pete sant
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Post by pete sant on Nov 19, 2008 17:39:07 GMT 2
I have been told that the "ROSETTA STONE" language courses are very good. The cost of a package is a bit steep at £230, you can order it online at the link below:- www.rosettastone.co.uk/personal/languages/learn-greekThere is a short demo version to look at to get a feel for how it works. pete.
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Post by admiral on Nov 19, 2008 19:50:55 GMT 2
www.xanthi.ilsp.gr/filog/ this is a good site , also bbc talk greek, why pay for language courses you can get free you can get rossetta stone on e bay
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Post by pete sant on Nov 20, 2008 0:57:21 GMT 2
It all depends on what you are looking for, how comprehensive are the others compared to Rosette Stone ? The £230 is for the total package, it can be split into different levels , each purchased separately. Pete.
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Post by artisans on Nov 20, 2008 13:04:56 GMT 2
I, too have looked into the Rossetta Stone language course. It is a totally different way of learning a language. I have completed the free trial online, as that is where we would follow the course. The language that I tried was not Greek but Turkish! Something I had no knowledge about at all. The Rosetta Stone deals with total immersion in the target language, so no translations into English then. But don't let this put you off - the trial started by showing a picture of a man and the word for a man. Then it was a picture of a women with the word. Then we progressed to identification. So they showed the word and then the two pictures. I had to choose the correct picture to match the word. Within a few minutes, I was not simply matching single words to pictures but with a verb too. "girl running, man reading" It was all very straight forward and not at all intimidating. The course features voice recogniton with advanced technology and certainly the online option for us, is very interesting. A 12 month online subscription costs just under £150. As a teacher, I know that the more that a person is involved in learning, the more that is remembered and subsequentially learnt. The Rossetta Stone language course certainly involves the student right from the word GO. If Steve and I were to choose any language course now, it would be the Rosetta Stone language course. Of course, it goes without saying that the best language course is always the one which you are actually going to follow!
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pete sant
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Post by pete sant on Nov 20, 2008 18:22:18 GMT 2
As Steve mentions there is an online subscrition - i think this gives you unlimited access for 12 months - depending on how much free time you have this could be a very good deal. pete.
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