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Rosetta Stone Korean Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion |  | From: Rosetta Stone
Category: Software
List Price: $539.00
Buy New: $449.96
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Seller: B WEBSTER
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 855
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS X
Genre: Childrens Foreign Language Software
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.4 x 2.8
MPN: 21985
Model: 21985
ISBN: 1607170183
UPC: 794678219856
EAN: 9781607170181
ASIN: B001GBLMMC
Release Date: October 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language | | • | Innovative solutions get you speaking new words, right from the start | | • | Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule | | • | With Rosetta Stone, you'll discover a foundation of key vocabulary that you'll use to build into a whole new language | | • | Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go |
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Product Description
Everything you need to learn Korean is here. Rosetta Stone Korean Levels 1 & 2 with Audio Companion builds a foundation and helps you navigate your surroundings. Begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. You will soon gain the confidence to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out, go shopping, enjoy basic social interactions and much more. Audio Companion lets you practice your new language anywhere: in the car, at the gym or on the go. These CDs provide activities that correspond to the CD-ROM software lessons. Listen to Audio Companion and reinforce what you've been learning on the computer. Access the power of Rosetta Stone whenever and wherever you want. Play the CDs in the car, or download them to a MP3 player and take it with you anywhere. Audio Companion truly empowers you and extends the total learning time - even with a busy lifestyle.
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Rosetta Stone Personal Edition contains everything you need to give the voice inside of you a new language. The method used recreates the natural way you learned your first language, revealing skills that you already have. This approach has won numerous awards, and has been adopted by countless organizations, schools and millions of users around the world. Join the language revolution today. Only with Rosetta Stone. The comprehensive language-learning solution that fits your life. Learn Naturally
Learn your next language the same way you learned your first language. Dynamic Immersion empowers you to see, hear and comprehend without translating or memorizing. You already have this ability. Rosetta Stone simply unlocks it. Engage Interactively
Get feedback to move forward. You learn best by doing, and you'll apply what you've learned to get to the next step. Rosetta Stone adapts to your individual needs and skills, because you drive the program with your progress. Speak Confidently
Start speaking immediately. From the very first lesson, you'll speak. You'll begin with essential basics, which form the building blocks of the language. Soon you'll create new sentences on your own, using words you've learned. Have Fun
Best of all, Rosetta Stone is addictive. With every entertaining activity, you'll feel success. You'll want to use Rosetta Stone to have that next moment, that next breakthrough. So you'll keep using it, and you'll learn more! That's language-learning success.
That's Rosetta Stone. No translation or memorization required. The most effective way to learn a new language is to be surrounded by it. When you were an infant, your parents taught you this way, by intuitively associating words with images. That's the ultimate language lab, but most language-learning programs completely ignore this. Think about all of the ways you've tried to learn a language: classes at school, tapes and cassettes, even software that uses your native language as a base for your next one. What do they all have in common? Translation and memorization. 
Instead of taking a "direct flight" from your brain to your new language, translation and memorization connects you to your old language. You always have to "fly" from your brain, to your native tongue ... and then translate what you've memorized to communicate. That might work for a few words, but what happens when you get to a sentence or phrase? When you have to change tenses? You're going to make a lot of "connecting flights." That's why those other methods are so frustrating ... and why they fail. Enter Dynamic Immersion.
This method encourages you to think like a baby. You'll pair words with vivid, real-life images and make connections between things you know and the new language. Soon, you'll be thinking in a new language, stringing words together into phrases that you create. Innovative technology.
Rosetta Stone places this Dynamic Immersion method at the core of a suite of software that works with you to develop your skills. The simple, intuitive interface helps to keep you engaged in the solution, while advanced speech recognition technology makes certain that you're speaking correctly and accurately. Best of all, Rosetta Stone never leaves you behind. You'll only move forward when you're ready, when you've become comfortable and confident. Communicate and connect with the world: Level 1, 2 & 3 Set.
Rosetta Stone Level 1, 2 & 3 Set will take you on a journey from the basics to a whole new level of sophistication. You'll build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. You'll quickly gain the confidence to engage in social interactions. Say "hello" and "goodbye," arrange travel, order food, go shopping and more! From there, you'll share your ideas and opinions, express feelings and talk about your life, your interests and more. You'll discover a voice. In a new language. Audio Companion
With Audio Companion, you'll enhance the Rosetta Stone experience wherever you go. You'll learn new skills on the computer, and then reinforce what you've learned with Audio Companion. Simply play the CDs on a stereo or download them to a MP3 Player. Each Audio Companion activity corresponds to a lesson in the Rosetta Stone software, so you can turn your travel time into productive language-learning time. Inside the box, you'll find: - Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Windows/Mac)
- Headset microphone
- User's guide
- Audio Companion, a multiple-CD set to play or download to your MP3 player
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 Inaccurate and Overpriced June 20, 2010
Stephan Krasner (San Francisco, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's true that the Rosetta Stone Method is a very good way to learn, but They clearly did not spend enough time with native speakers. I used this program to communicate with my girlfriend's family in Korea and they couldn't understand what I was saying. My pronunciation was on but the grammar was completely incorrect.
Good program; shoddy equipment February 17, 2010
Sentient Being
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought Korean Levels 1-3 directly from Rosetta Stone. Straight out of the new package one of the ear pieces of the headset that Rosetta Stone supplies had broken off, leaving only bare wires. I called for a replacement headset, which was sent right away. The replacement came today intact, but both the original and the replacement share another problem: they do not fit well in my USB port(s). My Windows XP can detect either that there is a speaker that is malfunctioning or an unidentified device that is malfunctioning. So, give the program a try -- it's pretty good -- but if you want to take advantage of the speaking practice/feedback features without indulging yourself in a lot of needless headaches you should find another headset and not rely on the one that Rosetta Stone provides. Given the price -- and last year's big price jump -- you would think they could do a little better. (PS--Everything else USB that I use fits into those slots on my computer -- and works -- just fine.)
2 stars, I don't like it! December 3, 2009
Pete
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My Korean girlfriend bought the whole 1,2,& 3 for me, so I can't complain about the price, but I have other issues with it. Yes, the headset is crap and I don't use it. Also, I have had to restart my computer multiple times, because the program is slow and freezes up quite a lot, problems I never had with the older version of Chinese. As for the quality or method of instruction it has some value, but it goes from teaching easy stuff to testing harder stuff it never prepared you for. It's like they skip teaching levels, or the steps needed to learn and you are not able to advance unless you seek outside help or cheat your way through the program, which doesn't really help to learn it.
 Don't listen to the complaining - but ditch the free mic November 25, 2009
A. Allen (Portland)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Look, Korean is a very hard language for Westerners to learn (though, once you get the hang of it, it is far more logical than English) - if you don't have time to take classes (and I think classes are frequently the worst way to learn a language) you are going to need all the help you can get.
This package has been a real blessing. I'm moving to Korea soon with my wife. She is Korean and has pointed out the grammar errors that others have mentioned. The thing is, if you are going to start to get a handle on the sentence structure and vocabulary and the funny little idiosyncrasies that make the language a challenge, you are going to need something and there really isn't anything else out there. I have found it to be imperfect but well worth the cost.
One thing - if you are doing to it, don't mess around - do it every day, devote at least an hour per session and don't listen to anything else while you are doing it. If you take breaks you are going to get frustrated and give up. I suspect many here who are complaining fall into this category. Also, run through the Core Lessons at least a couple of times for each section then mark the most challenging questions and return to those sets repeatedly as you move forward. Finally, take notes and carry them around with you - it will help.
Also, don't use the free headset they give - they should never have included it. It is absolute garbage (for the cost of the software, they should really provide a better mic) and it will make the pronunciation section torture.
 Great, but not for the inexperienced. November 1, 2009
Kiba (Seoul, South Korea)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have been living in South Korea for just over 4 years, and I have tried different ways to learn Korean. Self-study with books, classroom study at a university, and Rosetta Stone.
I think it goes without saying that studying at a university was the most effective way to study Korean. However, it isn't the most useful for me because it doesn't work with my schedule. Most Korean courses offered in Seoul are intensive and classes are often (not always) offered in a 9am-1pm schedule, Mon~Fri. I've known friends who tried to manage this while working full time here, and I haven't met anyone who didn't give up after a certain amount of time because they kept falling behind with their homework (due to working 8+ hours a day after 1pm). There are some universities which offer weekend courses, but again, for anyone who has ever worked a job with long working hours, sometimes the last thing you want to do on the weekend is drag yourself out of bed to get to class. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it definitely isn't for everyone.
When it comes to studying alone with textbooks, this can be good for learning grammar, vocabulary, and writing. On the other hand, it's good for those things in written form. Studying alone with a book doesn't really help you speak the language very much. It's abnormal to jump to writing in terms of a acquistion cycle. We learned our first language by first listening+repeating (babbling), then speaking, next reading, and finally writing. Jumping to the final stage isn't altogether helpful outside of a classroom.
As such, for people who have a busy schedule and know how to read and write Korean, have a basic understanding of the grammar and vocabulary, I totally recommend Rosetta Stone Version 3. I find it very helpful for myself. The early units are presented in a very formal way of speaking Korean, which may not be used everyday with people of young own age here, but it is still important to learn that language. Better to be too formal than too informal. Also, if you're busy, you caqn study when you want. Obviously, studying frequently is the best way to go, but people get busy and sometimes it's just not possible. With RS, if you don't use the program for awhile (a few weeks) when you open it next you are offered refresher lessons to remind you of what you may have forgotten. But the best part is, you're speaking. Not writing everything. I think that is what makes this program one of the best options for people who are studying alone, and who have a base knowledge of the language, and who want to improve at their own pace.
For any of you who have read this far along, thanks for the time. I really think this product is worth it if you're willing to put in the effort, but most of all, you should know how to read and write Korean before you get started (which is very easy to lear. Hangeul is one of the most accessible written languages I've ever seen). Good luck to all in their language endeavors.
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