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Holistic Guidance - Instant Immersion Italian Deluxe v3.0
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List Price: $49.99
Our Price: $29.99
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Manufacturer: Topics Entertainment
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: TOPICS Entertainment
EAN: 0781735809525
Feature: With the help of a complete language learning system, Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0 will help you achieve your goals in record time
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Topics Entertainment
Manufacturer: Topics Entertainment
Model: 80952
Number Of Discs: 5
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Topics Entertainment
Release Date: 2008-02-01
Studio: Topics Entertainment
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Features
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With the help of a complete language learning system, Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0 will help you achieve your goals in record time
Features instruction in ALL essential skills: vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading, and writing arranged from easiest to most challenging
Over 300 hours of instruction
Exclusive Instant Immersion Bonus material - interactive Eurotalk DVD & interactive mystery solving CD-Rom game Who is Oscar Lake?
Additional bonus feature - includes 5 in-depth audio instruction CD's for learning on the move
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Editorial Reviews:
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Your passport to language fluency!Let the latest linguistic features and user-friendly interface of this comprehensive software suite help you set the pace to language fluency. With over 300 hours of progressive instruction and over 20 engrossing games and activities, this program is ideal for travelers, families, business people and students.Developed by international linguistic and language experts, each program is strategically designed to meet specific language learner goals and different educational styles. With the help of a complete learning system, Instant Immersion™ Deluxe v3.0 will help you achieve your goals in record time. Instant Immersion™ Deluxe v3.0 features instruction in ALL essential skills, including vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading and writing. The unique Spoken Error Tracking System® (S.E.T.S.®) detects pronunciation errors and offers playback of corrected speech. You can also take your learning on-the-go! Learn on the move with the added comprehensive audio curriculum on 5 audio CD’s developed by leading university language instructors.Added Bonus features include an interactive Eurotalk language learning DVD and the interactive mystery game Who is Oscar Lake? ™ - The Ultimate Language Learning Game.With over 300 hours of instruction on DVD-Rom + interactive DVD + interactive CD-Rom & 5 audio CD’s, Instant Immersion™ Deluxe v3.0 contains everything you need to get the most from your next business trip, vacation, or wherever your travels take you.* The world’s most popular language system with over 20 million units sold worldwide.** 100% Customer Satisfaction with 60-Day Money Back Guarantee – refer to box for details.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not a very good software program.
Comment: I really thought that this would be a good program. I read a review from somewhere on the internet that compared this software very favorably to Rosetta Stone. At only a tenth the cost how bad could it be?
Well, let me tell you. First of all, there are no instructions for this program or how to use it. It is very difficult to navigate from one lesson to the next. And the most annoying thing for me was how the program is not fully loaded on your computer. Every time you answer a question or want to go to the next page, it has to load up off of the cd. This is a real pain when you are just going over some vocabulary and you want to go from screen to screen quickly.
Another thing I thought was odd, the total immersion portion of the vocabulary only included 96 words. Uh, I think I may need to know more words than that. The audio cds were very substandard and slow. I agree with the other poster when he talks about all the lip smacking and mouth noises. Get these people a glass of water or something. Also the game included does not work properly.
I am now learning Italian from these sources, the free "Before You Know It" flashcard program you can download off of the internet (did I mention its free), the "Italian Now" workbook, and some Pimsleur cds I checked out from the Library. If there was a class that would fit my schedule I would take one of those, but nothing beats learning lots of vocabulary and hearing some native speakers.
I honestly do not know how anyone can use this software without going crazy. I hope this is helpful to anyone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Disappointment
Comment: I've been working with this program for three weeks now, and I have yet to learn anything.
There are no instructions about how to proceed with the lessons, and I was for a long time under the impression that the instruction would be on the CD-ROMs, practice on the audio CDs, and learning in context on the "interactive" DVD and the game. In fact, this is all wrong. There is no instruction on the CD-ROMs, merely quizzes, word searches, etc.
The heart of this program is the 5 audio CDs. But the CDs don't take up the topics in the same order as the CD-ROM exercises. For a couple of weeks, I struggled with the audio CDs, which I found difficult without a written transcript. But then I found that the company had posted a complete transcript, which helped a great deal. But the transcript is more than complete: it is for 8 CDs, and there are only 5 in the set. I really miss the material that is on discs 6, 7, & 8.
Furthermore, the scoring on the evaluations is odd -- sometimes it is based on 4 exercises, but there are only two provided. So the best score you can get is 50%, even if all of your answers are correct.
I had no technical trouble at all with the program CD-ROMs. The "hidden keys" are odd, but no problem (why hide them?). But my computer (a new Dell Inspiron 1720 with Vista) has had many problems with the "interactive" DVD and the game. The game freezes up at the same point every time I play it, and the arrow keys seem to go dead on the video. Amazon says this program is for Vista, but on the help instructions for the game (the only place I can find a list), Windows 2000 and XP are listed, but not Vista. I can't get the game past the police interview, and I have found the "interactive" video almost impossible to use.
This are many little glitches not worth mentioning (e.g. "Stai calma" on transcript page 17 cannot mean "I remain calm"; it has to be "You (informal) are calm" or maybe "Stay calm"). But I won't go through all of them. I cannot believe that millions of people have learned Italian with this program, which seems to me a disorganized mess. I learned far more from the Danesi paperback. I wanted something with more interaction and context, but this isn't it.
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