U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Offers Language-Learning to Employees Using Rosetta Stone

October 9, 2007

Three-Year Contract Makes Rosetta Stone Available to More Than 15,000 Employees

ARLINGTON, Va. (Oct. 9, 2007) — Rosetta Stone Inc., creator of the No. 1 language-learning software, announced today that it has been awarded a three-year contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The contract makes the Rosetta Stone® Web-based, on-demand language-learning program available to more than 15,000 ICE employees throughout the United States and other countries.

The contract was awarded soon after the completion of a pilot program in which ICE employees tested Rosetta Stone software. Effective immediately, all employees will now have online access to a complete library of Rosetta Stone language-learning programs in 31 languages, including high-demand languages such as Spanish (Latin America) and Arabic.

“To provide employees with the language instruction they need, ICE sought a proven Web-based language-learning tool that could teach speaking, listening, reading and writing for a variety of target languages. We are pleased to provide Rosetta Stone as an enterprise-wide solution,” says Linda Trude, vice president, institutional sales, Rosetta Stone.

ICE is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. The agency is comprised of five integrated divisions – Investigations, Detention and Removal Operations, Intelligence, International Affairs and Federal Protective Service – that form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.

Proven Method: The Most Effective Way to Learn a New Language

Rosetta Stone is an interactive software program that provides the fastest, most effective way to learn a new language: entirely by immersion. Its proven method, innovative versatile instruction and clever, easy-to-use program, creates an engaging learning environment. The Rosetta Stone Dynamic ImmersionTM method immediately teaches users to think in a new language, by connecting real-life images and contexts with meaning. Rosetta Stone uses a proprietary speech recognition program, guided pronunciation exercises and conversation practice to build confidence in speaking. Rosetta Stone users learn to read and write by associating letters and words with sounds and meanings. Users become proficient in understanding native speakers through exposure to fluent speech combined with clear meaning from context. Instant feedback is provided within a carefully sequenced structure to ensure learning success.

Languages offered by Rosetta Stone include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, English (U.K.), English (U.S.), Farsi (Persian), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and Welsh.

About Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone Inc. is a leading provider of language-learning software. Acclaimed for the speed, power and effectiveness of its Dynamic ImmersionTM method, Rosetta Stone is a revolutionary language-learning software program. While teaching 31 languages to millions of people in more than 150 countries throughout the world, Rosetta Stone software is the key to Language-Learning Success™. Inc. Magazine has named Rosetta Stone Inc. one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States for the second consecutive year, and for the fourth consecutive year Deloitte has named the company one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Virginia. Rosetta Stone was founded in 1992 on two core beliefs: that the natural way people learn languages as children remains the most successful method for learning new languages; and that interactive CD-ROM and online technology can recreate the immersion method powerfully for learners of any age. The company is based in Arlington, Va. For more information, visit www.RosettaStone.com.

Rosetta Stone, Rosetta World, Dynamic Immersion and Language Learning Success are trademarks of Rosetta Stone Ltd.