Hey guys and welcome to the first of Majaka�s big uploads! I�ve managed to finally work enough time to get a�hold of a Rapidshare collectors account and so i�m bringing my uploads straight to you! I dun have a premium RS account yet, so help me out by downloading as many of these are free users, cheers!
Introducing;
Rosetta Stone.
This program is basically a language learning program. It teaches a language to you the same way that you learnt your language when you were young � through images, sounds and words. There are no formal classes like a language course but the best bit is that you are able to understand everything 100% as the program relates it back to you in your own language. This on its own is just the program and to be able to load a language, you must download a language pack. For now I don�t have any language packs uploaded, but there are plenty available around W-BB! I highly recommend this program as it helps me IMMENSELY when it comes to me learning Spanish. Download comes with my personal seal of approval!
Have fun learning =D
~Majaka
P.S : Dun forget to check the bottom of my post for the password and leave a note saying thanks!
Info:
Rosetta Stone is language-learning software produced by Rosetta Stone, Ltd. Its title is an allusion to the Rosetta Stone, an artifact inscribed in multiple languages that helped researchers to decipher Ancient Egyptian by comparing it to the Greek inscription.
The Rosetta Stone software utilizes a combination of images, text, and sound, with difficulty levels increasing as the student progresses, in order to teach various vocabulary terms and grammatical functions intuitively, without drills or translation. Their method is called the Dynamic Immersion method. The goal is to teach languages the way first languages are learned.
Instruction takes the form of a unit of lessons consisting of ten groups (more in some of the later units of Level I) of four images each, with an associated word or sentence both written and spoken aloud by a native speaker of the language, except for those languages that are no longer spoken natively, such as Latin. Lesson topics range from grammatical concepts such as verb tense or mood to specific topics such as colours, hot and cold and associated words or the use of money.
Within each lesson there are sets of exercises testing listening, reading, and speaking (for which the computer must have a microphone). For languages using the Latin alphabet, there are also writing exercises. The writing exercises for non-Latin scripts use a substitute, on-screen keyboard. All sets except reading and speaking offer four exercises each; there are two reading exercises and one speaking exercise. They are identified by the software as A, B, C, D, and E.
The user is offered either text, sound or image (and later, video), to match against four possibilities. With a mark and/or sound chosen by the reader from the preferences menu, the program indicates whether the right or wrong choice was selected. A score from 0 to 100 is kept; it is visible during the exercise in practice mode but not in test mode. The first choice in a group of images nets four points for a correct answer, the second three, the third two and the last one.
In all units, the last lesson is a review of the previous lessons, with each predecessor represented by one group of images. There are no formal grammar guides or instructions included with the software. The only documentation is a manual with written versions of the phrases and a word index.
Several different packages of lessons are available. The full course in each language is separated into three levels. There is only one level available for Latin. All retail software packages except the homeschool version contain two CDs, one with the application software and another with the instruction. The homeschool version also consists of disks for a server program and a student management program.
All languages except Latin use the same set of words and sentences in the same order, with the same images (some of which are recycled from lesson to lesson). There are three levels of instruction, each sold separately, or they can be purchased bundled for a discount.
� Level I consists of eight units, starting from simple vocabulary such as "boy", "girl", "man", "woman", moving up through numbers, the past and future tenses and concluding with a unit on giving directions. Units 1 through 4 have 10 lessons plus a review lesson, units 5 through 8 have 11 lessons plus a review lesson. 92 total lessons in level 1.
� Level II offers units 9 through 19; however as a practical matter there are only nine units devoted to instruction since units 18 and 19 are "glossary" units devoted to single words having to do with a particular topic (school, nature, automobiles etc.). Level II units consider more advanced grammatical concepts, as well as specific subjects like banking, shopping and travel. These exercises also use short video clips in QuickTime format to illustrate some verbs. Units 16 and 17 consist solely of old Saturday Evening Post cartoons and their captions. 118 total lessons in level 2.
� Level III, currently available in English (American), English (British), French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Irish, Mandarin Chinese, German, Russian, and Arabic, offers several more conventional units but also uses longer video and writing passages to expand the level of instruction.
And without further ado!
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http://rapidshare.com/files/111990684/RS_App_Majaka.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111993797/RS_App_Majaka.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/112022166/RS_App_Majaka.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/111968302/RS_App_Majaka.part4.rar
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Language Pack : Spanish (Latin America):
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