Rosetta Stone Language

Does the Rosetta Stone language software work? 

Millions of users have used Rosetta Stone's language learning software in over 50 countries.  The infomercial pitches the fact that institutions such as the US Army, US State Department, and over 10,000 schools use it to teach second languages, a fact that they use to claim that the software is proven to work and be the best software for learning a foreign language.

The Micheal Phelps Rosetta Stone infomercial

You can use Rosetta Stone to learn 30 languages including popular languages such as Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Italian, German, Arabic, and French. 

The software runs on PC and Mac.  The version 3 allows you to have 4 user profiles free, so that four different users can use the same copy.  Like many infomercial products these days, you can buy it in installments.  You can also buy Rosetta Stone used online (ebay).

Of course, you can get a free Rosetta Stone demo DVD if you want to try it out before you buy it.  There is also some healthy searching going on for Rosetta Stone torrents.

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