R 161839Z APR 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 228/10
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MR//
SUBJ/ROSETTA STONE ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE LIBRARY PATRONS//
POC/-/-/-/NAME:MS. CINDY SHIPLEY/TEL:703-784-9550//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN GIVES NOTIFICATION OF THE AVAILABILITY OF ROSETTA STONE, ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES, FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE LIBRARY PATRONS.
2.  THE LIFELONG LEARNING GENERAL LIBRARY PROGRAM PROVIDES ROSETTA STONE TO FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE LIBRARY PATRONS IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN THE MARINE CORPS COMMUNITY.  TECOM OFFERS ROSETTA STONE TO ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL THROUGH MARINENET. 
3.  THIRTY-ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGES ARE OFFERED TO REGISTERED USERS.  LESSONS FOR EACH LANGUAGE INCLUDE INTERACTIVE LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, AND SELF-TESTING MODULES.  THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 19 UNITS PER LANGUAGE WITH ABOUT 40 LESSONS PER UNIT. 
4.  THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF LANGUAGES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:
ARABIC, CHINESE (MANDARIN), DANISH, DUTCH, ENGLISH (UK), ENGLISH (US), FARSI, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, HEBREW, HINDI, INDONESIAN, IRISH, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, LATIN, PASHTO, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, SPANISH (LATIN AMERICA), SPANISH (SPAIN), SWAHILI, SWEDISH, TAGALOG, THAI, TURKISH, VIETNAMESE, WELSH.
5.  LIBRARY PATRONS MAY REGISTER FOR A ROSETTA STONE LANGUAGE SEAT THROUGH THEIR INSTALLATION LIBRARY.  USERS MAY ACCESS LANGUAGE LESSONS REMOTELY OR IN THE LIBRARY.  IF A STUDENT DOES NOT USE THEIR LANGUAGE SEAT FOR THIRTY DAYS, THE SEAT IS DEACTIVATED TO ALLOW OTHER USERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SERVICE.  DEACTIVATED STUDENTS MAY CONTACT THEIR LIBRARY FOR REACTIVATION.  REACTIVATED USERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND RESUME THEIR PREVIOUS LESSONS. 
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY NF6 (SES) T.R. LARSEN, DIRECTOR, PERSONAL AND FAMILY READINESS DIVISION.//