Rocket Languages Reviews

I am 93 years old. This course lets me learn at MY pace.

I've been thoroughly enjoying Rocket Spanish since my first lesson! My Spanish has really improved in the last few months and I feel that these lessons prepare me for real life conversations with Spanish speakers. I would recommend this course to anyone who may be traveling to a Spanish speaking country!

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 gives me the structure that I need in learning Spanish. There are opportunities to speak, read, and write in Spanish. The real-world conversations in the lessons are excellent. It is also very motivating to progress through each stage. I am truly enjoying the pace with each lesson. If you want to learn and developing a solid foundation in the Spanish language and Latin American culture. Rocket Spanish is for you.

no i don't think i will actually, i don't really like this course.

I spent two semesters studying Spanish and could understand half of a conversation but I could not speak more than a few words. The interactive lessons helped me become more confident in speaking Spanish without becoming embarrassed in front of others when I messed up. It was just what I was looking for to help me progress in learning and speaking Spanish.

I sat down for my 'Rocket Spanish' session this morning and feel so happy with the quick progress I'm making that I thought I'd come on here and write a review. I'm surprised to see that there's not thousands of 5 star reviews! Because this is really working for me. I think Rocket Spanish should reach out to youtube polyglots and sponsor their videos for more outreach because that's the best way for new people to find you.
In any case, I've been trying to learn Spanish for many years, and Rocket languages is so far the best thing I've found next to Glossika and when you combine them both, they really work a treat.
I purchased Rocket Spanish on black Friday and also started the trial of 'Rocket French' so I can communicate with my boyfriend. He has tried to teach me in the past and failed...and now, after 1 lesson we are already having a very sweet little conversation 'Salud, comment ca va?' and he says my pronunciation is perfect, due to copying from the native speaker.

Overall, I'm very satisfied with the product and approach so far, particularly coming from 7 months of Duolingo. It is a significant upgrade in experience over Duolingo. It has the right balance of drill and practice and grammar fundamentals, in the context of a conversation-driven learning style. It seems natural and well thought out. I truly appreciate that I can skip what I want in deference to things I already know. I know I will soon get to things I will not be able to skim or skip and I look forward to that. The "say it" element of the structure is excellent. It is forcing me to speak, which is exactly what Duolingo does not do well. I have lots of words and lots of conjugations, but on the spot I am like a deer in the headlights, and Rocket's style forces you to just "talk", mistakes and all, which is great. The speed and clarity of the voice actors is excellent and it makes listening easy and approachable. The rolling text approach on screen is great, as I can look at the scroll when I want to and look away (to test myself better) when I don't want to.

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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

Have tried quite a few other online language courses. Find the rocket course to the most fun, comprehensive and user friendly