A personal message from CEO and co-founder, Jason Oxenham
Bonjour !,
I’m glad that you’re here, and I’m excited to tell you a little more about Rocket Languages.
Allons-y ! Let’s go!

Jason Oxenham
Rocket Languages
Co-Founder and CEO
Bonjour !,
I’m glad that you’re here, and I’m excited to tell you a little more about Rocket Languages.
Allons-y ! Let’s go!
Jason Oxenham
Rocket Languages
Co-Founder and CEO
Let’s rewind to 2004. I was 33, and I’d been dabbling with learning French for a few years. I’d spent years doing everything that language learners are “supposed” to do. I stocked up on textbooks, I faithfully attended classes and I tried software program after software program. But nothing seemed to work. I wasn’t much further than when I’d started--unless being able to say, "The cow is on the car," is considered progress!
I guess, in many ways, I wasn't the ideal candidate for learning a second language.
I knew I couldn’t be the only person having trouble. So at the start of 2004, my friend and co-founder, Mark Ling, and I put our heads together. What other challenges were holding people back from successfully learning a second language? And how could we help them overcome them? We decided to do some research. So we:
Within 12 months we had created both Rocket Spanish and Rocket French by combining engaging listening activities, easy-to-follow grammar lessons and useful vocabulary words. Both of these were instant hits, with members sending in rave reviews about just how much better our courses were than anything else on the market.
By late 2004, we were the first company to provide online language learning courses, even if they were just MP3 files and PDFs!
With the success of Rocket Spanish and Rocket French, we started expanding the number of languages we offered. Right now the Rocket Languages catalog includes:
Not only that, but our member surveys told us that our learners were hungry for more. We listened and built advanced levels of our most popular languages.
As technology developed over the years, we constantly updated and refined our courses to keep pace with advances in e-learning and customer experience standards.
Fast-forward to the present day. Rocket Languages is a recognized leader in online language learning. In fact, the Rocket Languages system has been so successful that over 1,200,000 registered users now use Rocket Languages products.
The online language learning market has changed immensely since 2004. For instance:
So, how do we intend to stay ahead of the pack?
In my opinion it all comes back to the vision that we had, and still have, for Rocket Languages:
First and foremost, this means that our courses must work for everyone.
Having personally reviewed many different methods of learning a second language, I can confidently say that this isn’t the case with the majority of products out there.
Our vision is built into everything that we do here at Rocket Languages. We will do anything and everything to make your language-learning experience better.
So rest assured that Rocket Languages will remain a leader in online language learning for many years to come!
Au revoir !
Jason Oxenham
CEO and Co-founder
Rocket Languages Ltd
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