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Today’s review is Rocket Spanish.

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What do I get in this system? (It has various ‘components’)

• 31 interactive audio lessons (25 minutes each, 14 hours total)
• 31 illustrated grammar lessons (follows the Audio Course)
• “MegaVocab” Rocket Spanish Word Building Game
• “MegaAudio” language software game
• “MegaVerbs” Grammar Software Game
• Your own Spanish teacher, “on call” 24 hours a day.

My impressions:

I spent a few days trialling Rocket Spanish after using Rocket Japanese, so I was very familiar with the learning process. I used the audio component while traveling to work and during the everyday chores. While at home in the evenings, I used the Rocket Spanish games.

As with the other Rocket products, this program is very thorough. The approach is very oral giving the student a lot of opportunity to listen and repeat in a very active learning environment. It is very up to date, easy and fun. In comparison to Visual Link Spanish, it doesn’t have the online resources but is very good for active learning “while on the run”. The audio is well structured putting the listener in many realistic situations. The member forum is always available for extra support.

Current price as at - Jan 1st 2007 is $99us, neck and neck with Visual Link Spanish.

Which to choose? If you want to take your audio with you and have access to a thriving community of Spanish learners, then Rocket Spanish has the edge.

If you are interested in learning more about Spanish then click to Rocket Spanish

Cheers and good luck,
Tristan

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Guten Tag!

Rocket German is produced in my homeland New Zealand! However, it is the performance of this Rocket German package that is important.

Listen to our short audio review:

What do I get in this system? (It has various ‘components’)

• 31 interactive audio lessons (25 minutes each, 14 hours total)
• 31 illustrated grammar lessons (follows the Audio Course)
• “MegaVocab” Rocket German Word Building Game
• “MegaAudio” language software game
• “MegaVerbs” Grammar Software Game
• Your own German teacher, “on call” 24 hours a day.

My impressions:

I took the program for a test drive over a period of two weeks, I used the audio component during the day while traveling to work and in my lunch breaks. In the evenings I spent time on each of the Rocket German games.

This program is very thorough. In comparison to some of the other Audio and program methods (pimsleur method, Rosetta Stone) this is a very refreshing, easy, fun and up to date system. I found myself playing the games a lot more than I should have. The audio is well structured and puts the listener in many realistic situations. The member forum is a real added bonus.

If you are interested in a little “Deutsch Sprache” then click to Rocket German for more information!

Cheers and good luck,
Tristan

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Konichiwa!

Japanese is considered a difficult language to learn. This is particularly true for native speakers of English because Japanese is fundamentally different from European languages.

This is where Rocket Japanese comes into the picture. As with the other Rocket Language products, Rocket Japanese is broken into six components:

• An interactive audio course (14 hours)
• Illustrated grammar lessons, cultural notes, written Japanese
• “MegaVocab” software game
• “MegaAudio” audio recognition game (recognise spoken words)
• “MegaHiragana” Learning Game (Hiragana character set)
• Japanese Learner’s Forum (online learning)

My impressions:
The audio course is broken into 25 minute units that allow you to achieve your goals in your own time, whether on the way to work or during your lunch breaks. The software games represent an important part for reading, writing and of cause grammar. To get the full benefit of Rocket Japanese you need to use both the audio and software components daily, if you combine this with the member forum, you have a very strong combination for learning.

This is a modern approach to Japanese language that is easy and fun. The audio is clear and well structured, it manages to put the listener in many realistic situations. The cultural aspects are very helpful. The grammar is thoroughly covered in the games and the members forum is very friendly with lots of other like-minded people to keep you motivated.

To learn more click to Rocket Japanese

Cheers,
Tristan

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