[Paul11]

The best way, of course, is real immersion, in the country. And there's just no substitute for lots of hard study. And it all comes down to memorization. The grammer is easy, but it comes down to memorizing all the vocabulary to plug into the skeleton/frame of the sentance grammer.

When I lived in Japan success still came from studying hours a day. also I was carrying around boat-loads of flashcards and a small note-pad for every word I heard.

I'm not saying rossetta stone is not worthy. there's just no subsititute for memorization.