Rocket Languages Reviews

I've been Interested in learning sign language for a while now and I have to say so far so good, just started today but I have no complaints I like the translate it at the end of the courses really helps in making sure you not only can sign it but you can "read" it as well

I highly recommend the Rocket Japanese course.
I'm a Brazilian living in London. So I'm learning a foreign language in English, which is not my native language in the first place. But I'm really enjoying, the content is very clear and easy to understand.
I've seen some other reviews complaining about the "new" Kenny, but I must say I prefer the new one. The fact that he is native helps a lot, even without the whole "enthusiasm" the former one had.
I started last year and had to stop for a while as I didn't have time to continue, but now I've started over and noticed the new narrator and new Kenny as well. I found a good surprise.

Overall, definitely gets you "speaking" quite a bit. The great majority of this, however, is just rote copying of what was just heard. Regurgitation, not processing and internalizing. The rest is straight translation, which in my opinion is a far inferior way to learn a language. A good number of lessons use words/phrases/tenses that have never been discussed and are simply not explained. There are quite a few glitches with speech recognition, especially regarding numbers and accent marks. The material is HEAVILY focused on travel, which I get makes some sense if you're learning Spanish in order to travel, but I suspect a large number of people are like me, learning Spanish to use in everyday life. May just be a US bias though, where Spanish can be very useful almost everywhere.

I have been using Rocket French for the past few months and am on the verge of completing the premium level. Thus far, the course has been absolutely fantastic. It provides an excellent range of activities per lesson that allow you to focus on all aspects of language learning (reading, writing, hearing and pronunciation). Furthermore, it allows you to develop a broad vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure quickly, which in turn allows you to learn French from other media (e.g. movies) more effectively.

In all, I would strongly recommend this product. I have been to French classes before but found them relatively dull and slow-paced. With Rocket French, you can set a pace that is comfortable for you, and that is a significant boon to one's level of engagement. Once I have finished this round of courses, I am planning to invest in another language!

This is a great product. I didn't use it for months and months and didn't expire, I just went in where I left off. It has a really good self testing facility. All the important phrases are covered right from the beginning. Writing is also covered right from the beginning which I believe is really important and not available in lots of other learning packages. I have learnt heaps in no time flat and despite being rather lazy.

I would like first of all to comment on Bill Landman's review of two days ago. I am not yet up to Level 9 (only at Level 5), but I have had no trouble with pronunciation being recognized thus far, so I jumped ahead to Lesson 9.11 to see if Mr. Landman's remarks would be confirmed. As it turned out, however, I had no trouble at all achieving a 100% rating in pronunciation on everything, with Record Difficulty set to "Hard." Thus, whatever problem Mr. Landman experienced does not seem to be with Rocket Spanish itself. Perhaps his microphone was not clear, or its output level was too low (or something) that day.

I have been very satisfied with Rocket Spanish. Although I'm only on Level 5, I have been using Rocket Spanish for several months (not with great regularity, obviously, or I'd be farther along). I had previously gone through at least 3 different CD courses, one of which I thought was excellent. However, CD courses are not interactive, of course. Nor did even the best one go to as high a level as Rocket Spanish.

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I like that we have audio and visual learning tasks. Doing both really helps with the learning process. The audio instructors are very engaging and enjoyable. I'd definitely recommend Rocket Language to anybody that is wanting to travel abroad and feel comfortable with the language.

Rocket Languages is an excellent program and the repetition of the different activities really helps to make things stick. I like that you can listen to the lessons while running or driving and then complete the activities once at home. Good combination of mechanical practice and more cerebral grammar lessons.

Great product and no other program can touch the price. The Learning modules are very practical and contain just the right amount of materiel to grasp in a day or two. The Rocket Spanish app is great for traveling or studying on the go.

I recently became frustrated with the slow pace of another online Spanish language program and started poking around the I'net for reviews and commentary. Rocket Spanish really stood out from the crowd. I signed on for a trial run and Immediately "took off". In place of beautiful graphics and endless repetition of very limited vocabulary, with little grammatical assistance, I found intensive drills and dialogs with careful explanation of Spanish's many puzzling (for English users) distinctions in usage.
I especially appreciate the chance to keep hammering away at a troublesome phrase in "Hear It/Say It" and "Know It" until I can duplicate the speaker's pronunciation, although there are a few odd words, like "Ah" and Mauricio's last name (Evlampieff) that never seem to get interpreted quite right. Subtle little touches, like the running point totals, help provide a more or less continuous push to keep working at it.
I am more than pleased with my progress thus far and hope to follow the course through to its concluseion.
MNS