My favorite foreign language program of many I have tried many foreign language programs and I think that Rosetta Stone is the best because they teach you similar to how a child learns - with photos. I have had to call them and they answer promptly and have always been extremely helpful. I have also taken the tutoring classes with a real teacher and 3 others in the online class and it's very good and helpful.

Pictures and words are fine to start Pictures and words are fine to start. However, the lesson jumps from simple wording such as dog, cat, horse, egg, water, rice to full sentences. More over, I am expected to fully pronounce and remember spelling without even having masculine or feminam forms of grammar or to even practice it. Jumping from section 1 to section 2 is difficult but to section three is frustrating. I liked it far better years ago when the lessons brought my confidence up with my learning ability. This current version is less fun and more strenuous.

Rosetta Stone's lifetime subscription is a scam! A few years ago, I bought a lifetime subscription to Rosetta Stone. This year when I came back to continue learning the intended language, I realized that it does not work anymore. I contacted customer service, they just told me that I have to purchase the software again, otherwise, I cannot use it. I pressed on squeezing out an explanation about this issue, but they did not give me any explanation. Marketing the software as a lifetime subscription is a scam and consumer protection agencies should watch these practices very closely.

Can't say enough about this app! Rosetta Stone has made learning new languages quite easy and very comprehensive. It has made me want to learn many more languages because it's so user friendly and effective at getting main components across early. I could go on and on.

Great app, just some poorly laid out segments Great language app and scenarios, easy to learn. However their audio reader is horrible. It doesn’t pick up sounds and you have to repeat several times and this is on different devices with and without headphones on. They also have this story/conversation section where you are supposed to speak the answer but the sequence of the story is not clear as it’s a reel that’s not well laid out. Example is the camping trip with a dog and bread and apples.