Rosetta Stone?

[agzg]

I have not used the program myself, but a couple people I know have and they liked it quite a bit. I don't think it'll get you fluent though.

My boyfriend's company uses it sometimes when they're sending people places for long stays. I'm not sure how successful it's been.

[DubaiSis]

Originally Posted by agzg

I have not used the program myself, but a couple people I know have and they liked it quite a bit. I don't think it'll get you fluent though.

Nothing gets you fluent except immersion, but I think this is probably as good an at-home option as you can get. I haven't used it either. I would say (did I tell you I'm a travel agent?) that you should buy the program and book a trip to Italy. It will give you motivation. Even if your family is Italian and native speakers, you may have trouble getting them to play along well enough to be much help. But the good news is you know how the words should SOUND, and that helps a ton.

As a side note, I went to Greece years ago with a gal who was Greek. She never studied Greek, was never taught it because her grandparents used it to fight (I think that's hysterical). In 1 week she was conversational just from talking to people in stores and restaurants. You'd be surprised how much you have absorbed over the years.

[AlphaFrog]

I'm already relatively fluent in Spanish, but I watched my dad using the Spanish version to get ready for our trip to Mexico. I didn't like how they jumbled concepts in each unit. You may have one question where you conjugate a verb, then the next question is noun-adjective agreement, then the next question is gender/number matching. It all seemed so random.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I'm already relatively fluent in Spanish, but I watched my dad using the Spanish version to get ready for our trip to Mexico. I didn't like how they jumbled concepts in each unit. You may have one question where you conjugate a verb, then the next question is noun-adjective agreement, then the next question is gender/number matching. It all seemed so random.

AF, if he had knowledge (as in, he knew the conjugation of the verbs) and understanding of conjugated verbs, as well as understood noun/adj aggreement, gender/number matching, etc., would it have helped? I already have many conjugated verbs committed to memory, and understand the other issues (thanks to 4 years' Spanish, 2 years' Latin, and 1 year of Italian).