Develop your command of the language. From the simple to the complex, gain the confidence to share your ideas and opinions in your new language. Develop the conversational skills to plan adventures, care for your health and move abroad. Talk about government, work, movies, family, and more. Includes everything you need to learn at home and on the go.

What Will I Learn

This level will help you:

• Build your vocabulary and language abilities
• Read, write, speak and understand your new language
• Speak without a script
• Retain what you've learned
• Practice unscripted conversations in your new language
• Negotiate complex situations with confidence and accuracy

Sample topics include:

• The basics, such as age and family relations
• Questions, greetings, introductions
• Telling time, calendar terms, the weather
• Directions, locations, dining out
• Emotions, opinions, ideas
• Political, media, business terms
• Arranging home repairs
• Planning to move abroad
• Discussing the arts and tourism
• Careers and conducting interviews
• Problem-solving and commercial transactions

What Do I Get?

• Interactive Software
  

  Our award-wining version, complete with proprietary speech recognition technology.

• Audio Companion
  

  For your CD or MP3 player so you can review while on the go.

• Headset with Microphone
  

  For use with our state-of- the-art speech-recognition software.

• Live Online Lessons NEW
  

  Practice sessions led by native speaking tutors.

• Games & Community NEW
  

  Language-enhancing games move you towards real-world proficiency.

• Mobile Companion NEW
  

  Learning application for your iPhone or iPod Touch device.

Our Method

Recreate the natural way you learned your first language and reveal skills that you already have using Dynamic Immersion. This award-winning method has been adopted by countless organizations, schools and millions of users around the world.

Learn Naturally: Discover how to speak, read, write, and understand--all without translating or memorizing. Our award-winning solution recreates how you learned your first language, unlocking your natural abilities.

Speak Confidently: Perfect your pronunciation with speech-recognition technology. Gain the confidence in your new voice as you practice with other learners in our exclusive online community and participate in online sessions coached by native tutors.

Immerse Yourself: Be surrounded by your new language. From core lessons to online sessions, Rosetta Stone gets you engaged and interacting with others.

Stay Motivated: Experience accomplishment with each moment of achievement; with dedicated success agents you will never lose sight of your language-learning goals.

Your Natural Ability. Awakened.

Natural Discovery

Learning your first language is as natural as smiling. Effortless. Rewarding. Every step in Rosetta Stone feels like that. Clear, compelling images appear precisely, in juxtaposition, conveying meaning. Intuitively, you just know what it means.

• Our puzzle-like environments--a systematic presentation of sounds, images, and text--help learners absorb meaning intuitively.

Speech Activation

Build your confidence and polish your pronunciation skills with state-of-the-art speech-recognition technologies and success-filled dialogues.

• Our software provides immediate and ongoing assessments of your speech through Actionable Feedback, which helps you pronounce syllables, words and sentences correctly and easily.
• Based on a collection of literally millions of speech samples, our proprietary speech-recognition algorithms and speech models were engineered with a singular purpose--to help you communicate with accuracy, confidence and ease.

Native Socialization

Practice with native speakers in our live interactive sessions and our online community. Every conversation gives you the confidence to communicate in your new language.

• For many, traditional language-learning fails because it lacks real conversation. With Rosetta Stone you'll play games and chat with native speakers and other learners in our online language community.
• Hundreds of native-speaking tutors trained in the Rosetta Stone method are ready to help reinforce the language you're learning through live, online conversations. From Day One you'll be speaking your new language with confidence and ease.

Please note: To access online services, user must be age 13 or older.

Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds.

PC System Requirements:

• Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, Windows 7, or Windows 8
• 2.33 GHz or faster x86-compatible processor or Intel Atom 1.6 GHz or faster processor for netbooks
• 1GB of RAM or higher
• 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
• CD or DVD drive (for installation)
• 1024 x 768 display resolution
• 1 available USB port (for headset with microphone)

Mac System Requirements:

• Mac (Intel based only): Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion (OS X 10.6 or higher)
• Intel Core Duo 1.33 Ghz or faster processor
• 1GB of RAM or higher
• 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
• CD or DVD drive (for installation)
• 1024 x 768 display resolution
• 1 available USB port (for headset with microphone)

To access online services:

• Must have standard Broadband Internet connection (slow internet connections will not suffice)
• Must be 13 or older
• Note for Microsoft Windows Vista users: Current Rosetta Stone products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as 'Vista Compliant'. Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties, and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.

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