Rosetta Stone Level 1 Hindi (PC/Mac)

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Customer reviews

review by: tetsuo-fujimoto date: 2007-10-22 rating:
works well
Works very well for memorising huge amounts of nouns but i would agree you need some seperate literature to back it up; verb tables etc.

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review by: date: 2007-06-10 rating:
Waste of time
What a waste of time this software is. The first part of the first lesson is ok, but after a while it is impossible to work out what the pictures mean. This is because the grammar is not explained in any way, and with Hindi the verbs and the nouns depend on the gender, which means that any new word introduced is difficult to understand due to not knowing if it is masculine or feminine. This is only part of the problem. It is impossible to know the exact meaning of a word because the picture is so ambiguous. Is the boy tripping over, falling over, jumping? Who knows? You could end up using the wrong word in the wrong context.

The speech recognition is accurate because I got a native speaker to try it out for me and he gets full marks, so it is actually possible to get full marks if you say it correctly. But get yourself a copy of Beginners' Hindi by Rupert Snell; it's a different ball game for a fraction of the price. It's fun, simple, and actually useful when you're in India, and generally much better.

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review by: date: 2007-01-04 rating:
Over-priced And Over-hyped
Intent on returning to travel more extensively in India, I decided to learn Hindi. Never having learnt a foreign language before, I was keen for something that was accessible, user-friendly, enjoyable and easily understandable; The huge marketing for the Rosetta Stone products suggests it is all of these things. My experience with it showed otherwise.

The entire course is taught principally through pictures and statements, with no English translation to guide. This is fine at first when you are learning simple words - 'boy', 'girl', 'car', etc - but as soon as the pictures becomes more complex, the system falls apart. Is the man CHASING the boy? Is he RUNNING after him? Is the boy running AWAY? Who knows! The only way to find out is to keep stopping and consult a dictionary, therefore rendering the whole "dynamic learning process" hyped in the Rosetta Stone marketing, as worthless!

This product falsely encourages people to think that there is such a thing as a "quick fix" to learning new languages. But in its determination to "immerse" users in their desired language, it leaves behind all the grammatical, spelling and contextual explanations which are CRUCIAL to gaining a full understanding. The fact is that learning any language can be a difficult, time-consuming, occasionally frustrating process.

I have since purchased a copy of 'Teach Yourself Hindi' by Rupert Snell. It is an excellent book which costs a tiny fraction of this product, but which is exhaustive, thorough, accessible and highly readable. Since doing so, my Hindi has improved immeasurably compared with what I learnt using Rosetta Stone. About the only good thing that I can say about the software is the unconditional six month guarantee.

A guarantee which I intend to make use of.


review by: date: 2005-08-28 rating:
First steps in HIndi
An interesting way to learn a language that generally works well. The one major downside is the lack of a dictionary which is VITAL to interpret the word being taught (and is sadly lacking in the package). If you buy this - buy a dictionary at the same time.

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