Rocket Japanese Reviews
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I was looking for a platform to provide a more oral oriented direction and this fits perfectly for my aim, which it focus a lot on speaking exercise and little options for you to choose if you would like to show the romaji or not to assist your learning with the Japanese vowels and sentences.
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It's great to hear the course is what you are looking for. All the best!
I love the fact hat writing (especially kanji) is integrated into the lesson.
Response from Rocket Languages
We strive to teach every aspect of Japanese, and that includes Kanji, so we're glad to you are enjoying learning it with us!
I'm very happy thanks to Rocket Japanese I feel I'm learning Japanese
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We’re so happy to hear that Rocket Japanese is helping you feel real progress in your learning, Pawel. Keep up the great work; you’re well on your way to mastering Japanese!
Classroom Japanese brought online - with room for improvement.
It's a well structured language training with actual Japanese speaking and good explanations of vocabulary and the language in general. The spoken Japanese really helps with recognition and pronunciation, great to listen to Sayaka and Shota. Having Rocket languages is like having your own language course online.
It is also where I find Rocket languages to be missing opportunities as it focus on providing classroom experience instead of supporting exploring the language trough individual self study.
There are many limitations on what you are allowed to do, for instance when you start a practice you cannot reset it nor show all vocabulary, you are forced to complete it. It would be better if everything would be available all ways.
The text-to-speech is also limited (Google based?), short words are often not understood (adding a random です helps), and longer sentences pronounced wrong is often corrected (saying 今日はいい天気です。でも、明日は雨です。without the rain is magically corrected).
The biggest limitation is there is no system to help recalling. Vocabulary may be learned but then forgotten again. A Spaced Repetition System is missing although it is recognized as the best way to remember tings long term. All the kanji, kana, sounds and explanations are there, missing are pictures and the SRS itself.
At least there should be a simple way to export it all to e.g. Anki to make up for the limitation.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for taking the time to share such a detailed review, Peter. We’re delighted to hear that you’re enjoying the structured lessons, as well as the recordings with Sayaka and Shota. At the same time, we appreciate your thoughtful feedback on areas for improvement, such as the flexibility of the testing activities. While we do not offer a spaced repetition feature per se, I would recommend checking out the Favorites system; this should allow you to build your own custom activities for those words that you find particularly challenging. Of course, this does not allow you to randomly revisit course content; for that, I would recommend the Module Certification Tests, located in the Tools section. We’ll make sure your comments are shared with our development team. Thank you again for helping us grow and improve!
First lesson done and I'm already in love. I bought this after cancelling my duolingo subscription and I'm so excited to continue learning and actually understand intonation and grammar. Thank you for providing such a solid learning experience.
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Welcome to Rocket Languages! We're so glad to hear that you are already loving the course just one lesson. Keep up the good work!
Enjoying it so far. Good to be made to repeat everything.
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It's great to hear that you are enjoying the course so far. We hope the course continues to meet your standards as you progress.
so far i love the setup and ease of use feels like im learning faster then ever
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It's great to hear that you are enjoying the structure of the course and feel like you are learning fast. We're sure that you'll be speaking perfect Japanese in no time!
It's the best, most in-depth language learning tool out there, and for a reasonable price, I would definitely recommend it.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you for the high praise, Esben! We’re honored to be considered the best and most in-depth tool for language learning. Offering great value while delivering a rich, comprehensive experience is exactly what we strive for. We truly appreciate the recommendation!
I like the various pedagogical techniques used in this course.
Response from Rocket Languages
Thank you, Kenneth! We're glad you’re enjoying the variety of teaching techniques in the course. We believe that using multiple approaches really supports deeper learning, so it's great to hear that it's working well for you.
I've been studying Japanese for seven years. That included a couple of on-line courses, and several of the major apps. I've concluded that the best combination of speaking, listening, writing and grammar comes from using a combination of Rocket Japanese and Japanese from Zero.
The pay-once-and own model is a welcome change from the subscription model so many apps use. My one regret with Rocket is their decision to remove the typing component. The "composing" aspect of clicking on blocks of characters is, for me, less useful than typing in my response on a Japanese keyboard.
Response from Rocket Languages
It’s great to hear that Rocket Japanese has become such a valuable part of your learning journey, especially alongside other resources, Doug. We're glad you appreciate the lifetime access model. We offer this because we know that learning a language takes time and consistent effort, and we want to make sure you have the freedom to learn at your own pace without the pressure of a subscription. Regarding the typing component, the Composing activity is still available. If you're having trouble accessing it, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at support@rocketlanguages.com, and we’ll be happy to help. Wishing you continued success with your Japanese studies!
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