Rocket Spanish Reviews
Find out what actual users have to say about our courses through their Rocket Spanish reviews.
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not loving all of the badge interruptions within the lesson! very disruptive.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thanks so much for your feedback, it's much appreciated. As you will know, badges are issued as you reach certain points goals. They are meant to offer extra incentive for learners, so we're sorry to hear that you find them distracting. Unfortunately there is no current way to opt out of the points system, but we will pass your feedback onto the IT team for their consideration. We hope you are enjoying your language learning otherwise. Please don't hesitate to contact Customer Support directly if there is anything we can help you with.
Starting from beginning Spanish i was thrown off the cliff suddenly with complete sentences. There is no bridging the gap from rudimentary words to complete sentences. Need to work alongside with google translate.. Frustrating.
Response from Rocket Languages
Sorry to hear that you're having trouble! It looks like you might have skipped a number of lessons in the course which understandably made things difficult for you. We've emailed you with some information and are always here to help if you need a hand with your learning!
The conversations to listen, follow along with, and repeat after, are pretty good and based in some realistic contexts. They were fine. Also, some of the explanations during the text-based lessons were decent explanations. My main issues are with the review, the study flashcards, listening and repeating, typing the sentences, then repeating them with only the translation. It felt less like trying to figure out what it was, and instead more on how much I could remember of the sentence or what I could memorize, and after about 45 days it gets old feeling like the only practice after the initial flashcards is memorization of sentences. It would be good to see some variations in those sentences for the flashcards, then the listening and repeat, then typing, then saying it. They could still use the same words maybe and have the overall vibe of the lesson, but when they're all the same exact sentences in the same exact order for four reviews in a row then it isn't really working towards figuring out what to say.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for your review. We have passed your suggestions about improving the reinforcement activities on to the Development team. All the best!
I like Rocket Languages but, I don't like how it is set up and you don't really learn from it, it's more of a study tool for people taking a Spanish class. You should make it so that people can actually learn Spanish from this website.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Ettrick, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I am sorry to hear that you are finding the Rocket Spanish course difficult to learn from. Ensuring that our course is user friendly is very important to us and with this in mind our Customer Support team has contact you to get a clearer idea of the issues you are experiencing. All the best!
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!
since i'm being asked to write a review every 2 seconds, which is interrupting my course i'll go ahead and do it now. there is way too much emphasis on speaking for such absolutely abhorent speech recognition. i already know a lot of beginner spanish as i'm living in colombia with my colombian girlfriend. even she couldn't get the voice recognition to register a word half the time.
also, there are just too many flashcards, spelling words, voice recognition parts after each story lesson. i just listened to a 20 minute audio file about how to say hello. then you continue on with flashcards and pronunciation that has absolutely nothing to do with the audio
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for the feedback, Lloyd! Our voice recognition is trained on native Spanish speakers, so this should not happen. But don't worry! One of our friendly customer support team has contacted you and will set you up on a call with our IT team to resolve the voice recognition issue. We appreciate your comments concerning the flashcards; we know they can be overwhelming and are currently working on a solution to retain the comprehensiveness but make them easier to digest.
for the talking part i gets spanish is fast buts kinda hard to understand what the man is saying he's rushes i aslo gets some words are pronounces but i feel like he should annunciate his words and i notice that when i talk using words that starts with v they dont regester and its very frustrating ill try to go to setting so it can hear me clear but still
Response from Rocket Languages
We're sorry that you're experiencing a few technical issues, Ebunoluwa. Please reach out to our support team, and you can jump on a call with our experienced IT team to get things up and running as they should be!
I am having trouble when it is time to repeat the sentences. I have tried to contact you, but no one returned my call and no one answered my chat message.
Response from Rocket Languages
We're sorry to hear that you're experiencing trouble, Joanne. Please reach out to [email protected], and we'd be happy to arrange a technical support Zoom call with one of our friendly representatives.
I couldn't get past a few units on level 1 before I had to call it quits; Amy's Spanglish accent made it very difficult to stay focused and impeded comprehension. I don't know if using her, with a non-native accent, was a deliberate choice, but it didn't sit well with me, personally.
The program itself appears fairly comprehensive (covering all core skills in genuine contexts), but I was not a fan of the audio lessons and the narration.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for sharing your experience, Andrea. We're sorry to hear that the narration style in the audio lessons wasn't a good fit for you. We aim to create realistic and relatable dialogues, but we understand that preferences can vary, especially when it comes to accents. We do appreciate your recognition of the program’s comprehensive approach. If you're open to giving it another try, we'd be happy to help you find learning paths or features that may better suit your style. Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] if you'd like assistance.
It's fine but the videos are super boring I almost fell asleep
Response from Rocket Languages
Thanks for your feedback, Anna. We're sorry to hear that the Audio lessons didn’t keep your attention. Our aim is to provide content that’s both informative and engaging, so this is helpful for us to hear. If you’re open to sharing what would make the Audio lessons more compelling for you, we’d love to hear it.
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