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In general Rocket Spanish does a decent job teaching the language. However, it fails to explain the rules and reasoning for the language's grammar, especially when a phrase or sentence contains multiple verbs. Also, so far (into lesson 1 of section 2) there has been no explanation of the Spanish use of the word "lo". I am struggling with the contextual grammar, and I don't think it's really any fault of my own.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Martin - Have you had a chance to check out the Language & Culture lessons? These lessons are all about grammar and take you through how the language works step by step. You can find an explanation on what happens when verbs are used together in a sentence in Lesson 2.8 under the heading "Using Two Verbs in a Row" and an explanation on LO and how it works in Lesson 5.6 under the heading "The Thing About LO"
I like the way the lessons are made. There is a lot to learn. Thanks.
Going good but my company won't sponsor. It gets you speaking which is good
Great course so far. I am enjoying it and learning a lot.
I've not paid I'm using the free trial. It's good but I wouldn't pay for it bc I don't have money.
I'm always having an issue with the audio/record portion. Other than that, I enjoy the lessons. I also wish under the extra vocab record sections there was a way that the super fast speaker could be slowed down so you know if you are using the correct dialect and saying the word properly.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Theresa - Thanks for your feedback/review. We would recommend that you go over lesson 1.5 on "Pronouncing Korean Letters," as sometimes slight changes in the way words/phrases are pronounced can make a big difference to the voice recognition result. Also, we would recommend that you listen to an online Korean radio station if you can so that you can more quickly get used to the rhythm and intonations of the language.
I would like to see a way to mark the place where I left off in the audio.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Richard - The system "remembers" where you are when playing an audio track. So, when you go back in you should see it ready to start from where you left off. If this isn't happening for you then please contact customer support and we will have a look at what's going on!
I really am enjoying the course so far! I do miss the old "write it" sections from the 2020 website though. They were really helpful in reinforcing the new concepts and I hope they return in the future. The "sort it" sections just don't help as much.
I think I found an error in the second lesson --- "Du sprichst gut Deutsch" is ungrammatical -- it should be either "Du sprichst gutes Deutsch" or "Du sprichst gut deutsch"
The set-up seems great and I think there's a lot to learn here but if there are simple errors like that already I'm not sure how much I trust the whole program.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Robin - Nope, what we have is correct! Du sprichst gut Deutsch "You speak German well (literally: You speak well German)" and Du sprichst gutes Deutsch "You speak good German" are both grammatical sentences; they both appear in phrase boxes in the lesson and are explained briefly in the audio. In both sentences, we're talking about the language (das Deutsch), which means that it is a noun and it must be capitalized. The word deutsch without a capital would be an adjective. In the first sentence, gut "well" is an adverb that is modifying sprichst "speak" and in the second sentence, gutes is an adjective that is modifying Deutsch. I hope that's helpful!
This was an amazing experience until the 2021 update, which reformatted all of my notes, and pretty much trashed a year of work. UGH.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Lee - We fixed the issues you were having. It is all sorted now!
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