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Rosetta Stone V2: Chinese, Level 1 & 2 [OLD VERSION] | ![Rosetta Stone V2: Chinese, Level 1 & 2 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AaGloWzUL._SL160_.jpg)
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Category: Software
List Price: $339.00
Buy New: $305.10
You Save: $33.90 (10%)
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 3341
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Mac Os X
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Level 1 & 2
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.2 x 2.2
MPN: 1580228623
UPC: 794678286230
EAN: 0794678286230
ASIN: B000P85CSC
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through our proficiency-based listening and reading activities | | • | You will pronounce words correctly after practicing with our proprietary speech comparison tool | | • | Find the words you need when you need them Connecting new language directly to real-life images means the words spring to mind when you're in everyday contexts | | • | With Rosetta Stone Milestone activities you quickly gain confidence to engage in real-life conversations in a foreign language. | | • | Track your progress to reinforce your new foreign language strengths and revisit needs with our Adaptive Recall language feature. |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Why is Rosetta Stone the world's No. 1 language-learning software? Because it works. Escape the endless tedium of translation, memorization, and grammar drills. Get the language you want, the skills you need, and the success you deserve by learning a new language naturally--the same way you learned your first language.  | |  | | | 
The complete immersion environment puts your native language-learning skills to work, eliminating your dependence on tedious translation and rote memorization.
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You learned your first language easily and naturally by connecting words to objects and events around you. With Rosetta Stone, learn a new language the same way: using native speakers and thousands of real-life images to help you think in the new language from the very beginning. Studies show that learning exclusively in the new language, without translation as a crutch, is crucial. Rosetta Stone's exclusive Dynamic Immersion method reinforces your natural language-learning skills with award-winning instructional technology. The timeless immersion method, along with research-based techniques and new technologies, make Rosetta Stone the clear solution to your language-learning needs.
What will you be able to do?
Understand everyday language.
Through Rosetta Stone's proficiency-based listening and reading activities, you'll soon be able to understand everyday language. Pronounce words correctly.
After practicing with Rosetta Stone's proprietary speech comparison tool, the correct pronunciation of words will come easily. Find the words you need when you need them.
Connecting new language directly to real-life images means the words spring to mind when you're in everyday contexts. Spell and write accurately.
Language-specific keyboards and drag-and-drop tiles perfect your writing skills. Learn to communicate.
You'll quickly combine words and phrases into complete sentences and dialogues. Retain what you learn.
Regular reinforcement of new words and phrases in new contexts ensures the language sticks with you in the real world.
Product Description
Learn Chinese! Foreign Language learning with Chinese Level 1 & 2 you engage the world around you, drawing on basic content and structures from level 1 and the blocks of everyday language from level 2. Learn to speak and write clearly and correctly, gaining the confidence to go where you want and connect with the people you meet.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 language learning at it's best July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one product that gives you back whatever you put into it. I takes work, and the results are well worth it.
bad pictures, fast speech July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My son uses Rosetta Stone for Spanish (Spain version) and that has been pretty good for him and me. It would be nice if we could click on each word to help listen to and practice pronounciation. I don't like having to listen to the entire phrase or sentence just to listen to one word that I can't quite hear or pronounce. I decided to start my daughter out in Chinese ( Mandarin) because I know it's a harder language. I liked the Spanish version because it's fairly easy to tell or guess what phrases go with which pictures. The Chinese version shows Chinese people in traditional clothes and hair or with Chinese types of things such as food. It can be difficult to tell who is male or female, what something is or what someone is doing. For example there is a picture of a person with long hair wearing traditional clothes which is supposed to be a man dancing, but the face isn't showing so there really isn't a good way to know that it was a man. There is also a little toddler in traditional clothes on and he is wearing a hat so it's hard to tell he is a boy. I am part Chinese so it's not that I don't know what Chinese people look like. Just because the language is Chinese it doesn't mean that the lessons need to show mostly Chinese or Asian people, activities, or items. They could have just used the same pictures as the Spanish version. The other problem with the program is that there is no way to slow down the speech except during the speech comparison lessons. It's hard to understand Chinese so it would be helpful to be able to slow down the speech and/or to be able to click on each word to practice listening or saying the words.
 Best I found to date April 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rosetta Stone V2: Chinese, Level 1 & 2 [OLD VERSION]
This is the best I have found so far; however this has a problem and there are improvements that could be helpful.
The section under Skill "D" in which you attempt to mimic a native speaker's visual of their sound by recording your voice & visual does not work well. I tried and failed so I asked my Chinese wife who is a native speaker to try. She is from Bejing and lived in Taiwan. She speaks Mandarin both ways meaning she uses the "R" sound in China and drops it in Taiwan. She tried numerous times and could not get out of the red failing zone. Something is wrong!
One improvement would be that a dictionary of some type be provided from Pin Yin to English. My wife reads both the traditional & current characters now used in China, she is my dictionary but what about the person without a Chinese spouse?
 Expensive language software, boring! not practical enough for businessmen/tourists April 5, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This Rosetta stone Chinese is using the 4 pictures flash card system to get learners to listen to the tones and pick the right pic. which shown the things or activities. After one hour of practice it gets very boring.
The CDs don't come with any PDF file of common phases or everyday real life sentences for real life usage.
The 200 dollar Chinese learning software doesn't teach a bit of Chinese cultures, history or customs. I ordered Rosetta Stone Chinese "Mandarin" for my American roommate. Although I can speak Cantonese "another Chinese dialect" and can understand some Chinese Mandarin, the idea of getting a Chinese learning system was good for both of us and I can polish my state-Chinese spoken skill.
Anyway, this flash card system may be good for young children, who may pick up simple Chinese nouns, verb, tones earlier in their life, as children (under the age of 6 learn any language differ than us).
But their pictures are very outdated and dark mostly.
The part that use microphone to record learners' Chinese spoken word, executes poorly. As the software only has 1 female and 1 male to demonstrate Chinese words/sentences. If your pitch is not 90% same as the software voices, you fails. It's very frustrating when I tried that portion.
Although Rosetta Stone software shows the actual Chinese words/characters and the pronunciation in English form on screen, most non-native speakers won't be able to memorize Chinese characters without years of real practice in language schools.
For beginners or intermediate Chinese students, it's more important to speak more Chinese sentences/phases in real life situation. So that your interest of learning more Chinese will not be faded away.
After trying Rosetta Stone for about 1 week, we decided not to waste time on this software and we called them for return service to get our money back. Luckily we ordered directly from Rosetta Stone, they still have trial-and-buy period for buying directly from them.
We then tried the Conversational "Pimsleur" Chinese-Mandarin level one audio CDs, it costs much less "under 40 dollars shipped from Amazon.com " and it delivers better basic conversational results in weeks. We spend about 30-45 minutes more or less each evening just to listen, think and speak back.
As the Pimsleur audio CDs are more flexible, we can listen them while commuting to work or cooking in kitchen. With Rosetta Stone, we had to sit in front of my PC, and clicking endless pictures.
As Pimsleur system design their system for busy adults, and its contents are more effective for everyday uses and it explains some Chinese culture and customs for non-Chinese folks.
I will get level-2 "Pimsleur" Chinese-Mandarin audio Cd set after I completely know and can say all the contents correctly.
I do not recommend Rosetta Stone Chinese version for adult learners.
I recommend Pimsleur Chinese!
 Horrible customer service no pride no ownership April 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got Rosetta Stone version 2 less than a month ago and realized that they have a new version 3. Due to "so called" 6 month return policy I wrote to their customer service if I can get a free upgrade. They said due to the fact that I bought it from Amazon there is nothing they can do about it. What kind of a policy is that? A company should be pride of their products and take some ownership. Rosetta approach is "hit and run, I got your money good luck" worse than airport vendors...what a shame!!!! If that is their customer service when there is no problem good luck if you have a real problem... Stay away, go to Fluenz at least they will treat you like a customer...
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