| In this article I'm going to try and settle the great | | | | Rosetta Stone - Rosetta Stone was a course |
| debate - Rocket Spanish vs. Rosetta Stone. The | | | | that I saw at a kiosk at my local mall. I decided |
| two dominate the Spanish education market and | | | | to give it a go after I looked into further in the |
| there has been a lot of talk over which is better. I | | | | internet. Its main approach to teaching is called |
| actually had the fortune to try both systems out. | | | | "Dynamic Immersion" in which they use visual and |
| I found some interesting discoveries when I | | | | audio interactive games to learn the material. This |
| compared the two side by side. My findings are | | | | is very similar to how Rocket Spanish teaches - |
| posted below, I hope you enjoy! | | | | through "immmersing" the student in Spanish from |
| Rocket Spanish - Rocket Spanish is a product | | | | a number of different angles. This makes learning |
| made by the Rocket Languages company which | | | | synonymous to how we learned English which is a |
| makes many other language learning courses. In | | | | much more natural and practical way to learn |
| my opinion, Rocket Spanish was an extremely | | | | Spanish. Overall, Rosetta Stone was another solid |
| effective course that showed me the kind of | | | | program that taught applicable material in an |
| results I was looking for. My original goal was to | | | | interactive manner. |
| be able to speak Spanish confidently in everyday | | | | And The Winner Is... |
| situations - at restaurants, when traveling, or | | | | So who wins the battle of Rocket Spanish vs. |
| simply just conversing with others Spanish | | | | Rosetta Stone? In my opinion, I would give the |
| speakers. Rocket Spanish was one of the best | | | | belt to Rocket Spanish. I say this because the |
| tools I could have used to allow me to do so. I | | | | two are extremely similar in how Spanish is |
| say this because it's an extremely applicable | | | | taught, and the quality of learning the student |
| course. It will teach you what you need to know | | | | gets out of the programs. The big difference |
| to be able to use Spanish in a modern day | | | | between the two was the price. Rosetta Stone is |
| context, opposed to many other programs that | | | | almost 3x as expensive as Rocket Spanish even |
| teach many traditional Spanish words and uses | | | | though the two will give you similar results. So of |
| that aren't used today. It was easy to stay along | | | | the Rocket Spanish vs. Rosetta Stone battle, |
| with the course because the lessons didn't seem | | | | Rocket Spanish wins. |
| like work to me. The interactive "MegaAudio" and | | | | I actually ended up further studying with Rocket |
| "MegaVocab" games made the material easy to | | | | Spanish and was able to speak Spanish after only |
| absorb and much more natural than reading a | | | | 3 months of using it! |
| textbook or listening to an audio program. | | | | |