tomandlorih Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 My dd(8, almost 9) is using RS online Spanish and doesn't like it.. Nothing is explained and so she just guesses and then I end up explaining all the grammar etc. If your child hated Rosetta Stone but you didn't give up on Spanish.. What worked for you?? :bigear: Thanks!! Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchyGirl Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I haven't done it with DS yet but I ended up taking classes through homeschoolspanishacademy.com. I thought it was incredibly effective because I as getting live feedback and the lessons were catered to me. The only downside is that you have to schedule lessons versus just popping in something like RS whenever there is time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenIsGood2 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 My DD (9 - last year) despised Rosetta Stone! BUT - this year I switched her to the below link and she loves it! There is also a Latin program by the same author. We started 4 weeks ago and her retention has been outstanding! We do 1 lesson a day. Short lessons, easy to review, and not overwhelming. I am even learning! :tongue_smilie: You can see inside the book on Amazon. Hope this helps. http://www.gettingstartedwithspanish.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebacabunch Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The principle behind rosetta stone is learning by immersion. I learned Spanish through immersion living in Spain. I also took 4 years of Spanish in high school. I learned so much more from immersion than a grammer program. I have seen, many times, success by learning a language through immersion before learning the language grammatically. jmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim.4dogs Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 We are using this book this year also, and it is working very well so far. It just makes more sense to my kids than other things we have tried! My DD (9 - last year) despised Rosetta Stone! BUT - this year I switched her to the below link and she loves it! There is also a Latin program by the same author. We started 4 weeks ago and her retention has been outstanding! We do 1 lesson a day. Short lessons, easy to review, and not overwhelming. I am even learning! :tongue_smilie:You can see inside the book on Amazon. Hope this helps. http://www.gettingstartedwithspanish.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 Thank you ladies!! I ordered GSWS this morning! We'll give it a try. RS is free for us this year so we'll keep plugging away at that too. I like the idea of immersion and if we suddenly moved to Mexico, I think she would pick it up quickly but RS is not real immersion .. in my opinion. I think we will be trying out the Salsa episodes for "real" immersion practice. Thanks again! Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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