Rosetta Stone Traveler: Beginners Spanish Software on cd-rom for PC or Mac

Selected by the Peace Corps, the U.S. State Department, and NASA!

The Rosetta Stone makes it possible to learn a new language the way you learned your first language: without translation, memorization or studying the rules of grammar!

Now you can learn a new language with the revolutionary program that fulfills the promise of true interactive language learning made fast, easy and fun. This special edition for beginning learners is taken from the award-winning Rosetta Stone Level 1 program. It presents 22 lessons of interactive multimedia immersion instruction.

Language learning that delivers. Fast, effective instruction that rewards effort with success.

The Explorer provides an excellent foundation for learning. With the Rosetta Stone's unique Active Immersion method, you develop key language skills quickly and use your native language-learning abilities to master basic vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Used by over 5 million people in 107 countries!


Skills Learned:

Provides basic instruction in areas such as:

• Pronunciation Present, Past, Future Questions and answers Eating and drinking, shapes and colors
• People and animals, numbers and clock time

The program that adapts to your individual learning style to develop all four language skills:

• Listening Speaking Reading
• Writing

Unique Advantages:

Unlike language learning programs that rely on text translation, the Rosetta Stone uses carefully selected pictures to clearly convey the meaning of each new spoken phrase. By invoking the mind's inherent ability to connect sound and meaning, learning occurs naturally and easily, the way you learned your first language as a child.

With each new concept your comprehension is verified with instantaneous feedback confirming your progress. The program systematically integrates new vocabulary with new grammar in a natural, intuitive process as it builds on what you have mastered in previous lessons.


Product Features:

• Nearly 900 real-life color pictures and phrases All phrases, sentences and dialogues spoken by native speakers Lesson previews, step-by-step exercises and a wide variety of tests Automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help Graphical Speech Recognition displays your voiceprint as you speak and measures it against the native speaker's voiceprint to help you improve your pronunciation
  
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  Windows Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP Pentium 166MHz processor 64MB RAM (96MB RAM for 2000 and XP) 35MB free hard drive space 4X CD-ROM drive 16-bit Windows compatible sound card Speech Recognition feature requires a microphone (microphone not included)
  
  Macintosh Requirements: Mac OS 8.1 or higher (including OS X) PowerPC 150MHz processor 64MB free RAM (96MB RAM for OS X) 35MB free hard drive space 4X CD-ROM drive
  
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PlainTalk compatible microphone (microphone not included)
  
  Packaging: DVD Style Box

Price: $39.99