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The Spanish word timido. I have been told by a former teacher from Mexico and my current teacher, who I , see twice a week, from Spain, that there is no distinction in Spanish between timid and shy. Can you kindly tell me how would one differen...
8 replies - Last post by John-O72 - May 17, 2015
It would be really useful to me if we could download the individual "Play It!" conversations (I don't find the "Role Play" file which contains all the conversations to be manageable). In this way I could put them on my iPod and practice simulated conversa...
8 replies - Last post by devananda - May 7, 2015
I notice there are issues with the point system and forum. Rocket Languages says they are working on it.
6 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - May 6, 2015
I recently discovered that double clicking on a work brings up a vocabulary icon. Currently it seems only to show additional uses of that word in the lessons. I would find it fantastically useful, if, especially in the case of Verbs, that it would show t...
3 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - May 1, 2015
Hello, Have you all noticed that the profile page shows your full name in the tab instead of your forum name? Full Name is shown on the Chrome tab, which reveals the person's real first and last name instead of Forum Name. Same problem for the text behi...
1 reply - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - April 14, 2015
Hi I'm not sure that I like the updated pages with the Test It, Write It and Know it all on one page. There is too much scrolling down the page for my liking especially with the culture lessons in between. It was so much easier to flick...
11 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - April 14, 2015
I like the slightly more spartan, cleaned up appearance of the site. Especially the font.
38 replies - Last post by jason☺ - March 17, 2015
Emoticons:Feel free to translate into your favorite language
Hello, Has anybody published a list of emoticons available on the site? Smiles: :+)= :) :+D= :D :+o= :o 8+)= 8) ;+)= ;) Frowns: :+(= :( :+'+(= :'( D+:= D: ;+/= :/ :+|= :| Interesting: ಠ_ಠ
4 replies - Last post by jason☺ - March 16, 2015
Hello! I notice the Rocket Scheduler got a little update with a button with your points for the day on it on the dashboard home page. When you hover your mouse over it, it says, "My Rocket Scheduler a motivational tool based on the "don't break the c...
3 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - March 12, 2015
The 2015 Edition - soft launch!
Hello! The topic by the same name over in news seems to be closed. Anybody know why it was closed? They have corrected several things. Now the Rocket Test Modules have a black border around them to show they are selected. Selecting a module allo...
3 replies - Last post by jason☺ - March 12, 2015
Score Issues and Family Plan Question
Watch what happens in this video to my score when I switch from German to French and play a phrase: http://goo.gl/cvPByg My score rockets from 25,000 to over 50,000. This process took about 3 minutes and it appears that my German score is being appli...
1 reply - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - March 12, 2015
Just discovered this so I thought I'd pass the tip along. If you want to post text with single spacing, first type it into a Notepad document and then copy/paste it here.
7 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - March 2, 2015
Continued problem with testing module
This morning I attempted to complete the test for module 12. Things went fairly well in the Hear It test, although the system was slow to cycle on to the next statement. But when the system went to the Write It section, it hung up at the point where the t...
4 replies - Last post by jason☺ - February 15, 2015
Single space between paragraphs
Does anyone know how to single space between paragraphs? George
2 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - February 11, 2015
Help with My Vocab word munching!
Hello! The My Vocab is behaving like a word muncher. Please be sure he is getting proper care and feeding so that he doesn't eat my words. I'll give two examples to try to entertain and educate: Scenario1: Open My Vocab (this is sort of slow, would love...
0 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 28, 2015
I have to say, that the lessons presented by Nik and Paul are far better in structure and learnability than the ones presented by Sarah and Matthius. Perhaps they could take some pointers from Paul and Nik.. It is far more enjoyable (and I really learn m...
3 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - January 27, 2015
Hello, I made a post over in the Rocket German forum. It didn't get a lot of response. Zero in fact after 20 days. It is regarding the ability for YOU to record your own voice on a NEW vocabulary card and to let people vote for your pronunciation. I thin...
0 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 22, 2015
What Happened To The Mega Vocab game?
Is the Mega Vocab game gone?
7 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 8, 2015
What are the small Rocket icons - My Study Plan
On the "My Dashboard" screen when looking at "My Study Plan" I notice that some of the lesson boxes have a small rocket icon in the upper right hand corner and some do not have this icon. These are lessons that have all been completed (or near completed) ...
4 replies - Last post by danos - December 12, 2014
I would love to see the ratings taken out of the users control and have the application rate us instead. I think it would give the user a better idea on what they need to work on.
11 replies - Last post by Leslie-K4 - December 5, 2014
Hi All, I really enjoyed the hosts from the first Rocket German package. The female host was funny on occasions, and took the course slowly enough that i didnt miss anything. Ive moved onto the Rocket German Premium Plus and i am now used to the new h...
4 replies - Last post by grahame-r - November 16, 2014
My wife and I both are planning to learn as much French as we can before we travel around Languedoc-Roussillon in late May 2011. We are not likely to complete the lessons at exactly the same pace. How can we keep separate track of our progress through R...
9 replies - Last post by grahame-r - November 10, 2014
My First scam email in Spanish
LOL. I get scam emails all the time wanting me to collect millions of dollars - just give them my bank account number. No thank you. Today I got one in Spanish. I couldn't read all of it, but I could make out enough to know it was a scam.
3 replies - Last post by Michael--541 - November 5, 2014
hi, im doing my 3rd audio lesson and im confused with the verb TOMAR because it's supposed to mean TO TAKE but on this audio it means TO DRINK! Quieres algo a beber? Is it correct or do I have to use TOMAR? Please let me know asap Gracias
3 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - November 5, 2014
Amira, 3andik facebook? lau na3'am inti facebook ey? Shukran =D
2 replies - Last post by maha266 - November 5, 2014
I have saved the lessons but when I open them, there is no audio (even the buttons are missing. I have saved in .htm and .mht formats but alas, no sound. (There is sound when I access the lessons on line). Is the sound only available when doing the les...
1 reply - Last post by maha266 - November 5, 2014
Hi! I was wondering if someone could tell me how to get the special characters needed for writing in French. There surely has to be an easier way than looking each one up everytime you need it...I hope! Thanks, Barb K.
6 replies - Last post by maha266 - November 5, 2014
chat via skype to help practice
Hi if anyone thinks it's a good idea, we can add each other to msn or skype to talk live to practice !
2 replies - Last post by maha266 - November 5, 2014
Hello, I'm trying to download the PDF files of the Language and Culture lessons but for some reason it won't let me. Is there anything I can do to download them? Thanks, Dionna.
2 replies - Last post by maha266 - November 5, 2014
My Vocab Icon Pops Up When Not Needed
One thing that I find annoying is the pop-up icon for adding a word to the "My Vocab." It jumps up when I hit the mouse or some key (I don't know which) and hides the text underneath. Personally, I rarely use the My Vocab, and would like to have it as a...
5 replies - Last post by maha266 - November 2, 2014
normal posting method does not work
Usually, when I want to post something, I clink on the "Ask It Here" button and it brings up a form for me to fill out. Now when I click on that it presents a thin 2mm box with no room to post anything. However, I just discovered this form at the bottom...
4 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - October 15, 2014
download all audio files at once
hi, i was wondering if there was an option to download all of the audio files at once? thanks!
10 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 17, 2014
How can i get rid of 'Update your Flash Player' floating box??!
Ok, obviously if i could update if i could, but i have Mac OSX 10.5.8 so can't upgrade Flash any further than i already have. The testing page has always worked fine, and still works fine, however there is an annoying floating box in the middle of the t...
2 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 16, 2014
huanying, ke, danyuan ... for example. Why are they given as "Extra Vocabulary" in so many chapters?
2 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 16, 2014
Does Rocket Languages work in Turkey
i am going to be in TURKIYE for a month and i wonder whether it works outside the united states..
10 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 15, 2014
This is a technical problem. When I click on a lesson, the conversation audio does not pop up. I am very annoyed and am blaming it on the computer, but I'm not sure what to do about it. Please help!
1 reply - Last post by Rocket-Languages - June 17, 2014
This is a technical problem. When I click on a lesson, the conversation audio does not pop up. I am very annoyed and am blaming it on the computer, but I'm not sure what to do about it. Please help!
1 reply - Last post by Rocket-Languages - June 17, 2014
A question for the developers: When I export my vocab, it produces a CSV file for import into Excel or OpenOffice. But for some reason it encloses each line entirely in quotation marks ("), so that the import does not recognize the comma's that separate...
2 replies - Last post by Leo--44 - May 8, 2014
This is a technical problem. When I click on a lesson, the conversation audio does not pop up. I am very annoyed and am blaming it on the computer, but I'm not sure what to do about it. Please help!
1 reply - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - May 5, 2014
For Irish Gaelic Speakers, endangered language fans, and Rocket Language
For Irish Speakers: I think we should start an Irish language conversation... If anybody speaks it. Le do thoil? Welsh could work too. Just so you know, I am NOT fluent so please expect mistakes. Diolch yn fawr. For Rocket Language: I'm wondering if you...
3 replies - Last post by Albannach - April 22, 2014
Recording feature in Android App detected :-)
I detected today the recent improvements of the android app. Now it is possible to do the recording exercise with you tablet. Great work! It is still a bit buggy (works in the "practise" tab, but not in the "Hear it say it" and "Know It", but I hope it...
10 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - April 6, 2014
On my tabs I see I have French Premium and French Premium Plus. Along the left sidebar I see that Rocket French Platinum (Level 3) is advertised. Is is this an additional module that I can continue with after I have mastered the Premium and Premium Plus p...
3 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - April 3, 2014
Thanks so much for fixing the MyVocab glitch! Before, whenever I added a word to MyVocab, saved it, and closed out of it, it took so long to load all the words that were already saved, and I couldn't add any new words until those words loaded. So thanks s...
15 replies - Last post by Sally-B2 - February 26, 2014
Hello, I am just wondering if I can buy this from the UK since prices are in $ and not in £. Thanks :)
9 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - January 27, 2014
Rocket Languages - please respond!
Hello RL, I wrote to you using my Rocket French account and Rocket Languages web several times, for example about my problems playing audio clips on my Rocket French account and also some other minor issues, you never responded. I also asked for a refund ...
20 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - November 6, 2013
Loving the course so far! It would be really great if there were an option to download just the conversations and not the entire lesson. As I go back and review/practice, I do not need the entire lesson. I understand that each conversation is played at t...
7 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - October 24, 2013
Is there some sort of glitch in the system regarding points? When I rate a lesson or take a proficiency test, I'm not receiving points for doing so. I know there is a maximum amount of points you can receive for each category, but it says you can receiv...
52 replies - Last post by Byron-K21 - October 10, 2013
I'm in Rocket Spanish platinum. The vocabulary function has stopped working -- it no longer reacts to the "save" button. I have to put all my definitions in the Notes tab instead. My computer or has something changed?
20 replies - Last post by Alden-D1 - October 8, 2013
I was just wondering was I the only person having trouble with the points updating? I know points aren't such a big deal but I do like to track my progress and my haven't been updating when I complete different aspects of the program. Thanks
24 replies - Last post by Kathleen-H21 - October 2, 2013