Downingtown Area School District welcomes you to Rosetta Stone®!
DASD has selected Rosetta Stone® as our online world language learning solution for students in first
through fifth grade. Multilingual skills are a critical success factor in our global society, and we provide
our students with an opportunity to learn the language skills they need to be effective and successful in
today’s changing world. Rosetta Stone’s interactive and award-winning software creates an intuitive and
engaging environment for thinking and communicating in a new language.
With Rosetta Stone®, students will have access to the following both in and out of school:
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Rosetta Course®: Reading, writing, speaking and listening skills are introduced in core lessons,
then key skills, such as grammar and vocabulary, are refined in focused activities. Speech
recognition technology evaluates the pronunciation of each word and sentence, providing
immediate feedback.
Students will learn using The Rosetta Stone® program one period per six-day cycle. They may also log in
to the program from any internet-connected computer outside of school. Parents/Guardians will have
access to student progress reports at any time.
For more information on Rosetta Stone®, visit http://www.dasd.org/Page/2514 or
www.rosettastone.com. We look forward to partnering with you to expand our students’ horizons!
Sincerely,
Jennifer L. Saksa
Supervisor of Professional Learning
Rosetta Stone Classroom - Language Description and Selection Form
Arabic
Arabic is spoken by more than 200 million native speakers, and is an official language of more than 20 countries
and the United Nations. In terms of the number of speakers, Arabic is the largest living member of the Semitic
Language family. In Arabic, the script is written right to left.
Chinese
Chinese is the native language of more than 1 billion speakers, more people than any other language. It is spoken
throughout China, Malaysia, Singapore, and in many overseas Chinese communities. Rosetta Stone offers
Mandarin Chinese. The Simplified, Traditional, and Pin-Ying scripts are all available in the software.
French
French is the official language of France and its overseas territories. The French language is spoken in more than
50 other countries and is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. French is a romance language, as
are Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, and Romanian.
German
German is the official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. It is
spoken in many European countries as a second language and is the third most taught and translated language in
the world. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers and also by about
80 million non-native speakers. The German language is the fourth most spoken at home in the USA (1.4 million)
behind English, Spanish, and French.
Hindi
Hindi is the official language of India. It is also used in many other countries, including Fiji and Nepal. There are
over 400 million speakers of Hindi around the world.
Italian
Italian is the native language of over 60 million people, and is the official language of Italy, the Republic of San
Marino, and the Vatican. You will notice that some Italian words use accent marks which help you properly
pronounce the word.
Japanese
The Japanese language is spoken by more than 130 million people in Japan and Japanese communities around the
world. Japanese is written with no spaces between words. Japanese words change depending on the formality of
the situation. Rosetta Stone teaches you to communicate in informal or formal Japanese, as appropriate for the
situation.
Spanish (Latin American)
Latin American Spanish is primarily spoken in Central and South America and is the primary Spanish spoken in the
United States. The Spanish spoken in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and the Caribbean have a distinct accent
particular to those countries. In the United States, 34 million people (12.2% of the population older than 5) speak
Spanish at home.
Student Name_____________________________ School______________________ Grade __________
I prefer for my child to have access to the following language through Rosetta Stone (check one):
___ Arabic
___ Chinese
___ French
___ German
___ Hindi
___ Italian
___ Japanese
___ Spanish