For Hindi I found the DK book (which is available with a tape or CD too) very well done. This will take you a level above just simple traveler's Hindi. Whoever wrote it was brilliant and did a very practical job. It was so good I order the DK Spanish book but found it was not so well done. So it depends on who they get to author the books. I have another series on Hindi which will take one much deeper to full fluency. I just have to kick myself in the butt to get going on it. For Sanskrit I bought Vyas Houston's complete course which was around $200 but also very well done. And also very heavy about chapter 6 and beyond and you do not necessarily need to go so deep just to translate sutras.
curtisdeltablues wrote: > I have used their cheap into sets for a few different languages just > to know some basics for the people I interact with from other > countries. This system really is fun and it seems natural. I don't > have any reason to go deeply into a language, but this is the system I > would use if I did. I was amazed how quickly I was able to absorb the > basics of the languages I was trying, Thai, Vietnamese and Russian. > It is amazing how few words you need to accomplish basic > communications. Oh, yeah, and it expands your dating pool considerably! > > > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> sparaig wrote: >> >>> --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> >>> > wrote: > >>> >>> >>>> If I recall correctly, Ed Beckley's first misstep of several in his >>>> life was when, back in '86, he upped his money-back guarantee from >>>> one month to six months. And as it was explained to me by several >>>> of my friends who worked for him as telemarketers, if a client paid >>>> $300.00 for the course, they were still excited about it after one >>>> or two months but after 6 months, all the course was to them was a >>>> $300.00 that they could cash in because, after all, like 95% of >>>> people who take the course, real estate wasn't for them...so they >>>> cashed in. >>>> >>>> Well, this company called "Rosetta Stone", which is by all accounts >>>> a wonderful way to learn a language, is offering a 6-month money >>>> back guarantee for their courses: >>>> >>>> http://www.rosettastone.com/en/individuals/store-faqs#return_policy >>>> >>>> Since the Beckley courses, has anyone ever seen a company offer >>>> anything more than a 30 or 90 day money back guarantee? I haven't. >>>> >>>> I betcha this 6-month thing will come back and bite Rosetta Stone on >>>> the ass...just as it did Beckley. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Nope. The 6-month guarantee is ONLY for the CD-ROM version. You >>> > can't learn a > >>> language to the level that their CD-ROM teaches in only 6 months >>> > and if y ou decide to go > >>> the internet subscription route, you can't get a refund anyway. >>> >>> BTW, Rosetta Stone's products are pretty darned good, IMHO. >>> >> They're good but now expensive. I bought their Hindi course a few >> > years > >> back for a reasonable price but I think it is several times that price >> now. Someone must have bought the company. >> >> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
