Rosetta Stone Korean 1

darkmafiaguy · Tourist Joined: Feb 14, 2005 Posts: 17

i just purchased rosetta stone korean 1, http://www.rosettastone.com
i hear its helllla good i mean NASA and us military use them...can wait till it comes..ill tell you guys how it is =)

link to korean version: http://store.yahoo.com/rosettastone/korean.html

nini123 · Tourist Joined: Feb 16, 2005 Posts: 17

an nyong ha sye yo

slider527 · Beginner Joined: Apr 20, 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Rotterdam

well i have rosetta stone korean 1 and i find it hard to use... not very practical to my opinion, but maybe you'll have luck

Ahnnyeonghi kyeseyo!

cweb255 · Beginner Joined: Apr 19, 2005 Posts: 6

Don't be fooled by the NASA and military claims - the thing sucks.

monique_19 · Moderator Joined: May 22, 2005 Posts: 1703

annyong hasyeyo!!.. Very Happy

robledo · Beginner Joined: Jan 05, 2006 Posts: 1

is it really that bad?

I can probably buy it for about $45 but wont bother if everyone says it's crap

TIGERKIMSTKD · Korean Linguist Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 235

yes dont buy it its horrible I could learn more from a dead person that wasnt korean than from those things

harry0418 · Beginner Joined: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 8

Try [url=http://www.declan-software.com]Declan Software's[/url] Korean learning software - it has worked for me. I especially liked the Korean HakGyo software that teaches grammar.

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cotton · Beginner Joined: Mar 23, 2006 Posts: 3

hmm, thought so, good thing you told me i was gonna buy them

pink1e · Beginner Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 3

this is only good if you're interested in learning more vocabulary. it doesn't really go into grammar or anything. and you also need to know the alphabets and have a dictionary at hand. but their concept is good because it makes you remember it by pictures so when you see or hear the word you will automatically know what it is, not translate it into the language you know fluently.
i have it and i'm saving it for later when i'm more fluent in the language ^__^

Portpark · Beginner Joined: Jul 23, 2008 Posts: 3

I used Rosetta Stone and found it handy for learning Vocab.
I used it along with Teach yourself Korean book and Let's Speak Korean TV show and found it complemented my studies.

Just don't expect miracles from it. I was given a free copy of this so I had no complaint about the price Very Happy

Jane231 · Beginner Joined: Aug 05, 2008 Posts: 2

I had a look at Rosetta Stone but found it sometimes too confusing because of a lack of translations. Sometimes the pictures are ambiguous and you do not really know what the meaning is. But I like the audio-visual approach a lot.
Recently I found a program called L-Ceps Personaltrainer Korean that is very useful: http://www.l-ceps.com/en/korean/learn-korean-ptrainer.html
It has a similar visual approach to language learning but offers also translations (if required) and it starts with common Korean phrases which is quite helpful. I actually like it more than Rosetta and it is also way cheaper.

Jane231 · Beginner Joined: Aug 05, 2008 Posts: 2

further to my post below, I just got a newsletter from L-ceps. They currently offer 20% doscount on their Korean course.
As I mentioned above, I am very happy with the software and use it a lot. Unfortuntaley I paid the full price Crying or Very sad

but I copy the newsletter below so that if someone is interested can save some money:
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If you like to purchase, please use below links to get the 20% discount:

Windows:
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Mac/Linux:
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harry0418 · Beginner Joined: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 8

[quote:812e540930="harry0418"]Try [url=http://www.declan-software.com]Declan Software's[/url] Korean learning software - it has worked for me. I especially liked the Korean HakGyo software that teaches grammar.

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Declan Software are currently offering a 15% coupon off their Korean language learning software. The coupon is: A1

chinmi · Beginner Joined: Jan 09, 2009 Posts: 2

[quote:3ddaa3a325="harry0418"][quote:3ddaa3a325="harry0418"]Try [url=http://www.declan-software.com]Declan Software's[/url] Korean learning software - it has worked for me. I especially liked the Korean HakGyo software that teaches grammar.

[url=http://www.declan-software.com]http://www.declan-software.com[/url][/quote:3ddaa3a325]

Declan Software are currently offering a 15% coupon off their Korean language learning software. The coupon is: A1[/quote:3ddaa3a325]

lol are you kidding me? i read your post literally 10 min too late Sad

As for Rosetta Stone : yea it's very good but only for vocabulary building (nouns, verbs, adjectives but no expressions like 'thank you' I guess). You learn to associate words with concepts directly instead of with other words in a different language. This makes the process of recalling words easier and more natural. It effectively sidesteps the crutch of learning Korean through an intermediary language.

There's a lot of content too, but it does get tedious after a while so you better mix it up with something else.