I recently had the opportunity to beta test the new Rosetta Stone Totale program and feel so glad I participated!
The Rosetta Stone method is an excellent language learning method to begin with, but Totale rounds out this experience by providing opportunities to talk to native speakers of the language, to play games with others online, and to get frequent feedback on your progress.
I greatly enjoyed and looked forward to the variety of interactive games and activities offered in Totale. In addition to the regular lessons, these activities created an opportunity to interact with the language in a less predictable format. This was exciting and helped me to progress quickly.
Using Totale, I was excited to see my daily progress in French. When I took a few days off due to other obligations, the program took me through a customized review based on the amount of time it had been since I last logged in. I found this feature to be extremely helpful, and I could skip it if I wanted to.
I supplemented my online experience with additional Rosetta Stone CD's. I listen to these on my daily commute to and from the office to improve my listening and speaking skills. I'm enjoying this learning process, and feel confident in my growing French abilities. I plan to test my new skills in an upcoming trip to France.
Totale is well organized, well-presented, progresses in a way that new skills are built upon previously learned skills, and provides excellent customer support! I highly recommend it!
Number of Rosetta Stone products owned: 3
Next language to learn: Arabic
Reason for learning this language: Self-improvement
Previous experience in this language: none