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Downloading the audio files ti I pad

Hi. I'm new and keen to getting going. I'm currently traveling Spain in my camper and want to improve my Spanish to get the most out of my experiences. The trouble is that my wifi signal is not all that great so I want to download the audits onto my I pad...

1 reply - Last post by Dan-H24 - September 20, 2015

Organizing My Vocab

I don't know if it is possible but it would be nice if I could organize the words in My Vocab. As of now they seem to go in random spots on the list and not even the order that I put them in. Maybe a drag/drop feature is possible?

3 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - September 9, 2015

Common European Framework?

Does anyone know what level can be achieved in the Common European Framework by using Rocket Language courses?

23 replies - Last post by Stuart-J4 - September 8, 2015

Points

How do you get to the crosswords?

9 replies - Last post by Cathrine_56 - September 5, 2015

Has the amount of points allocated per exercise changed?

I am doing the same things (Know It, Play It) every day and I am now getting awarded twice as many points since about a week ago. Just curious...  

4 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - August 20, 2015

"Know It" Still not working

Not sure if this has been mentioned in an earlier forum. I have a problem when doing “Know It”  When I record my voice I press the show tab and my voice recording is greyed out, and when I press the tutor playback that becomes greyed out with no soun...

6 replies - Last post by marieg-rocket languages - August 12, 2015

Points counter doesn't work

Points counter doesn't work (from today). I've checked 3 different browsers - same situation.  What can I do about it? EDIT1. It gave me 10 points for a new post on forum. (but still, daily and general counter is not working with exercises)

13 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - July 25, 2015

Everything seems to work great now!

This morning everything worked perfectly. Even in the more distant past, there was always a certain percentage of playbacks where the audio didn't play. Only once did the audio not play immediately for me in the "Know It!" section just now and even there ...

6 replies - Last post by Marci-R1 - July 17, 2015

I'm having problems with the tutor audio.

Escribo en español, porque mi inglés escrito es muy malo. No puedo escuchar el audio del tutor del curso de francés. Escucho perfecto el audio de la lección, puedo grabar mi voz, pero al momento de querer hacer los test de Write it, know it, etc no se esc...

19 replies - Last post by roxypalooza - July 11, 2015

all "Level Buttons" RESET

hallo, all Current Level Buttons of all Lessons are RESET. It was my 1st lesson to hear and test. I don't know what's the reason and what's the Impact. Thank you in advance for Information ingrid

2 replies - Last post by ingrid-r3 - July 5, 2015

Android app stopped awarding points?

Salut tout le monde! As of late I've had little time to practice and I started using the android app on my phone to keep up with the learning but I've noticed in the past few days that the app isn't awarding points anymore. Is there a reason for this? T...

10 replies - Last post by Diana-S1 - June 22, 2015

recording is not working

When I hit the record button to practice, nothing comes out/plays back. Any idea how to fix this ? I'm using win 7 and Firefox. I've been checking sounds/recordings setup but nothing stands out. Thanks for any help to get this work.

20 replies - Last post by em21 - June 20, 2015

How do you access the games on the rocket languages app

Hi all- I just purchased rocket German and subsequently downloaded the mobile app. Everything works well on the app aside from the fact that I can not find the forums, games, and emergency phrase book categories. The app is over iOS by the way. Any help w...

5 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - June 5, 2015

Rocket Spanish stars????

Do the stars on the badges mean that you have advanced to Rocket Program 2 and 3? Or is it solely on points??

12 replies - Last post by Ava Dawn - May 27, 2015

What Great Supplements to RS Have You Found?

I've searched for months to find something as comprehensive as Rocket Spanish. However, there are LOTS of other great resources out there and I think it would be helpful if we all shared our best finds. One of my most recent favorites is "Destinos" ... a...

10 replies - Last post by John-O72 - May 17, 2015

hello

Hi im learning french!! yeii!  my name is Rebeca and im 19  what about you?

2 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - May 16, 2015

2 Languages at once?

I really want to learn Japanese and Spanish. But, everytime I learn Japanese when I am interested I end up forgetting some Spanish. And, when I become more interested in Spanish, I forget some Japanese. Is it possible to learn 2 languages at once? Because...

16 replies - Last post by beckysarahi - May 13, 2015

New daily point counter

I have had to take a couple of weeks away from studying Spanish to concentrate on another task that needed all of my available brain cells. In the interim RS upgraded the page with the little daily point counter, and today was the first time I have worked...

5 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - May 6, 2015

Technical problem with the dashboard

Hello everyone, I have been having issues with the "My Dashboard" page since a few months... In fact, I logged in right after the 2015 soft launch and my dashboard was out of alignment. The modules with all the lessons and all are unbalanced, everything ...

4 replies - Last post by ChristmasGuy - April 19, 2015

Languages Exchange

Hello everyone ~ lets keep this post for languages exchanges everyone tell what is her/his target language and native language that will make it easier to find a the ideal person who can help to exchange languages you can also mention other languages ...

9 replies - Last post by Maisarah - April 1, 2015

Testing your Language Proficiency

There is a free web site (http://www.cambridgeinstitute.net) where you can test your proficiency in a language. They offer English, German and Spanish. The test is difficult! I did not even score at the highest level when I took it in English... I think t...

13 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - March 19, 2015

Plan to start learning

Hello all, I hope you ll are doing well,   My name is Aziz and i'm from Saudi Arabia. I'm here to learn german as my third language as there are some roots in my family that goes to germany from my grandmother side and I would love to speak it. Howev...

4 replies - Last post by Diana-S1 - March 10, 2015

Bluetooth speaker

I'm using the Android app, but I can't make it play on my bluetooth speaker. I like to listen while I'm driving, but my cellphone speaker does not always have a good volume, depending on how fast I'm going.  Anyway, is there a way to send audio to bl...

3 replies - Last post by Raymond-S18 - March 6, 2015

IOS app?

Is there a timeframe when we can expect the iPhone / iPad app for Rocket Languages?

22 replies - Last post by Dan-H24 - February 9, 2015

Web site for translations

I just posted this in response to a Spanish question but thought this might be useful to all. As opposed to sites such as Google Translation, this one will give you real examples of how words are used in sentences in both your target language as well as y...

3 replies - Last post by grahame-r - December 10, 2014

New Languages?

Is there any talk of adding any new languages? I want to learn Russian, but of course it isn't offered at the moment.

54 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - November 26, 2014

Can't log out

I have been a student in Rocket Italian for years. For some reason I am no longer able to log out of Rocket Italian because of a promotion that wants me to check out courses and prices of Rocket Italian being offered. What's going on? When I ask to jus...

8 replies - Last post by Chuck-E - November 12, 2014

Web Site Colors

Is it my imagination or did the background colors on the web site change a little?

7 replies - Last post by maha266 - November 2, 2014

User w/most languages

When you click on a persons pic you can tell how many languages they are studying here. Mine has four but I only tried the Japanese trial, dont care much for Spanish anymore, dont have time for korean yet, and finally my main study: chinese. My Question...

12 replies - Last post by Jeanne--18 - November 2, 2014

Being bilingual

Hello everyone I found this article online about being bilingual and thought others might like to read it too :) Sure gives me more motivation to keep learning! http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/04/30/the-bilingual-brain-is-sharper-and-more-focused-study...

8 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 16, 2014

conjugation based languages versus Chinese

Among those forum members who study Spanish/French/etc, where the verbs are heavily conjugated, is there anyone who also studies Chinese, where there is no conjugation? I studied Spanish back in the day to a reasonable level of proficiency but I now study...

6 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 16, 2014

Availability of teachers

Is that possible to make contact with my French teachers at any time?

6 replies - Last post by maha266 - September 16, 2014

When should I move to "Language & Culture" lectures"?

It is easy to understand that one "Interactive Audio" lecture follow the previous, as the bottom of each lecture page points to the next lecture. What I though am not sure of, is when to do a "Language & Culture" lecture. When looking at the Dashboar...

12 replies - Last post by Robert-C7 - September 2, 2014

Dynamic Interface

I never thought to use the forum until about 6 months ago when I needed responses to a few questions I had. It occurred to me that there are many others who would do just like I did: get into a set routine of going through the course (only). It might be ...

7 replies - Last post by Ava Dawn - August 31, 2014

How you learn it

Hello everyone I want to ask you to share your experience with Arabic learning. how long have been studying Arabic? how to you start to learn a specific accent or do you start with the classic one? and what do u like best? what the fun way for you to imp...

2 replies - Last post by (deleted) - August 4, 2014

Learning Techniques

I didn't see much in the forum regarding how to best assimilate the lessons, so I thought I’d pass on two techniques I’ve personally found helpful: 1.) With the exception of the “Write it!” section, I do all the lessons standing up – even walking around ...

1 reply - Last post by Dan-H24 - July 30, 2014

Persistent virtual keyboard?

Is there any possibility of permanently displaying the virtual keyboard (i.e., with the accents)? As it is, you have to click the icon after each question followed by a another click to display the keyboard with accents (for Spanish, at least).

6 replies - Last post by Steven-W15 - July 15, 2014

Live customer support - no one ever there?

I've been trying to decide whether to buy Rocket Chinese, and every time I've been online for the past 5 or 6 days, no one has been available in Live Customer Support, even during the listed times. I'm beginning to think no one is ever available. Is that ...

3 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - June 2, 2014

allow adobe flash player on mac

I have allowed the flash player in preferences both for Safari and in the flash player website preferences but each time I go to record it still asks permission. Do you have an idea what else I can do to get around this. I have Mavericks OS thanks

1 reply - Last post by toru e - May 28, 2014

"Play It" feature comments

I love the new "Play It" feature! But I have two problems with it: 1) I have to click on information both above and below the text to be read. this is really a nuisance, requiring me to scroll. Why not have the get started button right below the selectio...

6 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - April 5, 2014

Quick Technical Problem

Today I logged on to Rocket Languages and all the formatting was gone, words and pictures were all just plopped on the side of the window. I clicked a few links and each page was the same way, until I opened Rocket News in a new tab, and all was back to n...

5 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - April 5, 2014

iOS 7 upgrade?

Jason, any plans for an upgrade to iOS 7 app? Would love to see it include the "Write" feature as well as better functionality in the "Know it" playback sequencing. Gracias.

3 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - March 26, 2014

Looking for a language exchange partner in Fès, Morocco.

Hi, Hope posting this isn't breaking any rocket rules... I am a native english speaker currently living in Fès, morocco, where i'm self studying (with rocket help!) french and moroccan arabic (darija). Skype is blocked in morocco so i can't do voice cha...

0 replies - Last post by SisterLuna-- - March 12, 2014

New user question about navigating the course

Hello, I am a new user to the program and am a bit confused in which order to proceed. Does one complete all audio lessons in section one before the language and culture sessions. It looks like that by the numbering. Thanks for the help! Mary

20 replies - Last post by suzette-j1 - March 9, 2014

Rocket Spanish Premium - 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

Not able to do the test on H (hear). Thanks.

3 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - February 2, 2014

Can someone please tell me what these say?

I found these at a thrift store and think they're really nice, only wish I knew what they said! My friend told me it was in Chinese but the translation didn't really make sense. Would anyone be able to let me know? thanks! ^.^ Link: http://imgur.com/kbMaQ1T

1 reply - Last post by Alan-L1 - December 18, 2013

My Study Plan vs Interactive Audio

Bonjour! I know this course is setup to work at your own pace in your own way. However, I am a bit confused by the new site design. Would you recommend following the My Study Plan format, where Lessons are listed in Chronological order (1.1-1.15) or do ...

2 replies - Last post by Rocket-Languages - November 8, 2013

Anyone tried the 'Rocket Languages' Android .apk?

I am working as a Native English Oral Teacher in China at the start of a 2nd academic year here in China. This time I want to make a lot more effort to learn Chinese - to understand and speak Putonghua. So I have signed up to 'Rocket Chinese Premium Onl...

1 reply - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - October 24, 2013

Anyone tried the 'Rocket Languages' Android .apk?

I am working as a Native English Oral Teacher in China at the start of a 2nd academic year here in China. This time I want to make a lot more effort to learn Chinese - to understand and speak Putonghua. So I have signed up to 'Rocket Chinese Premium Onl...

2 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - September 24, 2013

Are Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Course all paid for when u get rocket premium

Hi there, pretty simple question but can't seem to find direct answer in promotional material. If i buy a premium rocket membership for a given language, so I get access to the lessons at all levels, ie beginner, intermediate, and advanced level? And can...

10 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-ceo - September 10, 2013

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