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A French Dinner Guest at the Traditional Bulgarian Table

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Every summer since immigrating to the United States, I’ve spent the month of August in Bulgaria, visiting family and traveling the country. This year, I also had the chance to spend time with my sister and her partner, who were vacationing there as well. As I wrote in a previous post, I lived with Albena and Henri at their home in Grenoble, France, for nearly two months last winter, encountering some curious linguistic and cultural collisions since we communicated in three languages—English, French, and Bulgarian.

While in France, my comprehension of French greatly improved; however, I still had difficulties…

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I am learning Japanese!

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In the beginning of 2011, I made a new years resolution to learn japanese. I want to learn japanese because I want to learn about their culture. I also want to go to Japan one day.

I told my parents the idea but they told me that japanese is too difficult. “Why don’t you learn spanish?” my mom said. “It’s easier than japanese.” They thought I can not learn any foreign language beacause I am the only one who is monolingual in a bilingual family. With all my savings I collected last year, I decided to purchase Japanese Levels 1-3…

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Rosetta Stone Android App Launches: TOTALe Companion™

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For the past two years I’ve been fortunate enough to help with developing Rosetta Stone mobile products. Since TOTALe Companion for iPod touch® and iPhone® devices launched last year, we’ve gotten many, many requests for an Android™ version. When I travel and stop by our kiosks at airports, I’ve heard the requests in person: “This is great, but when will we get the Android version?!”

Well,…

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Video: Italian Soothes Newborn

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We asked members of our communities online to describe special language experiences that have made them realize the importance of learning, connecting, and understanding. One of our community members on YouTube, called ItalianMomma, submitted this video to us. Even at a very young age, her child knows the value of learning a foreign tongue! Click to play, and respond with your own video or experience in the comments section below. (more…)

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Success in French and Italian with Rosetta Stone

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I started studying Rosetta Stone French in January of 2010 to assist me with my family genealogy of Quebec ancestors. In high school I had taken two years of French, but had forgotten most of it.

My wife and I were scheduled to go to a wedding of a friend in Washington, D.C in February 2010. The parents of the groom and many of the guests were coming from Italy. I was so pleased with the results of my Rosetta Stone French lessons that I decided to order Rosetta Stone Italian.

For one week prior to the wedding I went through…

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Language is to Connect . . .

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. . . and to connect, you have to practice!

I grew up in Iraq, and my first language is Arabic. It is mandatory for students in Iraq to study English in primary school and up to the end of high school, and then our studies in college are in English as well. Aside from that, I always had a passion for English language, it is probable because I spend a little part of my childhood in England, but my passion was very intense during my teenage years in particular. I constantly watched Hollywood TV and listened to my favorite and…

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Rosetta Stone Celebrates Language in London

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On October 21–23 in London, Rosetta Stone’s UK office participated in The Language Show Live 2011, an event for language enthusiasts of all kinds and at all levels—language learners, language teachers, job seekers, and those passionate about travel and culture.

The show was a wonderful success! The great lineup of seminars included “Fighting Crime with Languages,” presented by London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), one of Rosetta Stone’s institutional clients. This insightful presentation shed light on how knowledge of languages is an important tool in fighting crime and communicating in critical situations. The talk also covered the transformation of language…

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Giving Portuguese a Try

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Since I took Spanish for 11-plus years in school, using the usual supplies like paper, pencils, books, and the like is pretty much second nature for me. Certainly the same goes for all those oral drills, quizzes, tests, and workbooks my teachers assign. It’s tedious at times, but these materials and methods have proven to work for me. Earlier this year, given my background in Spanish, I decided to try my hand at Brazilian Portuguese. The problem is I’m notorious for my previous efforts with self-directed study. They’ve always been, let’s just say, “less than thrilling” (that’s my story…

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“Finding Love in Gaeilge” Takes Runner-Up Prize in Rosetta Stone Language-Stories Contest

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Jennie Slade from Plymouth, Michigan, entered our “More than Words. Stories.” Contest in hopes of being able to realize her dream of marrying her fiancé, a fellow Ireland-phile, in the country of their dreams. We’re excited to announce that Jennie is the runner-up of the contest, which ran from July to October 2011. Entrants were asked to submit their language-learning tales in text or video format through Rosetta Stone’s Facebook page. As the runner-up, Jennie is awarded $5,000 that can be used to cross the pond to connect with her heritage and her passion.

Read Jennie’s story…

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