Rosetta Stone

[John Langran]

Ben
Thanks for mentioning the Ruslan materials in this context. The fact that
these cdroms are in fact a multimedia version of a classroom course has
forced a learning structure that is not necessarily present in standalone
cdrom products.

There are now free demo lessons of my cdroms at www.ruslan.co.uk/demos.htm
for anyone interested.

Price-wise they compare very favourably indeed with Rosetta Stone, and with 
ruslan 3 now on CDRom the series now goes to a very high level.

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Rifkin" <brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Rosetta Stone


>I would like to point out to SEELANGers that there are other
> computer-mediated options for learners and that these options, which may
> be
> better integrated with textbooks, might be a better match for those
> learners
> who will happily spend more time using a computer-based program than
> completing pen and paper exercises.  (Indeed, this is the thesis of my
> article,  "Criteria for the Assessment of Foreign Language Instructional
> Software and Websites, " ADFL Bulletin 34.2 (2003):  53-56.)
>
> For those looking for other options for computer-mediated instruction, I
> would mention the Russnet exercises (www.russnet.org), the exercises
> correlated with Golosa ( http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa/), for more
> advanced-learners, RAILS (http://www.languageinstitute.wisc.edu/rails).
> There is more information at
>
> http://slavica.com/teaching/rifkin.html
>
> Lastly, I also recommend the Ruslan series for those who are interested in
> a
> beginning program well integrated with computer-mediated activities.
>
> With best wishes to all,
>
> Ben Rifkin
>
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