Rosetta Stone

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Rosetta Stone
Publisher Rosetta Stone, Ltd.
Date Created before 1997
Used to Teach Arabic
Chinese (Mandarin)
Danish
Dutch
English (American)
English (British)
Farsi (Persian)
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Pashto
Polish
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Russian
Spanish (Castilian)
Spanish (Mexican)
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog
Thai
Turkish
Vietnamese
Welsh
Level Beginner
Key Methods Indirect immersion
Summary
"The Rosetta Stone software utilizes a combination of images, text, and sound, with difficulty levels increasing as the student progresses, in order to teach various vocabulary terms and grammatical functions intuitively, without drills or translation."[1]
Pro Immersion-based pedagogy, uses software to help develop and evaluate pronunciation skills, straightforward approach
Con Images used are not always always culturally relevant, vocabulary taught is sometimes too formal or uncommon in general use, does not provide conversation practice or test practical ability


Sources

  1. ↑ Rosetta Stone (software). (2008, June 29). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:07, July 2, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rosetta_Stone_%28software%29&oldid=222482140
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