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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: Terrible, terrible software!
Review: I really have a hard time understanding how this line of language software has a 4 star rating on Amazon! I found the program to be far too complicated and intimidating for beginners like myself, and there was no section on the fundamentals of the language, and that's a pretty important section to have. When I tried to find out what certain characters meant, or even how they were pronounced, I found only a poorly made jpeg with the name of some 20 random characters. The dialogue sequences themselves were well written, but a good language program needs more than poorly recorded dialogue sequences to successfully teach any language, and the voices were very poor, as they sounded as if they were recorded using a prepackaged cheap-o microphone (I wouldn't be surprised if that was true). I'd have a hard time recommending this to anyone; even those who wish to brush up on their mandarin! Shame on these people for peddling such a faulty product!
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Summary: Beware many of the other reviews, written by company...
Review: It's hard to imagine a more transparent attempt to inflate the user ratings for these products. Over half of the five-star rated reviews are copy-paste identical. Not coincidentally, there is one such review for each language product they make. I'm glad Amazon is bunching them together so you can see this clearly. Beware!A friend lent me the French version and it's mediocre and unstructured.
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Summary: Not terrible, but definitely not good.
Review: Not terribly expensive, but still not worth it. The Rosetta Stone software is far superior, albeit costly. If you're on a budget and MUST have software and are willing to put up with a klunky interface and poor quality, buy this. Otherwise, save your money.
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Summary: Worthless. Absolutely worthless.
Review: Save your money. The interface is god-awful, buggy as hell, and the program clearly was rushed out for production. Little thought has been put into this program. The games are cheesy, stupid and boring. However, one cool feature was a section with extremely short video segments with the corresponding Japanese (in romaji) scrolling on the left side. I would pay good money for a program that did just that in more extensive amounts. Hope this helps prevent people from wasting their $39.99 on this program. -sev
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Summary: Best used as addition to other programs
Review: The good side of this program is that you can click on each word separately to hear it pronounced slowly and then you can click on the entire sentence to hear it spoken at a normal speed.
After going through the section with some essential words and phrases, there is a leap to dialogues and also to the language which moves to intermediate / advanced level. If you already speak French, but your French got a little bit rusty, this may be a fun way to review it. If you're just beginning to learn French, this may be frustrating and you will need to supplement this program with other more solid books both related to language and grammar.
On a side note, Transparent Language has additional CDs as add-ons to this program, which as far as I know are only available through their website. Add-ons deal with different applications of language - for business, travel, entertainment, literature, etc. One CD, for example will take you on a tour through Paris.
It is definitely much cheaper just renting or buying French movies and the only benefit from getting these add-ons is that you can click on each word separately and hear words pronounced slowly as many times as you need to, and then you can click on the entire sentence, or let the entire video excerpt play.
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Summary: Worthless junk not even fit for the garbage.
Review: The program "Learn Spanish Now" turned out to be total junk and a complete waste of money. The only lesson I learned was to not to buy computer software without trying it first. Don't waste your money on this senseless mess.
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Summary: Waste of Money and Time!
Review: The worse thing about this is that it doesn't teach grammar...you cannot learn a language without knowing the grammar! This program has long conversation dialogues that are absolutely useless, especially if you don't know the grammar. Oh and the speech practice meter is a joke! If you just blow or humm into the microphone it'll still say you did a good job! I threw this crap out and got a real Chinese tutor which is really the only true way to learn a language.
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Summary: Good Product
Review: This product by Transparent Language excels in teaching Polish. I would recomend this program for many reasons.
First of all they use many methods to teach such as games, conversation practices, and reading/speaking in Polish, ect. Secondly, they give you the tools to learn the basics of Polish such as a Grammar tutorial, alphabet reference, word dictation, ect. Another thing about Polish Now that I really appreciated was the vast amount of content(meaning language) that was in the final product. There were practice conversations for many situations and you could hear every Polish word said in the program. Finally, the depth of the program's features are truely amazing. It goes as far as allowing you to compare your pronunciation of words to the pronunciation of a native speaker's words.
Transparent Language did an excellent job with this product and I highly recomend it to anyone looking to learn Polish.
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Summary: Try this! Its good!
Review: This product helped me so much in learning French. This last semester of college I took a French Language class and this product provided immense support and practice. With French Now I was able to go into the program and practice what I had just learned in class that day with games and more. The program is easy to use and effective as a learning tool. Furthermore, the interactive aspects of French Now enabled me to hear proper French and learn the correct pronunciation. This fall I am going to study abroad in Paris and thanks to this product I will be able to keep practicing and learning French till then.
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