Rosetta Stone
Ben Rifkin
brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU
Fri Jul 11 22:06:50 UTC 2008
Happy to help. And Rosetta Stone is very well marketed, but really crappy.
Yours,
Ben
On 7/11/08 5:52 PM, "John Langran" <john at RUSLAN.CO.UK> wrote:
> 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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