The Diocese of Rockville Centre is Partnering with Rosetta Stone for New Language Program

In September ten Catholic schools under the Diocese of Rockville Centre began working with Rosetta Stone to provide more language learning options. Students now have the opportunity to choose between six languages, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Italian, and Latin, at some schools. The number of options varies by school. The selection of languages offered often reflects the students’ communities and heritages as well as their personal and academic interests.

St. John Paul II chose to offer six [languages] because they have families that are of Polish decent in their community, and they had students interested in Latin,” says Gary Layton, director of marketing for Diocese of Rockville Center.

This supplement for instructor-led classes allows for students to move at their own pace, take control of their learning, and gain more experience working with computers and utilizing software. Additionally, without needing a separate teacher for each language allows for the more cost and time effective way to introduce more options since only one instructor is needed per class.