Rocket Italian Reviews

I am very happy with the product so far, but I am only on the first lesson. The opportunity to practice pronunciation and then get rated on it wonderful feedback. I also like the opportunity to participate in both sides of the conversation....as both individuals. I try not to look at the screen and do this multiple times to ensure ease in conversation. Great product!

Great for gaining some confidence with spoken Italian at both slow, learning speed, and then the real machine-gun speed that Italians actually speak at. Grammar feeds in fairly painlessly. I also like reading the dialogue as it is spoken.

I am currently using Rosetta Stone. My progress is good, but as I progress it is getting tougher to follow without instructions. I'm not sure what I am looking for. I will continue to review Rocket.

For the most part, I do like the course. It is an easy and enjoyable way to learn. I am taking the Italian course.

My only MINOR COMPLAINT SO FAR is the specificity of some of the lessons. In Module 3 of the Premium Basic Course, the first 2 lessons are waaaay too narrowly focused. The first concerns a trip to Mount Vesuvius with conversation about walking around the volcano's crater and how cold it will be on the summit(!) - a dialogue I really can't imagine most ordinary travelers having much need for, and the second deals with a certain Italian liquor called Limoncello. I skipped the bulk of the conversation portion of those lessons, except for a phrase or two. The extra vocabulary sections also had some benefit.

Now I understand that sprinkling a little culture, geography, and traditional customs is an attempt to broaden the course's appeal, but I'd personally find the lessons much more useful if they conveyed more common everyday requests and conversations. For example: asking where to buy a newspaper, rent/park a car, ordering a beer/glass of wine/soda and leaving a tip, chatting about the weather or someone's family, or complimenting/discussing another's clothes, jewelry, home, etc.

Perhaps that's just me, though. However, up until those 2 lessons, I felt what I was learning had broader adaptability and usefulness.

Overall this is a very good program.
*I compare this with DuoLingo online learning as well as a personal coach I use with Verbling. Also against Babble
which I used for 6 months.
*Price is kind of high but it is for a complete program so I'm neutral on this rating.
*Lessons are interesting. I could use less of the banter but still, very good content when focused on actual language
skills. Of great importance to me are the moderators speaking in a clear and moderate speed. Rocket delivers on
this!
* Now to my most concerning (to me) knock...Some of the exercises are terribly long in the Language and Cultural
sections. It's not uncommon to have 50, 60 or greater than 70 words, phrases or sentences to learn, memorize and
recite back. Personally, I get very frustrated when i fail due to sheer volume of material. Knowing how difficult and
frustrating these exercises are, I have to fight the urge to simply by-pass these sections. Reducing the volume within
Language and Cultural modules would be a huge plus for me.

I love the conversational set-up, the practicality and the practice provided, speaking, listening, spelling, flash cards, quiz! Love it all!

Early days, but I'm very happy with is so far. Only issue that I've found thus far is comms between the App and my wireless head-set when using Edge. There's a lilttle improvement when using Chrome.
Best to use a wired USB head-set.
I can see this App fully replacing my Babble and DuoLingo Apps.

Really great platform with so many modalities to learn Italian. Write, speak and flash cards. Very pleased with how easy Rocket makes it to learn a new language.

I constantly tell people about Rocket Language Program as I feel it is the best thing out there. I need to know the grammar and Rocket explains everything to me. I need to understand everything, not just hear the language as in other programs. I love Rocket!!!

This is the second time I've used Rocket Languages to learn a language! I love that it's interactive and the audio sessions are great for when I'm at the gym or walking to work. I also like that it challenges you to understand what a native speaker is saying as I find that's the hardest part of communicating when I'm traveling.