Rocket Spanish Reviews

Rocket Spanish is well organized and fairly easy to use. I definitely like the experience and the process. HOWEVER - They are very wishy-washy with the meanings of phrases. In an effort to teach you different phrases to say the same thing, the designers forget that words have meaning. For example, early in the lessons you discuss someone's job. They tell you that the question, "What do you do?" can be asked ?Que haces?, which is correct. Unfortunately, they also tell you that you can say, ?En que trabajas?, which is not correct. That phrase means, "What is your work?". It may sound like I'm knit-picking, bc in the context of the conversation, either phrase will do, but it is confusing when I don't know what you are asking for. In the testing, it asks me to say in Spanish "What do you you?", but it says that I was incorrect bc I responded ?Que haces?. - WHICH IS CORRECT!! The designer of the course wanted me to say ?En que trabajas?. The student isn't a mind reader, and when he/she tries to apply the words learned, it is easy to get confused. Again, words have meaning. It is lazy to say that it is "close enough", when it is in-fact no where near what you are trying to say.

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I'll move to Mexico and just immerse myself in the culture and surely I'll learn Spanish, I thought. Nope. Even knowing a little bit of Spanish going in wasn't enough to help me converse in my new country. I tried several other programs, studied on my own, and memorized barrels full of vocabulary words. . . but I feel like Rocket Languages has really helped me learn to speak meaningful Spanish! There's something about the structure of the program that helps me communicate in the country I now live in.

Is it a little pricey? Yes. But it's far less than taking intensive Spanish classes and if I practice daily, have conversations in Spanish regularly (my goal is 10 convos with strangers in Spanish a week), and take Rocket's classes 3x per week, I note that my ability to converse, read/comprehend increases daily.

My teacher told me about it so I started doing it a week ago

I love all the different methods you learn: guided conversation or written language lesson, flash cards quiz, listen and repeat, writing, say answer and short quizzes. Definitely a great, interactive way to learn. Highly recommend this program, definitely the best one I have found (after a lot of searching).

My only negative is they need a flash card app for all of the sentences and vocabulary in the program (not each lesson) which remember how well you know each card (worse cards are seen more often - the flash card quiz doesn't do this).

I have learned many words using another (and free) internet program but my recognized written vocabulary is much weaker than my conversational vocabulary. Rocket's emphasis upon the spoken word is what I need to work on now. I expect to make annual trips to Ecuador for the next few years and definitely need advanced conversational skills.

As with any language, immersion and conversation will get you the farthest, but Rocket Spanish does a good job at giving you a wide range of vocabulary and practice with the spoken language. The reinforcement tools can seem tedious at times, but repetition and commitment is vital to learning a new language. Get it on sale and it is totally worth your time and energy.

I feel like I have my own personal teacher. I am learning vocabulary fast. The conversations are relevant and realistic. The format is easy to use. I also love that I can go at my own pace.

My motto is "review, review, review". I can do that with Rocket Languages Spanish.

Bonus--the price is excellent! Thanks so much for this product!

I have been searching Google a lot to learn languages and this is the best. Its easy and fun learning. The conversations help a lot to understand and the self tests help to know for sure what i have learned by the end of every lesson. I'm so happy and satisfied with the outcome i got so far:)

This approach to Rocket Languages is a great hands on model for edification and retention. Muy bien!!

So far, so great. Their method reinforces retention, while at the same time not boring. The interactions is wonderful, including audio downloads, quizzes, notes and more. This is the best I've used to date!