Swedish Online Subscriptions

What is Audio Companion?

Audio Companion CDs enhance language learning anytime, anyplace. You’ll learn new skills on the computer, and then reinforce them by listening to Audio Companion. Simply play them on your stereo, or download to an MP3 Player and go!

Enhance your learning experience

Audio Companion activities correspond to Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. Just listen to Audio Companion and practice what you’ve learned, turning travel time into productive language learning time.

Extend your study time

You don’t have to stop learning when you leave your computer. Audio Companion lets you access your lessons whenever and wherever you want.

Build vocabulary and pronounce words and phrases

Audio companion features distinct words and shorter phrases to make them easier to hear and repeat. You’ll build good enunciation habits by hearing native speakers pronounce them first.

Speak and converse

The speaking portion of Audio Companion lets you listen to questions and answers, repeating them to use later. To help you build your conversational skills, first you’ll listen to a conversation and then repeat phrases individually.

Benefits summary:

• Reinforces what you are learning with our core CD-ROM products.
• Easy to download and compatible with audio players or on your computer.
• Free with the Level 1,2 & 3 set.

This set will help you:

• Build vocabulary and language basics.
• Spell and write accurately.
• Speak without a script.
• Retain what you’ve learned.
• Read and understand in your new language.

Sample topics include:

• Age, family relations, household items
• Introductions and greetings
• Times of day and calendar terms
• Buying and selling

About Swedish

Swedish is the main language spoken in Sweden, with about 9 million speakers. In addition, a sizable minority of about 300,000 residents of Finland consider Swedish to be their primary language.

Swedish Learning Tips

• Swedish is a melodic language with rising and falling tones. The sound and length of vowels and tones help differentiate the meaning of words.
• Swedish spelling is largely phonetic. Once you know the sound each letter represents, you can approach accurate pronunciation of new words with confidence.
• There are two categories of Swedish nouns—common and neuter—that determine the form of adjectives associated with those nouns.
• Word order in Swedish is predictable, and the main verb is the second component of a sentence.
• Verbs in Swedish only change for differences in tense. You don’t have to conjugate them for different subjects.
• Swedish speakers rarely use formal speech, though they do use it in some dialects.
• Learning Swedish gives you a head start if you decide to learn Danish or Norwegian. The languages are closely related and are often understood by native speakers and experienced learners.

Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations

• Windows (32-bit editions only) 2000 or XP, Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
• 128 MB RAM
• 250 MB free hard-drive space
• 16-bit sound card
• 800 x 600 display resolution
• Speech Recognition feature requires a headset microphone (USB or analog)

Additional Requirements for Online Products

• 56K or better modem connection
• Browsers: Internet Explorer 6sp1 and Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0, Safari 2
• Shockwave plug-in installed on browser

Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:

Current Rosetta Stone® products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as ‘Vista Compliant’. Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.