Rocket Languages

Might not make you fluent alone but certainly has the potential to. I especially appreciate the fact that it explains almost every word and particle that you come through in a detailed matter. With that being said, I strongly believe and have experienced that if you use both duolingo and this app together, your language skills improve drastically. Duolingo may be more attention getting or fun to play, but this app speeds through bigger words and vocabulary much faster and more efficiently. If you don’t wish to use these two together, I highly recommend using multiple language apps regularly, because usually one isn’t going to cut it. Certain apps may focus on different things, so using multiple is like getting a taste if all aspects of Japanese language. I do, however, recommend this app for it’s usefulness- Rocket Japanese has units for all factors for surviving life in Japan- (Ex: Eating at a restaurant and how you might order or approach staff.) I also appreciate the use of voices explaining the different words- dialogue unique to each unit, as well as in the “quiz” section, the app sometimes explains the different multiple choice options and how they are wrong or tight after you have selected your answer. In all honesty, best language app I’ve used so far.

After studying all three levels of Rocket Spanish over the past few years, I thought that I’d try to learn some Italian as well. I ordered the Rocket Italian course hoping that it might run a little smoother than the Spanish course did. Unfortunately, after a few days I’ve already started running into some of the same issues that slowed down my studies in the Spanish course. For a couple of years now, I’ve had intermittent problems with things like not being able to see what you’re typing, conversation exercises stopping before their finished, and the program freezing up. I’m not sure if it’s just because I’m using it on my iPhone, or if there’s other things causing these problems. After notifying Rocket Languages several times about these issues, I finally stopped trying to get them fixed because it was taking too much time away from my studies. Instead, I just opted to finish the course while trying to work around these glitches when they occurred. The courses themselves are structured well, and are easy to understand. Another thing that I like is that it’s easy to go back and revisit lessons if you need to review something. Even though the app itself might give you problems, it still might be a good choice if your patient. In my experience, the courses themselves are much better that the app that they’re offered on. I’m sure that I could probably learn a language much faster using another course that’s not as “glitchy”, but you can keep this course forever when you purchase it, and if you catch it on their 60% off sales it can actually be a pretty good deal for the money. Especially if the program runs better on your device that it does on mine.

I picked up rocket Spanish after spending several months of semi-rigorous learning on Duolingo (like a lot of people I imagine). I realized my vocabulary was growing but when I tried to speak with friends I would freeze. After researching the different apps I found that rocket Spanish was recommended for those looking specifically to improve their speaking skills. I’ve now completed all of level 1 and and am working through level 2 and I have to agree this app has definitely improved my speaking tremendously. Will this app make you fluent? No, no single app will. But it will make you make you much more confident to actually use the language you’re learning. I really like the emphasis it places on practical application and useful phrases that you are likely to need in your day to day. I still supplement with grammar exercises to drill down the conjugation rules and often reference resources like SpanishDict. But if you want to go from speaking no Spanish to actually engaging in conversations I’d highly recommend Rocket. When it finally clicked and the words came out naturally without me even thinking of the conjugation, I knew it deserved a review.