Rosetta Stone Language Learning Software

gives you a large amount of learning languages to choose from

well defined curriculum

contains a feature where they can also help you pronuciate the words properly to speak the language better

the price is a little expensive. could offer better group discounts for multi users

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ability to use it on many devices

truaccent feature where you can learn how to pronounciate properly is a big win

the large pool of languages to choose to learn from

increases customer base due to employees more well versed in different languages

better customer support scores, since we can now tailor to our different clientle

Tracks user interaction

Customer service availability

Accessibility

My students get furiously angry with the poor quality of voice recognition.

The target language structures, scope and sequence of the program is not comprehensible. The program does not offer explanations for how to properly create phrases nor does the program accept varieties of an expression (so you have to be word for word rote in order to be granted credit). For example, the program would not accept equivalent phrases like "On Wednesdays I run" and "I run on Wednesdays" which would be OK in typical communication. Additionally, the program was initially deemed desirable because students could learn at their own pace, but I never really saw take away learning as a result of using Rosetta Stone but instead students were able to mimic sounds and click the "hint" button for answers to get through modules.

Students don't find the curriculum particularly engaging, which may not be as much a reflection on the product but rather how it is being used in it's application at my school.

It would be nice if it could run in some sort of "lockdown browser" capacity because I find students open various web tabs for music and google translate just to get through the program. They're more worried about completion than the practice toward learning...and the poor speech recognition will pick up utterances that aren't even close to the target phrase while often not accepting genuine attempts at the phrase, so there isn't a lot of fidelity from students to trying to use the program.

I do not know what expenses my district has incurred in using this program, but I know that generally user approval is not very high, and for that reason I feel that the use of the program has been very detrimental to our World Language program.