Rocket Languages Reviews

This is my first foray into online language courses. Rocket French came highly recommended and I have to agree, it is well constructed, easy to follow, has excellent use of repetition to solidify my learning without getting repetitive and is just plain fun! The vocabulary is broad and practical and I can see myself in France drawing on specific lessons in specific settings. They introduce verbs much more organically so that it does not feel like rote memorization of verb tenses as it did back in high school Spanish class. I would love to take a non romance language to see if it is as easy to learn as French seems to be. If I do it will be with Rocket Languages

On the plus side:
• I like the way grammatical rules are discussed in understandable, laymans’ terms
• It’s easy to learn/revise words and phrases
• It’s easy to develop your listening skills to understand what people are saying and its easy to develop skills in identifying what to say

But there is room for improvement:
• Speech recognition needs improvement
o Gives some poor pronunciation 100%, but doesn’t recognise closer attempts
o When sentences are long it often cuts you off
o Often (every session) crashes for no reason and you have to log in again
• Its easy to put all your effort into reading and writing – rather than developing listening and speaking skills

Awesome?
Well, we do not like Paul's condescending and patronizing manner (it's not funny). We are both teachers, and we were hoping for more professionalism.
My husband and I are going through the lessons together, and we feel the lesson content is practical and appropriate. We feel we are learning a lot to use in everyday situations.
Bon Chance!

To date I have purchased two modules for Rocket French and Rocket Italian. I found RF while it was in it's infancy because at the time of purchase only Premium Level One was available. A few months later I received an email about Rocket French Level Two and I jumped to add it. Then a short time later I received the announcement about Rocket Italian. To date I have only used the RF. I use it in conjunction with two other pieces of software. One of them is Duolingo. However, what I like about RF is that it is more thorough. I like the two speakers/hosts of the program as well. Paul with his English charm and Marie Claire with her lovely, French personality. The two make each lesson fun and entertaining. So far I have made good progress with RF but I have one gripe. The voice recognition needs more work. I use a headset that works well with other voice recognition programs but RF doesn't always recognize the sentence as I repeat it. And this is frustrating when you play or hear Paul or Marie-Claire pronounce the sentence as you just recorded. This is the one major issue I have. Well this and the fact that I get nagging messages if I try to use a browser other than Google Chrome or Chromium. Overall, I do like the program and have made more progress with my French when I come here than anywhere else. Thanks for a quality product.

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I'm a Vietnamese. After participating in the program, I felt clear my progress. Although my ability is still very limited. But so I was very happy. I find this program very useful. It has helped me to improve listening and speaking skills in a natural fluency in Japanese.

So far Rocket French is a exciting, and user-friendly course. It keeps you on your toes and hungry to learn more.I may have only known two words of French before I started, however I hope to be fluent by the time I'm finished.

Great beginning explanation and vocalizing of some of the basics. I really like the feed back aspect of correcting pronunciations. And how some phrases are used in different settings. Truly a wonderful beginning . Joyeuse saint Valentin.

Rocket French has been wonderful so far. The explanations are very clear, the lessons entertaining and mildly funny at times. However, my favourite part are the tests. You are tested in multiple different ways, so you truly know when you are ready to move onto the next lesson. The voice recognition software is also wonderful because it shows you when you are making a complete dogs breakfast of the pronunciation.

I waited a couple of months before my review so that I could be completely confident of my experience. I have become hooked on this style of learning, it is just what I was missing. You can hear your recording and compare it with a native speaker and repeat it until you get it right. There is voice recognition software that rates you, but it is sometimes inconsistent. But that is not a major issue to me. Considering you have unlimited time to learn, the price is right. I am starting to do the written test first since spelling helps me with remembering the words used in the other tests. The testing itself is a great teaching tool. Thank you Rocket guys!