Ongoing Review of Rosetta Stone's Mandarin Chinese Curriculum
I'm currently going working through RosettaStone's Mandarin Chinese curriculum. I own levels 1 and 2. I'm studying while living in Taiwan. I will post my impressions and suggestions of this software as I work with it.
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Other Reviews of RosettaStone Mandarin Chinese
- Rosetta Stone Chinese Personal Edition Level I & II Reviews. Language Reviews by CNET.
- CNET's comprehensive Rosetta Stone Chinese Personal Edition Level I & II coverage. Good overview of the software, plus a number of other brief user comments.
- CALL FOR CHINESE-ISSUES AND PRACTICE, by Zheng-sheng Zhang
- An academic paper that examines the state of Computer-Assisted Language Learning for Chinese. RosettaStone's Chinese curricula is one of the packages addressed in the article.
- Pinyin.US - Software reviews
- Review of Rosetta Stone by someone who admits to having not used it much.
Buy and Try it for Yourself
Chinese Level 1 & 2 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]
This is the package that I purchased...level 2 seems so far away...
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2008) 
![Chinese Level 1 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5195XJRJTEL._SL75_.jpg)
Chinese Level 1 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]
If you can't put down the big chunk of change for both levels, or are uncertain that you will make it to level 2, try buying just level one first. There is a LOT of material to go through in this level. You'll be at it for weeks or months.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2008)
![Chinese Level 2 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518A5QH2E6L._SL75_.jpg)
Chinese Level 2 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]
I have not yet made it to level 2. But my understanding is that it uses more videos for advanced conversation.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2008)
Rosetta Stone: Chinese Explorer
I have no idea what this is. I just found it on Amazon. I'll look into it more and report back.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2008)
Get it Cheap on eBay
By the software used or buy it new at a discount
Unlike workbooks, you can buy this software used and it'll be the same as if you had it new. This curriculum is all about the software. The books are not as important. They can be nice to see the text, but you really don't need them. So if you really need to save money and can get the software cheap without the books, go ahead. Your main risk will be the condition of the CDs. Make sure they are not scratched and test them to that you can return them immediately if there are any defects.
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Posted July 14, 2008
