dtcamero wrote:

well Rosetta Stone is a great way to enjoy yourself but after you finish all of it you will have forgotten 2/3rds because there is not srs feature. Moreover you don't go beyond a 101 level college course... so if it works as well as RS that's a pretty awful outcome.

I've just completed Rosetta Stone v3 Japanese Levels 1-3. Now I'm onto home-schooling in Rosetta Stone where I can select a curriculum to work on, speech, vocab, grammar, reading, writing, etc. So, in the least, forgetting 2/3rds will not be possible as I do this every day. Of course, I do recognize the limitations of Rosetta Stone, though MIT does offer some great free online resources for the Japanese language here. I've already gone through half of Japanese I to locate problem/solution Japanese areas that I still struggle with. Because of my experience with Rosetta Stone, learning using what I already know will help me a great deal. Anki and Rocket Mega Japanese prove to me that Rosetta Stone does work because I made it work for me, at 98% correct. Now I can walk around my house, calling out the Japanese word for anything, like "walking" for example "歩いています". Do not rely on any singular program, location, nor mind-set to learn. It will be that limitation which restricts your ability to turn short-term learning into life-long comprehension. Use one, complete it, than move onto the next. Span the scope of your newly attained abilities across all mediums in all areas and then apply them accordingly.

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Agreed. I tried some more traditional course and ended up bored out of my mind. Native media & Anki all the way.

Oh, and I would add my personal favorite :

1. A PSVita with Persona 4 Golden (seriously, this game is AMAZING) & FFXHD.