I have the latest version of Rosetta Stone, which I have used to study Spanish, and the second-latest version of Rosetta Stone, which I am using to study Korean.

Admittedly, Spanish was easier because the alphabet was the same, and I studied some Spanish and 4 years of Latin, but all in all, the program did have me speaking in simple sentences after about 10 hours of using the program. I'll admit, a 2 hour session with it has me mentally exhausted. Also, I found the speech recognition to be quite frustrating (I've sat an yelled the same word at the mic 2 dozen times before giving up and holding my microphone to my speaker)

Korean was not yet available in the latest version when I bought it, so I have the penultimate version. When I started with Korean, I did not know the alphabet or any non-conversation words. Every lesson (10 sets of 4 problems) took about 10 minutes and was mentally exhausting.

Basically, Rosetta Stone is definitely worth it if you are prepared to invest a regular allotment of time a few times a week for a few months. It will teach you sentence structure, you will understand grammar, but pronunciation is still a bit wonky to me
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using the software for a year

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