Rocket Languages Reviews

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4.7

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Randall E Adams

Randall E Adams

United States

Rocket French
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The program keeps locking up on me. I am frustrated. Halfway through the pronunciation part I click the red microphone icon for the current word and it doesn't respond. And at that point I can't get the program to do anything. I have no opinion on the Customer Service as I haven't used it yet.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Randall, thank you for your review. We're sorry to hear about the issues you are experiencing with the voice recognition software. Our friendly customer support team has contacted you via email to help you rectify this issue. Best of luck with your French language learning!

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Ed Cirimele

Ed Cirimele

United States

Rocket Italian
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1, Right now teaching & understanding grammar is weak in the program
2. Need to progress further to decide if I'll buy again
3. decent price when discounted
4. I would explain what I understand of the program at this point.
5. Help with browser recording process almost useless.
"Take Italy Made Easy" (Manu's) videos and couple it with these structured exercises and you'd have a much stronger program.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Ed, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear that the program did not meet your expectations. We would like to clarify that grammar lessons are referred to as Language and Culture Lessons in our course and are separate from our Audio lessons. We hope this clears up any confusion. We wish you the best of luck with your Italian language journey!

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Margaret McGee Pozzo

Margaret Mcgee Pozzo

United States

Rocket French
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The accent of the french canadian is not correct and there are mulitple mistakes

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Margaret, we appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear that you experienced issues with the French Canadian accent while using our Rocket French program. We have passed your feedback on to our Rocket French team, who will carefully review the relevant lessons and make any necessary changes. We wish you all the best with your French language learning!

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Richard Krencius

Richard Krencius

United States

Rocket Japanese
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Course #1's audio lessons were really excellent. The timing of the dialogue/repeat sections is spot on, the native speakers have very clear accents, and you learn a lot quite quickly. It is easy to put them on in the background and make several additional passes through the material to cement the teachings. I found the accompanying grammar lessons to be difficult to retain in the 'mostly text' format, and they often don't follow along with where you are in the audio lessons at all.

Course #2 is somewhat the opposite. The native speakers (and host) all have distinct accents, the dialogue timing is a mess, and the content is all over the place. One minute you're basically redo-ing a lesson from Course #1, and the next you're totally lost when everything switches to 'casual' speech, which you've had almost no exposure to thus far. Alternately, the grammar courses are now structured to expound upon specific parts of the audio, which is an improvement.

I was VERY happy with Course #1 overall, but I am soured on the audio portion of Course #2. When the dialogue-repeat sections sometimes go word-by-word, but give you 10 seconds to speak, it becomes very difficult to learn the line in entirety.

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Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Richard, I would like to thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on the Rocket Japanese course. Your review is greatly appreciated. We are happy to know that you enjoyed Level 1 of the course. However, we're sorry to hear that the audio lessons in Level 2 did not meet your expectations. I have already passed your feedback on to our Rocket Japanese team, who will take it into consideration while working on future course updates. Thank you again for your valuable feedback, and we wish you all the best with your Japanese language learning!

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Jas Kundra

Jas Kundra

United Kingdom

Rocket French
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The microphone speaking part of the browser is terrible. I have 3 headsets (all expensive) and also used the microphone on the laptop. For simple words like Nom, Bonjour (I am getting zero or sorry I didnt catch that). I know I am not fluent yet, but i've got those words down, but the software occasionally wont get what i say. Very annoying...

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Jas, thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are sorry to hear that you are having trouble with our voice recognition software. Our Customer Support team has reached out to you in order to help resolve this issue. We wish you all the best in your journey to learn French!

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Jim Banta

Jim Banta

United States

Rocket Sign Language
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There isn't an easy way for me to learn ASL and this has been incredibly helpful to me. This is like Duolingo for ASL.

Response from Rocket Languages

Thank you for your review, Jim! We're glad that Rocket Sign Language has helped you learn American Sign Language with ease. Happy signing!

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Ali Saybo

Ali Saybo

United States

Rocket Russian
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Learning languages is really nice here; it sticks. Reciting the vocabulary and having it "graded" is really helpful for pronunciation. The "Play It!" portion is extremely helpful when it comes to being able to speak the language on cue. And when you're learning Russian, like me, or a language with a different writing system, "Write It!" can be frustrating and challenging yet extremely beneficial.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Ali, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. It's awesome to hear that you are benefiting from the interactive elements, such as "Play It!," woven into our Rocket Russian course. All the best with your Russian language learning!

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Muez ElattuParambil

Muez Elattuparambil

Germany

Rocket German
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Voice Recognition is poor.
Especially small words & words starting with letter "S" !!

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Muez, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're sorry to hear that you are experiencing issues with the voice recognition. We understand that these issues can be frustrating, however, there are a few simple fixes that can greatly improve users experience with the voice recognition. As such, our Customer Support team has contacted you to guide you through what can be done. All the best!

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Sean Keough

Sean Keough

United States

Rocket Spanish
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This website is overpriced and a bit overrated.

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Hi Sean, thank you for your review. Here at Rocket Languages we are always looking to improve our courses and receive constructive feedback from our users. To this end, our Customer Support team has reached out to you to ascertain what we could be doing better. All the best with your Spanish language journey!

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Rick Faktor

Rick Faktor

Canada

Rocket Spanish
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The lessons are far too long. I like to finish a lesson in one sitting but they are so long, it's impossible. I groan when I see the flashcards with 70 entries. There is no sense of accomplishment. I tend to avoid starting lessons because it seems like drudgery trying to get through them and that isn't a good way to learn. So yes , I am disappointed in my purchase. I had high hopes . I had previously done the 'Spanish with Paul' lessons. They had they're shortcomings too but I felt the lessons were a better length and I stuck with them and learned a lot more.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Rick, thank you for your review. I'm sorry to hear that you are finding the lessons too long. Here at Rocket Languages we want to ensure that all our linguistic content is comprehensive and in-depth, but we are also aware that motivation and a sense of accomplishment is critical to learning. As such, your suggestion regarding the flashcards has been passed on to our Product Development team. In the meantime, you might have a better experience with our more interactive reinforcement activities like "Hear It! Say It!" All the best with your Spanish language learning!

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