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Ivan Penn and the Tampa Bay Times, Mandarin Chinese, Rosetta Stone Style

Ivan Penn writes the “Consumer’s Edge” series for the Tampa Bay Times newspaper. These reviews appear both in print and online. In this example, Penn also created a series of videos to document his use of the Rosetta Stone software to learn Mandarin Chinese.

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Tampa Bay Times.

Visit the Mandarin Chinese, Rosetta Stone style, page at http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2010/reports/rosetta-stone-chinese-mandarin/

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