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Learning a Language (German)
I'm currently learning German (by myself) and I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some good audio-programs or software that they know is good. I am currently using pimsleur and it's pretty amazing..any other suggestions or comments?
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I'm currently using The Rosetta Stone software to teach myself German. It's a bit expensive, but it's sort of the "gold standard" for language software, used by the State Department, NASA, etc. Let me know if you want to know more about it.
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I got a copy of that to Pragma, what do you think about it? Ihavne't started using it yet...
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What do you think of Rosetta Stone. I want to learn french (again) before my trip next spring. |
see thats what I want to do (learn french)
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It's by far the best method for learning a language that I've ever run across. From the minute that you start the lesson, everything is in German (or whatever the language you're learning is). There's no learning by translation (i.e.: "hund = dog"), it's all total immersion.
I took three years of Spanish in highschool and always found myself very slow when trying to speak in Spanish, because first I had to think of what I wanted to say, then translate it bit by bit in my head, and then say the finished product. With TRS, when I want to say something in German, that "translate" logic isn't there in my brain, I can just say the German. It goes over quite a lot of the language, everything from car parts, street directions, food, hotels, standard conversations, to counting. Pretty much everything you'd need to at least get along in the foreign language while you learn all of the local idioms and specialized vocabulary that you may need. Just as a view of what it looks like, here's a screenshot of the listing of lessons from Unit 1 of German. |
looks cool, I'm using pimsleur to learn german and i must say its awesome. I'm on level 2 now and i can hold up a decent conversation with my german friend. How long have you been using rossetta stone and how is it going?
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I've gone through the first two units (of 18-ish?) - I did that in a few weeks back over the summer. However, once school picked up, I haven't really been able to find time to continue, unfortunately. I really need to start squeezing in 15 minutes for a lesson here and there to keep going. I'm enjoying it a lot though - definitely a good way to learn.
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On the same note, does anyone know where I could get some software for cajun french? All the major language programs that are recommended don't offer it.
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What's cajun french ? German owns. I've been taking german since 7th grade and am not entirely fluent, although after staying over there for five weeks when I was sixteen boosted my speaking skills an assload. Another thing I reccommend, think of ten words or phrases that you use everday and look them up and learn them. Also, you could post sticky notes on everything in your home for whatever language it is you want to learn.
http://dict.leo.org/ for German this is the best dictionary source I'm yet to find |
Rather than clutter another topic does anyone know any good "learn Japanese" books, audio, programs, websites?
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Well, I know that The Rosetta Stone makes software for Japanese - I've looked at it in the past. If you're just interested in speaking, it'll help you out. If you want to learn reading/writing, then you're probably better off combing that with some sort of physical book.
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dict.leo.org rocks. I'm living in Germany at the moment on a study abroad program, and it's made my life much easier. I carry around a small notebook with me, and everytime I hear a word/phrase I don't know, I write it down, then look them all up when I get home on dict.leo.org. It's helped my German a whole lot, and is much faster than a book.
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So between Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone, which one would you guys recommend more?
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