Reply #9: I didn't care for Rosetta Stone

[spinbaby]

I thought Rosetta got repetitive and boring very quickly and thought it was very expensive for what was basically dril-and-repeat exercises. I thought I got the best bang for my language buck with something called "Learn in Your Car Japanese."

I've been learning Japanese for the last four years through a combination of tutoring by a native speaker, books, and CDs I play in the car. After four years, I can carry on a simple conversation and read at about a kindergarten level. It's very slow going, you'll probably get faster results with Spanish than with Japanese because it's more closely related to English.