Does Rosetta Stone start with the Hebrew letters or does it go right into learning the language? If it teaches the letters, how many lessons are spent
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Rosetta Stone allows the student to learn to speak the language, or to read and speak it, or to read, speak, and write the language. I chose the full package. I already knew the aleph-bet, and how the letters sound. If you don't know the aleph-bet, simply pay attention to the shapes of the letters and listen to the speakers give the phrases, and before long, you will be able to figure out the reading, too. I know this because a friend (years ago) purchased the Rosetta Stone Arabic, and those squiggles are meaningless to me, but after a period I could begin to grasp why a certain squiggle is different than another. It's not like Chinese, where there are hundreds of characters to learn; there are only 22 letters, only a few of which have a different form when found at the end of a word; also one letter takes a different sound based on whether there is a dot over it on one side (shin vs. sin). There are sections where spelling entire sentences is required, and those are the ones that I have the most trouble with. Happily, the program scores my answers, and allows me to retake the lesson till I get a score that is satisfactory to allow me to move on (typically high 80's or the 90's). I cheated and took notes on the correct answers (provided when the section is completed) and took the section again, inputting the correct answers, but wish I had not done that for the first time or two once I found out I would actually learn the words better for having to learn how to spell them. (For example, I spelled it so many times, I'll never forget the Hebrew word for "toy" in my life!) Once I learned how valuable the spelling is, I started the program under a different name (several students are allowed, and my wife isn't interested in Hebrew, so they are all me). Once I get to the section with the spelling, I'll take it the honest way, which is to say, by trial and error till I get a good grade.
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I can't answer that for sure, but I'm pretty sure it has Arabic input. I can't read Arabic, but the font and style of the letters appear to be arabic to me. This is the choice for region settings العربي;ة
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I have not counted either but for the letters you get one capital and one lower cased letter for the English Alphabet (52 letters). We have not used all the numbers but put 1-10 on the fridge and had some left over. There are also symbols for math (x, +, =). 52 total pieces per (letters and numbers) according to the ad...the letters came out to 52.
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Actually, I was able to translate it long time ago, except for few parts. basically each sign is a character, and you can easily start assigning letters by translating the Pokemon name MEW. In any case, there others who has already translated it. Here is a site where you can see what the card text are: http://playhere.com/pokemon/ancientmew.htm
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According to the instructions on the box it says: Learn in English or Spanish". I haven't tried it in Spanish though.
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i think its a piece of paper that they count as a "manual", and you can select your language in the menu when you start for the first time.
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There are CDs to use for the lessons along with a set of headphones to use. I never got to the interactive part since my trip to Italy came before I got that far in the lessons. I had to retake the lessons and found it difficult to associate the Italian with the English. I found that almost everyone spoke English but they appreciated it when you tried to use the Italian word for something.
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I have never used the headset with the Rosetta Stone software but I have used it with the Nuance Dragon speech software. The headset works great with that program. The microphone is of the electret design meaning (I think) that it is a powered mike and cancels noise surrounding the mike and focuses on the voice. I have used other mikes and I can really tell a big difference in performance. I hope this helps.
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From Rosetta Stone's website FAQ: I purchased the Rosetta Stone Language Learning CD-ROM. How many computers can I install the software on?The software can be installed on up two computers for use for up to five family members
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I think it could work, but it would depend highly on the mental age of the child; if you're coming from a non-pictograph language, the first problem you will have is that you hear a lot of sounds but no distinct words and following along with the printed text doesn't help because you can't read it. I found I was really struggling with Rosetta Stone until I took a few days to learn both Hiragana and Katakana phonetic writing systems (46 characters each, but the sounds are the same). Once I did that, the whole thing made complete sense because I could match up what I was hearing with what I was seeing. Japanese as a whole is not an overly complex language; it doesn't have a lot of exceptions to the rule, but there are some significant differences with a language such as English. Before you spend this kind of money on something a child may or may not stick with, I would strongly suggest using the web to see how they take to learning Hiragana and Katakana. There are some excellent apps out there for iOS (Dr Moku's Hiragana and Katakana apps, for example).
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I think the safe answer is to call costumer support, they have been very helpful every time I needed assistance and they have different products for different needs. I my opinion this is the best program for learning any language and I had quite a few.
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It would be too time-consuming to list all of the letters, but rest assured there are a lot of them! The instruction manual comes with a list of possible words, which must be more than 100 total. I selected a word I knew I would remember from the list, and it's pretty easy to operate using that word. I recommend it.
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Please ensure that your system meets the minimum specification for the DVD install and use. If it is too old a system, it might be too slow to run in your PC. Please look at the specification in the ad or contact Rosetta Stone customer service directly. Merry Christmas!
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For English only, there are 3 settings to choose from (which teaches the ABCs, songs, and something else). Or, you can set it to the 1 setting for Spanish speaking only.
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I use it with the dragon dictation program. I listen to an audio recording through the headset and speak simultaneously. I believe that is similar to what you do with Rosetta Stone.
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Hi, this is Gary Davis. I also received one of these---sort of cool! Anyway, you should be able to open the instruction completely as one long page. The English version is included on the reverse side. If this doesn't do it, let me know through Amazon, and I will email you a copy. Just need your email address if English is not on back (rem: You need to unfold completely to get English on one side and Chinese on the other). Hope I hve helped. Gary
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It specifies main language is English....it does teach Spanish words though.