French Level 1 & 2 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]
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Software Reviews of French Level 1 & 2 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]
Customer Review: Easy To Use But You Must Be Disciplined
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great program to start learning French with. It is quite extensive with many types of lessons that help build a comprehensive vocabulary. The approach to learning a new language with Rosetta Stone is different than anything I've seen before and really seems to work. The only thing I would say about this is you need to apply yourself because otherwise... like anything, you won't succeed.Customer Review: What a waste of my money
Summary: 1 Stars
I hate spending so much money for a product that doesn't even have grammar, translations or culturally related content. Its all about four pictures which are useful to learn words but not sufficient for understanding a language. Customer Review: Not worth it.
Summary: 2 Stars
This program will definitely teach you some vocabulary, but is HORRIBLE at teaching you the structure, the grammar of a language.
For instance, you will be exposed to a picture of a horse about to jump and the spoken line would be "Le Cheval va saute" The key being "va" signifies something that has not happened yet. Beautiful, fantastic! BUT we never get to put "va" into concrete terms. It remains forever in our minds a mysterious word that SIGNIFIES the future.
However if we knew that "va" meant "is going" we derive the same meaning from the exercise, BUT we can use "va" in other more extensive conversations!
Multiply that little problem by EVERY single thing about grammar that this program attempts to teach and you see the problem.
Furthermore french grammar is the heart of the language, it is much more complex than its english counterpart. For example
"He is (insert verb here)" is different from
"I am (insert verb here)"
In english only "is" and "am" changed, but in french THE VERB itself has a different spelling, sometimes different end sound, and sometimes a different sound altogether. For French we need a language teacher not a collection of pictures and our own wits.
Rosetta stone and pimsleur are by far the most overrated language programs on the market. My recommendation- pass on this pile of crap and get Michel Thomas Basic 8 CD French Course instead, you will learn a LOT more. Buy this ONLY if you want to get a little vocabulary learning in.
Customer Review: Are you kidding?
Summary: 1 Stars
This is by far the worse investment I ever made. This software is so overpriced for what it really is. It looks old, there is no grammar, you only get these same 4 pictures over and over again, it gets so boring after a while. I am not sure how such a software can retail for $300, even $200 I would not understand, guess they have a good marketing team!
Moreover, both packages will only take you up to an Intermediate level, whereas other software can make you go up to Advanced. If you want to be fluent or learn more than several useful words and sentences, buy something else.
I wanted to put 0 star for my rating but the minimum was 1!
Customer Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I couldn't be more pleased with my purchase of Rosetta Stone French 1 and 2. It is by far the best language course I have ever had the pleasure of studying. It is most complete in it's scope of study in that you have the opportunity to hear, read, write and repeat the French you are learning in each lesson module. I find the feedback on my pronunciation most useful; it's also a lot of fun! Highly recommended.