| Rocket Japanese is a popular Japanese learning | | | | ride a bike. For the first 6 or 7 lessons you may |
| program. Does it really work? | | | | think that you are not getting anywhere. If you |
| WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? | | | | persist, however, you will hit a point when things |
| Rocket Japanese comes as a CD set or a | | | | suddenly come together. You will find yourself |
| downloadable package. It comes with videos, | | | | making sentences without effort and picking up |
| audio, and software games. In addition to that, | | | | most of the words in the audio recordings. |
| you get access to the "Learning Lounge" where | | | | From there you can go on to add more |
| you can test your skills, and communicate with | | | | vocabulary and more advanced grammar. |
| other students and instructors. | | | | IS ROCKET JAPANESE A GOOD FIT FOR EVERY |
| The basic method is teaching Japanese by a | | | | STUDENT? |
| process called "visual association". You learned | | | | Some people find it hard to focus unless there is |
| your mother tongue by visual association. You | | | | some outside pressure like an upcoming "exam" |
| SAW an object and HEARD the word | | | | or a teacher checking their "homework". |
| simultaneously. In this manner you effortlessly and | | | | Rocket Japanese is a do it yourself program. It |
| quickly learned the meanings of words. Rocket | | | | is very powerful but you must provide the |
| Japanese attempts to duplicate this process with | | | | follow-through yourself |
| the use of video, audio, and software. | | | | If you feel you might need the pressure of a |
| DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK? | | | | classroom situation in order to follow through, look |
| IF you are ready to work with the program in a | | | | into classes at a local college. Keep in mind that |
| consistent way, Rocket Japanese can be | | | | classroom instruction will cost much more and can |
| extremely powerful. Ideally, you should try to | | | | take longer. |
| view the lessons for some time every day | | | | If you are serious about learning Japanese and |
| (30min to 1hr at least). The lessons are made to | | | | can put aside a little time each day, Rocket |
| build on one another. Because of this, being | | | | Japanese can have you speaking Japanese in 8-10 |
| consistent is very important. | | | | weeks. |
| Picking up a new language is alot like learning to | | | | |