Rocket Languages Reviews

I have only been using Rocket Languages for a couple of weeks but find it very engaging and stimulating. The way the material and language is introduced is not over whelming and by the end of each lesson you feel confident in what you have learnt. The focus is not on just repeating phrases but learning to understand how they can be used in many contexts. There is a big emphasis on pronunciation which is brilliant. I will be sure to recommend to my friends who are living in France and need to learn the language as they are not native speakers.

I have tried many other options for learning Spanish but am really enjoying the approach the Rocket languages course provides. The ability to test the speaking element alongside the listening and writing means that you get a great all round approach to learning the language. It also jumps you straight in to learning useful vocabulary rather than grammatical rules (which I admit need to be learnt but as part of a broader process).

The My Assessments area is where you can take a variety of different tests that cover the whole course:

My Rocket Rehearsals lets you select exactly which lessons you want to be tested on, so you can really focus your revision. This is a great way to practice for the My Proficiency test.

My Proficiency is a longer test that examines elements from half of the course. There are two My Proficiency tests for each course. These tests use the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages as a guideline.

I took 2 years of German in high school, it's always interested me so I kept coming back to it trying to learn more. I tried various free workshops online but they don't really give you an in depth experience. I'm pleasantly surprised with my rocket german experience. I do find some of the beginner levels easy because of my past education with some of the language in high school, but I do enjoy that it's not just audio, but that it's interactive as well. That definitely helps. I am more of a visual learner so I would recommend something more visually stimulating. I often write things down when listening to the audio so I can see the words as well as listen to them. Just listening to them doesn't really solidify it for me. I need to write it down and read it over. But the interactive lessons help with that.

I like how interactive it is and that you can reset your tasks as many times as you want until your across it.

I moved to Germany with my (then) boyfriend, to learn more about him and his family/home/friends. I had no German at all and had to learn everything from scratch. I completed an intensive course through the local Volkshochschule and started working at the DeutschePost with my limited language. We stayed for 6 months and I wanted to learn more, but had limited opportunity or know how, trying Berlitz (too condescending and not real, everyday language) and another course, also I bought grammar and verb books. Very patchy results. Then I stumbled upon Rocket German and tried the free trial, and signed up immediately after receiving only 3 of the free lessons. I was impressed with the immediate results and the ability to be flexible with the language. Over a period of 6 months I did the first level at Premium, and learnt enough German to speak with German customers in my role as a dive master in Thailand. My partner and I returned to Germany and were married there (keine Uebersetzung!) - I made a speech in German at my wedding and impressed everyone with how much my language had improved and deepened (und ich sagte "ja, ich will" and signed my life away! :) in German.

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Je pense que Rocket Languages est un outil très important pour apprendre le français rapidement. J´aime utiliser cet outil, parce qu´il m´aide à  développer la langue française et la grammaire. Rocket Languages, c´est un outil complete et facile pour utiliser. Félicitations pour l´avoir développer. Merci beaucoup.

Mi idioma nativo es español, mi opinion personal para este programa es que sea realizado de una forma mas entendible para el alumno, me refiero a que si estas escuchando una conversacion, seria bueno a la vez ver como se escribe lo que estas escuchando. Una video conferencia seria cinco estrellas. gracias.

I like the phrase master game, because it has made it easier to pick out words from a sentence. Whereas before, they all just blurred together. This has made it easier to speak with friends, and use context clues in cases where I don't understand the full sentence.

Overall, I understand the structure of the course, but it seems like many aspects, especially in testing, are done by a cookie-cutter algorithm which makes some really critical mistakes.

First, some technical issues. I use Chrome, as recommended, and there are a few things missing. Most notably, the on-screen Korean keyboard is not there. Also, I often do not have the button to mark a Writing lesson as completed. Finally, unlike in the app, there is no way for me to cut a voice recording off if I wish to restart, which often means waiting quite a while for the program to try to sort through gibberish.

Now, for the "cookie-cutter" aspect that bothers me. Frequently in the Audio lessons, the native speakers will say something that was not part of the lesson. This is fine, except that these phrases get put in the testing sections. For example, in the very first lesson there are introductions of the two native speakers. One says that he served in the Korean Marine Corps, then was discharged and migrated to the United States with his parents. He says this in Korean. This is a great way to get acquainted with the sound of the language. However, then this phrase comes up in the testing section of the exam.

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