Rocket Languages Reviews

I've been using Rocket Spanish for several years now and if I was able to stick to it, I would be fluent by now as it is a very good program. My problem with sticking with it isn't a problem with Rocket Spanish, but my problem of not setting aside enough time to do it. The lessons get progressively longer and I don't like to do a partial lesson. I want to complete the entire lesson in one sitting and I don't have time so tend not to do it at all. I know I need to let this go. Gratefully, Rocket Spanish is still there waiting for me.

Even though I have just started the Rocket Spanish course I can already say that it goes beyond many other Spanish training classes/software I have taken before. I have tried the other major products (Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur, CD's and books (yes, I have been trying on and off for 20 years), DuoLingo) and Rocket Spanish takes the best from each. I like how it explains the reasoning of why the grammar is the way it is (DuoLingo doesn't do that) and gives you practice in listening, reading, and speaking. That last one is the one I need to do more of... speaking. Once I get deeper into the courses I will write another review, but so far it is much more than I expected.

Hello. I was born in the United States so my first language is English. Currently I’m extremely fluent in Spanish and Italian. I’ll elaborate on that later. I retired in 2008. In December of 2009 it was decided to purchase Rocket Spanish for myself as a Christmas present. Only Premium, Premium Plus and Platinum were available at that time so all 3 levels were purchased. I had no prior language training during life and no experience talking to others in any language except English. Rocket Spanish was downloaded to an iPod as part of my New Year resolution. I practiced most days while exercising and repeating everything aloud. Everything was finished multiple times that was contained in the Premium or first level in March. The entire level was basically memorized from repeating it so many times. The beginning of April 2010 I went to Panama on vacation for 3 weeks by myself. I didn’t get an interpreter and just went for it and made my way around much of the country by myself taking local bus transportation. The reality was for 4 days I was like “aaaaa”, then suddenly my brain said oh apparently you’re serious and started working without any problem speaking the Spanish I learned in the Premium course.

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Rocket Spanish is an engaging and helpful way to learn Spanish! I would definitely recommend to anyone hoping to learn a language.

Rocket Record is a great way for me to practice my pronunciation. Since I am more of an "understand it to learn it" type learner, I supplement Rocket Spanish with other sources of grammar, but those sources don't afford me the opportunity to listen-repeat-evaluate that Rocket Record does.

The course is simplified to ease language learning thus making the learning process more interesting. I love it.

Hello. This is the first review I'm writing, only because Rocket Spanish seems like an extremely effective app for learning languages. Specifically, I am talking about Spanish, although these points probably apply to the other languages, especially its structure. It's structure is very appealing and attractive, and the way you learn through sets of audio, flash cards, quizzes, which test your overall knowledge, is very simple and concise. I highly recommend giving the free version a try, to see if it's for you, although it might not work for everyone, it's layout is intuitive and easy to navigate, and the learning system is very efficient. There is only one minor issue, and that is the audio system. Talking generally works and it can read your voice very well. But sometimes, for more complex words that require more pronunciations, it can read your voice wrongly. Overall, I think Rocket Spanish specifically is an amazing tool for learning Spanish! Keep up the work, Rock Language!

Really enjoying the course so far. Pricing is a little vague.

I hate it and it is a waste of time because it is super boring

I signed up over 5 years ago and every time I have had any issues or just a simple question they have always been there. The lessons are spot on and learning Spanish, is Rocket fast!

Keep up the great customer service, Johnny B