How does it work though? Is it like worksheets or just watching videos?

@chlorine413 it's like an interactive thing, you read, write, and speak

@chlorine413 ok check this shit out, it doesn't use the English word for anything in it. It uses images, vibrant beautiful images like when I think of the word "manzana" the first thing I recall is the beautiful image of a green apple from Rosetta Stone.

They designed it to teach language they way we naturally learn it as a child during language development. It focuses on associating meaning with words without having to go through the extra step of translating it from what ever your native language is.

It's really technical, I didn't quite understand just how cool it was back when I used it but after spending the last 3 years reading a few hours a day about my son who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder with social and global delays, now I see just how much Rosetta Stone utilizes what is natural for us. He was able to read and write hundreds of words, including 3 syllable words, at age 2 but he didn't know what any of them were. For example he would write chair but when pointing at a chair he wouldn't know what it was called, I spent countless hours reinforcing word associations with him and he's now able to identify the names of most common things.

My point is that for the most part, every human being will naturally associate meaning with words, it's what we've evolved to do and Rosetta Stone beautifully capitalizes on that. I took Spanish in highschool and didn't learn shit in a year, after Rosetta Stone for a few months I am constantly told by native Spanish speaking people that my pronunciation and use of Spanish is spot on, they are usually surprised that my pasty white ass can speak it so well lol.

Language is deeply involved with almost every part of the brain, it's extremely complex and Rosetta Stone is designed with that in mind.

It isn't overwhelming, it's pretty sweet. Well worth the money.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

@chlorine413 oh shit, it's interactive, mostly word associations at first. The images they use are extremely vibrant because vibrant images are naturally easier for us to recall. It uses visual and auditory sensory input for best possible retention, it obviously can't do taste for maximum possible retention but it's pretty close lol.

It'll show images and a male and female voice will simply say what it is in Spanish a few times then move on. It circles back to see if you remember, If not don't worry about it, it's a process.