After a motorcycle accident, Dan experienced short term memory loss. In this video, he explains how learning a new language with Rosetta Stone helped him with his recovery.
This video is the extended version of Dan’s story, which we featured in a Rosetta Stone commercial. Stay tuned for more extended stories!
Read MoreOne of the great advantages of my family’s relocation to Taiwan is that we now have relatively easy access to some fantastic Asian vacation destinations. In the course of nine months, we’ve taken three wonderful trips—to Bali, Japan, and Thailand—made possible not only by location, but also by the wonder that’s an academic working calendar. Any of these trips would probably be a once-in-a-lifetime experience if we were still living in the northeastern United States. But in our situation, we’re already able to think about return trips and all the other awesome places we’ll go: China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, and about fifty other…
Read MoreMy husband and I visit Austria every year to see his parents. Initially, my husband tried to teach me German and as you married folks might imagine, it didn’t go very well. I have been reading reviews on Rosetta Stone for some time now and although I was conviced it was good, I had difficulty convincing my husband to let me spend the money on the program. He was not happy about the…
Read MoreLinguist Danny Hieber, Editor in Rosetta Stone’s Endangered Language Program, answers a question from one of our Facebook fans: Why are some languages so complicated? Click on the video below to hear Danny’s answer, and visit the Rosetta Stone Facebook page or comment below to ask a question of your own!
You can learn even more about languages by viewing the rest in our Question Cabin Wednesday series.
Read MoreI wanted to find a way to learn some basic fundamentals of Swedish fairly quickly for a trip I was making to visit some family and friends. This did a great job at establishing alot of the core fundamentals of the language, especially if I gave the lessons some thought during & after, to let what I’d learnt settle. Swedish and English are surprisingly similar languages, and I learnt it much faster than Spanish. The most rewarding part was how impressed everyone was with me being able to string sentences together and describe things around me. My grandfather told…
Read MoreThe following is an unedited testimonial from a real Rosetta Stone learner.
Like most English speaking Canadians, I learned nothing of any value in my elementary school French classes, and I quit as soon as I could in high school. I felt like I couldn’t learn French. I tried and I tried, but the mindless memorization didn’t work for me. In the past 4 days I’ve learned more French that I did in years of school! I only wish that I had tried it earlier. I now feel like I can learn French, and am going to be able to…
Read MoreOn June 22, 2011, Kevin Scannell joined Rosetta Stone for a live interview. He’s the creator of IndigenousTweets.com, and a Professor of Computer Science at Saint Louis University. Using his knowledge of computer science, he compiles tweets in over 100 different languages.
During the event, viewers posted questions for Professor Scannell regarding the intersection of language and technology. Rosetta Stone took live questions through Twitter, Facebook, and our blog (marked with the hashtag #AsktheScholar). The event streamed live on our Facebook page.
Here are two excerpts from the interview below. Be sure to post here…
Read MoreLast month marked an exciting turning point for the Rosetta Stone team in Korea. We launched two groundbreaking solutions for English learners in Korea: Rosetta Stone Version 4 TOTALe English and Rosetta Stone ReFLEX.
Version 4 TOTALe, which launched in the United States in September 2010, is Rosetta Stone’s award-winning language-learning solution that provides learners with course material and exciting online opportunities to practice what they’ve learned with other learners and native speakers. Rosetta Stone ReFLEX, exclusively available in Korea, is our revolutionary solution for helping learners activate their existing knowledge of English into conversational fluency. Both products are the…
Read MoreTwo years ago I visited France to meet a wonderful guy I had been chatting with online. Although I had taken French in College, my conversation skills were non-existent in French. Fortunately he spoke great English, but that first trip was so difficult when trying to speak with his family and friends who did not speak English. After buying some language CDs, books and taking a refresher French course last year, I still had difficulty carrying on a conversation in French. A friend told me about Rosetta Stone and I checked it out at the airport after one of…
Read MoreWe often receive passionate, funny, and inspiring personal anecdotes about language learning from members of our communities on Facebook and Twitter. We’ve seen that a wide range of motives inspire our fans and followers to embark upon language journeys. Among these are the desires to honor an Irish heritage, connect with grandparents in Taiwan, and to aid those who live in the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan. We certainly don’t need to convince people that learning a second, third, or even fourth language is about more than just words. It’s about connecting with and understanding others. It’s about gaining…
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