren't a very visual learning, because you're also speaking and listening. Using every sense like that ensure's the most effective learning possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I didn't love how it never told me what the word actually meant. You could usually get the idea through the picture associations, but sometimes I would go to the internet to get the exact translation. They also don't ever really go over the actual grammar rules, you just have to learn them through practice and association. Its effective, especially for speaking, but I found when I needed to write, I had to go and learn the rules elsewhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simplicity of examples used for the explanation of situations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No grammar rules. When we learn any new language, the most important thing is grammar. But RS doesn't explain that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rosetta Stone is best at helping you intuit what "sounds right" in a language rather than trying to learn through word for word translation. My students love the games. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When trying to learn a non-Indo-European language, unless you have a large monitor, it's difficult to make out some of the symbols. Without a real human to interact with, if you aren't pronouncing something correctly, it's difficult to know what you are doing incorrectly or how to fix it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the aspect of immersion versus rote memorization. I have found that when you immerse yourself in the language, you begin to gain a more real understanding of sentence structure and gain true fluency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the cost of the program and the fact that it isn't cloud based. I feel as though a cloud based system that allowed you to squeeze in practice during down time would be beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is conversational, user-friendly, and inexpensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When signing up, the customer service team was slow to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how intuitive the program is. You can get started right away with no knowledge of the language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The microphone, listening settings are always a hassle to get right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like the way it takes you by the hand to learn something new (a language), they have a very good way of going step by step teaching new things Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a bit expensive, and sometimes it failed on my mac, but it was already composed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The program has fun activities like games and stories that help you reinforce what you have learned. Plus it helps you with learning new words, pronunciation, and retention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there was a vocabulary list with each lesson. Sometimes it's hard to know that the meaning of some words are solely based on the picture provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The people assigned to me were really helpful and stayed in touch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find that the administrators website a little confusing. I don't have an IT background or anything, so there was a learning curve for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The use of images in the program lifts Rosetta Stone above the levels of other language learning programs, helping to create mental associations between images and words. Most useful for vocabulary and best paired with a conversational program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The coursework is highly repetitive, and you have to work through quite a bit of material that has little real-life applicability before reaching anything useful. You'll be memorizing the words for "child", "boy", "girl", "run", "milk", "water," etc. for many an hour before reaching anything conversational level. There is also a tendency for the program to run into errors that can cause you to lose your progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the fact that Rosetta Stone is very interactive/ Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike beginner level repeatable questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think is useful for improve all skills writing, listening, reading and speaking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing that I dislike. I like more lessons to choose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a Linguistics student in college, I know that a simple word exchange does not work in retaining a language which is why I love how Rosetta Stone teaches you. They provide new vocabulary in connection with an image or video on the action, which your brain then associates with that item and not with the word you already know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish the price were a bit lower, but honestly, with the level of customer support and the quality of the lessons that you receive it's definitely worth it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.