Heh. Same thing for Rosetta Stone. I tried that before moving to Japan, and it was too much "english translated" to be overly useful. I ended up with private lessons using the minna no nihongo series, and it wasn't bad, once you get over the fact that the vocabulary (at least in the beginning) is more slated to incoming factory workers than office types. I can't see that being overly good for self study, unless you live in country though.
Heh. Same thing for Rosetta Stone. I tried that before moving to Japan, and it was too much "english translated" to be overly useful. I ended up with private lessons using the minna no nihongo series, and it wasn't bad, once you get over the fact that the vocabulary (at least in the beginning) is more slated to incoming factory workers than office types. I can't see that being overly good for self study, unless you live in country though.