Name: Anonymous 2012-05-15 16:31
Hello,
I’ll try to make this short, but I am seeking help from someone who is fluent in speaking/reading (and partly writing) Mandarin Chinese, to complete a 3rd year level in Rosetta Stone.
Basically I was enrolled into a school program in which you had to have 3 years of language to graduate. The general class was Spanish, but they were also bringing in a couple of new languages including Mandarin Chinese. At the time, I decided to take this as a chance to learn a new language seeing I had already taken small classes for Spanish in previous years.
This would turn out to be one of the worst mistakes I ever made. The problem had nothing to do with the language itself, it was the system that was introduced, it was a huge joke to not only the students, but the teachers. Basically in a nutshell, I sat through 2 years of Chinese class and passed without learning a complete sentence of Chinese. How? I still ask that myself. But of course on the 3rd and final year, the teacher gets up and leaves the school ¾th into the year, and instead of having the students who still took the class (another mistake I made, I should’ve got out fast) keep all of the current work such as the grades from the first semester, we were all taken out of the class and put into Rosetta Stone, and of course, put us all in the 3rd year assuming we all knew 2 years of Chinese.
TL;DR: I’m in a level 3 Chinese class without any knowledge of Chinese.
Now there is a reason I’m asking someone who is fluent. This course has a grade-like system and still must be passed. If there is anyone who isn’t fluent but wants to give it a go, by all means, have at it.
But of course here I’m asking for help in a language that I now have no intention (or time rather) to learn.
This course needs to be completed before May 25th. I can pay $30 over PayPal, and we could negotiate a higher price if problems or difficulties occur.
Again part of the reason I’m looking for someone fluent is so that this doesn’t feel so much as work or a chore. If you are not familiar with Rosetta Stone, there are 4 units, each one having a row of lessons, within the program includes a lot of “click here for what phrase was just said” and some speaking parts in which you repeat a certain phrase into a microphone (these aren’t actually graded as far as I can tell, and can be skipped by making random noises) along with some writing segments.
If there is anyone interested, please just leave an email or Skype username in which I can use to contact you and give out certain information such as the login ID and etc.
I'm aware asking for help in this short of time is a low blow being it's almost the end of everyone's course year.
But like I said, as far as I know, if someone knew the language, it's pretty straight forward as in the sense of just doing "point and clicks" and "match this picture with this phrase" most of the time. The actual true deadline is May 31st, but it's just hard to get the notice in that late once it's completed.
But when it comes down to it, even though I'm desperate, I'm not begging as to cause pity or guilt. At the end of the day, I got myself into this shit, just gonna try to attempt any solution I can think of.
I’ll try to make this short, but I am seeking help from someone who is fluent in speaking/reading (and partly writing) Mandarin Chinese, to complete a 3rd year level in Rosetta Stone.
Basically I was enrolled into a school program in which you had to have 3 years of language to graduate. The general class was Spanish, but they were also bringing in a couple of new languages including Mandarin Chinese. At the time, I decided to take this as a chance to learn a new language seeing I had already taken small classes for Spanish in previous years.
This would turn out to be one of the worst mistakes I ever made. The problem had nothing to do with the language itself, it was the system that was introduced, it was a huge joke to not only the students, but the teachers. Basically in a nutshell, I sat through 2 years of Chinese class and passed without learning a complete sentence of Chinese. How? I still ask that myself. But of course on the 3rd and final year, the teacher gets up and leaves the school ¾th into the year, and instead of having the students who still took the class (another mistake I made, I should’ve got out fast) keep all of the current work such as the grades from the first semester, we were all taken out of the class and put into Rosetta Stone, and of course, put us all in the 3rd year assuming we all knew 2 years of Chinese.
TL;DR: I’m in a level 3 Chinese class without any knowledge of Chinese.
Now there is a reason I’m asking someone who is fluent. This course has a grade-like system and still must be passed. If there is anyone who isn’t fluent but wants to give it a go, by all means, have at it.
But of course here I’m asking for help in a language that I now have no intention (or time rather) to learn.
This course needs to be completed before May 25th. I can pay $30 over PayPal, and we could negotiate a higher price if problems or difficulties occur.
Again part of the reason I’m looking for someone fluent is so that this doesn’t feel so much as work or a chore. If you are not familiar with Rosetta Stone, there are 4 units, each one having a row of lessons, within the program includes a lot of “click here for what phrase was just said” and some speaking parts in which you repeat a certain phrase into a microphone (these aren’t actually graded as far as I can tell, and can be skipped by making random noises) along with some writing segments.
If there is anyone interested, please just leave an email or Skype username in which I can use to contact you and give out certain information such as the login ID and etc.
I'm aware asking for help in this short of time is a low blow being it's almost the end of everyone's course year.
But like I said, as far as I know, if someone knew the language, it's pretty straight forward as in the sense of just doing "point and clicks" and "match this picture with this phrase" most of the time. The actual true deadline is May 31st, but it's just hard to get the notice in that late once it's completed.
But when it comes down to it, even though I'm desperate, I'm not begging as to cause pity or guilt. At the end of the day, I got myself into this shit, just gonna try to attempt any solution I can think of.