Rosetta Stone V2: Korean Level 1 [OLD VERSION]

3.1 3.1 out of 5 stars | 14 ratings

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Last update: 11-03-2024


About this item

This powerful tool uses advanced multimedia tools to immerse you completely in Korean, as you experience the language just as a native-speaker would
You'll enjoy 12 special activities with 92 lessons each -- all of them fun and interesting, and sure to teach you more about the language
Key skills in listening comprehension, reading, speaking and writing are developed as you get a taste of Korean culture
Previews, tests and automated tutorials help you when you're stumped, so that your Korean speaking skills never cease to grow

Top reviews from the United States

R. Manley
4.0 out of 5 stars A great tool for learning Korean
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2007
This program is has been working very well for me. Though it is level 1, it does help if you have previous experience with the Korean language or at least some supplemental materials. There are no lessons for leaning the Hangul, the Korean writing system. It helps greatly if you already know this before hand.

Learning vocabulary and basic grammatical patterns goes quickly because of the Rosetta Stone method of learning intuitively. This program is great for learning a language as long as it is supplement with other materials.
C. Lewis
1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2007
If you are trying to learn Korean, or any language for that matter I do not recommend using Rosetta Stone.

First, you learn some worthless vocabulary that isn't going to help you right away. Do you want to learn how to say running, skipping, red car, blue car, boy on top of table, boy under the table? Not to mention some of the pictures are ambiguous and you are never told what is EXACTLY happening in the picture.

Second, you are never told how to read Hangeul (Korean alphabet). The Korean letters are there, but you are never told how to pronounce each letter and irregular pronounciation i.e. when certain letters are in the badchim position. If you don't know how any of the letters are pronounced, then it just looks like you are staring at a bunch of symbols that have no significant meaning.

Third, they do not teach you how to use proper Korean grammar.

Fourth, the speech part was not accurate. You can have a native speaker pronounce the words and still get a bad rating sometimes (I've tried this).

If you want to click away on pictures for an hour, then this is for you. If not and you want to seriously learn Korean I suggest:

1) Study abroad. The best way to learn Korean is to go to Korea itself and practice everyday.

2) Take a university class.

If the two above aren't a realistic option for you, I suggest
"Survival Korean" by Stephen Revere. This book will help you learn Hangeul, increase your vocabulary and help with grammar.

"Speaking Korean" by Francis Park is also a good book. It'll give you good practice exercises and has good grammar explanations. I'd start with Survival Korean then move onto "Speaking Korean"

Do not fall for this overpriced product who tries to use it's supposed reputation for sales.
Amazon Customer
2.0 out of 5 stars Product is awful
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2003
Two main flaws which caused me to return the product:
1) Interface is shoddy at best. I was never able to start a drill lesson in the middle by skipping pages. If I returned to a prior lesson, I had to click on answers in order to advance, instead of being able to move forward as the interface supposedly should work.
2) Much more importantly, there were grammar mistakes in the product. My wife is native Korean. During the first lesson, the product tries to teach you the words/concept of "above" and "underneath". My wife and 4 of her friends who are also native Koreans all listened to the drill and they all said that the phraseology would never ever be spoken by a Korean. They said that the phrasehology was actually incorrect.
Other than that, while I echo the other comments about the navigation being unclear, I did think that the drills would help one learn vocabulary words.
CBGB'S
3.0 out of 5 stars Inadequate
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2007
I received it last night and took it for a test drive. Right away it expects you to start pronouncing Korean Words.

How can they possible expect someone to pronounce words correctly if one does not even know the sounds of the alphabets.
I think this software will be helpfully but you MUST have a solid foundation, and by foundation I mean know all the sounds of the Korean alphabets; vowels and consonants.
Greg Shim
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2007
I've been trying to learn Korean for 13 years now, and have never found a book/tape/cd that got me excited about learning. I've trudged through a dozen programs/books, and have very little to show for it. This program is challenging and fun! I try to spend about 1 hour a night clicking away at the pictures, listening, and occasionally trying to speak - but having taught ESL, I know how important the listening is (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing). The other programs I've tried have been mostly reading and speaking, not a lot of listening.

I was very wary of buying this based on all the negative reviews, but I'm glad I took the plunge. Learning a language is like anything, you get what you put into it. But with an efficient system (which this is) one can get to one's goal much faster (80% of the work can be done in 20% of the time in most things in life). Like I said, I try to spend about an hour a night, and after a few weeks, I've only finished Unit 2 (first time tonight all the way through). I have a long way to go, but I'm amazed at the progress.

The only negative thing I can say about this program is that there is no Level 2 - but maybe they'll have it by the time I'm ready for it - in 6 months to a year :)
Jeffrey M. Lyons
4.0 out of 5 stars Quality product
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2005
This really is a great product! Just wish I had more time to use it. It also helps to have someone you know who speaks the language or a translation dictionary near by because it is totally emersion, no english whatsoever.
Katrina Flores
1.0 out of 5 stars Worse Product EVER!
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2002
This was the MOST useless product I have ever used in my life. I've been studying the Korean language for almost 4 years now but had absolutely no clue what was going on with this software! I can't imagine anyone being able to gain or further language skills with this ... I can't believe that any company would claim such a shoddy product or have the gumption to charge [amount] for it. Run away from this software as fast as you can. ...
Patrick Bostwick
2.0 out of 5 stars Marginal Interface and Hard copy Materials
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2002
This program completely lacks a structured approach to learning the Hangul alphabet and completely lacks the ability to teach ANY Hangul using the keyboard. Some of their other programs have this ability, but not the Korean one.
Also, the teaching approach is completely by example using photos with no explanation of sentence structure, culture, etc. If you wanted to use it and repeat the lessons over and over and over you could probably learn the material, but the overall interface on the thing is lacking.

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