2011年7月19日星期二

Quiz of the Week: The Rosetta Stone

Quiz of the Week: The Rosetta Stone
: Today's Rosetta Stone
Quiz of the Week is on the Rosetta Stone, one of the crucial keys to our being able to read the literature of the Egyptian civilization. As usual, the image I've chosen to illustrate this post is a hint. (I hate to lose trivia quizzes, don't you?)Closeup of the Rosetta Stone Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Greek Text Photo Credit: Okko Pyykk?Trivia Quiz: The Rosetta StoneCheat Sheet on The Rosetta Stone The Ptolemies, because everybody should know a little bit about the Ptolemies, don't you think? Comments (0)See All PostsSharePrevNext CommentsNo comments yet.Leave a CommentThe well-known language-learning company, Rosetta Stone, went public last month. Alejandro Lazo wrote about the move in his article, "On Wall Street, Rosetta Stone Tries New Lingua Franca," for the Washington Post.Going public gives Rosetta Stone the extra cash they need to expand, so keep an eye on what they'll be offering in the near future.Rosetta's founders modeled its system of learning a foreign Rosetta Stone Indian
language after the way a child learns to speak. Sitting at a computer, a student is presented images as the voice of a native speaker pronounces the words and the word's spellings are flashed on the screen. The lessons grow in greater complexity depending on the success of a student, who must rely on intuition, much as one would have to do alone in a foreign land. The software uses voice recognition technology Rosetta Stone Italian
to ensure correct pronunciation. Immersion is a technique many companies believe in. Has it worked for you? Tell us your story.Comments (0)See All PostsSharePrevNext CommentsNo comments yet.Leave a Comment

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