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Rocket German Reviews

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Maya KheraniMaya Kherani

CA, United States

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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PROS: I like the layout and the reinforcement. Some might say the course is repetitive, but I find that it actually takes that much repetition to actually stick.

CONS: The German narrators are a little too "peppy" which can get annoying, but that's ok. I would love to see the special characters (non-English) as easy buttons at the bottom of the text box, instead of having to open the keyboard every time. It really slows down the learning to do that.

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Matt SongeMatt Songe

United States

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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Great program. I like the flow of the modules and the flexibility the mobile app offers. The only issue I have is that the voice recognition is a little finicky. It will give 100% sometimes even though I clearly mispronounced or even left a word out. It will also fail to recognize a word in one sentence but then pick it up in others.

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Linie ShenLinie Shen

Taiwan

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I have been using Rocket German for a while. It's very helpful for beginner who doesn't have previous German knowledge before, since Rocket German break the conversation and the grammar in a small step that is easier to understand. The host encourage us to practice the conversation ourselves a lot which is great in learning language since it's a language if we learn how to speak it.
Will be best if Rocket German can add more materials in future such as, interview topic and more other formal usage in workplace with colleague/superior and other more serious topics like economy. Recommend Rocket German to people who'd like to learn new language.

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Andrija PerusicAndrija Perusic

Croatia (Hrvatska)

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I just started with this course and I find the content really comprehensive. Exercises are nicely structured and helpful. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. BUT! (now for the bad part):
FOR GOD SAKE, please reduce the narrator content. She just keeps blabbering in English and even in the first lesson it starts to feel unnatural and annoying. Lessons are 30 min long and they could be half that size if she just stops her completely unnecessary commentary. I REALLY hope she will just stop talking in more advanced lessons and I will hear more German. As you can see I am really annoyed with that haha.

All in all it's a really good course and good value.

Cheers

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Andrija - Level 1 of Rocket German is a beginners course so there is more explanations in English and less German as it can be overwhelming if there was too much German. As the course progresses there is more German and less English!

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Ian VincentIan Vincent

United Kingdom

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I like the format of the course but am disappointed that the presenter with an English accent has been replaced with one with an American accent. Also I have spotted a few mistakes with the words spoken by the tutor compared to that written on screen.

And in the latest version the "Play it" elements of the lessons won't work on my computer whereas previously I had no problem with them.

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Ana C. VitoAna C. Vito

Switzerland

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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So far so gut, need to check further lessons though as this is just the second on Module 1 Starter

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Richard EnglishRichard English

United States

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I would like to see a way to mark the place where I left off in the audio.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Richard - The system "remembers" where you are when playing an audio track. So, when you go back in you should see it ready to start from where you left off. If this isn't happening for you then please contact customer support and we will have a look at what's going on!

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Robin SteitzRobin Steitz

United States

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I think I found an error in the second lesson --- "Du sprichst gut Deutsch" is ungrammatical -- it should be either "Du sprichst gutes Deutsch" or "Du sprichst gut deutsch"
The set-up seems great and I think there's a lot to learn here but if there are simple errors like that already I'm not sure how much I trust the whole program.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Robin - Nope, what we have is correct! Du sprichst gut Deutsch "You speak German well (literally: You speak well German)" and Du sprichst gutes Deutsch "You speak good German" are both grammatical sentences; they both appear in phrase boxes in the lesson and are explained briefly in the audio. In both sentences, we're talking about the language (das Deutsch), which means that it is a noun and it must be capitalized. The word deutsch without a capital would be an adjective. In the first sentence, gut "well" is an adverb that is modifying sprichst "speak" and in the second sentence, gutes is an adjective that is modifying Deutsch. I hope that's helpful!

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Gloria HonkamGloria Honkam

Cameroon

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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great application for German learning.
great free policy

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Jon KuhlJon Kuhl

United States

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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for practice sessions to improve one's ability to translate, I suggest showing the English first visibly separated from the German.

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