Hi all, Our lab invested in the Pimsleur audio books for many languages before I started my position. We would now like to buy some stand alone programs for ESL. I don't think that I could personally use the Pimsleur because I am a visual learner. I'm considering RosettaStone as an alternative. I would like to get a demo of RosettaStone before we buy it, but the sales people haven't contacted me yet. (The brief demo on their web site isn't enough for me.) Also, one of my coworkers told me that my predecessor was interested in RosettaStone, but he didn't buy it because they wanted him to buy more than one copy per language. If you're using RosettaStone, can you please tell me how you and your patrons like it? Also, can you tell me how you are delivering it to the students (e.g., you have one copy that you check out, you have the Internet service, etc.) Finally, if you have experience with both Pimsleur and RosettaStone, can you help me to compare them? I understand that Pimsleur is audio only and RosettaStone is a complete package, but I'm wondering if the Pimsleur helps people gain conversational fluency faster - is better with helping with pronunciation, etc. Since I'm considering something for international students, these would of course be people who have some level of fluency already and just need to build on their existing skills. Thank you! Tina Tina Deveny Oestreich Language Learning Manager The Freedman Center in Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106 (216) 368-5283 *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technology (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************