Can You Learn To Speak French With Rocket French?

By Gerrit du Plessis

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Why do you want to learn French? If you're reading this page, there must be a reason. Maybe you're planning a trip to a French-speaking country and want to be able to communicate while you're there. Maybe you need to learn French for school or work. Whatever your reason, your solution is as close as the click of a mouse - Rocket French.

What's Rocket French? It's a revolutionary new approach to language instruction! Most language-learning systems begin by either asking you to read the foreign language or listen to it. What's wrong with that? Well, focusing on reading words you've never heard doesn't teach you to speak the language. And contrary to popular opinion, listening to and repeating a dialogue of stock phrases doesn't teach you to speak the language either - at best it teaches you to say exactly what the speaker in the dialogue said.

Rocket French recognizes that learning a new language is interactive. Reading isn't enough - listening isn't enough - repeating isn't enough. You have to play with the words, move them around, and try them in new combinations. And Rocket French allows you to do that. In addition to the cheery and humorous instructors you'll hear in the recorded portion of the lesson, you get computer-based activities that encourage you to dive right into your new language.

For example, the developers of Rocket French realized that no one really talks like those actors in language instruction dialogues. In real life, people talk much faster, and MegaAudio will help you attune your ear to that. Also, most English speakers complain that French verbs are incredibly difficult to learn. With MegaVerb, you won't think so! And finally, Rocket French's MegaVocab will help you extend your vocabulary faster than you ever thought possible. When you play these games, you won't believe how much you're actually learning!

Rocket French harnesses the power of the computer to finally bring language instruction into the twenty-first century. But there are times when there's nothing like a real live person to help you over the hurdles - and Rocket French provides that too. When you purchase the full Rocket French program, you'll gain access to an exclusive learner's forum where you can ask real French speakers and teachers for help.

Can learning French get easier than this? Visit my Rocket French review today and discover how it ranked against other French language courses. You might also enjoy Corinne Corbeau's new French study guide - How to Learn French.