Industry-leading language solution addresses needs of world language and English language learners

PLATO Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUTR), a leading provider of K–adult computer-based and e-learning solutions, announced today it now offers Rosetta Stone^® Classroom Version 3, delivered via online subscription, and available for immediate order. Rosetta Stone Classroom is a powerful learning tool that incorporates seamlessly into a teacher’s overall language learning curriculum. PLATO Learning has distributed Rosetta Stone products since 2001.

Rosetta Stone Classroom expands PLATO Learning’s content offering by including foreign and English language courses in an online subscription format. The product is ideal for English language learners (ELLs), as well as for supplemental world language learning.

“Rosetta Stone represents the ‘gold standard’ for language learning, and we are proud to be one of their resellers in the education marketplace,” said Jamie Candee, vice president, product management and sales and services effectiveness for PLATO Learning. “Rosetta Stone Classroom is a media-rich solution that complements PLATO Learning’s core academic courseware.”

The Rosetta Stone English as a Second Language (ESL) and ELL solutions are immersion-based and can be integrated into bilingual, dual immersion, or limited English proficiency programs. Rosetta Stone stands apart because it focuses on ESL/ESOL learners’ innate strengths, using its proprietary “Dynamic Immersion^®” system to move students through a carefully structured sequence of pictures, encouraging them to associate images they understand with words that they are learning.

For foreign language learning, Rosetta Stone Classroom Version 3 offers more than 20 different languages and can be used to complement classroom teaching or to allow students to work independently. Rosetta Stone Classroom advances students to the next level only when they achieve a level of proficiency defined by the teacher. Features such as speech analysis tools, grammar and spelling components, and predefined course templates adeptly complement classroom teaching expertise.

“PLATO Learning is an effective partner in helping Rosetta Stone place its language learning software into classrooms throughout the country,” said Cathy Quenzer, western regional director, education for Rosetta Stone.