5 reasons to learn a language online
Before the summer I started a new learning journey with Rosetta Stone. I’m now getting to grips with the basics of the French language thanks to their online learning platform. Here’s a reminder about how my first week went. Read on for a discount code to learn a language online and enter my Rosetta Stone competition.
Over the summer I took a bit of a break from learning while we headed off on our UK road trip. In fact, it’s taken me a few weeks to pick up my online language studies again.
And that’s OK! The great thing about online language courses with Rosetta Stone is that you can do them at your own pace. Let me explain more and why learning a language online is the best approach for me:
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1. Life is busy
One of the major selling points of online learning for me is that I can fit it in around other things without the need to be in a certain place at a certain time. I work part-time, have children in a separate school and nursery, and look after this blog. Sometimes I even do house work! Add to that the fact Mr Tin Box often works away and the logistics of attending a regular college class would be impossible to manage.
2. Bite-sized is best
Rosetta Stone’s lessons take between five minutes and half an hour to complete. So I can dip in whenever I have some spare time. It also feels very rewarding to see the lessons ticked off on my screen and feel I’m making steady progress.
3. Immersive learning works
When I learnt languages at school there was always a translation. It might as well have been a ‘get out of jail free card’ as it didn’t help me retain words and phrases as I was constantly thinking in two languages. Rosetta Stone’s method of immersive learning throws you in at the deep end and helps you to learn a new language in the same way you learnt your native tongue when you were a child. There are no translations, you simply connect images to words and sounds. And it works!
4. It’s fun
As well as the immersive lessons, I can play memory and word games in the Extended Learning area. This helps me apply my learning in a fun way.
5. Live tutor support
While much of the course is done though independent learning I can arrange to speak to a tutor live online. This is what Rosetta Stone call ‘blended learning’, combining both online lessons and live tutor sessions. It allows you to practice your skills with native speakers and become confident in using your new language.
You can access live tutoring and set up sessions at a time to suit you. This feature becomes available only once you have completed a certain number of online lessons. This is important as the live tutor sessions are all in the language you are learning. I can’t wait to schedule my first live tutoring session. It seems like a great way to practice my French skills.
Disclosure: this giveaway and blog post are a collaboration with Rosetta Stone.
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love to learn basic Italian as my grandson lives in Italy
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French as we are going back again next summer!
I’m not great with languages but I really think this could be a great way for me to learn.
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I’m a Spanish teacher but I would love to speak French as well. It’s jut tough to find the time with kids.. this look perfect!
French as I used to enjoy learning it at school
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French because my partners family are French Canadian and so it would be lovely to be able to speak with them in their own language!
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Bulgarian – my partner’s parents live there, would be great to impress when we visit.
Spanish, as my son and family are living there.
I would love to learn French for when we visit there next year. I learnt German at school, which is no good to me in France!
German – my grandmother is from Berlin so I’d love to be able to chat to my German family
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Italian as we regularly visit Sicily so would love to speak the language.
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i would love to learn Spanish, so I can communicate better on holidays
Spanish I think – we are going to go there more often in the winter for some sunshine!
I would love to learn Italian and travel around the county
german. when i was at school i used to go to german club and learned a few words id love to learn it better
I’d love to learn either Spanish or Italian as they’re both such beautiful languages.
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swedish, so when I visit my family I can understand the locals instead of needing a translater
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italian as i love the country
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