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My Spanish Coach | 
| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $25.88
You Save: $4.11 (14%)
New (13) Used (1) from $25.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 92
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: 16391
Model: 16391
UPC: 008888163916
EAN: 0008888163916
ASIN: B000SQ5LOQ
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Adapted to any level, from beginner to advanced | | • | Get regular evaluation on improvement | | • | Learn Spanish through mini-games and competition | | • | Write your answers with the stylus on the Touch Screen | | • | Translator and glossary |
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Product Description
Playing My Spanish Coach for 15 to 20 minutes a day is all you need to become fluent in Spanish, no matter your age. The simple touch screen interface lets you spend less time learning the game and more time learning Spanish. The game includes 8 touchpad mini-games to sharpen your skills at your own pace, and lets you track your progress with charts showing your performance learning the language. ESRB Rated E for Everyone.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Not Worth Buying June 23, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had a lot of faith in this game when I bought it. I thought to myself, "of course this will be great. They can write books to teach you Spanish, they can make audio cds and they can make movies; so, obviously, they can make a video game that will work just as well or better." I was sadly mistaken. First of all, this game is boring. I could not stay dedicated to it. I love video games, but this is not fun at all. What makes this even worse is that I really enjoy reading books to practice my Spanish. A practice book is a lot more fun and costs less. That is really sad. The most important reason why you should not buy this game is that your Spanish will get worse. This game teaches improper Spanish. As an example, they say that to say "My name is..." you would say "Me llamo es..." That is what a gringo would say. "Me llamo es..." means "I call myself is..." That does not make sense in any language. The correct way to say it is "Me llamo..." which means "I call myself..." Fortunately, the game does have it's pluses; I learned a few words I did not know. Unfortunately, some of the words I do know, they have a confusing definition. For example, the definition of "ir" is "to go", but according to them, the definition is "go". This is a big difference because "go" can be a command which would require the Spanish word "vaya".
In conclusion, do not buy this game. Especially do not buy this game if you do not have prior understanding of Spanish. I bought this to help me keep up with my Spanish. If you do not know very much Spanish, this game will hurt you. You should spend your money on other Spanish-learning tools. The Practice Makes Perfect books, as an example, are "fenomenal."
 Excellent 1 on 1 coaching June 13, 2008
We got this game to help my husband learn Spanish. He knows a fair amount but this was a challenging game. The drills, repetition, and hearing the pronunciation of the words are excellent. The game does recommend to practice your new vocabulary outside of the game, which is easy for us since my native language is Spanish. This is not the easiest game but it is worth the effort.
Perfect... for returning students. June 13, 2008
First of all, this game is a fun way to learn Spanish. It teaches vocab very well. It does not, however, introduce sentence structure and grammar very well. In fact, I think it'd be fairly confusing to someone new to Spanish..
That being said, this game is great for learning.. if you already have the basics down.
Kind of glitchy, but still good! June 12, 2008
I took Spanish in high school, many, many, many moons ago. I have noticed that some words may not be the Spanish I learned and maybe they are more Spain based as opposed to Mexico based Spanish, which is what they teach you in Texas.
I love the program, the games are fun and the point scale kind of forces you to learn the words, you have to score so many points before you can move on to the next lesson. A lot of people complain about this, but if you think about it, it is actually a good tool in helping you learn the words. I bought my copy used and there are a few glitches, but nothing to make me want to return it. It is a game that you will use to learn Spanish.
I highly recommend this game, I've even told friends about it, in the hopes we can learn together. I take it everywhere and play with it as much as I can. Compared to the programs I have for my computer, you have to be at home boot up your computer put the disk in, change the disk, this is just way cooler and it also gives you a grade level, I'm in 3rd so far.
I also have the French version too, the only thing that annoys me is the games are the same, I was hoping they would be different from game to game, but they are not. Still overall a fun learning tool and definitely a good choice for any student learning a foreign language. I can't wait till the Italian version comes out.
Good, not great May 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a college student, but I have been taking spanish classes for years. I went to Spain last year and realized all those years of spanish taught me virtually nothing. I decided to get this game based on the reviews and I am somewhat impressed. Players start off with a quiz to see where to start in their spanish training, but even though I got every question right on the test I still started on lesson 17 or something (I don't remember exactly), and many of the future lessons were filled with words I already knew. Also, some of the translations of words I have never heard before, for example the game uses "auto" as the word for car. I have learned this word year after year to be "coche" or "carro." I'm sure auto would be understood, but it's not the correct or prominent word. I did enjoy that words are primarily taught through games becuase it's makes it more fun though. If you are looking to learn the whole language, you won't learn it from this game, but if you are looking for a few phrases for a job or a short trip, this will help you get your points across. It's deffinitly worth the price!
Pros:
-games teach words, making it more fun to learn
-voice comparision to compare your pronounciation with theirs
-large amount of lessons and vocab are taught
-words from previous lessons are often repeated in future ones
Cons:
-some of the words are inncorrect translations
-if you already know a good amount of spanish, you can't skip over all the lessons you already know. You can skip some, but not all.
-some of the pronounciations are off
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