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Rocket Italian Reviews

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5,462 Customer Reviews

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Patrick PianePatrick Piane

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 1 year ago

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The speech recognition is terrible. It is very frustrating to repeatedly have to say simple words like tre, or anno because the first half of the word isn't picked up, also p and c are often confused by the software. Learning needs to be enjoyable and before I get the carbon copy have you tried setting this, get a better headset b.s. I have a $300 state-of-the-art headset that I use for zoom meetings, online test proctoring, and music production. It is NOT my equipment. This whole course is centered around listening (which works perfectly) and repeating to work on pronunciation. I am assuming and hoping that it will be better later in the course when I am speaking in complete sentences, but I'll never know because I can't justify paying this already high price for a program that doesn't work from the beginning.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Patrick, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear about the issues you are having with the speech recognition—that shouldn't be happening. We have contacted you via email to get some more information from you. We can also jump on a call with you and try to iron this issue out.

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Enrique LiceaEnrique Licea

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I like the fluidity of the lessons, and the themes you try, because they are regarding to the every day life. But I would like also that you include the audio file for the cultural revisions and conjugations

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Dana DunlapDana Dunlap

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I've just started my second lesson so it seems premature to give a survey but I would like to continue with the lessons so I am doing this survey. So far so good

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LIONEL GRANTLionel Grant

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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A good way to learn some basic language skills that can assist with getting around a foreign country.

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David N WeidnerDavid N Weidner

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 10 months ago

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All in all the program is very good. I like that I am able to record my attempt at pronunciation and then hear it back. The scoring, on the other hand could use some fine tuning. I chose the role playing lessons and now that I'm using it, I don't think it is what I should have chosen. I believe I would do better starting at level one learning the basics of the language before trying to have a conversation.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi David, once you have finished listening to the audio tracks in your Audio Lessons, you should be able to complete the Role Playing activity without any issue. Make sure to listen to these tracks and you'll be amazed at how much you understand in the conversation. All the best!

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Bill StewartBill Stewart

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I like that so much of the exercises use audio. Too many language teachers end up teaching how to read a language, but put very little emphasis on speaking and comprehension. I also really like the dictation exercises, mostly because they give me practice in comprehension of spoken Spanish.

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arick rinaldoArick Rinaldo

colorado, United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I found that I would prefer to see the written words as well while learning the pronunciation, i did not see this on the trial so i opted out

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Robert HardwickRobert Hardwick

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 10 months ago

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While I am learning, I wouldn't use the prompted word, "awesome". The course relies heavily on voice recognition, which isn't entirely reliable. Also, there are a frustrating number of words or grammatical rules that appear in the practice phrases that weren't included in the lesson. Keeping a Google Translate window open helps with the vocabulary. I'm left to hope that the unexplained grammar will eventually be covered in a subsequent module...

Response from Rocket Languages

Thank you for your feedback, Robert. Please contact us at [email protected], and we would be happy to look into the grammar rule you mentioned, provide more information, and assist you with voice recognition. In the meantime, remember that the Rocket Italian Forum is available for you and monitored by our friendly Italian tutor, so feel free to post your grammar questions there for additional clarification.

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Ed CirimeleEd Cirimele

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 1 year ago

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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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Michael H LambertMichael H Lambert

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I prefer more grammar rules and explanations starting out. So far the program is very basic. More vocabulary would be better.

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