Rocket Languages Reviews

After 8 months of Duolingo, I felt that I wasn't advancing much. I started a week ago with Lesson 1 of Rocket French and am quickly increasing my conversation skills and pronunciation. The explanations are excellent and very useful.

I have tried several programs. They consist mostly of flash cards and no analysis. Rocket Italian does analyze the phrases technically, grammatically, and culturally. I will never be fluent until I live in Italy (my Italian parents would not teach me the language) but with Rocket Italian I will be familiar enough with the language ( I already know how it sounds.) I work on it every day without any problem. Ottimo lavoro!

I tried Babble first and found it too difficult for a complete novice. So far, I have found Rocket much easier to follow and the tips in the first few days have been very helpful. My disappointment is the short window to purchase the full course at a reasonable (Discounted) price after downloading the free lessons. I'm not sure I have the time to devote to study right now and I will probably be interested in buying an online learning class in the future. It may not be Rocket because I will know I could have purchased it for a lower price if I had been ready in the early stages. I also would like to find a course that has an Echo Auto App for the program. I mostly listen and practice in the car and I use my echo auto to play the lessons on my car speaker. If they had a app I could control it a little better with voice commands. Oh well, "If wishes were horses then beggars could ride." (anonymous)

The layout of the program is clear and understandable. The audio lessons with Kenny-san and Sayaka are educational and entertaining. The games that come with the program are a great way to build vocabulary without too much cognitive strain. I've really enjoyed the program.

I learn French and I really love the system of Rocket Languages! The independence gives me a sense of freedom. I can decide what I want to learn next and when and where I would like to improve my knowledge.

The course program is well-organized and easy to use. The advanced learning techniques are well thought out and the design and quality are convincing. I have fun and I do feel the success in learning French.

Awesome web site :D now it's easier for me to learn German from my laptop :3 i just loved it so much ^__^ ...[Uh, I need 95 more characters... so here we go -__-] !!! Why the hell should I write 200 characters .. Whatever !! xoxo

You can learn Spanish so easy with this site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I learned it in one day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would recommend it to anyone trying to learn another language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So far just starting out I’m really enjoying the course, it’s going through conversational pieces and allowing for recording and verification when you talk is awesome and I really love that because it makes me pronounce things correctly and it gets me talking OUTLOUD which is great and I think key. I’m going to start on the writing modules soon because I want to get hanguel down so I can try and take the romanization piece out! So far I love it!

This curriculum is good...better than the R.S. course. I am able to learn Italian at my own pace, in my spare time, and I can listen to courses while commuting. I appreciate how the curriculum forces conversation, which aides in faster learning. I bought the first Rocket Italian course and I have used it for hundreds of hours. What a great value! I will be buying the next 2 courses soon!

Just to put things into context, I completed Rosetta Stone a few years ago and at the end of it, I knew a lot of nouns, phrases, and partial sentences, but couldn't string together a handful of sentences together into any kind of meaningful conversation. Suffice it to say, as a cinephile and avid traveler, I had aspired to a proficiency level somewhat higher than a Francophone toddler.

Now that I've almost completed Premium Level (already have Premium Plus and Platinum on tap), I'm definitely picking up a lot more nuances in film dialogues, and I am also more confident about my pronunciation. The Rocket Reviews are really useful in getting you to think about the different variations and syntaxes that you can apply to the lesson you've just completed.

The Language and Culture modules have a lot of substance to them, and hopefully, they can be deeper integrated into the Interactive Audio modules. As a specific example, the 'Putting Things Together' lessons were exactly what I was looking for in terms of having the facility/vernacular to string together phrases into a coherent sentence without guessing the applicable joinders (like "by the way", or "nevermind") by translating English terms word for word and hope that they use a similar expression in French.