Rocket Languages Reviews
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Lessons are slow and don't progress in an order that works when you are studying a language -- customer service is non responsive to requests to cancel membership
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for your review, Ann. We're sorry to hear you aren't enjoying the progression of the lessons. Regarding customer support, a member of the team has been in contact with you to address this. All the best!
I tried the intro lesson, and it wasn't enjoyable. When practicing pronunciation, I would fail to pronounce a word, but I would get 100%. I have a good microphone, but I had to yell to get half of what was said recorded. When it did show, I said 100% the playback would only have recorded 50% of what I said. I was yelling most of the time, which was really irritating. I practiced writing skills without knowing special characters, so I got most of the words wrong, although I had all the necessary letters.
I absolutely hated yelling into the microphone and then hearing a partial version of what I had yelled. So far, I hate Rocket Spanish. I completed the lessons, and if not for the fact that I had heard many of the basic words in the past, I would not have remembered most of what I learned. Thankfully, I am on a trial. Thank you, Rocket, for the trial period. I will continue the trial one more time and then give Babbel a try, trusting their money-back guarantee..
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience; we're sorry to hear that the voice recognition feature was frustrating. We want learning to be effective and enjoyable, and it sounds like we fell short for you in this area. Your trial feedback is very helpful, and we appreciate you giving the course another chance. If you’d like help troubleshooting the microphone issues or learning the special characters, please feel free to reach out to our support team at [email protected]. We're here to help and would love the opportunity to improve your experience.
I have barely learned anything. I do have ADHD but this system is absolutely terrible. It is too fast paced. I will listen to an audio lesson and it expects me to remember everything. I do not understand anything they are saying. This was a elective for my school and it has been a complete waste of money and time.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience, Josiah. We're really sorry to hear that the course hasn’t worked well for you. Our program is designed to build understanding step by step, but it sounds like the pacing and structure didn't meet your needs. We truly value feedback like yours, as it helps us consider how to better support different learning styles. If you're open to it, we’d love to try and help or suggest alternative ways to use the course that might be a better fit. Please reach out to us at [email protected].
It won't work
It's been nothing but annoying so do not download it
Response from Rocket Languages
Sorry to hear that, Lucas. Please reach out to our team at [email protected] with more details about the issue, and we would be happy to hop on a call to see how we can assist you!
It's boring. There is no picture to help me connect with the phrase or words. They throw a sentence at you and have you repeat it, hoping you remember. It's no different from when you just Google Translate phrases and remember them yourself. Maybe throw an interactive game or something. I wanted a refund, but there's no refund button either. I guess I'll just take this as my loss.
Response from Rocket Languages
Sorry to hear that, Chalampol. Please know we take our 60-day refund promise very seriously, and our support team has reached out to you to initiate the refund process. Wishing you all the best with your language learning!
Unable to get the mic working. Tried for hours and no luck. Followed all the instructions for Chrome and Windows 11. It only worked sporadically.
Response from Rocket Languages
Sorry to hear that, Murray. Inconsistent success with the voice recognition may suggest an external issue. Please contact our team at [email protected], and we'd be happy to jump on a call to investigate the problem further!
why are there at least 60 vocab words for every single lesson. how am I supposed to do this
Response from Rocket Languages
We know this may seem overwhelming at first, but the ethos of Rocket is to ensure you have all the information you need to fully comprehend the lesson in one place. The key is to break down the activities and lesson content into manageable chunks so you can truly retain what you're learning without getting bogged down by excessive information. For instance, you could split these into two sets of 30 and complete them over two days. If you would like more suggestions or assistance, you can always reach out to us at [email protected]. Best of luck with your journey to learn Spanish!
its very anoying the mic option doesnt work most of the time
Response from Rocket Languages
Sorry to hear that, Juan. Please contact your friendly support team at [email protected], and we'd be glad to see what we can do to ensure the voice recognition is functioning properly.
This is a review of Rocket Korean. I have found Rocket German Level 3 to be useful, and would recommend it, but I am very disappointed with Rocket Korean.
I am 71 and in the last few years I have learnt five European languages to a good conversational level. I began to learn Korean a few months ago and have used two well known audio courses, both of which I love, and I am working every day with an excellent app that specialises in Asian languages. So I was not a complete beginner when I started Rocket Korean, hoping it would help. Unfortunately, I have found it much too difficult, with too many new words introduced much too quickly with very little help and reinforcement.
If Rocket Korean had been my first attempt at language learning, I would have given up, believing that I was either too old, or not clever enough, since I find it impossible to retain any of the material covered in its lessons. Fortunately, from my experience with the other methods I know that I can learn languages, even Korean, if the material is presented in the right way.
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Martin, thank you for leaving a review. Korean can be quite a tricky language to learn for English speakers and the Korean team have tried to structure the course in a way that makes sense for English speakers. They will take a look at these early lessons again to try and make them clearer for our learners.
please add some ADHD mode it will help with focus!
Response from Rocket Languages
Hi Max, thank you for your review. We will look into this and see what can be done. All the best!
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