Rocket Languages Reviews

Engaging and fun - Very much enjoying it
Very helpful for pronunciation and spelling which are not my strengths

I really appreciate your style of teaching, because it's based on quality and effectiveness to the customer. Which should be commended because you didn't sacrifice those qualities for a scientifically unproven way of teaching.

Great support team. Attitude and availability of support team makes a very significant difference in motivating the student to learn a new language (like French in my case). My experience is that a teacher (or a course support team) impacts directly student's success in completing a course.

Rocket Language is a great learning tool. I had put it down for a while but just picked it back up again and I am loving the changes. It is teaching me conversational Japanese and writing which is very important. I do it in conjunction with podcasts from japancast.net and it has been great.

I like the mix of writing speaking, etc. And I like that it is all online and I can do it at my own pace. I am hoping to be able to read and write well in a few months and I feel like I am making great strides to get there.

Thank you ROCKET LANGUAGE!!!

Just an awesome website for learning languages. The amount of work that has been put into making of this website is tremendous. No matter if you are a complete newbie or further down the learning curve. Rocketlanguages is definitely the no. 1 choice.

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.

With rocket I'm ready for an Italian moon landing !
Very well organised and clear. received great support when I had some technical issues.
Great balance of grammar and spoken Italian.

Within one week I have learned the sign language alphabet. I am very pleased with the program. The videos are very well done and I am looking forward to becoming more proficient at the phrases. Thank you!!

On the plus side, the website is attractive and functions well. The interactive lessons are well-structured and nicely done. I appreciate that they make continued improvements, such as the addition of Write It in the testing sections. Also appreciate that both sound and text are downloadable and the website allows you to listen to only the parts of the lessons you want. I haven't taken advantage of any "social" features like the Forum but I appreciate that Rocket tries to foster a community. The "points" system is an interesting idea.

On the downside, I think there's too much repetition of non-essential vocabulary in the testing sections (I really don't think lesson or unit are words to keep hammering me with). I also think built-in flashcards linked to My Vocabulary would be nice or perhaps automated flashcards for each section. It's also not clear the sequencing of the lessons. This is partially intentional but you'll find yourself tested on material you haven't seen if you don't move across all the lesson types. That said, I've given feedback to the team on many points and they've nearly always been responsive and eager to help and take feedback.

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This is a great way to learn any language! All the lessons are organized, and it's easy to go to a section you need to practice, or easily pick up where you left off. They talk slow enough so you're able to follow what they're saying, but fast enough to keep you involved. I love Rocket Languages!