Lesson 1.5 Rocket Premium - Language - Stare v Essere

I have been loving learning Italian with the Rocket Languages program. It's practical knowledge that's well paced, thoroughly explained and culturally relevant. I am so happy with the progress I am making. This was such a wonderful gift to myself! Grazie mille!

I would highly recommend this to friends of mine, because it is very easy to follow. I've tried a whole bunch of different courses; I think Alex and Maria are great; they speak at a slow enough pace. They make it so that you can repeat it and they make it so that you can definitely understand it.

I've impressed a lot of different people with the Italian that I've been speaking in such a short time.

I was hoping I would gain a total fluency for the language, as well as learning about the culture which is a huge help because we are going to be going to Italy.

I can't say grazie enough for this awesome class, molte grazie and ti amo...

My mom and I talked about going to Italy but she thought we would want to take a tour since we don't speak the language. Tours sound horrible to me, I would rather we went on our own. Unfortunately, my mom has passed away, but I still want to go. I have thought for more than a year on trying to learn the language. I read a lot of reviews and Rocket Italian always came out near the top. I also tried several samples of different programs. I liked the way on Rocket Italian that you can see the spelling and practice how to say the words properly. I took Latin in high school and find that it has helped in my recognizing Italian words when I read them. I didn't think I would feel comfortable with Italian so quickly. I also didn't know it would be so fun!

Currently I am learning Italian and Spanish. Rocket Languages makes learning a foreign language fun and easy. I just wish there was a discount to those who are learning two or more languages. That would only be fair.

Hi, my name is Steve Grant. I'm calling to leave an audio testimonial for Rocket Italian. I have several good things I would like to say about the program. The first thing is, for the value, for the money you spend I think you get an amazing range of vocabulary and grammar and cultural points, cultural tips to learn from, and if you follow the lessons safely, work diligently, work daily, you stand to learn quite a bit of information. And what I mean by the value of the course is that you could spend $25, $35 dollars for a book and CD, $40 maybe, and it might be ok, but I think the range of material you're going to learn is going to be fairly limited. And for the price you'll pay for Rocket Italian, it's quite a bit of information, it's quite vast, and you'll be fairly knowledgeable about a wide range of topics from Love, to Culture, to Traveling, to visiting the Museum, all kinds of things. And another thing that's extremely helpful is having the online support with Alex and Maria, especially Maria because if you have a vocabulary or grammar question or maybe a usage question you can just shoot her an email and she'll get back to you fairly quickly. I think this is very important because no book, no program can cover every single possible contingency. So I think this is really nice feature of the program. Also, the MP3 format is really excellent because I'm the kind of learner, I need to see it and hear it, and I just load up my MP3 player and you can listen non-stop. I listen when I'm walking to the grocery store, when I'm riding the subway, when I'm jogging, when I'm taking a walk in the evening. Obviously it's very important to get the pronunciation down from Day 1 and how it actually sounds from a native speaker because learning just from a book and paper is OK for grammar and vocabulary but you'll never be exactly sure what the language is supposed to sound like. So I highly, highly highly recommend the program. Another great feature is the extra lessons, the Survival Kit where they go into different topics and give you a wealth of phrases and vocabulary to discuss these various topics. I think that's a very nice feature. I highly recommend the program and thanks a lot for offering it!