Rosetta Stone Spanish

Mikey & I ordered Rosetta Stone Spanish levels 1-5 last month. We have a PO Box. I  went EVERY day until it came — it didn’t take long at all! But any time was too long for me! I’d longed for this program for years! It was so expensive I didn’t think I could justify it… but now I wish I would have done it back when my dad first mentioned it. I think he told me about it 10 years ago or so… surely that’s wrong! Man, have I really put myself off that long?! For those wondering, I bought level 1-5 for $600. I got it on sale with free shipping. Then I paid $150 for the 2nd online id, so ~$750 total. Yeah, makes you gasp. Hope it’s worth it!!

We’ve studied Spanish before — I’ve taken 1-3 in college courses & Mikey took Span 2 with me a couple of years ago (he studied French in high school). We’ve been frustrated with how little Spanish we actually KNOW — knowing a list of vocabulary words doesn’t really help you speak to your Spanish-speaking friends!

Oh, I guess I should really give you my language background. Languages have always fascinated me. I wanted to be an interpreter… and here I am forever later still trying to learn my 2nd language — assuming you count me fluent in English. 🙂

I took Italian in high school. Then Spanish 1 when I was 19. I took French 1 with Spanish 2… and totally got confused. 🙂 Then I took a LONG break and tried to learn on my own with books & tapes. (Including Spanish & French.) Then back to Spanish 1 & 2 and ESL. Then 6 months in Guatemala as an English teacher. (NOT the way to learn Spanish — everyone wanted to practice English with me!) Then Spanish 3… and another break with language tapes. Then Spanish 2 with Mikey. Then more tapes….

And now, Rosetta Stone!!!

With great excitement, Mikey & I installed the language disks on our PC and off we went! We bought online service for both myself & Mikey — it’s worth it! They have games & stories & of course studio sessions with native speakers — awesome!! And for only $10 per person per month! (I bought 15 months, so there was a discount. Mikey’s time came with the language purchase.)

We zoomed through Level 1, Unit 1, Lesson 1. It was exciting to see the progress map that we would take: I could see the 5 language levels with 4 units each… and each unit with 4 lessons. Having been something of a gamer, I can’t wait to ding!!!

There was a button over on the side for “Studio”. I knew what this was — the online classes with native speakers!! I wanted to experience one!! I had no idea how it worked… and the only class open was a lesson 2 class. There was only 1 slot open, so I sent Mikey! I snuggled up next to him & listened in.

It was awesome!!! Of course it was too advanced for us — we didn’t know what concepts they were trying to explain or what all the vocabulary was, but I was hooked!! I couldn’t wait to get in there!!