How much will Rosetta Stone teach you?

[eliz.lanier]

I was thinking using Rosetta Stone as a sort of supplement to my Japanese learning (for school) and maybe as a way to learn Korean or Mandarin Chinese (just an interest)

But how much does it actually teach you? Just a few phrases? Or how to actually have a conversation? Does it teach you how to write? I'm mostly concerned about Japanese for that though, as in does it explain Kanji, not really hiregana or katakana as I'm already pretty good with those.

How much does each level cover?

And what's the difference between homeschool and the regular edition?

Thanks!