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Post by dixieflyer on Jun 12, 2009 10:31:50 GMT -5
Has anyone here ever used this program to learn Russian?
Yuri
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Post by velodya on Jun 13, 2009 10:14:06 GMT -5
I just got the free demo (Lesson One) a week ago.
Very user friendly and easy. Two thumbs up. Its enhanced my basic knowledge greatly.
Also, if you repeat the phrase into the mic in a Sean Connery voice, it always works. ;D
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Post by dixieflyer on Jun 13, 2009 20:45:12 GMT -5
LOL, am I supposed to use the voice he employed on "Hunt for Red October"?  Thanks, I've got the demo, but was thinking about splurging on the set. Yuri |
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Post by velodya on Jun 13, 2009 21:03:15 GMT -5
If the demo works for you, the set will work too.
Try "British English" and say everything like Sean Connery.
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Jun 16, 2009 12:06:37 GMT -5
Let me answer your question this way.
Rosetta Stone is the ONLY commercially available language system that the U.S. Army will reimburse troops for, who need to learn a language quickly, and can't, or don't have time to go to DLI (Defense Language Institute, at Presidio of Monterey, CA) for 18 months.
Boridin
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Post by dixieflyer on Jun 16, 2009 15:29:46 GMT -5
Spaciba comrade Boridin. I know that Rosetta Stone makes many claims (as all companies do), but was unsure about that one. Having had many friends (from RC and active duty) who went to DLI, I can now gauge the quality of the program. I'll save my rubles this summer for it!
Hopefully, I can then shout appropriate insults at the fascists at Mariongrad this September. Actually, what I would REALLY like to be able to do, is for my son and I to converse together with the other members of our unit, and have the fascists totally confused as to what we are hollering about.
Yuri
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Post by velodya on Nov 19, 2009 7:04:29 GMT -5
In my experience with the trial of Rosetta Stone Arabic and a class in Arabic taught by a native speaker, I have found Rosetta stone to be grammatically inaccurate in places. The plural of man is not rajulun, it is rijal. Things like that. Maybe they presume you'll correct your grammar later, but it still seems a little sloppy.
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Post by andreev on Jan 26, 2010 0:38:46 GMT -5
Sorry if I'm dragging up a dead thread, but I've had great experiences with Rosetta Stone. I bought the 3-level set of Tagalog. After two weeks (30 minutes of usage per day) I was conversing with Filipino native speakers. I've also got the Russian, and it's been working great, as well...As a reenactment tool, it sounds pretty cool to hear orders shouted in Russian on the "battlefield."
Respectfully,
Matt
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Post by dixieflyer on Jan 31, 2010 22:34:45 GMT -5
Matt, thanks for your review. I have a newly made RKKA reenacting friend who moved to Volgagrad to teach English and improve his Russian. He actually advised me NOT to get the Rosetta Stone. I suppose it is a case of "Your Madness May Vary".
Yuri S.
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Post by devyn86 on Feb 8, 2010 16:05:57 GMT -5
I use "for now-as just starting to learn russian" Byki.com
They have a free download u can get and choose any language you'd like. I used it when i was starting to learn Finnish, and to brush up on my German a tad.
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Post by dixieflyer on Feb 8, 2010 20:55:27 GMT -5
Devyn, do you have a web address/link?
Yuri S.
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Post by devyn86 on Feb 8, 2010 21:22:17 GMT -5
for byki? I believe its just www.byki.comthen you go down the list and choose what language you'd like, it teaches you the basics and i find it pretty helpful. and its free....so yeah, makes me happy |
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Thanks, I've got the demo, but was thinking about splurging on the set.
