Rosetta Stone, Italian 1

So, I tried my first Rosetta Stone lesson. Apparently, I need to get a microphone! These are interactive, picture-based lessons. The first unit of the first lesson focuses on distinguishing between single and plural, masculine and feminine. There's some basic vocab included, but basically as a support of the concepts. This is pretty much a no-explanation immersion learning style, as opposed to the explained, constructed style of Pimsleur. There is lots of repetition. Too much, in my opinion. Maybe that's just the first lesson? It will be very complementary to the style of the Pimsleur stuff, I think.