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Author name: Abheek Bhadury

Abheek is a freelance content writer. He speaks English, French, Bengali, and Marathi at a conversational level or higher.

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Rocket French Review – Solid But Boring

Rocket French

Rating 3.7
★★★
★
★★

Summary

Rocket Languages offers courses in a number of languages, some of which aren’t great, while others are pretty solid. Rocket French is neither amazing nor terrible, it’s pretty good. The content is structured well and gives you lots of opportunities to practice what you’ve learned. But, their lessons can be rather bland, with a large emphasis on rote memorization drills.

Quality 3.5
★★★
★
★★

The lessons aren’t very exciting, but you’ll learn from them, and they’re designed well.

Thoroughness 4.0
★★★★★

The course structure is solid and includes lots of explanations.

Value 3.5
★★★
★
★★

The price tag for the lessons is relatively high but justifiable.

I Like
  • The emphasis on speaking skills
  • The good mix of speaking and grammar focus found in the audio lessons
  • Leaderboard and streak system
I Don’t Like
  • It’s fairly expensive
  • The voice recognition isn’t reliable enough to depend on
  • The lessons can be repetitive and monotonous
Price

Level 1 costs $149.95, Levels 1 and 2 cost $299.90, all three levels together costs $449.85.

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At All Language Resources, our first exposure to Rocket Languages was with Rocket Chinese, which succeeded in lowering our expectations of Rocket French.

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FrenchPod101 Review – Not Perfect But Offers Good Value

FrenchPod101

Rating 4.2
★★★★
★
★

Summary

If you want to learn French from the comfort of your own house, then Frenchpod101 is definitely a site worth visiting. It is a comprehensive learning tool that has lessons catered to your needs, whether you want to master the language or just learn a few common phrases. With engaging content in all forms of media, though primarily audio, this is a great way to learn the language of love.

Quality 4.0
★★★★★

The website is easy to use, but the pathways could be improved.

Thoroughness 4.5
★★★★
★
★

This website covers almost everything there is to know about the French language and culture.

Value 4.0
★★★★★

A subscription is required, but it offers great value for the money.

I Like
  • The use of audio and video files to enhance the learning experience.
  • You’ll learn a lot about French culture.
  • The different types of lessons available based on your needs.
I Don’t Like
  • There is no feature that keeps you motivated to keep going back to learn more the next day.
  • The app isn’t designed all that well.
  • The normal quizzes are too easy.
Price

If you choose to opt for just a one-month subscription, you’ll end up paying $4 for Basic, $10 for Premium, and $23 for Premium Plus. Use the promo code

“ALLLANGUAGERESOURCES” to save 25% on a subscription to FrenchPod101.

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French Today Review: Fun To Use And Effective

French Today

Rating 4.0
★★★★★

Summary

French Today offers audiobooks, skype lessons, and on-site lessons in France. This article will focus on the audiobooks which range from beginner to the upper-intermediate level. There are different types of audiobooks, all of which are quite extensive. Many of them have nearly 10 hours of content and a PDF file with 200 or so pages.

Quality 4.0
★★★★★

Good content that can also be accessed from their app

Thoroughness 4.0
★★★★★

There are hours and hours of content covering most of the important aspects of the language

Value 4.0
★★★★★

Frequent discounts and bundles can significantly lower the cost

I Like
  • The audiobooks are recorded at different speeds with both a slower version and a normal speed
  • The depth of content found in the audiobooks and accompanying PDFs
  • It’s a one-time purchase and can be used offline
I Don’t Like
  • The quality of the testing system
Price

The audiobooks range from $39.99 to $129. There are also bundles that make things a bit cheaper.

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Audiobooks, Skype Lessons, and Homestays

French Today offers three main products – audiobooks, Skype lessons, and immersion homestays in France.

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Earworms Review – A Unique Idea But Lacks Substance

Earworms

Rating 2.5
★★
★
★★★

Summary

Earworms is a unique language resource that relies on audio lessons mixed into music. The theory is that you will find the music catchy and thus remember your lessons easily.  The whole idea behind Earworms is the psychological theory of memory association. You would associate some information with the music and thus remember it easily. However, the music used in these lessons will not appeal to everyone, at least it didn’t for me. Moreover, the lack of visual aid and no exercises to assess your skills make it harder.  I would only recommend this for people who have failed to learn through other online resources or perhaps someone looking to learn a few phrases before a trip.

Quality 2.0
★★★★★

With a lack of exercises and visual aids, I can’t really say that it will prove to be a useful resource.

Thoroughness 2.0
★★★★★

All the lessons are comprised of various phrases that they think will be useful for anyone willing to learn French. Unfortunately, they’re too shallow and poorly structured.

Value 3.5
★★★
★
★★

With such low utility, it is important to have a low-price tag. Fortunately, they have followed this idea and thus you won’t be losing out too much if you opt for this.

I Like
  • The repetition of the phrases
  • Some of the tracks aren’t half bad
I Don’t Like
  • Tracks aren’t as catchy as I expected
  • Lack of visual aids
  • Complete absence of a testing system
Price

Each volume can be purchased as an mp3 download for £10.42 or £31.26.

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When I first heard of Earworms, I was quite intrigued mostly because I know what it’s like to get a song stuck in my head. Compared to annoying lyrics, getting a new language stuck in there sounds pretty appealing.

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Frantastique Review – Unjustifiably Expensive For Limited Lessons

Frantastique

Rating 2.8
★★
★
★★★

Summary

One of the most simply designed resources on the web, Frantastique is more than meets the eye. It follows an ideology which believes in immersing the students in the language and culture while making use of AI. I would recommend it to people who know at least bits and pieces of the language and don’t care about spending the insane prices they’re asking for.

Quality 3.5
★★★
★
★★

The immersive lessons force you to sink or swim but the design is lackluster.

Thoroughness 4.0
★★★★★

The content that is presented to you is based on where you lack in the language and their revision system is very well done.

Value 1.0
★★★★★

With the high price and a limit on the number of lessons you can access per week, Frantastique is terrible value for the money.

I Like
  • The unique way of teaching
  • The emphasis on revision
  • The level of personalization of lessons
I Don’t Like
  • The extremely high cost
  • You’re limited to accessing five lessons per week
  • Bad graphical interface
Price

£23 euros /monthly for the basic plan,  £34 euros /monthly for premium, and  £45 euros /monthly for the gold plan.

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This is the first time I have used a language resource as unique as Fantastique. Even for someone like me who had some basic conversational skills in the language, the resource wasn’t a walk in the park to use.

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