The Rosetta Stone Spanish Language Program is offered in two versions, Latin American and Spain. Both versions are available in three levels. I discuss the levels of the Latin American version in this lens, and the Spain version in another lens.

Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 1

With over 3500 real-life images and phrases in 92 lessons, Spanish Level 1, Personal Edition provides up to 250 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking, and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Level 1, Personal Edition provides instruction in such categories as People and Talking; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shapes, Colors and Location; And Much More. Spanish Level 1, Personal Edition comes complete with an illustrated User's Guide and a Curriculum Text book.

Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 1

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The Spanish language is a Romance language that originated in northern Spain. From there, Spanish has spread out to many other countries, expecially in the western hemisphere.

Spanish is the official language of most Central and South American countries as well as one of the official languages of Equatorial Guinea, in Africa. In total, twenty-five nations and territories use Spanish as their primary language. In addition, it is an important language in many others, including the United States where it is the second most popular language.

The Spanish language is spoken natively by approximately 320 to 400 million people , making Spanish the most popular of the Romance languages and quite possibly the second most natively spoken language. With an estimated combined total of approximately 500 million native and non-native speakers, Spanish is most likely the fourth most spoken language in the world by total number of speakers.

Spanish is one of the United Nations' six official working languages. The language is spoken most extensively in Spain, the Americas, and to a small extent in Asia Pacific and Africa. The Spanish language is by far the most popular studied foreign language in U.S. schools and Universities.

Countries Where the Spanish Language is Spoken:

The Spanish language is spoken in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela and significant parts of the population in Andorra, Belize, Gibraltar, and the United States.

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Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 2

Spanish Level 2, Personal Edition builds on the Level 1 material with up to 300 hours of accelerated study for intermediate learners. With over 4500 real-life images, QuickTime movies and phrases in 118 lessons, Level 2, Personal Edition provides mastery instruction in all key language skills, leading to advanced proficiency. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Spanish Level 2, Personal Edition provides more advanced instruction in such categories as Greetings and Conversation; Travel, Transportation and Transactions; Shopping and Dining Out; Asking Questions; Forms of Address; The Weather and Clothing; Office Activities and Terminology; Common Social Conventions; Calendar Conventions; The Five Senses; Sickness and Health; A complete reference section of commonly used terms. Spanish Level 2, Personal Edition comes complete with an illustrated User's Guide and a Curriculum Text book.

Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 2

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If you are to be truely proficient in a language, you must be able to listen to and understand others who are speaking the language. You must be able to confortably 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 excells in developing all these skills as you work through their system of Dynamic Immersion™

First, the Rosetta Stone Spanish Language program uses native Spanish 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.

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Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 3

Rosetta Stone Level 3 has been designed in conjunction with teachers, language lab coordinators and educational psychologists to address the language learning needs for the advanced student. Level 3 is based on four life-skill areas: Transportation, housing, shopping, and employment. Each topic is covered in 10 immersion-based picture lessons, a live-action video and extensive narrative lessons that focus on reading, listening and grammar. The 24 minutes of video are accompanied by 96 minutes of audio, telling each story from four different points of view to enable greater comprehension. Level 3 Personal Edition builds on the success of Levels 1 & 2 to prepare the user to communicate at school, in the workplace and in other real-life situations. The program comes complete with an illustrated User's Guide and a Curriculum Text book.

Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 3

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Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 & 2 Set

The Level 1 & 2 Set offers Beginner through Advanced instruction with over 8000 real-life images and phrases in 210 lessons. Spanish (Latin America) Levels 1 & 2 provide up to 550 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Some of the covered topics include Greetings and Conversation; People and Talking; Travel, Transportation and Transactions; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shopping and Dining Out; Common Social Conventions; Calendar Conventions; A Complete Reference Section of Commonly Used Terms; Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 &2 Set, Personal Edition set comes complete with illustrated User's Guides and Curriculum Text books.

Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 & 2 Set

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 Spanish (Latin America) Level 1,2 & 3 Set
Our complete set offers Beginner through Advanced instruction. Spanish (Latin America) Levels 1 & 2 provide up to 550 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Level 3 prepares the user to communicate at school, in the workplace and in other real-life situations through picture lessons, live-action video, audio and narrative lessons. Some of the covered topics include Greetings and Conversation; People and Talking; Travel, Transportation and Transactions; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shopping and Dining Out; Common Social Conventions; Calendar Conventions; Life-skill areas: Transportation, Housing, Shopping, and Employment; A Complete Reference Section of Commonly Used Terms. Spanish (Latin America) Level 1, 2, & 3 Set, Personal Edition set comes complete with illustrated User's Guides and Curriculum Text books.
Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 1,2 & 3 Set

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.

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In an increasingly global economy in which Spanish is the third most commonly spoken language, it is clear that learning Spanish can reward you with a number of benefits. Learning to speak Spanish can help you to create ties and keep up with the Hispanic culture, which is an increasingly important influence in the United States and throughout the world.

Speaking Spanish is also becoming more important in business and career matters. People who are bilingual in English and Spanish are in increasing demand in the market place. Knowledge of Spanish will enable you to more effectively communicate with co-workers, clients, customers and employees who speak Spanish as their native tongue. Recent marketing studies conclude that in North America, the Hispanic population of customers is the most rapidly growing segment of the market, which has many companies scrambling to attract and accommodate the Spanish speaking crowd.

This translates into improved career opportunities. Learning Spanish can help you gain promotions in your job or it can pave the way for you to move into a different career that might be more interesting to you. Just having a notation on your resume that you speak Spanish can often mean the difference between your resume ending up in the round file or getting the all-important interview. Speaking Spanish will serve you particularly well if you happen to be involved in the building trades, in the educational field or in healthcare, especially in the US.

There are well over thirty-five million Spanish speaking citizens in the US, and estimates say that over 40 percent of the increase in the US population is within the Hispanic community. This means that, as time passes, the need to learn Spanish will continue to increase. With the increase in globalization and free-trade between the US and Mexico and other countries in Central and South America, there is no doubt that the people who take the time and make the effort to become bilingual, especially in Spanish, will have a clear advantage over those who are only English speaking.

It is not only in the United States where Spanish is popular and growing is usage. In Europe, Spanish is the second most studied language as a second tongue, with English being the number one most studied second language. Around the world, Spanish is the native tongue of more than 400 million people and is the third most common native language spoken, ranking behind Mandarin and Hindi. By simply acknowledging the current widespread use of Spanish, combined with the growth rate of the Hispanic culture worldwide, it is easy to see why the Spanish language is a wise choice for a second language.

It is also a certainty that Spanish will help to expand your universe of experiences and people. With the continued growth of the Hispanic population, it will become increasingly likely that you will have more interactions with people from the Hispanic community. For example, you or a relative might marry into a Hispanic family, you might have Spanish speaking families in your neighborhood, have Hispanic employers or employees, or simply have more interactions with Spanish speaking people in the routine course of your day. I know I do. For example, my son's father-in-law is from Panama, the cleaning folks for my building are from various countries in Latin America, as well as those who provide lawn care for my yard. The fellow who build my back deck was from Bolivia. The signs in most hardware stores in my area are now in both English and Spanish.

Learning Spanish is also a wonderful way to help you to have a deeper appreciate for the culture of the Hispanic people and the great impact that it has made in many countries. Many of the great poets, writers, painters, musicians and architects have made significant contributions to the culture of the world. And, the flavorful and exotic foods that emanate from the Hispanic culture add even more reasons to celebrate the Spanish language and its unique heritage.

Yes = Sí
No = No
Please = por favor
Don't mention it = de nada
I don't know = No sé
I don't understand = No entiendo
Do you understand? = ¿Entiende?
Do you speak English? = ¿Habla usted inglés?
Thank you very much = Muchas gracias
Can I take [it]? ¿puedo tomar?

llover = to rain (pronounced: yoh-béhr)
representar = to represent (pronounced: reh-preh-sehn-tár)
hábil = skillful (pronounced: áh-beel)
claro = of course

Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It belongs to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European language family, and is primarily spoken at the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America of about 250 million people. It is also called Castilian, which was derived from the dialect it came from. This language was brought and introduced by the Spaniards in Canary Island, Antilles, the Philippines, the southern part of North America, South America, and the coast of Africa.

The Standard Spanish language is spoken in 43 countries, not including Spain. Most of them consider it as their official language and use it for business, education, industry, politics, and everyday conversation.

This shows how widely popular the Spanish language is and how it will continue to be for many years to come. Among the foreign language courses offered at most colleges and universities, the Spanish language is always included in them. Students taking up such courses are continuously increasing in number. New Spanish language books and training materials are constantly being published and sold.

The first step to learning a new language is being familiar with its greetings and most basic phrases. Listed below are everyday expressions in Spanish words, with pronunciation guides, to help you enunciate them properly. When written, the Spanish language uses both the inverted question mark (¿) and inverted exclamation mark (¡) at the beginning of every interrogative and exclamatory sentence, respectively.

¡Hola!
[oh-lah]
'Hi, Hello'

¡Hola! is the most basic Spanish expression in greeting other people. It means 'hi' or 'hello'. It can be used both for people you know, and for those you don't know to get them to notice you. This is also the phrase used when answering calls from the phone, followed by a good morning or good evening in Spanish.

Note: Spanish people do not pronounce the letter /h/, making it a silent letter, except when used in the /ch/ sound. Thus, the above expression should not be pronounced as [hoh-lah] but rather as [oh-lah].

These are the daily or timely greetings in Spanish. Similar to English, they are composed of two words, namely bien which means 'good' (modified to agree in number and gender with the noun it modifies which we will discuss later) and the Spanish words for morning, afternoon, and night.

Literally, these phrases mean 'How do you call yourself?' The former being used during informal or casual conversations, like when asking a lost kid what his name is, when meeting new acquaintances in school or organizations, or when getting to know a person younger or the same age as you are. The latter is used during formal instances, like when talking to an elder or anybody with high societal and political positions like professors, mayor, or your friend's mother. The literal translation of "What is your name in Spanish?" is...

If someone asks for your name using any of the above questions, you may also respond with various answers:
Yo soy [name].         Me llamo [name].         Mi nombre es [name].
[yo soy ... ]               [me ya-mo ... ]             [mi nom-bre es ... ]
'I am ...'                     'I am called ...'             'My name is ...'

Though there are variations when telling your name in Spanish, all are accepted and are used to introduce yourself to other people. However, be reminded that the first introduction is usually a response to the direct question ¿Quién eres tú? or 'Who are you?'; the second introduction is the most common response among Spanish; and the third introduction is used when giving emphasis to what your name is (i.e. My name is [name1], not [name2])

      ¿Qué tal?                 ¿Como estas?
        [ke tal]                  [ko-mo es-tas]
      'What's up?'             'How are you?'

Both expressions above are used for asking how another person is today, what he has been doing lately, how he is feeling, and the likes.
Note: When talking formally, use esta instead of estas in the latter expression. The topic on formality in the Spanish Language, especially on pronouns, will be discussed later in this lens.

           (Muy) Bien              (Muy) Mal
           [(muy) byen]           [(muy) mal]
           '(Very) Good'           '(Very) Bad'

Questions on knowing 'how you are doing' can be answered depending on how you are actually feeling during the moment you are asked. Hence, from the options above, you can reply with a good, a very good, a bad, or a very bad.

The meaning of "muy" is 'much' in English, literally. Hence, if something is much, extreme words like 'very' should be used to emphasize it. In this case, 'very' is translated as muy.

As we have already mentioned earlier, bien is 'good;' while mal is 'bad.' If you can't relate the English word to its Spanish counterpart using creative thoughts, try associating the number of letters from one to another - both bien and 'good' has 4 letters, while both bad and 'mal' has 3 letters.

Por favor
[por fa-vor]
'Please'

Por favor is the Spanish way of showing respect when asking a favor. It can be used either at the beginning of your sentence or at the end.

Gracias               De nada
[gra-thyas]         [de na-dha]
'Thank you'         'You're welcome' or
                            'Don't mention it'

To Remember Easily: Gracia, without /s/, is 'grace' or 'blessing' in English. Don't you say thank you for all the gracia(s) you receive? De nada literally means 'it's nothing.' When it's nothing, you don't have to mention it.

            ¡Adiós!
            [a-dhyos]
            'Goodbye'

¡Adios! or 'goodbye' is used when you bid farewell to somebody you know - whether personally or through the telephone. It's like wishing that God be with the other person as he continues his journey as a diós literally means 'to God.'

Spanish is a gender- and number-specific language. This means that its words, particularly nouns and adjectives, contain within them the categorization whether they are masculine, feminine, or neuter; and whether they are plural or singular.

Gender-Specific Characteristic

Nouns in Spanish may be classified according to gender - masculine, feminine, or neuter. How do we know which gender fits which noun?

To help you resolve this problem, I'd like you to meet two good friends of mine: Lawrence, a clever guy from California, and Dazcion, a pretty maiden from Mexico. Lawrence can help you remember which nouns in Spanish are masculine because he is a guy, while Dazcion can do the same for feminine nouns. How is that possible? Read on.

Spanish nouns ending in L, O, R, E, N, and S are masculine. Here are some examples:

Árbol     [ar-bol]     'tree'
Azucar     [ah-zu-kar]     'sugar'
Barrio     [bar-ryo]     'town'
Bebé     [be-be]     'baby'
Cinturón     [sin-tu-ron]     'belt'
Disco     [dis-ko]     'disk'
Examen     [ek-sa-men]     'exam'
Freno     [fre-no]     'brake'
Garaje     [ga-ra-he]     'garage'
Hombre     [om-bre]     'man'
Imán     [i-man]     'magnet'
Jamón     [ha-mon]     'ham'
Libro     [lib-roh]     'book'
Miedo     [mye-do]     'fear'
Nombre     [nom-bre]     'name'
Oído     [oy-do]     'ear'
País     [pa-is]     'country'
Pupitre     [pu-pit-re]     'desk'
Queso     [ke-so]     'cheese'
Regalo     [reh-ga-lo]     'gift'
Sello     [sel-yo]     'stamp'
Tacón     [ta-kon]     'heel'
Traje     [tra-he]     'dress'
Zorro     [zor-ro]     'fox'

On the other hand, nouns ending in D, A, Z, and Cion are feminine. Some examples are shown below:

Agua     [ah-gwa]     'water'
Baba     [bar-ba]     'beard'
Blusa     [blu-sa]     'blouse'
Cama     [ka-ma]     'bed'
Circulación     [sir-ku-la-thyon]     'traffic'
Cosa     [ko-sa]     'thing'
Dirección     [di-rek-thyon]     'address'
Estrella     [es-tre-lya]     'star'
Fruta     [fru-ta]     'fruit'
Guerra     [ger-ra]     'war'
Hora     [oh-ra]     'hour'
Hierba     [yer-ba]     'grass'
Iglesia     [ig-le-sya]     'church'
Juventud     [hu-ven-tud]     'youth'
Luz     [luz]     'light'
Mancha     [man-cha]     'stain'
Nación     [na-syon]     'nation'
Página     [pa-hi-na]     'page'
Profesión     [pro-fe-syon]     'profession, job'
Querida     [ke-ri-da]     'dear'
Red     [red]     'net'
Suela     [swe-la]     'sole'
Salud     [sa-lud]     'health'
Tinta     [tin-ta]     'ink'
Uña     [uh-nya]     'nail'
Voz     [voz]     'voice'
Vida     [vi-da]     'life'
Zona     [zo-na]     'zone'

Hence, when you encounter a Spanish noun, all you have to do is look at its ending and see if it belongs to Lawrence (L-O-R-E-N-S) or Dazcion to know its gender. However, there are some exceptions to these rules. You will notice that most of them are borrowed words from other languages such as English.

You will frequently see Google ads on this site that say you can get a copy of the Rosetta Stone Spanish Language software for free. As we all know, there is no such thing as a free lunch! Read the fine print and you will find that in order to get your copy you must exactly perform a set of responses to a series of advertising offers, which includes the requirement to purchase other products and or subscribe to paid services. Only after the advertisers have notified the company that you have satisfied all the requirements of their offers, will the software be sent to you. In effect you end up having to pay for it indirectly and get a lot of other junk in the process. In addition you provide your name and mailing address which will be made available to a number of mailing lists from which you will receive tons of junk mail. Click the link "Program Requirements" at the bottom of their page for the fine print details. My recommendation is don't fall for it!

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