Anyone tried the Rosetta Stone language trainer?

[MacroGuru]

My kids are taking Capoeira and they are teaching them a bit of Potrugese in the class and they want to learn more.

I figured the family could learn it together and make us a bi-lingual home. Which has been a goal of mine for a while.

I am just looking for reviews, positive or negative in regards to this product.

Thanks,

[Barkeep49]

I think it's a really nice product and recommend it. Due to time constraints I didn't stick with my language long enough to finish the whole program, but what I did do, I liked. I should add, though, that I had studied my language for 2 years in High School and so I had a slight advantage. That said, I found it an engaging and interesting program and hope to pick up the motiviation to continue my studies soon.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

My kids are taking Capoeira and they are teaching them a bit of Potrugese in the class and they want to learn more.

sorry, can't help you with the langage training part but capoeira? You mean as in the martial art, sort of?

I heard the term capoeira for the first time maybe three weeks ago when I saw a kid practicing some kicks at my dojo and my bo teacher refered to it as simply a capoeira, probably an abbreviation of capoeira kick...

Very impressive stuff... here's the gist of the position he went for...
http://www.matthewmullins.com/photos...poeiraKick.jpg


FM

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

sorry, can't help you with the langage training part but capoeira? You mean as in the martial art, sort of?

I heard the term capoeira for the first time maybe three weeks ago when I saw a kid practicing some kicks at my dojo and my bo teacher refered to it as simply a capoeira, probably an abbreviation of capoeira kick...

Very impressive stuff... here's the gist of the position he went for...



FM

Yeah, thats it, basically, every move is a portugese name that means something. Capoeira was practiced by the slaves as a dance because the practicing of martial arts were against the law, so they hid their moves into dance.

It's an awesome form, and I really got interested in it 18 years ago. However, we had zero studios around here offering it. So I waited, until the last year one opened up. My kids are in it first, and when I have my big 3 months off of travel from July to October 1, I will be taking the classes as well.

They have a kid in their class who does taekwando as well, and he is awesome with a lot of his combinations and he tends to mix the two styles when they are in the "game".

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Yeah, thats it, basically, every move is a portugese name that means something. Capoeira was practiced by the slaves as a dance because the practicing of martial arts were against the law, so they hid their moves into dance.

It's an awesome form, and I really got interested in it 18 years ago. However, we had zero studios around here offering it. So I waited, until the last year one opened up. My kids are in it first, and when I have my big 3 months off of travel from July to October 1, I will be taking the classes as well.

They have a kid in their class who does taekwando as well, and he is awesome with a lot of his combinations and he tends to mix the two styles when they are in the "game".

I bet that kid is certainly impressive with this combination of skills. I got a video on DVD from that kid with the kick incorporated in his bo kata. I'll try to see if I can pull it off and post it somewhere so you can have a look at it...

FM

[FrogMan]

dola, and I couldn't recommend practicing martial arts with your kids enough. Been practicing kenpo for three years now, my son for 4 years and we took bo class together last Fall. He now wants to put in his kata whatever I put in mine, that kind of challenges him, at 9 years of age, to learn fast, as I'm not gonna slow down for him

FM

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

I bet that kid is certainly impressive with this combination of skills. I got a video on DVD from that kid with the kick incorporated in his bo kata. I'll try to see if I can pull it off and post it somewhere so you can have a look at it...

FM

Cool, that would be awesome.....