Rocket Languages Reviews

Emphasis on pronunciation is nice, but the voice recognition is utterly horrible. It only works about 40% of the time on the first go. I find myself just skipping it because it's so bad.

Would have been a good app if the voice recognition is reliable and accurate. There are many times that it doesn't detect anything even if I am speaking loud. And yes, I've tried multiple devices and I have a good microphone.

So far, I'm getting exactly what I need from Rocket Languages.

I am very dissatisfied with the speech function on the program. It continually does not record my speaking. Very frustrating!

I find it very easy to use. I took French 5 years ago and this is a good refresher.

A very effective course for self-study, particularly for improving listening, writing, and speaking skills—especially useful for TCF or TEF exam preparation.

The pronunciation is an excellent review, and the lessons are about the right length.

Great! Getting ready to go over to France this is the perfect website.

I've learned so much from Rocket Languages, the platform is very well done. All stages make sense as you move on. It isn't too much grammar or vocabulary, just the right amount to keep you interested and invested. Exercises are excellent for you to memorize and keep you familiar with the language.

I like the lessons and the reinforcement activities as I really feel that I will recall the various words and phrases in my longer term memory. The emphasis on pronunciation is good but even at an easy setting sometimes the words don't register correctly - however it is good on improving my speech.
There are a few annoyances - the lesson is 20 minutes, not sure why we need the opening and closing music. Paul does seem to speak English with a strange accent which is distracting. Given the price of the course I would assume that this is aimed at adults so we don't need the forced cheerfulness and "jokes" that are included. I would rather the lesson had more actual learning content and less slang words.
I purchased the course as it has grammar lessons - these are OK but I generally have a lot of questions on minor points which are not covered - a reference as to whether these will be covered later in the course would be useful.
I would also like to know how the 3 levels equate to external standards. For the UK for instance if you do the 3 levels is this equivalent to a GCSE qualification or would it be more A level standard as I would like to take my French further.

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