Rocket Languages Reviews
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Course #1's audio lessons were really excellent. The timing of the dialogue/repeat sections is spot on, the native speakers have very clear accents, and you learn a lot quite quickly. It is easy to put them on in the background and make several additional passes through the material to cement the teachings. I found the accompanying grammar lessons to be difficult to retain in the 'mostly text' format, and they often don't follow along with where you are in the audio lessons at all.
Course #2 is somewhat the opposite. The native speakers (and host) all have distinct accents, the dialogue timing is a mess, and the content is all over the place. One minute you're basically redo-ing a lesson from Course #1, and the next you're totally lost when everything switches to 'casual' speech, which you've had almost no exposure to thus far. Alternately, the grammar courses are now structured to expound upon specific parts of the audio, which is an improvement.
I was VERY happy with Course #1 overall, but I am soured on the audio portion of Course #2. When the dialogue-repeat sections sometimes go word-by-word, but give you 10 seconds to speak, it becomes very difficult to learn the line in entirety.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Richard, I would like to thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on the Rocket Japanese course. Your review is greatly appreciated. We are happy to know that you enjoyed Level 1 of the course. However, we're sorry to hear that the audio lessons in Level 2 did not meet your expectations. I have already passed your feedback on to our Rocket Japanese team, who will take it into consideration while working on future course updates. Thank you again for your valuable feedback, and we wish you all the best with your Japanese language learning!
I like that I can go at my own pace. I love the audio that accompanies everything. I can play the audio lessons while I'm driving or working out at the gym. I never think I need the quizzes at the end, but then I miss some of the questions and realize I need to brush-up on a few things. In this way I can hold myself accountable. Price is minimal compared to a Spanish tutor. The interface is clean and free of glitches - no broken links. Navigating is easy.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Ken, thank you for your review. It's so great to hear about all the things you are enjoying in the course. We're sure that your Spanish skills are progressing rapidly with Rocket Spanish and we hope you continue to enjoy the course. All the best!
More challenging than other courses. I anticipate much faster progress.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We aim to get you speaking fast and we're sure that with commitment, you will be speaking Portuguese in no time! We wish you all the best with your Portuguese journey.
I have done many language programs over the years, some free, some vastly more expensive. Rocket is by far the best language learning program I have come across. Making tangible progress even just in Module 1. Excellent value for money.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review. It's great to hear that your Spanish is improving after exploring just a small amount of the course. We wish you all the best!
Rocket French is laid out very nicely for a great learning experience.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for submitting your review, Linda. We are thrilled to hear that you find Rocket French's format intuitive and that it enhances the learning experience. Keep up the great work!
The idea of the course is super good, but the audio lessons are too lengthy, I wish there would be an "essential parts" audio clip where the dialog is played back, as well as the language rules of the lesson. That would motivate me more to repeat the audio lessons, as well it would be amazing to have the transcripts of the audio files available for download.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Fillip, I appreciate your feedback on our Rocket German course. I have forwarded your suggestion of an "essential parts" audio clip to our product development team for future consideration. To download the lesson audio, use the download button on the left-hand side of the audio bar. We wish you all the best in your language-learning journey!
Rocket Korea is really good and it helped me a lot also lots of people think i'm weird because I'm black I'm from Louisiana but I know your skin color doesn't matter its your personality that matters but anyways Rocket Korea is amazing.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for your review, Zyona. We're thrilled to hear you're making great progress with Rocket Korean. Wishing you all the best with your Korean language learning!
I have been highly satisfied so far.
The lessons are very thorough and set up for different learning styles. The voice recognition is strong with few exceptions. The content is massive.
The fixed price is a lot higher than the monthly prices charged by other language learning programs, but that price gets you everything at once and permanently for learning at your own pace. There are hundreds of hours of content that easily justify the cost and if you stick with it, Rocket Language will be cheaper after a few years than the monthly service.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Brendan, thank you for taking the time to leave a detailed review of our Rocket French course and pricing structure. We at Rocket Languages firmly believe that learning a language is a lifelong journey, and hence, we aim to make our courses more accessible by offering them as a one-time purchase. We are delighted to hear that you are enjoying Rocket French, and we wish you all the best in your pursuit of learning the French language!
I really like the mix of exercises for each lesson. I am hoping to get to more phrases soon rather than single words. I would like to be able to do some longer quizzes. that represent a few lessons at a time. But good so far.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Christine, thank you for taking the time to provide us with some feedback. It's great to hear that you are enjoying the reinforcement activities, and we appreciate your comments about how these could be improved; I have passed these on to the product development team. If you are looking for longer quizzes you could check out the "Module Certification Tests" in the "Tools" section. These are short tests that reflect the content of each module. We wish you all the best with your language learning!
The voice recognition is terrible and only works intermittently before giving me the "Looks like speech recognition is currently busy. Please try again" message. Customer "service" tells me to do what I'm already doing (use Chrome browser, fast internet etc.). They acknowledge that their voice recognition doesn't always work and advise me to "skip" those parts. Skipping isn't a solution to the problem! I used Rocket before for German and it was very good. Now I just want to skip this program completely and get a refund.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Troy, thank you for taking the time to provide us with your valuable feedback. Your comments have been passed on to both the customer support and IT teams. We are sorry to hear that you have been facing issues with our voice recognition system. While we strive to provide you with state-of-the-art technology, we do understand that it can make errors at times. If the voice recognition detects phrases poorly, we suggest skipping over them because this will ensure that the language learning process is not disrupted. We appreciate your continued effort in learning the French language and wish you all the best!