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Summary: Really like it so far
Review: I already knew the aleph-bet from a class at the local synagogue and I bought this to help me continue from there. I really like what I have seen so far. The clips from the "Benny Zinger" show that are included are not the ususal dry dialogs I've seen in other language programs. I had few good chuckles with it.
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Summary: No excuse
Review: I am really disappointed with this product. To begin with, the interface looks like something from the 80's. Second, the video screen is too small. With today's technology, this is just not acceptable. There aren't that many lessons and they offer day to day situations someone would need. I simply don't want to use this product. I would recommend Microsoft's Encarta series. This software allows you to schedule the entire course depending on how fast you want to learn. Second, it has large video screens with people speaking in real time. Third, you get a booklet to help study and fourth, they give you an audio CD to take with you to practice the lessons. As much as I dislike giving money to Microsoft, this product is all you would need. Learn French Now just doesn't offer what it should.
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Summary: Excellent Software!
Review: 1)This is the most powerful and wonderful learning tool I have ever seen. You can click on the words to get better punctuation. 2) You can view what you are speaking. The pictures are good and speak directly from your word text. 3) You are able to read it in english and read and hear in french at once. And see it. Which allows easy memory of what you are saying. 4) Easy installation and offers great support and help guides. 5) You will learn quickly. 6) This is good for beginners because again it allows you to click on each word. It is even good for those who need to catch up on what they are speaking... I believe it is a good price and worth your time and effort.
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Summary: poor
Review: poor software, no grammar help,confusing and vague.
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Summary: Didn't received it yet
Review: I really can't rate it, because I haven't received it after a month.
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Summary: From a German
Review: Im a german soldier here in the US. I bought this program for my american neighbour. Today i checked this software out and I can say it's very cool stuff. I wish I can buy the same for my wife and me to make it so easy to get a new language.
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Summary: Sound recorded under a waterfall?
Review: This software was a complete waste of money. The layout of the software is very confused and there is no guide for the user to follow. The biggest problem with the software is the sound quality. The recordings are so noicy that I got a pain in my head after just a few minutes. The speaker are frequently cut short a few ms or the recording start or stops with a *pop*. The amazingly poor sound is combined with a really unclear voice from the speaker. (The girl sounds like she has some thing in her mouth) I saw PowerJapanese at a freinds house but it was unavalible. So I got this... I will now start looking for PJ in the used section.
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Summary: The absolute worest . . .
Review: If I could have given this a 1/2 or a zero star, I would have. One star is too generous. I have used the "Smart Start Spanish Deluxe" software by Syracuse Language which is very, very good and entertaining. I recently switched from a PC to an Apple Computer. Unfortunately, "Smart Start Spanish Deluxe" doesn't work on an Apple Comuter so I ended up purchasing "Learn Spanish Now." What a BIG MISTAKE! "Learn Spanish Now" is not very user friendly. It's also very boring. It is probably better suited to an advance beginner or intermediate student and someone who can drink many strong cups of coffee to keep awake. If you're looking to buy a good Spanish language software, keep on looking. You'll be wasting your time and money on "Learn Spanish Now."
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Summary: Good for pronunciation, bad for learning grammer
Review: I just bought this product and don't like it very much. I have browsed through it and found that it was very difficult to navigate my way around the program. There are some good areas in the program, but they are not separated from all the other things.
One of the first things the program asks you to do is listen to a conversation and take note of things that are said and that you hear. The conversation runs in segments and you can stop and play back words or phrases, etc. But the bad part to these conversations is that in the alphabet section, which isn't very easy to find since it's off in some other section of the program and not in the main area, the letters are ONLY capitals, it doesn't show lower cased letters, and in the conversations the words and letters are by far much different than that of the alphabet.
Then you have the problem of learning the grammer of Russian. Most of us are beginners, right? Well, to learn a language well we need to know the grammer and punctuation usage of the language. In this program, it isn't very clear where to read about the grammer, plus the grammer is in a nice compex form, as opposed to a much more favored, easy to read form.
Basicly, from what I have seen through my use of the program, you would be better of getting a different program, maybe even a book that teaches, such as The New Penguin Russian Course, which is far cheaper than this program, plus its mobile for people who don't have this program on a lap top. This program is more of that for expirienced people learning Russian, not for beginners such as myself. But, this is all in my opinion, you might see differently.
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Summary: very user unfriendly
Review: I would not recomend this product to anyone.There is no way that a person that has limited time available could expect to gain any thing from this product.I honestly believe that I have not gained a single word to my spanish vocabulary from what I knew going in to this program
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