I've used the Rosetta Stone program for learning new languages and it's really cool. The software uses images, text, sound, and video to teach words and grammar by spaced repetition, without translation. It is used by the United States Army to help troops deploying to the Middle East learn the Arabic language for conversations and phrases important in a military situation. It was available to all US Army personnel, US Military Academy cadets, contracted US Army ROTC Cadets and other special guests with a sponsor.
Try: https://www.rosettastone.com/
Rosetta stone is very expensive compared to Duolingo (which is free). Also there was study that showed while Rosetta stone was more effective than class room instruction it was only half as effective as Duolingo: http://static.duolingo.com/s3/DuolingoReport_Final.pdf
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I've used the Rosetta Stone program for learning new languages and it's really cool. The software uses images, text, sound, and video to teach words and grammar by spaced repetition, without translation. It is used by the United States Army to help troops deploying to the Middle East learn the Arabic language for conversations and phrases important in a military situation. It was available to all US Army personnel, US Military Academy cadets, contracted US Army ROTC Cadets and other special guests with a sponsor. Try: https://www.rosettastone.com/
Rosetta stone is very expensive compared to Duolingo (which is free). Also there was study that showed while Rosetta stone was more effective than class room instruction it was only half as effective as Duolingo: http://static.duolingo.com/s3/DuolingoReport_Final.pdf