Rocket Languages Reviews

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4.7

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Bailey Ross

Bailey Ross

Connecticut , United States

Rocket Korean
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As a completely new person to Korean, this course is not what I should have chosen to begin with. To be able to feel like you "completed" the lesson, you have to write things in a language they have not taught you yet! The lessons are too long and having to learn the "extras" to feel like you completed the material they were focusing on is also frustrating. I have no incentive to move through the material, because I feel like I can't even perfect the first few lessons!
The voice detection sometimes is very poor, which means saying the same thing fifty times at lightning speed to get credit for it. I like other programs for learning Korean better than this one. I might come back to it after I have a better foundation.

Response from Rocket Languages

The Write it! tests can (and probably should) be left until you are more comfortable doing them. In saying that we will look at how these Tests work for beginners. With regards voice detection, the best results are achieved with a headset mic, or using one of the apps.

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Jay Williams

Jay Williams

United States

Rocket Korean
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The voice recognition could use some work, but it's fun to use and definitely gets you speaking out loud. I haven't really seen any features offered yet that's worth the price. I'm basing that off of what's offered for free on the internet already.

Another feature though that deserves praise is the 'Play as' feature where you take the role of someone in a conversation. It's honestly a 5 star feature on its own.

Thinking about this in depth is making me realize how much is actually offered and how much I'm paying for it... I could only think of a couple good things (and they're basically the same thing). I can't recommend this to a friend while I'm thinking about discontinuing use of it myself. Wow

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G W

Australia

Rocket Japanese
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I hate the points and streaks function and you have provide no ability to switch off!

I am preferring the Pimsleur system far more.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi G - Ha! That's because no-one has asked for it to be switched off before. We can add it to a list of suggestions to look at in the future.

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Tania  Josephs

Tania Josephs

Cape Town

Rocket French
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I am only using the free trial period (for now) and I am very impressed with the content, that as soon as I'm able to I am purchasing the full French course. Thank for for a superb website that offers more than you'd expect to get for free.

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Afghanistan

Rocket French
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it doesn't pick up what you say and it sometimes just says the wrong thing even though its nearly indistinguishable from the prompt

Response from Rocket Languages

We're sorry to hear about the issues you're having with the voice recognition feature. Feel free to get in touch with us anytime at support@rocketlanguages.com, and we'd be happy to jump on a call and see what we can do to help you out!

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Chris Budnicki

Chris Budnicki

United States

Rocket Japanese
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the audio recognition needs work. Also stop asking me to review every six times i record a word.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Chris, thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that you are experiencing issues with the voice recognition. We have contacted you via email to get more information on this. Regarding the reviews, we will pass this on to the team for them to take a look at. We wish you all the best!

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Daniel Joseph

Daniel Joseph

United States

Rocket Chinese
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The more I go through the course, the more frustrating it gets. Instead of learning and practicing individual words, I'm supposed to memorize incredibly complex sentences without understanding the meaning of how all the words work together in the sentence. There is no logical progression from learning words to forming sentences. As a result, I forget everything immediately and feel demotivated. And I stumble over the pronunciation because I have to say ten new words at a time. There is no daily reinforcement of previous lessons, which makes the course meaningless over time.

Response from Rocket Languages

Thank you for your review, Daniel. If you are finding the Interactive Audio lessons quite challenging, then we would recommend going through the Language and Culture lessons first. Once you have a better understanding of how the language works, you may find that the sentences make more sense. If you continue to find yourself feeling demotivated, please don't hesitate to reach out to the customer support team on support@rocketlanguages.com.

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Ramon none

Ramon None

United States

Rocket Sign Language
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I wouldn't recommend this program. It don't live up to what it promises to provide. If you're a student in college or interested in taking something to test out of ASL 1 and 2, don't expect this to provide that ability. There are much better programs out there, some of which have more to offer for free.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Ramon - As of 2015 Rocket Sign Language has been fully updated. It now has over 2,500 videos of different signs!

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Ian Corbett

Ian Corbett

Xalapa

Rocket Spanish
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A very disappointing course. May I suggest that you review the free DUOLINGO course and try and learn from them. I have also found many errors in the text. No, I do not intend to go back through and innumerate them for you.

Response from Rocket Languages

Hi Ian - Rocket Spanish had a full review in 2016, I would hope that everything is fine now! (Update 2020: We are going through another full review of Rocket Spanish right now, this should be complete by June 2020)

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Jac Damen

Jac Damen

Seoul , Korea, Republic of

Rocket Korean
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I would like to learn Korean on my different devices, Mac, iPad and MS Surface, but I have no clue, how the program remembers how far I had already advanced on one device, when I continue with another. There is apparently no way to log in with my ID and Password, so that the program knows who I am. This feature probably exist, but it is difficult to find out where and how.

Note from Rocket Languages: Hi Jac, thanks for your feedback. Someone of our customer support team has reached out to you to solve this issue. All the best with your Korean learning! Your Rocket Languages Team

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