Our Review Of The Rocket German Language Course

Learning to speak the language of another culture is a mind expanding experience. And deciding to speak a second language lke German is one of the most rewarding challenges you can do in your lifetime.

Today many countries require students to learn a second language in order to graduate from their primary schools.

We wanted to experience another culture and had planned a trip to Germany. We wanted to learn German quick and be able to speak in the native tongue before making the trip to Berlin. We also didn't have time to attend a class (who does today) so we wanted to study at home.

You can find several courses that claim to teach German, but how do you know which ones deliver and which ones don't? We put this review together as a way to share our experience with anybody who wants to learn German.

The Rocket german Website
 

The program I'm reviewing is called Rocket German™ a course produced by Rocket Language Ltd. This course was written by a native German speaker whose name is Paul Weber.

The company has an excellent reputation for producing high quality language learning courses which include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and the American Sign Language.

The beginning module has 31 audio lessons designed to have you speaking basic words after your first lesson. After these 31 lessons you'll feel comfortable asking simple questions, getting directions, ordering food etc.

The package includes the printed transcripts of the audios and we found them to be a real plus.

The first module is about 14 hours in length, and this might seem like a long module, but we became so excited to be able to learn German quick, that we just consumed this part of the course. We were learning and having a great time doing it!

The program also includes software and the first software application is called MegaVocab™. Using this software is made learning so quick and easy, and more importantly, it was fun.

The software is basically a vocabulary recognition tool. You us it by running through a series of words and learn the words through repetition - and an association with a picture. It's similar to the flashcards you used to learn with when you were a kid.

The software has 2000 words and pictures built into it, but it also allows you to add more words and pictures as you decide to learn more and more words.

screenshot of the actual software

We had a tough time trying to find another program that even offered this type of software.

This course is designed with the assumption you have no background in the German language when starting. But it moves on to an advanced level and we felt this increased the value of the program because you wouldn't have to buy a more advanced course as you progressed.

As students of the course, we were given a free membership to the Rocket Language Online Forum. This is really an impressive part of the course. The members only forum is where you can ask questions and communicate with other students and the Rocket Language online instructors.

To us, this forum made the cost of this course a real bargain, because if you happen to get stuck on something, you can find lots of help in the forum. We would be more than willing to pay a monthly fee to belong to this forum, but thankfully that's not necessary, because it's part of the course!

At this point you might be thinking a course like this is probably expensive. The price of just under one hundred dollars for the downloaded version is a steal.  The download was easy and we were able to watch it all on our computer, burn the material to a CD to listen in our cars, and I even loaded the audio on my ipod!

If you prefer to have the course shipped to you on CD's, the company offers that option as well.

We think you'd have a hard time finding a more user friendly course. We're very pleased with the results from using this program and are more than willing to recommend it. The company offers a 60 day no hassle guarantee, so if you decide it's not for you, you have the option of a refund.

When we consider the quality of the course, the software, the forum, the guarantee, and the bargain price, if you want to learn German quick - we can only give this program our highest rating of 5 stars.

Good luck with your new challenge!


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Our Rating 5/5