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Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Greek Level 1 with Audio Companion includes everything you need to begin learning a new language—from grammar and vocabulary to basic sentence structure. It’s the foundation upon which your language-learning journey begins. Gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion all… More >>
Rosetta Stone Korean Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion
My wife, a native-English speaker, bought level 1 Korean in order to communicate with my family in Korea. I think Unit or chapter 1 was pretty good and I liked the way you can actually improve your pronunciation. However, it is not long until I found very serious problems. Some sentences it teaches were totally wrong grammatically; no Koreans speak that way. I hope it would be fine for the rest of the CD since we paid so much. I need to wait and see if it has any more weird sentences. I just cannot imagine that they put these weird sentences. Didn’t they have them read by native Koreans? How come these sentences are here?
Rating: 2 / 5
My Korean wife (a former high school teacher of Korean in Korea) told me to stop using this product because the Korean is only just understandable to her. She says the grammar is wrong and the sentences are constructed in a way that no native Korean speaker would ever use.
Rosetta Stone Korean is expensive and bad. I am very disappointed.
How did they write this? They obviously didn’t get a Korean language professional to do it for them. My wife’s advice: stick to courses written by NAMED Koreans, preferably gainfully employed as language teachers at a Korean university.
Rating: 1 / 5
I have been living in South Korea for just over 4 years, and I have tried different ways to learn Korean. Self-study with books, classroom study at a university, and Rosetta Stone.
I think it goes without saying that studying at a university was the most effective way to study Korean. However, it isn’t the most useful for me because it doesn’t work with my schedule. Most Korean courses offered in Seoul are intensive and classes are often (not always) offered in a 9am-1pm schedule, Mon~Fri. I’ve known friends who tried to manage this while working full time here, and I haven’t met anyone who didn’t give up after a certain amount of time because they kept falling behind with their homework (due to working 8+ hours a day after 1pm). There are some universities which offer weekend courses, but again, for anyone who has ever worked a job with long working hours, sometimes the last thing you want to do on the weekend is drag yourself out of bed to get to class. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it definitely isn’t for everyone.
When it comes to studying alone with textbooks, this can be good for learning grammar, vocabulary, and writing. On the other hand, it’s good for those things in written form. Studying alone with a book doesn’t really help you speak the language very much. It’s abnormal to jump to writing in terms of a acquistion cycle. We learned our first language by first listening+repeating (babbling), then speaking, next reading, and finally writing. Jumping to the final stage isn’t altogether helpful outside of a classroom.
As such, for people who have a busy schedule and know how to read and write Korean, have a basic understanding of the grammar and vocabulary, I totally recommend Rosetta Stone Version 3. I find it very helpful for myself. The early units are presented in a very formal way of speaking Korean, which may not be used everyday with people of young own age here, but it is still important to learn that language. Better to be too formal than too informal. Also, if you’re busy, you caqn study when you want. Obviously, studying frequently is the best way to go, but people get busy and sometimes it’s just not possible. With RS, if you don’t use the program for awhile (a few weeks) when you open it next you are offered refresher lessons to remind you of what you may have forgotten. But the best part is, you’re speaking. Not writing everything. I think that is what makes this program one of the best options for people who are studying alone, and who have a base knowledge of the language, and who want to improve at their own pace.
For any of you who have read this far along, thanks for the time. I really think this product is worth it if you’re willing to put in the effort, but most of all, you should know how to read and write Korean before you get started (which is very easy to lear. Hangeul is one of the most accessible written languages I’ve ever seen). Good luck to all in their language endeavors.
Rating: 5 / 5
I absolutely love this product and am a little surprised at the bad reviews. To be fair, though, Rosetta Stone should not market this product to absolute beginners. It’s a wonderful way to learn Korean, but only if you have a little bit of background in Korean or are a pro at learning languages.
My suggestion for anyone interested in Korean is to first learn Hangul (the alphabet) and the basic grammatical structure of Korean. A great free place to do this is at http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com. Once you have the basics down, you will find the Rosetta Stone very effective for mastering Korean. Good luck to everyone in their Korean endeavors!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have been in Korea for 3 years and I have used Rosetta Stone for 2 of the 3 years here; I started with version 2 which was a tad difficult at the time, but I did complete the 1st section. This is not incorrect; I have used some of these sentences on NATIVE Koreans, not americanized koreans, and it has been successful. The problem with this is that it requires you to know how to read the language first. Which is disgustingly simple. Second, you need a dictionary. Period. Last, in order to completely understand korean (the hardest asian language to learn, guaranteed), is to understand the grammar. If you do not understand the grammar, you will only learn this language the way people learn spanish in high school. You will say things that people can make out, but not entirely understand. Korean is an amazing language and they are an amazing people, despite what negative people say; I feel that if you learn this language, it will be beneficial in many ways. The best of luck; oh and I recommend: Writing Korean for Beginners by National Institute of the Korean Language and The International Korean Language Foundation to begin writing and grammar. Best of luck!
Rating: 4 / 5