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Rocket Languages Reviews

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Christopher ClearyChristopher Cleary

United States

Rocket Arabic

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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The only thing I would like to add is a video of the people talking. Seeing how their mouths move and gestures would help a lot. Besides that- amazing course.

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Aldrich SmithAldrich Smith

United States

Rocket Japanese

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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The fact that Keni and Sayaka, native Japanese, do the speaking, and then Sarah, an American, does the explaining, is quite helpful as it allows for you hear what it would sound when spoken by a native, but it is easier to understand when being explained. I am pretty happy with it so far, albeit I haven't really gotten that far in. I purchased all 3 lessons so I sure as hell hope its good all the way through! There seems to be around 200 lessons I have to get through, so it will certainly keep me occupied for a while. Here are my two complaints, I hope these are fixed in the future because I think it would truly be a nearly perfect language learning course after that:
#1. I think a lot of us have this issue. The microphone does not work well, even with headphones. It's often with shorter words, and I understand that's simply because shorter words are harder to pick up with speech recognition. Albeit, when the internet is slow, none of them work.
#2: This is the most important: what would be extremely helpful is text documents going into greater depth on grammar and structure. I know that we're sort of supposed to learn that long the way, but at the beginning you are left feeling sort of lost, and we will have to learn these rules at some point. Having a reference point to study up on would be infinitely helpful in terms of grammar. And this wouldn't even require much, I do not think--perhaps a PDF a few pages long telling the basic rules of Japanese.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Aldrich - Thanks for your review. We are actually at the start of a project to completely redo the Rocket Japanese Language lessons so that they are far more closely aligned with the JLPT structure. We hope to have the Level 1 of these new lessons out within a couple of months. At the same time we will be looking at the voice recognition examples and making those better if need be.

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Brian D'alluraBrian D'allura

United States

Rocket Spanish

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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Decent program, the voice recording and speak detection leaves a lot to be desired but at least it gets you to speak. My main issue is with the module tests at the end of the lessons, they crash and reset the entire test once you get to the end of a section. It is not worth doing.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Brian - We sent you an email asking for more clarification on the Module Tests issue. We haven't had any other reports of issues with this so would be keen to get to the bottom of it.

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Sue McBurnieSue Mcburnie

Western Australia, Australia

Rocket Spanish

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I purchased Rocket Spanish about 2 weeks ago and although I lived in Latin America for a few years that was a while ago and the language has slipped away from me. I am starting right at the beginning and I am re-discovering a lot of the common ways to say things in Spanish, rather than the convoluted way I have fallen into. You can go at your own pace, the lessons are interesting, repeatable and keep me focused.

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Odette M. McneilOdette M. Mcneil

New York, United States

Rocket Spanish

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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Although I'm just beginning, so far I like the format and the ability to repeat all or part of a lesson.

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Phyllis AmaralPhyllis Amaral

NY, United States

Rocket Spanish

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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While I am still on Level 1 of Rocket Spanish, I am not only enjoying it but more importantly, I am actually learning to speak Spanish. I've been going over and over each sub-level until I am totally comfortable with everything - works for me. I am 67 and planning on moving to a Spanish speaking country in 2021, so naturally, I want to be a bit prepared.

Also, I am finding all of the optional exercises enormously helpful; I need to see the words and write them in order to lock them into my mind along with the meaning and pronunciation. I understand not everyone learns this way but I chose Rocket Spanish for this reason - along with the fact that they generously allowed me to try out the program first to see if I liked it. I love it!

I also plan on getting a few Spanish short story audiobooks and listening to Spanish-speaking podcasts once I have progressed more.

Highly recommend!

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Kangabu Cici BlakeKangabu Cici Blake

Melbourne, Australia

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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Hi, i am new using this app, so far i see this app so good. so interactive. but i find some bugs.
In french lesson, in every intro when 2 people do conversation, its always have a dialog words/script bellow. but today i try another language like germany. there isn't any dialog words/script below the conversation. I hope you adding it soon, because there many information which i didn't find in the notes there. regards C.Blake

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Kangabu - It sounds like you have adjusted the settings on the "Play it!" activity. At the top right of the activity there is a settings button, which allows you to show/hide various parts of the text to make it harder!

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Jennifer A GerdingJennifer A Gerding

Woodland Park/CO, United States

Rocket German

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I've been taking weekly private lessons in German for 3 months. When Rocket had their courses 60% off I got all 3 levels of German. Rocket is an amazingly great addition to learning German for me. I can practice daily and can hear the language spoken by native German speakers and a British chick and I like that, she is great but I can hear the difference. I love all of the different parts to each unit. I'm wondering if there is a more extensive writing part that I've missed on my dashboard? And HOW can I ever learn to do the German 'R'?!? I'm a teacher myself and never thought an online course would be as effective as a classroom teacher but it is! (Fortunately I teach choirs so I hope I can't be replaced.) So HUGE thanks to Rocket Language German and the presenters. I am probably one of the few non-Germans who think the German language is sexy! Auf Wiedersehen!

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Charlie WuCharlie Wu

United States

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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A big grazie to Maria and Alex for the easy going way of teaching! I like the length of each lesson, 15-20 min, so you can easily squeeze into your daily schedule. Like the Rocket review before each new lesson. The interactive web features are so helpful. I also like Maria teaching grammar bits & pieces, instead of long boring lecture. I am in lesson 1.4, just love Rocket!

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Glenn WilsonGlenn Wilson

County Durham, United Kingdom

Rocket Italian

Submitted: 3+ years ago

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I am a brand new devotee to the Rocket family and have just started making my way through the beginner Italian course. Thus far I am finding the lessons extremely helpful and easy to navigate, and I'm confident that this degree of teaching will be evident throughout the full course . The platform setup is very well thought out and the learning aids are very impressive as are the 2 hosts, Maria and Alex. I look forward to continuing and completing the course and will continue to refer to the modules in order to refresh and retain my learning. This is definitely the best online learning experience I have witnessed, so well done Rocket.

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