Rocket Languages Reviews

I love Rocket Chinese - at this stage being a novice - I feel the more exposure to a variety of formats to learning Chinese really breaks up the monotony of trying to learn and helps me to understand quicker .
Many thanks, Peter

I have found the Rocket Spanish to be great and much better than Rosetta stone and Fluenz. I have tried them all and always recommend Rocket Languages. If the course updates. So, does yours no matter when you purchased the product.

The Rocket Languages courses are by far the best courses I've come across to learn a new language rapidly and with ease. Everything you need to learn your chosen language is right at your finger tips. I've tried various courses, books and podcasts, but nothing comes close to Rocket Languages. I'd recommend this product to anybody who's new to learning a foreign language or has struggled with learning a language in the past. It's an extremely rewarding process no matter how you do it, but Rocket Languages is the best!

Pros:
- Good overall structure
- Gamified
- Lots of content
- Lifetime access

Cons:
- Grammar lessons should be more in-depth.
- Writing section should be taken more seriously instead of the "it's almost impossible for you to learn this so here's some easy random stuff".

Overall this may be the best online package out there. However, in order to be perfect it needs to consolidate its writing and grammar section. I have found the structure to be really useful in obtaining some key phrases or words but there's almost no info regarding phrase construction and rules so it's not that easy to use what I've learned so far as building blocks for new phrases and expanded meanings.

I truly enjoy the kinetic energy of the presentations. The sizing of each lesson is also very appropriate, I have used older Chinese courses and this is heads and shoulders above them all! I will be using this course in Taiwan this summer to hone my language skills!!

I like to learn Chinese online with Rocket Chinese. Because here are very interesting topics and lessons, has possibilities to see and to read the phrases that are frequently used in everyday life and can to hear very clear pronunciation of native speakers.

Dear Sir/Madam, I like this software/program and its price is very good. I hope to learn much from this software/program and learn other languages. I can speak Urdu/Hindi, Punjabi, Sairiki, Arabic, English and learning Korean.
Best Regards,
Muhammad Maaz

This reviews Rocket Languages' Chinese Premium and Premium Plus. The program is well organized in its audio and website. Audio lessons use a typical conversation to teach new words and basic grammar lessons. Lin Ping, the teacher for the course, has a good clear Northern Chinese accent and speaks the majority of the time. It is peculiar that she converses with Dave, an Austrailian with a good accent, but not one I'd try to imitate if I was trying to blend in while visiting. This is fixed in the Premium Plus section. There is some English to introduce the subject and context, but the majority of the lesson is repeating words while you can follow a written transcript in Pinyin and I think Simplified characters. Then you practice memorizing by repeating sections of the conversation, hearing and identifying words, and speaking the words in Chinese knowing their equivalent in English. (hard!) The only major complaint is a lack of a translation dictionary to double check if the words you are adding to your vocabulary have the right definition (the audio tapes breeze through definitions only once); when looking up a word you will most often find it used in other lessons/sentences.

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I am pleasantly surprised by the variety of different learning choices. There are many different ways to learn and I keep getting more by email. I spent several weeks researching different companies and I am very happy I went with Rocket Chinese.

I am really enjoying using Rocket Languages. It is easy to use and easy to learn the interface. I enjoy how enthusiastic the instructors on the audio are. I am considering buying the next step, and I've already been recommending the product.