Author Topic: Learning a new language (Read 7113 times)

Nitantnel · « **Reply #20 on:** August 24, 2011, 09:49:08 AM »

Quote from: elikay on August 23, 2011, 11:28:32 PM

72 days and 3 hours.

Funny, I thought the exact same thing

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #21 on:** August 24, 2011, 07:35:24 PM »

Unless you spend the whole day on it, it will take you @ least half a year of serious studying.

Nitantnel · « **Reply #22 on:** August 24, 2011, 10:23:38 PM »

Quote from: SuperFlyer on August 24, 2011, 07:35:24 PM

Unless you spend the whole day on it, it will take you @ least half a year of serious studying.

Curious which language did you learn?

Yehoshua · « **Reply #23 on:** August 25, 2011, 12:18:24 PM »

I have Rosetta Stone for many languages, and have personally done (or am currently learning) Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese. I find that for the simplicity and ease of the software, it really works. I know Spanish and Portuguese might not be a good proof, as theyre similar and I knew a mediocre Spanish before I started, but Chinese is a unique language and it works just as well. I don't have time to do it every day, and even when I do I only do it for about an hour, but I would highly recommend it.

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #24 on:** August 25, 2011, 06:41:42 PM »

I didn't use them, but my brother did/does.

He learned arabic and russian, and he manages I must say.

Dan · « **Reply #25 on:** August 25, 2011, 07:15:33 PM »

SuperFlyer speaks SuperEnglish, SuperFast.

Nitantnel · « **Reply #26 on:** August 25, 2011, 07:48:37 PM »

And Cholent fresser fresses whatever he sees.

And so does Kugel fresser

Simcha89 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 25, 2011, 08:04:41 PM »

Any good deals/coupons for spanish?

txtmax4 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 25, 2011, 10:56:12 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 16, 2011, 10:57:21 PM

Never did Rosetta Stone, but Pimsleur is very good.

What did you learn?

Dan · « **Reply #29 on:** August 25, 2011, 11:04:15 PM »

Quote from: txtmax4 on August 25, 2011, 10:56:12 PM

What did you learn?

Portuguese and Modern Hebrew.

jong · « **Reply #30 on:** August 26, 2011, 11:31:15 AM »

Quote from: Simcha89 on August 25, 2011, 08:04:41 PM

Any good deals/coupons for spanish?

consider downloading a torrent of it... its pretty simple to figure out how to run the program from there, most (legit) files have read me's for how to do it...

txtmax4 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 26, 2011, 12:36:13 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 25, 2011, 11:04:15 PM

Portuguese and Modern Hebrew.

How long did it take you?
What is their main method?

Dan · « **Reply #32 on:** August 26, 2011, 12:41:33 PM »

Quote from: txtmax4 on August 26, 2011, 12:36:13 PM

How long did it take you?
What is their main method?

It takes 3 months with Pimsleur spending 30 minutes a day listening to audio cds (and speaking words and conversations along with it) to speak a language well enough to hold a conversation. Sometimes you'll need to repeat a CD and spend an hour on that day.

It's great for a driving commute. I liked it a lot but I never did Rosetta Stone.

Here's hebrew on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743500415/?tag=cl03f-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743500415/?tag=cl03f-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743552547/?tag=cl03f-20

txtmax4 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 26, 2011, 05:18:44 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 26, 2011, 12:41:33 PM

It takes 3 months with Pimsleur spending 30 minutes a day listening to audio cds (and speaking words and conversations along with it) to speak a language well enough to hold a conversation. Sometimes you'll need to repeat a CD and spend an hour on that day.

It's great for a driving commute. I liked it a lot but I never did Rosetta Stone.

Here's hebrew on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743500415/?tag=cl03f-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743500415/?tag=cl03f-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743552547/?tag=cl03f-20

3 months is pretty good.
From what I heard Rosetta Stone's technique is "out of the box" comparing to the rest of the programs.

mclovin · « **Reply #34 on:** August 29, 2011, 11:23:14 PM »

Quote from: txtmax4 on August 26, 2011, 05:18:44 PM

From what I heard Rosetta Stone's technique is "out of the box" comparing to the rest of the programs.

is that a good thing or bad thing

Cholentfresser · « **Reply #35 on:** August 29, 2011, 11:58:59 PM »

Quote from: Nitantnel on August 25, 2011, 07:48:37 PM

And Cholent fresser fresses whatever he sees.

Dan · « **Reply #36 on:** August 30, 2011, 12:00:00 AM »

Quote from: Cholentfresser on August 29, 2011, 11:58:59 PM

+1, I don't even get it.
At least SF really does speak SuperFast.

txtmax4 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 30, 2011, 12:22:02 AM »

Quote from: mclovin on August 29, 2011, 11:23:14 PM

is that a good thing or bad thing

Supposedly the reason why they're #1.

ishkabible · « **Reply #38 on:** August 30, 2011, 10:13:05 AM »

I played around with Rosetta Stone and it seemed pretty good, but it moved too slowly for me.

Another option I just came across last week is called Mango. It's a basic listen, read, speak, flashcard kind of system, similar in many ways to Rosetta Stone. The nice thing about it is that it's web based (which I believe is now also available for RS) so you can use it wherever you have internet with no need for installation (flash based). However, the real nice part about it is that many public libraries subscribe to the service so all you need is your library card and you get it all for FREE (I checked b-more and ATL)!! Just google your library +Mango. I just started working at brushing up my Spanish.

samzyr · « **Reply #39 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:29:49 PM »

Anybody want to sell or lend a rosetta stone in Spanish?