Rosetta Stone: Latin Explorer

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Summary: not good for Mac OS X users
Review: A previous reviewer, Murray Jacobs, warned the reader that this is just a demo. He's right, but I had to scan completely through Fairfield Language Technologies to find the real one,.... Seems like false advertising to me. There are a lot cheaper courses available that are very good. Try Traupman's "Conversational Latin....", both book and tape, or the "Learn Latin Now!" CD. ...

Rating:
Summary: It is just a demo......
Review: A previous reviewer, Murray Jacobs, warned the reader that this is just a demo. He's right, but I had to scan completely through Fairfield Language Technologies to find the real one,.... Seems like false advertising to me. There are a lot cheaper courses available that are very good. Try Traupman's "Conversational Latin....", both book and tape, or the "Learn Latin Now!" CD. ...

Rating:
Summary: This is nothing more than a demo
Review: Boy did it make me angry that this is really not much more than a demo. If you want the real deal, it is a couple hundred dollars; this is a crippled version of the real deal. I suppose that is not so bad if it was stated somewhere, heck not even the box it came in mentions it is a demo. That is why this is so inexpensive, it is 1/4 of the real thing.

Rating:
Summary: This is nothing more than a demo
Review: Boy did it make me angry that this is really not much more than a demo. If you want the real deal, it is a couple hundred dollars; this is a crippled version of the real deal. I suppose that is not so bad if it was stated somewhere, heck not even the box it came in mentions it is a demo. That is why this is so inexpensive, it is 1/4 of the real thing.

Rating:
Summary: not good for Mac OS X users
Review: Decent program. It's a nice change from doing paradigms in Wheelock. The only beef I had with it was that it doesn't work in Mac Classic OS 9. I have to restart the machine in OS 9 instead.

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Summary: Excellent Beginner Course
Review: Having no knowledge of the Latin Language, but having a desire to learn without spending large sums of money on a program for a language I might not enjoy, I found this program useful in it's approach to first time speakers of an unfamiliar language. Easy to use and the instant feedback, for those with a microphone, was very useful. Rosetta Stone is the definitive maker of language software, allowing the user to set their own pace. I feel ready to tackle the more in depth programs they offer.

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Summary: Talk About "Boiler Plate " Reviews
Review: I was stunned when I read the description and reviews of this product. The descripton laudes the use of "native speakers." The editorial review heaps similar praise as does the Amazon customer review. These "native speaker" comments are merely generic to this fine language teaching series. If there exists in this universe a "native speaker" of Latin I would think that this extraordinary rarity would have achievd widespread media attention and inspired quotable commentary by the Pope. Too often reviews are pasted, willy-nilly, into a "close but no cigar" context.

Rating:
Summary: Talk About "Boiler Plate " Reviews
Review: I was stunned when I read the description and reviews of this product. The descripton laudes the use of "native speakers." The editorial review heaps similar praise as does the Amazon customer review. These "native speaker" comments are merely generic to this fine language teaching series. If there exists in this universe a "native speaker" of Latin I would think that this extraordinary rarity would have achievd widespread media attention and inspired quotable commentary by the Pope. Too often reviews are pasted, willy-nilly, into a "close but no cigar" context.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent.
Review: This program teaches the user things that Latin books lack. For example, you learn the names of shapes, or colors, numbers, articles of clothing; things that you would actually converse about in English, not something like Monachus in monasterio habitat (the monk lives in the monastery). An overall excellent and different look at this beautiful language.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent.
Review: This program teaches the user things that Latin books lack. For example, you learn the names of shapes, or colors, numbers, articles of clothing; things that you would actually converse about in English, not something like Monachus in monasterio habitat (the monk lives in the monastery). An overall excellent and different look at this beautiful language.