| Rocket Japanese is an on-line Japanese learning | | | | important. |
| program. Does it really work? | | | | Learning a language is much like learning to ride a |
| WHAT DOES THE SYSTEM LOOK LIKE? | | | | bike. For the first little while you may feel that |
| Rocket Japanese can be purchased as a | | | | you are not getting anywhere. If you keep |
| downloadable software or as a CD set that can | | | | going, however, you will come to a point where |
| be mailed to your home. The system consists | | | | things suddenly come together. You will see that |
| of audio recordings, videos, and special software. | | | | you are suddenly able to hear most of the words |
| In addition to that, you get access to the Learning | | | | in the audio recordings and can make basic |
| Lounge where you can test your skills, and | | | | sentences easily. |
| communicate with other users and instructors. | | | | Then you can move on to learning more |
| The basic approach is to teach Japanese by Visual | | | | advanced grammer and vocabulary. |
| Association. You learned your mother tongue by | | | | IS IT FOR EVERYONE? |
| visual association. You SAW something and | | | | Some students find it difficult to focus if there is |
| HEARD the word for it at the same time. In this | | | | no outside pressure such as an upcoming "exam" |
| way you effortlessly and swiftly learned the | | | | or a teacher checking their "homework". |
| meanings of words. Rocket Japanese attempts to | | | | Rocket Japanese is a do it yourself approach. It |
| replicate this process with the use of audio, video, | | | | is very powerful but you must provide the |
| and specially designed software. | | | | follow-through yourself |
| DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK? | | | | If you feel you need the pressure of a classroom |
| If you are serious and willing to work with the | | | | setting in order to take action, look into a class at |
| material regularly, Rocket Japanese is a very | | | | a local college. Remember, however, that a class |
| powerful way to learn to speak Japanese. | | | | will cost much more and can take longer. |
| Ideally, you should try to view the lessons for | | | | If you are serious about wanting to learn the |
| some time each day (30min to 1hr at least). | | | | Japanese language and can put aside a little time |
| The lessons are engineered to build on each | | | | every day, Rocket Japanese can get you |
| other. Because of this, being consistent is | | | | speaking Japanese in a couple of months. |