I'd like to learn a second language, and I too saw this ad on TV. It was a very convincing ad. I don't think it'd be any easier getting a job if you knew a second language. Usually you need some kind of second skill to go with it.
I have used it and it is very, very good. Of course, nothing beats having an actual teacher, but their software is very close.
If you have a mic, you can speak and listen to your pronunciation and even for languages that use different character sets, you can practice typing/spelling with the simulated on-screen keyboard.
It is a different way of learning however: It doesn't start with the ABCs, rather it jumps you right into common objects and sentences. So you have to get into it a bit before you will know some of the most basic conversation. Not ideal, for example, if you need to learn the basics 2 weeks before a trip overseas - It's a full course and designed as such.
It is a good system. Finding the time to dedicate is my hardest problem, although you can really tell that if you were able to spend a half hour or an hour a day on it, everyday, you would go a long way.
I recommend it (I tried the latin american spanish one, and the method they use actually seems to sink the language into your brain better than any other way I've seen)
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I used it, and now I'm fluent in British as well as American. Now I can call my mates in England at their flats and have a good old chin wag. Next I'm gonna study Australian.
Ray "The Don" Vega
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