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So far, I'm not happy with the way the Spanish course is taught. Lesson 1.7 was hard and seemed out of place. It seems we should have learned numbers, months, and other things first. The voice recognition doesn't seem to work. It will record my voice sometimes but has yet to tell me if I am speaking correctly or not. It only plays back my own voice, but nothing more. Sometimes the voices used by your staff are hard to understand or are speaking too fast for beginners. I'm going to keep trying, but so far, not much is sticking.
Response from Rocket Languages
That should not be happening with the voice recognition. Check your inbox; let's hop on a call and get it sorted!
The voice of the person speaking in the videos is mad annoying. But besides that the course is not that bad. It's good if you want to learn to write and know how words sound like but the voice recognition don't work at all. Which is the main reason I am giving such a low score, because for how expensive the course is you should be able to learn to speck.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Rose, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're sorry about the issues you have been experiencing with the voice recognition software. A member of our friendly customer support team has been in contact with you to see how we can help you resolve these issues. All the best with your Spanish language learning!
very fun really helped i think that the price is very high though because i am only a child and i do not have that sort of money
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Safia, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're glad to hear that you have found our Rocket French course helpful. We understand that our pricing may seem high. However, we have made the decision to offer our courses for a one-time fee that provides you with lifetime access, not a subscription, because we believe that learning a language is a lifelong commitment. We wish you all the best with your French language learning!
The program keeps locking up on me. I am frustrated. Halfway through the pronunciation part I click the red microphone icon for the current word and it doesn't respond. And at that point I can't get the program to do anything. I have no opinion on the Customer Service as I haven't used it yet.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Randall, thank you for your review. We're sorry to hear about the issues you are experiencing with the voice recognition software. Our friendly customer support team has contacted you via email to help you rectify this issue. Best of luck with your French language learning!
1, Right now teaching & understanding grammar is weak in the program
2. Need to progress further to decide if I'll buy again
3. decent price when discounted
4. I would explain what I understand of the program at this point.
5. Help with browser recording process almost useless.
"Take Italy Made Easy" (Manu's) videos and couple it with these structured exercises and you'd have a much stronger program.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Ed, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear that the program did not meet your expectations. We would like to clarify that grammar lessons are referred to as Language and Culture Lessons in our course and are separate from our Audio lessons. We hope this clears up any confusion. We wish you the best of luck with your Italian language journey!
The accent of the french canadian is not correct and there are mulitple mistakes
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Margaret, we appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear that you experienced issues with the French Canadian accent while using our Rocket French program. We have passed your feedback on to our Rocket French team, who will carefully review the relevant lessons and make any necessary changes. We wish you all the best with your French language learning!
Course #1's audio lessons were really excellent. The timing of the dialogue/repeat sections is spot on, the native speakers have very clear accents, and you learn a lot quite quickly. It is easy to put them on in the background and make several additional passes through the material to cement the teachings. I found the accompanying grammar lessons to be difficult to retain in the 'mostly text' format, and they often don't follow along with where you are in the audio lessons at all.
Course #2 is somewhat the opposite. The native speakers (and host) all have distinct accents, the dialogue timing is a mess, and the content is all over the place. One minute you're basically redo-ing a lesson from Course #1, and the next you're totally lost when everything switches to 'casual' speech, which you've had almost no exposure to thus far. Alternately, the grammar courses are now structured to expound upon specific parts of the audio, which is an improvement.
I was VERY happy with Course #1 overall, but I am soured on the audio portion of Course #2. When the dialogue-repeat sections sometimes go word-by-word, but give you 10 seconds to speak, it becomes very difficult to learn the line in entirety.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Richard, I would like to thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on the Rocket Japanese course. Your review is greatly appreciated. We are happy to know that you enjoyed Level 1 of the course. However, we're sorry to hear that the audio lessons in Level 2 did not meet your expectations. I have already passed your feedback on to our Rocket Japanese team, who will take it into consideration while working on future course updates. Thank you again for your valuable feedback, and we wish you all the best with your Japanese language learning!
The microphone speaking part of the browser is terrible. I have 3 headsets (all expensive) and also used the microphone on the laptop. For simple words like Nom, Bonjour (I am getting zero or sorry I didnt catch that). I know I am not fluent yet, but i've got those words down, but the software occasionally wont get what i say. Very annoying...
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Jas, thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are sorry to hear that you are having trouble with our voice recognition software. Our Customer Support team has reached out to you in order to help resolve this issue. We wish you all the best in your journey to learn French!
There isn't an easy way for me to learn ASL and this has been incredibly helpful to me. This is like Duolingo for ASL.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for your review, Jim! We're glad that Rocket Sign Language has helped you learn American Sign Language with ease. Happy signing!
Learning languages is really nice here; it sticks. Reciting the vocabulary and having it "graded" is really helpful for pronunciation. The "Play It!" portion is extremely helpful when it comes to being able to speak the language on cue. And when you're learning Russian, like me, or a language with a different writing system, "Write It!" can be frustrating and challenging yet extremely beneficial.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Ali, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. It's awesome to hear that you are benefiting from the interactive elements, such as "Play It!," woven into our Rocket Russian course. All the best with your Russian language learning!