| Learning Italian doesn't have to be a chore. | | | | the learn Italian software featured here, it has |
| Despite our education system's obsession with | | | | some similarities to Tell Me More with speech |
| making learning languages as ineffective and | | | | recognition and other content. None of Rosetta |
| painful as possible, if you use the right learn Italian | | | | Stones courses have direct translations, instead |
| software it's actually great fun. Here are 4 of the | | | | relying on what they call the Dynamic Immersion |
| best. | | | | Method, which attempts to simulate how a child |
| #1 Tell Me More Italian | | | | learns their first language. Rosetta Stone is the |
| Tell Me More is a language teaching software | | | | most expensive learn Italian software listed here, |
| company whose main claim to fame was to first | | | | so take that into account if you decide to |
| implement speech recognition software in learning | | | | purchase Rosetta Stone. I personally think there is |
| languages. While I prefer the ability to record my | | | | better bang for your buck out there, but plenty |
| voice and listen to the example provided, plenty | | | | of people like what Rosetta Stone offers. |
| of people think that speech recognition is great. | | | | #3 Pimsleur Italian |
| Another feature of Tell Me More is the sheer | | | | Not strictly software, I nevertheless felt I should |
| amount of content, over 300 hours. The only | | | | include Pimsleur Italian because it is very useful for |
| thing that doesn't make this an outright | | | | a select group of people who only want to speak |
| recommendation is the difficulty: this is not for | | | | Italian. You see, Pimsleur Italian is audio only, and |
| beginners and should NOT be attempted if you | | | | as such there is no instruction on reading or |
| are one, it will only discourage you. The interface | | | | writing. But what Pimsleur DOES teach you, it |
| is also slightly confusing and may frustrate users. | | | | does better than any other course: teaching you |
| Overall, if you're an intermediate Italian learner and | | | | how to SPEAK Italian. The only thing against |
| aren't worried about confusing interfaces, then Tell | | | | Pimsleur is the price which at $800 for all three |
| Me More Italian is the best learn Italian software | | | | levels is nothing to sneeze at. If you can afford it |
| for you. | | | | and you only want to speak Italian there is no |
| #2 Rosetta Stone Italian | | | | alternative to Pimsleur. |
| Rosetta Stone is one of the more well known of | | | | |