Rosetta Stone Review - I'm almost finished!

I'm almost done with Rosetta Stone, so I thought I'd make this video talking about my experience. I like A LOT more than other language learning platforms like Duolingo.

[hotstepper]

I bought the lifetime membership during Covid because I’ve always wanted to learn Italian. I don’t have the best short term memory and I’ll quit for like a few weeks here and there, but I feel like I’m doing ok because I always come back to it. I don’t care how long it takes me, I’m going to do this! Thanks for the video!

[Persha_]

It teaches you how you learn as a child - so you have to just trust the process and and learn through association which I absolutely love as then you don’t convert from your mother tongue you learn to think in the language you’re learning

[melissanewman]

Most reviewers of Rosetta Stone are "Try the first lesson in Rosetta Stone and then try the first lesson in product X". But you can't judge a product by its first lesson. Obviously the most important question is "Where is the bathroom?" But just because that is not the first lesson does not mean the program is bad. For any program, you actually need to finish the program. So whatever program you think that you will actually finish is the one to use. My two favorites are Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur for different reasons.

[jamierudberg]

Becca so happy i found this channel! I can 100% relate! I completed 5 levels of Mandarin Chinese in 2 and half years and literally changed my life! I will admit though that Rosetta Stone i think is more for learning how to speak than reading and writing! Just my experience!

[samharper]

Ive been doing Spanish on Duolingo for over 2 years and I feel like im not getting anywhere now, trying to find out more and this was helpful

[alimajidian]

Am totally agree with you.
Thanks Rosetta stone, now I am a fluent Russian speaker !

[christinatattersall]

Go Becca! Great job on your placement test. I just started 11/30 & am also studying French & am enjoying the experience so far! I too am doing an hour + per day. Merci pour votre vidéo!

[tiagogoncalves]

Rosetta Stone is aweasome!
I' m brazilian and I bought the lifetime subscription and it's very efficient and cool!

[FrancescoCarpi]

I'm learning 3 languages in Rosetta Stone. One of them is Arabic. It's super hard because it doesn't sound like anything I already know. I learned the alphabet in 2014 just for fun, and forgot most of it, but that's about it, I didn't know a single word. I have chosen Arabic as an experiment to see how well I can learn a language (even a very difficult one) mostly using RS. I'm not supplementing my studies with anything else, and I just look up stuff when I'm really curious about it. I'm enjoying it a lot to figure out how the language works by myself. I'm 2 weeks in, and so far I noticed Arabic differentiate between dual and plural, both in noun and verb conjugations, verbs also change according to gender, etc.
I think this is a great exercise for the brain.

[marianope]

Hi Becca! I agree with your review. I'm a native spanish speaker. I started 9 months ago to use rosetta stone (I get a free full "jack sparrow" version on the internet), and now I'm learning the level 3-4-3 (or unit 12, lesson 3. Depending the version). Personally, it really works well for me. I feel I'm progresing a little bit every day. But requires consistency day after day. I can say that I understood 70% of what you said in the video. It's so satisfaying for me. I really apreciate your review. Y que bonita sonrisa tenés! Saludos desde Argentina!

[marco_fit]

Estaba buscando videos en Inglés para poder aprender y me apareció tu video. Felicitaciones 👏🏼 por tu canal. Saludos desde Lima-Peru

[paulachoquette]

I wish I saw this sooner. I’m aware of another language program free at library. I should have checked to see if library had Rosetta Stone. But that ok. I ordered lifetime subscription. Just started. Love it.

[DragonvidalZ]

Hi Becca, this video is very helpful for me, I've always wanted to learn Italian but I lack in commitment... I was afreid that the Rosetta Stone Program it no going to work but you show me that with commitment and will its possible to be fluent after finish the program.

Thank you!
Saludos desde Venezuela :)

[BeautyAndTheFrizz]

This is awesome I'm MD and just applied for a library card and I'm already logged into my first lesson. Took less than 5 minutes! Thank you!

[craigcarlson]

Becca, woowwww, I too am a Maryland resident. I’ll look into the public library option you noted.

[tragixxfire]

Thank you so much for telling me I could get rosseta stone for free from my library. I was just about to buy it ❤❤

[kevinbick]

I like that it's purely in Spanish no English words however when a new word is added there should be English pop us for a short time as you have to keep checking on a transator 12:08

[Vlrud]

Hi, I think Rosetta is good enough to learn languages. As you have said, it has much content. And what is more, the content is accompanied by audio. The course is supposes to get you to some level from zero. And the faster you finish the course, the faster you will get to that level. The more time you do Rosetta every day, the better. The faster you move, the better, because the more intensive the process will be. I think even if you live in some country in order to learn the language in the fastest way, some other person can progress even faster, if he or she practices on Rosetta all day long. But you need to supplement Rosetta with some other material that Rosetta lacks: instructions on phonetics and pronunciation and grammatical explanations. So before you begin the course, you learn how to pronounce the sounds of the language so that you realize what sounds exactly the material you learn on Rosetta consists of. And you revise the phonetics from time to time.

[quantus]

I do agree with you that the Rosetta Stone course is probably equivalent to two college courses -- maybe let's say 1.5 college courses -- if you supplement it a little like you said (yes maybe a little grammar and some more reading) -- yes easily two college courses.

[AndrisGameDev]

Making this video was a very good idea! I love the fact that you actually were sticking to what you are talking about (it doesn't matter what your verdict is!). I personally found RS too boring - but I always play with the idea of "what if".