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With the Level 1-5 Set you will develop your command of the language. From the simple to the complex, gain the confidence to share your ideas and opinions. Develop conversational skills to plan adventures, care for your health and move abroad. Talk about government, work, movies and citizenship. Discuss family and traditions. And celebrate success.
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div class="content" div class="productDescriptionWrapper" div class="aplus" div class="rightImage"img alt="Product Shots" height="113" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/product_shots.jpg" width="300" //div pstrongCommunicate and connect around the world./strong Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Develop the language skills to enjoy social interactions such as travel and shopping and learn to share ideas and opinions in your new language./p div class="break"/div h4What Will I Learn/h4 div class="break" /div div class="half-col"strongThis level will help you:/strong ul liBuild your vocabulary and language abilities/li liSpell and write accurately/li liSpeak without a script/li liRetain what you've learned/li liRead and understand your new language/li liShare ideas and opinions, express feelings and talk about everyday life/li /ul /div div class="half-col last"strongSample topics include:/strong ul liThe basics, such as age and family relations/li liQuestions, greetings, introductions/li liTimes of day, calendar terms, the weather/li liDirections, locations, telling time/li liPresent, past and future tense/li liApologies and polite requests/li liHow to order at a restaurant and give and receive directions/li liEmotions, opinions and ideas/li liPolitical, media, business and religious terms/li /ul /div div class="break"/div br / div class="rightImage"img alt="Our Method" height="187" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/our_method.jpg" width="250" //div pRecreate the natural way you learned your first language and reveal skills that you already have using Dynamic Immersion. This award-winning method has been adopted by countless organizations, schools and millions of users around the world./p pstrongLearn Naturally:/strong Discover how to speak, read, write, and understand--all without translating or memorizing. Our award-winning solution recreates how you learned your first language, unlocking your natural abilities./p pstrongSpeak Confidently:/strong Perfect your pronunciation with speech-recognition technology. Gain the confidence in your new voice as you practice with other learners in our exclusive online community and participate in online sessions coached by native tutors./p pstrongImmerse Yourself:/strong Be surrounded by your new language. From core lessons to online sessions, Rosetta Stone gets you engaged and interacting with others./p pstrongStay Motivated:/strong Experience accomplishment with each moment of achievement; with dedicated success agents you will never lose sight of your language-learning goals./p div class="break"/div h4Your Natural Ability. Awakened./h4 h5Natural Discovery/h5 pLearning your first language is as natural as smiling. Effortless. Rewarding. Every step in Rosetta Stone feels like that. Clear, compelling images appear precisely, in juxtaposition, conveying meaning. Intuitively, you just know what it means./p ul liOur puzzle-like environments--a systematic presentation of sounds, images, and text--help learners absorb meaning intuitively. /li /ul div class="centerImage"img alt="Natural Discovery" height="163" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/natural_discovery.jpg" width="650" / div class="imageCaption"Rosetta Stone's award-winning software, where you will interact by speaking, clicking, selecting phrases and writing./div /div h5Speech Activation/h5 div class="rightImage"img alt="Speech Activation" height="123" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/speech_activation.jpg" width="200" / div class="imageCaption" style="width: 200px;"Rosetta Stone's proprietary speech-recognition technology provides immediate and ongoing feedback./div /div pBuild your confidence and polish your pronunciation skills with state-of-the-art speech-recognition technologies and success-filled dialogues./p ul liOur software provides immediate and ongoing assessments of your speech through Actionable Feedback, which helps you pronounce syllables, words and sentences correctly and easily. /li /ul ul liBased on a collection of literally millions of speech samples, our proprietary speech-recognition algorithms and speech models were engineered with a singular purpose--to help you communicate with accuracy, confidence and ease. /li /ul div class="break"/div h5Native Socialization/h5 div class="rightImage"img alt="Native Socialization" height="136" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/native_socialization.jpg" width="200" / div class="imageCaption" style="width: 200px;"Language-learning games will keep you motivated along the way./div /div pPractice with native speakers in our live interactive sessions and our online community. Every conversation gives you the confidence to communicate in your new language./p ul liFor many, traditional language-learning fails because it lacks real conversation. With Rosetta Stone you'll play games and chat with native speakers and other learners in our online language community. /li /ul ul li Hundreds of native-speaking tutors trained in the Rosetta Stone method are ready to help reinforce the language you're learning through live, online conversations. From Day One you'll be speaking your new language with confidence and ease. /li /ul div class="break"/div /div /div /div