2011年7月19日星期二

Review of Rosetta

Review of Rosetta Stone Language - Mandarin Chinese Learning Software from Rosetta Stone Language
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language software is a computer package for learning languages. It is unusual in that it does not offer any translations – all the learning material is in the target language. Through a series of photographs, students gradually build vocabulary and grammar by selecting the appropriate picture after listening to an audio clip. This natural process is similar to how infants acquire language – listening and repeating.Reading and Listening Skills in Mandarin ChineseThe Rosetta Stone language software has very good sections for practicing Mandarin Chinese reading and listening. These sections present four photographs along with the text (either spoken or written). Your task is to match the text to photograph which most closely represents it. Click on a picture and if you are correct the next screen comes up with a new text. Certain themes are followed extensively, so the first set of pictures may be about correctly identifying objects or people, and after a few examples of this, the next section may explore colors or other characteristics of the objects you’ve just been working on. This allows you to gradually expand Rosetta Stone English
your vocabulary while providing plenty of repetition to become accustomed to the new words. Listening Listening is the natural starting point for learning a new language, and this is the first section of the Rosetta Stone language software. Each lesson has four listening exercises. The first one is explained above: four photographs and one text are presented, and you must click on the correct photo. The second listening exercise presents one photo and four texts, and your task is to click on the correct text. The third and fourth exercises are pure listening – no photos. In exercise three you hear a spoken text and must pick the matching written text. In exercise four there is a written text and four sound files. Match the written text to the correct sound file. Each exercise of each lesson uses the same vocabulary, so Rosetta Stone offers plenty of variety to practice the new words.Mandarin Chinese Speaking SkillsRosetta Stone is a registered trademark of Rosetta Stone Ltd.Repetition is essential for language acquisition, but human Rosetta Stone Arabic
teachers usually can’t spend too much time on this. Software can step in to fill this void, and Rosetta Stone is one of the best methods I’ve seen for this. When it comes to speaking the language, however, a human teacher can offer immediate feedback and personal attention that audio tapes, or even most software,

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