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4.7

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Andras Soltesz

Andras Soltesz

Hungary

Rocket German
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I am in the last (7th) Module of Level 1.

Generally, I like the course because it is very structured and explains language concepts very well. I like that there are dedicated grammar lessons that clearly concentrate on building your grammar foundations. A complete opposite of Duo Linguo which has no grammar explanations at all.

Some people find the humor in the course stale but I have no issue with it (not great but not bad either, tolerable).

The course does a pretty bad job in all flashcards and speaking (translation) excercises when the "you" word needs to be translated into German (translates to one of "du", "ihr", "Sie"). None of them are commented so you just make frustrating mistakes. There should be clear hints what is expected there.

The lessons are generally very long (often takes an hour to finish) which is not great. I think they should be broken up to smaller lessons that are no longer than 30 minutes. Due to the long time required to finish a lesson, I often cannot finish one during a single day and can only do the remaining part next day.

The Android app has been rewritten since I started the course and it is much better now (huge improvement there, congrats to the devs).


The price is also very hefty for the course. The ~250 EUR I paid should be some family package with 4-6 members (with separate progress tracking). An advertisement supported version would also be appreciated.

Response from Rocket Languages

Thank for taking the time to share your thoughts on the course; it's great to hear that you generally enjoy the course.

Regarding the flashcards and speaking exercises, there will be a notation visible to use as hints for you to know which version of the word "you" to use. We recognize that some lessons can be long but that is because we pride ourselves on comprehensiveness, the lessons will always save your place in them if you choose to leave and come back at a later date.

We hope you continue to get the most out of your Rocket German course.

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David Marlow

David Marlow

Australia

Rocket French
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It is a bad version of other courses. The voice recognition is poor based on experience from other apps. I have paid into the course you may wish not to.

Response from Rocket Languages

We're sorry to hear that, David. Don't hesitate to get in touch with our support team, and we'll set you up on a technical call with our friendly IT team to see how we can improve your experience with the voice recognition!

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Stephanie Campbell

Stephanie Campbell

Australia

Rocket French
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There are lots of opportunities to review and practice. It would be improved by cutting all the silly English comments. It takes up time and is not necessary to learn -irritating.

Response from Rocket Languages

Thanks for the feedback, Stephanie. At Rocket, we understand that learning a new language can be daunting. That's why we focus on creating a stress-free experience that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home. We acknowledge that the English jokes and quips, in service of this, in the Audio lessons may not be everyone's cup of tea, but we hope you are still enjoying the course!

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Steve Will

Steve Will

United States

Rocket Japanese
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Shopping as the 3rd lesson? What an absolute joke!

Response from Rocket Languages

It sounds like you have found our first bonus Survival Kit Lesson. This is just to give you an example of the lesson style, so feel free to continue with the audio lessons instead. Keep up the good work!

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Russell Anthony

Russell Anthony

United States

Rocket Japanese
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It seems to be working. I've never tried to learn another language but this course has taught me a lot so far and I believe it's teaching me fairly well. I believe there is too much handholding so far in the beginner course. The translation leans too far on the English side of things and that creates problems. When the English phrase is too far removed from the Japanese translation you end up having to create a middle ground phrase to translate the translation. Some of the phrases translate well to very proper English and would make more sense in my mind, even if that's now how people regularly talk in America. Sometimes a literal translation would do a better job in teaching how phrases will be constructed in Japanese vs English. There are too many instances where I have to figure out how the course is trying to teach something before I can move forward with learning it. Sometimes this takes the form of inconsistencies in the flash cards. I bought the entire Japanese language course on sale and I think that it was pricey but fair. I don't plan on buying any other language courses any time soon, but if I did I would probably buy one from another company simply out of curiosity. I would recommend the Japanese courses to a friend.

Response from Rocket Languages

Thanks for the feedback! Here at Rocket our translation philosophy is centred on conveying the meaning of the phrase, ensuring that you understand when and how to use the phrase rather than just the literal translation. That said, we know that literal translations are important for the learning process. If you want a more literal translation, look out for the grey lit. button on the top right of the phrases. Remember, our Audio Lessons are focused on communicating, so all the grammar will fall into place once you check out our Language and Culture Lessons. All the best!

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Benoit V.

Benoit V.

France

Rocket Japanese
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The (new) japanese course #1 was great, it made me buy #2 ... which is a mess. The audio is not good, the japanese accent of the english speaker is wrong, the delay for repeating the word is wrong and the content is sometime the same as #1.
To make it worse, the content is highly specific, like opening a bank account, which is really boring and useless for a beginner.

Response from Rocket Languages

Response from Rocket languages - We are constantly updating our content to ensure it is accurate and relevant!

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Gregory Deneweth

Mexico

Rocket Spanish
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So far, I'm not happy with the way the Spanish course is taught. Lesson 1.7 was hard and seemed out of place. It seems we should have learned numbers, months, and other things first. The voice recognition doesn't seem to work. It will record my voice sometimes but has yet to tell me if I am speaking correctly or not. It only plays back my own voice, but nothing more. Sometimes the voices used by your staff are hard to understand or are speaking too fast for beginners. I'm going to keep trying, but so far, not much is sticking.

Response from Rocket Languages

That should not be happening with the voice recognition. Check your inbox; let's hop on a call and get it sorted!

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Rose Barberot

Rose Barberot

United States

Rocket Spanish
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The voice of the person speaking in the videos is mad annoying. But besides that the course is not that bad. It's good if you want to learn to write and know how words sound like but the voice recognition don't work at all. Which is the main reason I am giving such a low score, because for how expensive the course is you should be able to learn to speck.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Rose, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're sorry about the issues you have been experiencing with the voice recognition software. A member of our friendly customer support team has been in contact with you to see how we can help you resolve these issues. All the best with your Spanish language learning!

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Randall E Adams

Randall E Adams

United States

Rocket French
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The program keeps locking up on me. I am frustrated. Halfway through the pronunciation part I click the red microphone icon for the current word and it doesn't respond. And at that point I can't get the program to do anything. I have no opinion on the Customer Service as I haven't used it yet.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Randall, thank you for your review. We're sorry to hear about the issues you are experiencing with the voice recognition software. Our friendly customer support team has contacted you via email to help you rectify this issue. Best of luck with your French language learning!

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Ed Cirimele

Ed Cirimele

United States

Rocket Italian
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1, Right now teaching & understanding grammar is weak in the program
2. Need to progress further to decide if I'll buy again
3. decent price when discounted
4. I would explain what I understand of the program at this point.
5. Help with browser recording process almost useless.
"Take Italy Made Easy" (Manu's) videos and couple it with these structured exercises and you'd have a much stronger program.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Ed, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry to hear that the program did not meet your expectations. We would like to clarify that grammar lessons are referred to as Language and Culture Lessons in our course and are separate from our Audio lessons. We hope this clears up any confusion. We wish you the best of luck with your Italian language journey!

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