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User's Guide

User's Guide

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All information in this document is subject to change without notice. This document is provided for informational purposes only and Rosetta Stone Ltd. makes no guarantees, representations or warranties, either express or implied, about this information contained within the document or about the document itself. Rosetta Stone,? Language Learning Success,TM and Dynamic Immersion,? are trademarks of Rosetta Stone Ltd. Copyright ? 2007 Rosetta Stone Ltd. All rights reserved. Additional trademarks included herein are the property of their respective owners.

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ISBN 978-1-60391-833-6

Rosetta Stone Harrisonburg, Virginia USA T (540) 432-6166 ? (800) 788-0822 in USA and Canada F (540) 432-0953

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Rosetta Stone? User's Guide

Welcome!

Welcome to Rosetta Stone? -- the world's leading language-learning software. Rosetta Stone teaches language naturally, the same way you learned your first language, by connecting words to objects and events around you. Native speakers and thousands of real-life images help you think in the new language from the very beginning. You select a course that meets your learning goals. You'll understand everyday language through our proficiency-based listening and reading activities. You'll pronounce words correctly after practicing with our proprietary speech recognition and analysis tool. You'll speak without a script. Contextual FormationTM makes sure you have the confidence and the cues you need to get the words out on the spot. You'll spell and write accurately, building gradually from letters to words and sentences. You'll engage in real-life conversations. With our Milestone activities, gain confidence using speech alone to get around and get what you need. You'll retain what you learn. Our unique Adaptive RecallTM reinforces language so it sticks with you in the real world. With Rosetta Stone you'll be reading and speaking a language in no time. No translation. No grammar rules. Rosetta Stone is the fastest way to learn a new language. Enjoy the Rosetta Stone experience.

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Table of Contents

Welcome to Rosetta Stone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii The Rosetta Stone Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Rosetta Stone Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Learning a Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 1: Start Learning with Rosetta Stone . . 9

Follow Your Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Set Up Your Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Build Your Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Start Your Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Set Up the Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Complete a Core Lesson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Choose the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Listen to the Native Speaker . . . . . . . 18 Practice Your Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Produce a Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 View Your Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Chapter 2: Using Rosetta Stone Tools . . . . . . 23 Explore the Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Course View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Explore View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The Unit Bar and Course Bar . . . . . . . 30 Focused Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Review and Adaptive RecallTM Activities . . . 35 Script Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Chapter 3: Completing Rosetta Stone Screens 37 Learn to Use the Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Choose an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Choose a Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Practice Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Produce a New Phrase or Sentence . . 43 Pronounce Syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Select from Multiple Choices . . . . . . . . 45 Use Speech Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Practice Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chapter 4: Changing User Options . . . . . . . . 51 Log In as a Different/New User . . . . . . . . . 52 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Activate Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Add or Remove Languages . . . . . . . . . 56 Deactivate Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Course Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Set Typing Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Change Your Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Program Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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