06-19-2011, 09:22 PM
PonyGirl93 Wrote:I won't go on a Rosetta Stone bashing fit, but I hated it. I'm also a member on a hardcore Language Learning forum where people who know 5+, 8+ languages bash RS. Regardless...
I'm probably a B1 in German, if you are familiar with the CEFR. I have learned from books, podcasts (Deutsche Welle FTW!), movies (my graduation present from my mom was a region-free DVD player :hurray, music, etc. plus a short time of tutoring from a German exchange student. I love German.
After I master German I plan to move on to more languages :p
<sigh at my own nerdiness>
You are not nerdy at all!! I love learning languages even though I only speak one other than English. My ultimate goal is to learn many of the Romance languages in this order: Spanish (done), Portuguese, French, and Italian.
I have read through several Portuguese grammar books as I have a strange need to conjugate verbs in each tense, even though they say that's not a natural way to learn languages. I struggle with the books as I find that I already understand much of what's written even though I would not know how to speak or recognize what I can already read. I want to be able to speak and understand enough to be able to do business presentations in Portuguese, even if it's with a heavy accent. Understanding written Portuguese isn't my problem..
Do you mind if I ask what you hated about RS? What do members of your language forums say about it and what are their preferred learning methods? Obviously, the best method is to live in the country, but with my five kids and husband, it's not an option at present.
Thanks!
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ISSA Certified Nutritionist
COSC BS, Business Admin
My BS Credits:
Spanish 80 | Humanities 67 | A & I Lit 72 | Sub Abuse 452 | Bus Ethics 445 | Tech Writ 62 | Math 53 | HTYH 454 | Am. Govt 65 | Env & Humanity 64 | Marketing 65 | Micro 61| Mgmt 63| Org Behavior 65| MIS 446|Computing 432 | BL II 61 | M&B 50 | Finance 411 | Supervision 437| Intro Bus. 439| Law Enforcement 63| SL: Accounting I B | Accounting II C+| Macro A | ECE: Labor Relations A | Capstone: A| FEMA PDS Cert