Rosetta Stone Spanish

System Requirements

• Platform:    Windows Vista / 7 / XP, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
• Media: CD-ROM
• Item Quantity: 1

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: 1617160857
• Item model number: 27875
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #88 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

  Product Description

  Amazon.com Product Description

  

  Develop your command of the language. From the simple to the complex, gain the confidence to share your ideas and opinions in your new language. Develop the conversational skills to plan adventures, care for your health and move abroad. Talk about government, work, movies, family, and more. Includes everything you need to learn at home and on the go.
  

  What Will I Learn

  This level will help you:
  

  • Build your vocabulary and language abilities
  • Read, write, speak and understand your new language
  • Speak without a script
  • Retain what you've learned
  • Practice unscripted conversations in your new language
  • Negotiate complex situations with confidence and accuracy

  Sample topics include:
  

  • The basics, such as age and family relations
  • Questions, greetings, introductions
  • Telling time, calendar terms, the weather
  • Directions, locations, dining out
  • Emotions, opinions, ideas
  • Political, media, business terms
  • Arranging home repairs
  • Planning to move abroad
  • Discussing the arts and tourism
  • Careers and conducting interviews
  • Problem-solving and commercial transactions

  What Do I Get?

  Interactive Software

  Our award-wining version, complete with proprietary speech recognition technology.

  Audio Companion

  For your CD or MP3 player so you can review while on the go.

  Headset with Microphone

  For use with our state-of- the-art speech-recognition software.

  Live Online Lessons

  Practice sessions led by native speaking tutors.

  Games & Community

  Language-enhancing games move you towards real-world proficiency.

  Mobile Companion

  Learning application for your iPhone or iPod Touch device.

  Our Method

  

  Recreate the natural way you learned your first language and reveal skills that you already have using Dynamic Immersion. This award-winning method has been adopted by countless organizations, schools and millions of users around the world.
  Learn Naturally: Discover how to speak, read, write, and understand--all without translating or memorizing. Our award-winning solution recreates how you learned your first language, unlocking your natural abilities.
  Speak Confidently: Perfect your pronunciation with speech-recognition technology. Gain the confidence in your new voice as you practice with other learners in our exclusive online community and participate in online sessions coached by native tutors.
  Immerse Yourself: Be surrounded by your new language. From core lessons to online sessions, Rosetta Stone gets you engaged and interacting with others.
  Stay Motivated: Experience accomplishment with each moment of achievement; with dedicated success agents you will never lose sight of your language-learning goals.
  

  Your Natural Ability. Awakened.

  Natural Discovery

  Learning your first language is as natural as smiling. Effortless. Rewarding. Every step in Rosetta Stone feels like that. Clear, compelling images appear precisely, in juxtaposition, conveying meaning. Intuitively, you just know what it means.
  

  • Our puzzle-like environments--a systematic presentation of sounds, images, and text--help learners absorb meaning intuitively.

  
  

  Rosetta Stone's award-winning software, where you will interact by speaking, clicking, selecting phrases and writing.

  Speech Activation

  
  

  Rosetta Stone's proprietary speech-recognition technology provides immediate and ongoing feedback.

  Build your confidence and polish your pronunciation skills with state-of-the-art speech-recognition technologies and success-filled dialogues.
  

  • Our software provides immediate and ongoing assessments of your speech through Actionable Feedback, which helps you pronounce syllables, words and sentences correctly and easily.

  • Based on a collection of literally millions of speech samples, our proprietary speech-recognition algorithms and speech models were engineered with a singular purpose--to help you communicate with accuracy, confidence and ease.

  Native Socialization

  
  

  Language-learning games will keep you motivated along the way.

  Practice with native speakers in our live interactive sessions and our online community. Every conversation gives you the confidence to communicate in your new language.
  

  • For many, traditional language-learning fails because it lacks real conversation. With Rosetta Stone you'll play games and chat with native speakers and other learners in our online language community.

  • Hundreds of native-speaking tutors trained in the Rosetta Stone method are ready to help reinforce the language you're learning through live, online conversations. From Day One you'll be speaking your new language with confidence and ease.

  Product Description

  Develop your command of the language. From the simple to the complex, gain the confidence to share your ideas and opinions. Develop conversational skills to plan adventures, care for your health, and move abroad. Talk about government, work, movies, and citizenship. Discuss family and traditions, and celebrate success.