Cultured Peachy: Summertime is Here So Do a Cannonball Into Rosetta Stone's Immersion of a New Language! Sponsored by Cosmopolitan Dental

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We previously told you about Rosetta Stone:
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2011/05/peachy-deegan-is-well-on-her-way-to.html

Peachy feels a bit like the count on Sesame Street, but she is really just counting her shoes from Italy using Rosetta Stone!  Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sie, sette, otto, nove, dieci, undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici, sedici, diciassette, diciotto, dicannove....and that is as far as she can go right now.   Amo Le Scarpe Italiane! She's halfway through Italian Level One and she's finished Units 1 & 2.  And she's not the only one...everyone she talks to it seems has had a positive Rosetta Stone experience.  It's all over the city as well....we were just in Columbus Circle at Porter House (fabulous takeout-read our review!) and she walked by the Rosetta Stone booth.

What do we like about Rosetta Stone?  We love the ease of use.  We love the clarity of instruction.  We love how you learn at your own level.  If you are in a class, there are always going to be people faster and slower than you unless you are a total smarty-pants and we do know a few of those.  But even if you are in the top percentage intellectually, Rosetta Stone is still for you because you can breeze through it and go onto the next levels and no one slows you down.  However, if you want to learn at your own leisurely pace, you can do that as well.

What else does Peachy like to do with her Rosetta Stone Italian vocabulary?  She likes to go to Caravaggio and count the flowers, but not only does she count them but she knows the colors now too: http://www.whomyouknow.com/2011/05/beautiful-bouquets-at-peachys-picks.html  and as you see there are fiorini's that are rosa, bianco, arancione...but wait until Cosimo and Giuseppe find out she's learning Italian...she's going to wait to tell them until she actually can string whole sentences together by herself with no picture prompting.  But the picture prompting helps a lot.  And, she's even reviewed another restaurant called Fiorini so it's nice to know that she now knows what it means in Italian! http://www.whomyouknow.com/2011/05/peachy-picks-fiorini.html

They are totally serious when they say this is total immersion and we are totally serious when we say you should be doing a cannonball into one of their languages.  The world is only getting smaller and the ease of learning with their design of teaching is so smart.  Peachy became pretty addicted this past weekend when she did it for about 8 hours straight, then 5 hours straight another time.  It's not the kind of learning that goes in one ear and out the other-it is repetition, memory with pictures and a total experience that will leave you a linguist extraordinaire!

http://www.rosettastone.com/

Everything we do at Rosetta Stone revolves around a simple idea: learning a language should be fun, easy and effective.

We approach language learning the same way that you first learned a language — using a natural method that teaches new language directly, without translation. That means no more confusing grammar explanations or mind-numbing vocabulary lists to memorize.

As the leading language-learning software in the world, Rosetta Stone makes learning a new language second nature. Millions of learners in more than 150 countries have already used our software to gain the confidence that comes with truly knowing a new language. We’re continually improving our software technology and adding new products. With Rosetta Stone at the helm, the future of language learning is very bright indeed.

Read about our Corporate Social Responsibility Program.

Our History

Rosetta Stone began with one man’s quest for a better way to learn a language. Allen Stoltzfus began studying Russian in the 1980s, but became frustrated with his slow progress. Fortunately, he knew there was a better way to learn a language, through immersion, which he had experienced years earlier while studying in Germany. Allen’s command of German was a direct result of being a part of the culture and the world of Germany, instead of sitting in a classroom. He immersed himself in the language, and discovered German the way he had acquired his first language…naturally and without translation.

And so, an idea was born. Allen envisioned using computer technology to simulate the way that people learn their native language—with pictures and sounds in context, and with no translation. Allen went to his brother-in-law, John Fairfield, who had a Ph.D. in computer science, to explore the possibilities. John loved the idea, but he and Allen had to wait until technology caught up with their vision.

That time came in 1992 when Fairfield Language Technologies was founded in Harrisonburg, Va. Allen, the company’s Chairman and President, recruited his brother, Eugene Stoltzfus, from the world of architecture to be the company’s first Executive Vice President. Eugene also lent design expertise to the structural and visual components of the program, which quickly went from a dream to a reality.

In another flash of brilliance, Allen, John and Eugene called their product “Rosetta Stone,” named after the artifact that had unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphics for linguists. The name certainly fits, as Rosetta Stone software now unlocks language-learning success for millions of users worldwide.

Allen passed away in 2002, but his legacy of achievement and innovation inspires the company to this very day. Eugene filled the role of President and Chairman until the end of 2005. Tom Adams was named CEO in 2003 and with his innovative leadership and passion for language-learning, Tom has taken Rosetta Stone global. In 2006, the company was sold to investment firms ABS Capital Partners and Norwest Equity Partners, and was renamed after our signature product. The company became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (RST) in April 2009, providing language-learning solutions for more than 30 different languages in more than 150 countries.

Today, while Rosetta Stone still calls Virginia’s stunning Shenandoah Valley home, the company now has offices all over the world, including London, Munich, Tokyo, Seoul, and Boulder, Colorado. To meet the demands of being a growing global company, our executive offices are based in Washington, D.C.