CONTENTS of Read Me First! Introduction System Requirements Quick Start For More Information The Rosetta Stone Main Menu Description How To Use The Rosetta Stone What People Are Saying About The Rosetta Stone ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction THE ROSETTA STONE now makes it possible to learn new languages the way you learned your native language: without memorization, without studying the rules of grammar and without translation! This interactive immersion program uses native speakers and real life color pictures in its presentation of carefully sequenced, step by step instruction. The rigorously designed program elicits user response and gives instantaneous feedback in a game-like, natural learning environment. It starts with simple concepts and expressions, progressively integrating new vocabulary with new grammar in a natural, intuitive process. It also includes Voice Record and Dictation modes. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For MPC: MPC or equivalent system (386SX or better, hard drive with at least 4 MB of free space, 4 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, Super VGA monitor and video card capable of showing 256 colors at a resolution of 640x480, Sound Blaster-compatible sound card) and Microsoft Windows 3.1. For Macintosh: The Rosetta Stone requires a color Macintosh (8 bit color minimum) with a hard drive, a CD-ROM drive, 2 MB RAM minimum in System 6.0.x, or 4 MB RAM minimum in System 7.x. The sound recording feature requires a Macintosh with a microphone jack and microphone, or an external sound input device. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- QUICK START: 1) With the application running you will see the Chapter Selection screen. Double-click on chapter 01-01. 2) Once the chapter is loaded, the program will advance to the Main Menu screen. Click on the menu button in the lower left corner of the screen. This will take you to a menu with five Run Mode choices. Choose Mode 1. You will then be in Run Mode 1 and you will hear a spoken phrase and see written text. 3) Click on the Speaker button in the upper left corner if you want to hear the phrase again. Click on the picture that you think matches the phrase. 4) To leave Run Mode 1 click on the Bail Out button (the figure in the parachute). 5) To look up answers, click on the book icon beside the Runner icon. This puts you in one of the Browser Modes. Click on the Speaker button of any picture you want to learn about. 6) To get back into Run Mode 1, click on the Runner icon beside the Book icon. To leave either Mode, click on the Bail Out button. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR MORE INFORMATION Fairfield Language Technologies 122 South Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 USA voice: (703) 432-6166 / (800) 788-0822 fax: (703) 432-0953 Other products in THE ROSETTA STONE LANGUAGE LIBRARY: * The Rosetta Stone Level Ia products each contain 92 chapters of instruction and are designed to take users of any age from beginning to intermediate levels. Level Ia is available in Spanish, French, German, Russian or English (ESL). - Over 3600 Real-life Color Images - Over 3600 Phrases by Native Speakers - 92 chapters of Instructional Material - Emphasis on Spoken Language - Carefully Sequenced and Flexible - Mouse-driven--No Keyboarding Required - Voice Recording and Dictation - Illustrated User's Guide - Language Book with Curriculum Text and Student Exercises The Rosetta Stone Level Ia contains eight Units of instructional material. It is intended to serve as a one year course of study at university level or two years at high school level. Total time for an average college freshman to master the material in all 92 chapters of Level Ia is about 250 hours. * The Rosetta Stone PowerPac is a four language CD intended for beginning students. It contains the first 22 chapters from each of the Level Ia products: Spanish, French, German and English. The PowerPac is ideal for a family with children or for the lower elementary grades. * The Rosetta Stone Demo CD contains sample chapters from Spanish, French, German, Russian and English. It has all the features and functions of the Level Ia or PowerPac CDs. It is available for $9.95. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ROSETTA STONE MAIN MENU DESCRIPTION The Main Menu screen allows you to select program features and options. When you click on one of the buttons along the bottom of the screen it will become highlighted and you will be presented with the corresponding menu. The Bail Out button in the lower right corner takes you back to the Chapter Selection screen. The Runner (1-5) Button allows you to select Run Modes one through five. Each of these five Run Modes prompts you with a voice and/or written text and asks you to choose from four pictures. The Runner (6-10) Button allows you to select Run Modes six through ten. Each of these five Run Modes prompts you with a single picture and asks you to choose from four spoken and/or written texts. The Runner (11-12) Button allows you to select Run Modes eleven and twelve. These two Run Modes have a prompt and choices of voice and written text only. The Tutorial Button has three variations that will guide you by employing a combination of Run Modes. You will be re-tested on questions you have missed. One of the tutorials will challenge you with random screens. The Dictation Button allows you to work on your writing skills. In Dictation you hear a spoken phrase and use the keyboard to type the corresponding text. In order to type accented and other special characters in some languages, you need to install the "US-International" Keyboard Layout. The Browser Button allows you to use the reference tools. They let you page through chapters and see and hear the information in a chapter before you go to one of the Run Modes. You can also switch to a Browser mode at any time from within a Run Mode. There are two special choices in the lower right corner of the Main Menu screen: 1) The Setup Screen allows you to select yes/no sounds and icons, adjust volume and change special Test, Delay, and Timer options that modify the Run Modes. When you enter the Setup Screen from the Main Menu, you have access to all Setup functions. 2) The Bail Out button is used throughout the program to mean "Get me out of here and take me back to where I was." If you click on it in the Main Menu, you will return to the Chapter Selection screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW TO USE THE ROSETTA STONE The Rosetta Stone was designed for entry level learners to start at the first chapter and go through all the units of instruction. Each chapter builds on what has been taught in previous chapters. New vocabulary and new syntax are systematically integrated through the whole program. In order to accommodate different aspects of language learning and different individual learning styles, we have provided 12 different ways or "Run Modes" that can be used to exercise the material in each chapter. Most students will want to go through each chapter in three or four of the Run Modes plus the Dictation Mode and Voice Record Mode (found in the Browser). Having the choice of 12 Run Modes and the Delay option allows students to make The Rosetta Stone as easy or challenging as they like. Students may want to start out using one of the structured Tutorials (the button with the teacher at the blackboard). In the Tutorials, students are guided systematically through the chapter material. The program keeps track of screens where they had difficulty and re-exercises them on those screens. The Tutorials start by using a Browser Mode to introduce the material and then go directly to a Run Mode where the student is asked to respond. The basic language skills are emphasized in the following Modes: * Listening Comprehension: Run Mode 2 Run Mode 7 Voice Only Tutorial Browser B * Reading and Listening: Run Mode 1 Run Mode 4 Run Mode 5 Run Mode 6 Run Mode 9 Run Mode 10 Browser A Browser C * Reading Comprehension: Run Mode 3 Run Mode 8 Run Mode 11 Run Mode 12 * Speaking: Browser A Browser B Browser C * Writing: Dictation Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE ROSETTA STONE... "Stupendous...masterful...first rate." Dr. Jonathan Edlow Boston Globe "The Rosetta Stone delivers an organized, interactive and fun language learning experience... my hundreds of students give it 'two thumbs up!'" Diane Rosner Lake Tahoe Community College "I appreciate not only the high technical quality of the program, but also the integration of key instructional methodology... This is the best way to learn." Robert Zook Locust Grove Mennonite School "The interest level is very high. It is not uncommon to see students coming to school early just to use The Rosetta Stone program." Don Dempsey Plano, Texas ISD "It it rare to find such a superbly designed instructional software program as this one." CD-ROMs Rated McGraw-Hill "Excellent teaching methods....beautiful photographs....a valuable educational tool and fun to use." Four Stars! Joanna Pearlstein MacWorld "The Rosetta Stone is perhaps the most valuable tool yet devised for non-linguists who want to speak, read and write a new tongue." "There's no doubt...that students will learn a new language faster and easier with this well-designed, attractive teaching tool." Steven Anzovin CD-ROM Today "The Rosetta Stone is fast becoming our most popular computer program. No student uses The Rosetta Stone just once, they keep coming back for more." Elizabeth G, Joiner Ph.D. Academic Director Foreign Language Laboratory University of South Carolina "We received The Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Demo. I congratulate you on a truly great achievement. The Rosetta Stone makes possible what language teachers have long sought, i.e., a direct connection between context and language without the need for translation." "I also especially like the fact that The Rosetta Stone provides each student with the freedom to explore materials and techniques for learning so that each can learn at his/her own pace and in his/her own learning style. You are truly meeting the needs of students and of teachers in innovative and effective ways." James Hammers Chairman Foreign Language Department Manitowoc Public Schools "A visually beautiful, linguistically comprehensive, pedagogically sound, and well integrated set of materials for a comprehension approach to early foreign and second language learning." Nancy Hottel-Burkhart Ph.D., University of Texas Language Learning Consultant ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------