Instant Immersion uses natural image association techniques to help you learn as easily as you learned your first language. With Instant Immersion, you will have more fun, save money and reach your goals faster ¿ guaranteed! Whether you¿re learning a new language for school, work or your next vacation, Instant Immersion¿s fun and effective exercises, interactive activities and challenging quizzes will help you achieve language fluency in less time than other language systems. You will think, read and speak your new language with ease. Italian Levels 1, 2 & 3 includes six language learning CD-ROMS and three bonus discs: an interactive DVD, audio for an iPod or MP3 player and the Who is Oscar Lake? game.
L**I
I still don't know Italian but I like their pizza!
I thought this was okay for the money. Honestly, I still do not know Italian and resold this because it was a little tedious to learn. Seems like they should simply it a little more and make it user friendly. Suppose that is why most people take classes or pay for R-Stone. haha.
S**N
only if you have a good memory
I have had inexpensive language learning program before but this one is awful. You have to memorize a bunch of words-and they don't explain when to use "il" "e" or "gli" for "the" (in fact, they don't even tell you that is Italian for "the" I just happen to know it). I am not a big grammer person but I think it's important so you can figure it out in real conversation. After you "pass" the first CD of memorization then you go onto the next totally different learning style CD (like it's a different language program). Some of the memorization from this CD doesn't follow the memorization from the 1st CD (doesn't use "the" in front of the word has different names for the same word etc.). The 3rd CD is even worse...it gives you phrases (some of them totally useless) that you have to memorize and try to spit back. Again, no grammer cues as to how to put a sentance together. Maybe a toddler learns this way (over a 2-5 year period) but as an adult learner I was hoping to learn a little better for my trip to Rome. I am not going to use the phrase "can you heat up this jar of babyfood"! There is no cohesion between the CDs and there is no real learning. I gave up after seeing the 5th CD and I couldn't understand a darn thing...it went from memorization to "immersion"-no spoken English...and they sure in the heck weren't speaking the phrases I had memorized!
T**T
Similiar to rosetta stone, not identical
As someone who has used rosetta stone products and now this instant immersion, I have noticed some interesting information. Instant Immersion claims to be similiar to rosetta stone but "about 500 dollars" cheaper. The product is certainly similiar, in lesson one, pictures are displayed, the name (in the foreign language) is heard on the speakers, and the english word for the item is displayed next to the picture. This happens several times. Then, the user hears the audio for one of the pictures and must choose. With rosetta stone, the user sees the picture, hears the audio, and sees the spelling all in the foreign language. Please note that I am comparing one part of each program that I found to be the most useful in actually learning the language. The claimed price difference is accurate as well; three levels of rosetta stone can be bundled currently for roughly $480.
A**E
So much fun!!
I love this and have learned a lot from it!! Its easy to learn and love the way they have the two different people saying the same word or phrase... makes it easier when you hear multiple ways to say it! Have fun with it!!
T**E
Fantastic way to learn
The setup was very easy. I found it helpful to be able to learn in sections with both sound and sight. Quick way to pick the necessary words.
K**.
Major disappointment
If you're looking for something that will present words to you in English and then have you repeat them in Italian, then this might be for you, but I haven't found that to be an effective way to learn how to speak a foreign language. I don't see how it would be any better than an audio book.It requires that the CD be present in the computer when it runs, which is a complete nuisance (I understand they do this for copy protection purposes, but a) it's easy to copy CDs if that's your goal, and b) it's not worth copying). One of the reasons I bought this product was so I could install it in my work, home, and notebook computers (something Rosetta Stone doesn't allow), but since it executes from CD ROM, it's not going to useful on my optical drive-less notebook, and it's going to run slower on the desktops than a program run from the hard disk.But even setting aside the annoyance factors, I just don't like the way it allegedly teaches. It presents several groups of words, and says the goal is to get 1800 points. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to get 1800 points, and I'm not going to waste any time trying to find out.
R**Z
Instant Immersion Italian (1,2,3)
Fun way to start learning Italian and not as expensive as the other product out there.
B**O
Instant Italian Immersion
From the beginning you feel that this is the right course to learn Italian.Great pronunciation and grammar. Grazie.Ben Meneses
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