Lots of boys Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hi, I know there are a few threads on RS already that I have read and they are helpful. HBC have the levels 1-5 on sale today so I was hoping for some feedback. Could my almost 8 year old use this or is he still a little young? How quickly or slowly would be go through the levels if he used it 3x/week for about 3o min? Would this keep his attention? We don't have a native speaker in the house. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I think he would be about perfect, except for the typing. You might find the writing portion a lot slower for him. My 12yo used the program 15-20min a day, 4x a week, which on average gets him through 2 small lessons or 1 core lesson. We're looking at going through a level every 5-6 months here, too, so our level 1-5 program should last us 2.5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Baer Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 http://www.rosettastone.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsha SC Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 My girls are ten and eight and use RS. They love it! I don't worry so much about how many lessons they learn. They spend twenty minutes a day (on the days it is scheduled). They learn at their own pace. Each one is at a different lesson, but they are both learning. Our oldest even spoke Spanish the other day to our waiter at our favorite Mexican restaurant. She had been too scared to do it in the past, but that night it just came out of her. :) He even added a new word to her Spanish vocabulary! We are not doing the worksheets or tests. I plan on having them go back through the program again after they complete all the years, to do the writing portions. By then they will be comfortable with the language, which should make the writing part come easier. Kind of the way they learned English. Marsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 You could skip the typing portion - I have removed it from my dd6's lessons. I also removed the speaking portion because it couldn't understand her voice (too squeaky?). It works fine with my voice, however, and my husband's. I have been very impressed with this program, though it is very expensive. Oh - also, it manages to keep my dd6's attention, though it is nowhere near her favourite educational software. It's not "fun" but it is weirdly addictive. One minor quibble: because the program is designed to teach ANY and ALL languages, it teaches the language completely free of any cultural context. This is slightly disconcerting at times. We're learning Hebrew, and the people and settings are so obviously not Israeli (like a group of African warriors, or Japanese ladies in full kimono, or photos of a subway when Israel has none), it's sometimes funny and sometimes just weird. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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