Learning Foreign Languages the Easy Way

The Importance of Language-Learning

Why should we learn a foreign language? After all, the whole world speaks English. Well, there's some truth in this argument, but only some. There are many reasons for learning a new language:

Personal Development

By learning a new language, you gain new horizons, but at the same time you reinforce your own identity, and therefore also your self-confidence. A foreign language can contribute to a stronger personality.

Cultural Reasons

It is a fundamental truth that cultures define themselves through languages. A foreign language gives you access to another culture. It gives you the ability to communicate and to exchange views with people all over the world that you would otherwise not have the chance to know.

Educational Reasons

Learning a foreign language opens up a whole new dimension. It has a positive effect on intellectual growth and it enriches and enhances mental development.
Learning a foreign language is especially effective at an early age. It greatly benefits reading and writing in one's own language; there's evidence that, like musical education, it contributes significantly to the development of individual intelligence.

Economic Reasons

In a globalized world characterized by international links and intercultural connections, linguistic skills are crucial for employment and career. The knowledge of foreign languages increases job opportunities in many careers where knowing another language is a real asset.

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With the Rosetta Stone Language-learning Software you can learn a new language the way you learned your first as a child - naturally!. The award-winning program doesn't require tedious translation, memorization, or grammar drills. Plus, it's guaranteed so there's nothing to lose. If you're not satisfied, you can return any CD-ROM product within 6 months for a full refund! Try the Free Online Demo now and see how it works!

• Choose from 30 Languages: Used by the U.S. Army, Fortune 500 companies, NASA, and over 10,000 schools wworldwide!


• Learn all 4 language skills fast with no tedious translation or memorization. Our balanced curriculum includes listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.


• Learn a foreign language through fully interactive step-by-step lessons.


• Rosetta Stone gives you the freedom to acquire a new language at your own pace. You learn comfortably without feeling pressured or overwhelmed.


• Equally important, Rosetta Stone provides the guidance you need to learn a language well. You can test yourself at the end of each lesson, enabling you to focus on areas for additional reinforcement. And since Rosetta Stone automatically records your progress, you can easily pick up where you left off.


• Native Speakers & Speech Recognition: Improve your speech by imitating a native speaker.


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• Rosetta Stone on CD: Load Rosetta Stone in your computer and you'll be learning a new language immediately.


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If you are to be truly proficient in a language, you must be able to listen to and understand others who are speaking the language. You must be able to comfortably speak the language. You must be able to read the language, and finally, you must be able to write in the language.

The Rosetta Stone Language Program excels in developing all these skills as you work through their system of Dynamic Immersion™

First, the Rosetta Stone Foreign Language Learning program uses native speakers and everyday language to develop your listening comprehension skills an a natural and easy manner.

Second, you will improve our pronunciation by using dynamic speech recognition technology to compare your speech with a native speaker.

Third, by linking examples of the written language to real-life objects, ideas, and actions you will develop your reading skills.

And fourth, you will practice writing what you hear spoken in a series of exercises where the software checks your work and then lets you correct any mistakes you have made.

The Rosetta Stone Foreign Language Learning Software provides the key to unlock all four of these critical areas of language learning.

Over 30 Languages to Choose from...Choose the Foreign Language You Want to Learn Today...

Arabic                                        Korean
Chinese (Mandarin)                    Latin
Danish                                       Pashto
Dutch                                         Polish
English (UK)                               Portuguese (BR)
English (US)                               Russian
Farsi (Persian)                           Spanish (Latin America)
French                                       Spanish (Spain)

German                                      Swahili
Greek                                         Swedish
Hebrew                                      Tagalog
Hindi                                         Thai
Indonesian                                 Turkish
Italian                                         Vietnamese
Japanese                                    Welsh

Rosetta Stone's Dynamic Immersion method reconnects people to the language skills they used successfully to master their first language. With Rosetta Stone, you start from a position of strength-your own strength.

Learn a Foreign Language through Context
Rosetta Stone presents a carefully chosen selection of four images and asks you to select the image that matches the written text and the voices of native speakers. Building on the knowledge you've already gained and your intuitive grasp of the meaning of each picture, you make a choice. There's absolutely no translation or memorization to hold you back, so you start making progress immediately.

Immediate Reinforcement
The very second you complete a task, Rosetta Stone provides feedback. Speak a word and our unique voiceprint technology automatically rates your pronunciation. Connect an image with a phrase and you'll immediately learn if your choice was correct. Complete a set of exercises and you'll instantly know how well you did. With Rosetta Stone, you always know where you stand.

Systematic Sequence
Dynamic Immersion is a continuous process. The Rosetta Stone curriculum is carefully sequenced, gradually incorporating new words, phrases, and more complex grammar as it reinforces existing learning. Your understanding of your new language grows naturally.

Rosetta Stone products come in three versions, the Personal Edition, the Classroom Edition, and the Homeschool Edition.

• The Personal Edition is licensed for individual use. It includes the product application CD, language CD, a comprehensive user guide, and curriculum text.


• The Classroom Edition is designed for institutional users including schools, government agencies, corporations, non-profits, and libraries with multiple users or a need to install Rosetta Stone on a shared network.


• The Homeschool Edition is designed for use in a homeschool curriculum. It includes all materials from the Personal Edition plus a teacher's handbook, the Student Management System, and any available ancillary materials (currently only available for English, Spanish, French and German) for that language. This edition allows homeschoolers to have the accountability that most school districts require.

Help your children learn a second language and you've given them a gift that will last a lifetime. That's the advantage of choosing Rosetta Stone, the foreign language curriculum rated #1 by homeschooling parents.

Rosetta Stone is the ideal choice for homeschool parents who wish to...

• Prepare their children to communicate in foreign countries, enabling them to work or study abroad



• Help their children prepare for college admission



• Give their children an awareness of foreign cultures and better equip them for careers in a global economy

I am a strong advocate of learning foreign languages. Allow me to explain my stand. I firmly believe that learning foreign languages is an activity that broadens the horizons of any man, woman or child. In fact, if truth be told, I would advocate learning foreign languages at a very young age. Not only do children learn faster than adults, they also retain the memory of the foreign language for much longer than adults do. Myself having never had the opportunity to indulge in learning foreign languages during my youth, I believe that it should be an opportunity offered to all.

Learning foreign languages has a whole host of advantages over mere linguistic skills. After all there is no point in being a polyglot if all you are going to do is to stick around in the same country. You need o go out and experience the world. But most of us are unable to indulge in such things because we have to work, or cannot afford the luxury or even that we scarcely have the time or inclination. But learning foreign languages allows you to experience the culture, the history and the language itself in more ways than you could imagine.

Imagine being able to read Voltaire's original works in French! Or for that matter, being able to read through Karl Marx's writings in his native tongue! How powerful the words would seem! How fascinating the language itself would be. Learning foreign languages even if from the safety and confines of your home would expose you to these great minds, even if there is no other way of knowing them and experiencing them from such closeness.

Another thing about learning foreign languages is the exposure to the working environment in today's global marketplace. Gone are the days when most of us worked in local offices with only our friends and neighbors as colleagues. Today, although we might work out an office in a particular location, we will in all probability be dealing with colleagues or business associated from half a dozen global locations. While the primary business language happens to be English, it surely wouldn't hurt to be able to converse in a foreign language that both the parties know. This is where learning foreign languages have direct business benefits.

All things considered, learning foreign languages is a sure shot way to growth and personal and professional development. While it might seem to be difficult to start with, once we are on, it will surely prove to be an interesting and stimulating exercise.

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The Rosetta Stone Foreign Language Learning CD-ROM is backed by an unconditional six-month guarantee. If you're not satisfied with the progress you're making, they'll return your money, no questions asked.

Two alternative language programs that are well worth investigating if the cost of the Rosetta Stone programs are beyond your reach are:

1. Rocket Languages
- Rocket Chinese
- Rocket French
- Rocket German
- Rocket Italian
- Rocket Japanese
- Rocket Spanish

2. Learn Spanish (or Italian) Like Crazy

By KAREN UHLENHUTH

Preschools such as the Francis Child Development Center are introducing foreign languages to their young charges. ...

Read the full article It's never too early to learn languages.

Foreign-Languages Acquisition a Vital Part of District's Mission - Education Week News
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

His aptitude in Russian, and several other foreign languages, he says, is "one of the absolute keys to being an effective diplomat. ...

Read the full article Foreign-Languages Acquisition a Vital Part of District's Mission here - free registration.

Striving for a Multilingual Community
Daily Californian, CA Nov 13, 2007

In the spirit of a fuller exploration the Berkeley Language Center, a unit that supports the learning and teaching of heritage and foreign languages on the ...

Read the full article Striving for a Multilingual Community.

American college campuses enroll students to study foreign languages
Pravda, Russia, November 13, 2007

Foreign language courses became very popular on American college campuses, with study of Arabic more than doubling from 2002 to 2006. ...

Read the full article, American college campuses enroll students to study foreign languages.

Study of foreign languages on the rise
Columbia Daily Tribune, MO, Wednesday, November 14, 2007

By ABRAHAM MAHSHIE of the Tribune's staff Foreign language study has jumped 13 percent nationwide since 2002, according to a report released yesterday by The Modern Language Institute, and Missouri colleges are mirroring the trend with big increases in nontraditional languages such as Chinese and Arabic. ...

Read the full Study of foreign languages on the rise article here.

Foreign language key to success
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 14 November 2007.

"Foreign languages are currently popular and even experience can't compete with young people who are bilingual," she added. ...
CCBC OFFERS PORTAL TO FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Dundalk Eagle, MD - 15 November 2007

"We want to increase interest in learning about foreign languages and cultures among the CCBC community, and the surrounding community as well," said Rachel ...

ESOL in school is a team effort
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL, November 18, 2007

Other teachers, like Hardee Senior High School math and biology instructor Daniel Estrada, prefer incorporating foreign languages into lectures. ...

More students throughout the nation are now studying foreign languages ...
KOMU-TV, MO - Nov 15, 2007

The Modern Langauge Institute shows a 13 percent jump since 2002. The Foreign Language Departments at the University of Missouri-Columbia have seen a big ...

The Chinese language for business: It's time has arrived
BloggingStocks - November 18, 2007

When pursuing higher education, do give special consideration to foreign languages. You can never go wrong by increasing your ability to communicate. ...

Record numbers choosing to go abroad, survey says
CMU The Tartan Online, PA - November 19, 2007

The number of students studying foreign languages has increased, particularly for the 10 most popular languages, according to the MLA study. ...

Never too early to learn foreign languages
Pueblo Chieftain, CO - November 20, 2007

By KAREN UHLENHUTH In the toddler classroom at the Francis Child Development Center at Penn Valley Community College, Ana Gonzalez has brought out her ...

Wanted - Attractive Women Or Foreign Language Speakers For Beijing
GamesBids.com - November 20, 2007

If you're an attractive woman, tall, thin, not to heavy and not too old, or can speak one of 55 foreign languages, the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games ...

Express from The Washington Post

Fluent Season: Group Help for Learning Languages

Express from The Washington Post, DC - December 12, 2007

Non-native speakers say the meetups are an unparalleled chance to chat in foreign languages. Keith Gilbert, 40, the primary organizer of the Italian meetups ...


Learning while in motion
Boston Globe, United States - January 20, 2008

40 years ago, Dr. James J. Asher was already carrying out research showing that students of Chinese could learn the language faster and retain it longer when they actively responded to commands, such as "put the blue pencil on the red book." He subsequently developed an instructional method, known as TPR, or total physical response, which has been used to teach foreign languages in this country and abroad. ...

Read more Learning while in motion

German study, work widen horizons
Ironwood Daily Globe, MI - January 13, 2008

Spenser Stephens has studied the German language since age 11 and has traveled to Germany every summer for the past six years. At the language camp, German youths studied English and international students learned German. ...

At the end of his stay in German, Stephens led a tour of Christmas Markets in Bavaria for a group of American tourists. He served as translator and go-between at hotels and restaurants. ...

Stephens recommends his foreign experience to others. A short course leads to certification as a teacher of English as a second language, Stephens said.

"There's always a need for native English speakers to teach English in many countries," he said. ...

Read the full article, German study, work widen horizons

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