| Rocket Japanese is a popular Japanese learning | | | | Learning a new language is much like learning to |
| system. Does it actually work? | | | | ride a bike. For the first week or so you might |
| WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? | | | | think that you aren't getting anywhere. If you |
| Rocket Japanese is a software system for | | | | keep going, however, you will come to a point |
| download or as a set of CDs. The system | | | | where things suddenly come together. You will |
| consists of audio recordings, videos, and special | | | | find that you are suddenly able to hear most of |
| software. In addition to that, you get access to | | | | the words in the audio recordings and can make |
| a "Learning Lounge" where you can test your | | | | basic sentences easily. |
| skills, and communicate with other students and | | | | Then you can move on to learning more |
| teachers. | | | | advanced grammer and vocabulary. |
| The idea is to teach Japanese by a system | | | | IS THIS THE BEST SYSTEM FOR EVERY ONE? |
| known as Visual Association. Visual association is | | | | Some people find it difficult to focus unless there |
| the way you learned to speak your native | | | | is some outside pressure like an upcoming "exam" |
| language. You HEARD a word and SAW its | | | | or an instructor checking their "homework". |
| meaning at the same time. In this manner you | | | | Rocket Japanese is a learn at home system. It |
| easily and quickly picked up the meanings of | | | | is very powerful but you must provide the |
| words. Rocket Japanese attempts to replicate the | | | | follow-through yourself |
| process with the use of video, audio, and | | | | If you feel you need the pressure of a classroom |
| software. | | | | setting in order to take action, consider a class at |
| HOW WELL DOES IT WORK? | | | | a local college. Remember, however, that |
| Rocket Japanese is a powerful way to learn | | | | classroom instruction will cost much more and can |
| Japanese, IF you are sincere and willing to put in | | | | take longer. |
| time on a regular basis. Ideally, you should aim | | | | If you are serious about pick up Japanese and are |
| to view the material for some time each day | | | | ready to put aside some time each day, Rocket |
| (30min to 1hr at least). The individual lessons are | | | | Japanese can get you speaking Japanese in 8-10 |
| designed to build on one another. Therefore, | | | | weeks. |
| being consistent is very important. | | | | |