Rosetta Stone Chinese Versus Rocket Chinese - Two Top Learn Chinese Courses Reviewed

With a good amount of learn Chinese language programs out there it is usually tricky

to determine what to select and what really suits your studying style. This article will compare Rocket Chinese to Rosetta Stone Chinese. With any luck, you'll then be able to make a better conclusion about if one of these programs is for you.

The first thing to mention is that Rosetta Stone is largely a software program. It is one of the better learn Chinese software courses in actual fact but if you do not have time to sit down at a computer or prefer to learn in another way then it may not be what you are looking for. They have recently added an audio companion guide (CD's you can actually load on your mp3 listening device and play each time you feel like it) but most of your time will be in front of the computer if you want to fully utilize Rosetta Stone.

For it's part, Rocket Chinese also requires you to spend a good period of time at a PC. For example the 3 games (that are comparable in style to Rosetta Stone) have got to be played from a PC or Mac computer.

If you wish to use the feedback features of Rocket Chinese then you also should be logged onto their website.

Rosetta Stone uses their unique 'Dynamic Immersion' method to teach you Chinese. Chiefly this calls for no conscious thinking on your part. You are immersed in the Chinese speaking world and learn words owing to practice and repetition.

The technique works as follows : It will say a word or sentence (or show a word or sentence) and show you four pictures. One corresponds to the word or sentence. You must guess which one. You proceed through a series of questions - 20-25 for each lesson/module. If you get a high score on the lesson it is possible to go to the next lesson.

This is the same routine that you used to learn your native tongue - seeing a picture and linking a word or sentence to it. You do not have to consciously learn what the word means. It simply sticks with an adequate amount of repetition of the picture/word combination. This can even be done with complicated sentences. And is how we tend to learn a language as a baby.

Rosetta Stone even offers a program that can analyze your pronunciation and a headset comes supplied nowadays.

Rocket Chinese is more traditional as it's predominantly an audio course with additional reading material that teaches the grammar of the language and introduces vocabulary. There is a Rosetta Stone style series of games that make use of the same picture/word relationship instruction that is used with Rosetta Stone however it isn't as wide-ranging.

It also offers loads of multiple choice testing that is good to give a student comment on how he/she is doing.

Rocket Chinese is more aware of students as it has a community forum and the program seems to have changed in style over the past couple of years, indicating that they're listening to their students about how to boost the program.

Rocket Chinese can be downloaded from the web for $99. Rosetta Stone Chinese level 1 is usually purchased for around $229 (depending on where you purchase it online) and sent to you physically.Nonetheless, you have to get the other two levels to complete your Mandarin Chinese education so it is significantly more expensive than Rocket Chinese (you can bundle the 3 levels together for approximately $540).

by: Freddy McCandless.

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