gee, i dunno, um, college. you know, where people actually speak and understand da languages that you are know and are trying to learn...

its meant to be the same way that kids learn languages :)

ya, a proper class

I've been saying I'm going to take cantonese lessons for a long time so I can understand all the apparent hilarious things my gf's parents are always fighting about

no, it's meant to be a cheap gimmick that earns people money. it's all in the name, why use the name Rosetta Stone, it's not like people don't associate it with translation.

you going to learn anything if somebody hits you over the head with it? no, you'll just get a concussion.

why bother then? you ain't got the time, money or energy to learn that crap.

it's just a plain simple fact.
you don't need to know it, if it's beyond your ability to learn it.

fuss at it all you want. if you can't understand it, then you can't use it.

move to said country. youll learn or starve to death

not guaranteed, too many christians out there.

L-Cepts
is a decent/cheap program for Asian languages.

http://l-ceps.com/

(sorry spelled it wrong before - for any one that knows me this is not surprising)

this is what i used when I learned Tagalog

wasnt easy learnin to speak braille ill tell ya that

Really now? When did braille become a spoken language? I must be missing something. LOL.

Don't get too frustrated, learning a new language blows for the first 3 months. The idea behind Rosetta stone, is that you' WON'T know all the words at first.

It's trying to teach you to catch things out of context first, and speaking properly/understanding every word later on down the road. It will suck at first, but once you get 30 days into it you'll have learned a lot of conversational stuff, and by 90 you'll be pretty comfortable in most situations.

http://www.airforce.com/...ypto-linguist-apprentice/

Or if you're awesome enough...
http://www.airforce.com/...e-cryptologic-apprentice/



Seriously though, "gisting" is a very important part to being able to learn any language, and is an art in and of itself. What do you do when reading something in English and you don't understand a word? It is frustrating none-the-less, but it is a valuable skill. If the unknown word is important to the context, then you'll need to learn it. If it is not, let it go... for now. That won't be the only time that word is used, and there is always time to learn it soon. Remember you are trying to improve your global language abilities [meaning all aspects of it]. Don't get tripped up by the minutia.

kemo pronounces the bumps with such ... passion :)