I finished Unit 1 of Italian 1. That took a long time. I am not enamored of Rosetta Stone. I think the charges generally leveled against it, that it's a vocab exercise that doesn't develop conversational skills and good grammar, are a little harsh.
At the end of the unit, they give a "capstone" exercise which I found both helpful and frustrating. Basically you have to speak dialog for a scene. The problem was, the main character was often asking the questions, so it was easy to come up with something that worked but wasn't right. When I was responding to questions, I was pretty competent at answering them.
All in all, Rosetta Stone is a big time sink, but I think I will continue on with it.
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