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| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $7.23
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New (41) Used (8) from $7.23
Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 22
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.7
MPN: 16342
UPC: 008888163428
EAN: 0008888163428
ASIN: B000ME25P2
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Could be so much better March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It has potential, but falls way short. It needs pronunciations with the words - much like My Spanish Coach. It should also include part of speech in the definition, and at some point, should give you an example of the word being used. They need more games - some are just too tedious to do very often. It focuses more on spelling than on learning definitions. Nonetheless, both my husband and I have persisted through the game for two months and have both reached a point where our expression potential has not updated for three weeks of daily play regardless of the fact that we have reached our word quota almost every day. I hope UBI Soft will put some more time into this game and make the improvements necessary to make it both useful and fun.
 Words and more words March 21, 2008
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This game is fun -- it teaches you grammar and new words. We like the "block" game in which there's a list of letters; you spell themm out with blocks, but if the blocks reach the top, the game's over. We also like the daily challenge. It's easy to use if you're 10 or older.
Expanding your vocabulary, one minigame at a time... March 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"My Word Coach" was made for those who of us who love words -- spelling them, learning their definitions, and -- in the end -- having the ability to sound like a walking, talking dictionary in front of our friends!
Through a series of minigames, you'll become more familiar with words in the English language. There's a nice variety of activities; over the course of seven days, at least seven new games or game levels were unlocked for me. Some are fun; "Pasta Letters" is one of my favorites. In this minigame, you try to unscramble a word whose letters appear in an alphabet soup. If you wait too long, they'll begin to sink under the surface of the soup; to retrieve them, you may have to blow into the DS's microphone. In "Word Shuffle," you have to match vocabulary words to the appropriate definition on an index card. In "Split Decision" you must rapidly choose the correct definition of a word from two choices, all the while trying to beat your previous time record.
I am impressed by the variety of activities that have appeared so far. However, I do not like all of the minigames. "Safecracker" is difficult for me. "Missing Letter" sometimes doesn't recognize the letter you've written; like, I'll write an "O" and it'll recognize it as an "R." You are allowed to fix your mistakes within a certain amount of time, but I think the recognition software could be a little better. Furthermore, I don't like how some of the games time you and penalize you if you don't complete it quickly enough. No matter how quickly I play "Block Letters," or how many times I try, I can't finish within the suggested time. The good news is, you get to choose which games you want to play each day, so if there's one you loathe, you can avoid it.
Other fun features in this game include an extensive glossary and a place where you can monitor your progress on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Thanks to this game, I've not only learned some new words, but I've had a few epiphanies, ala "Hey, I've always wondered what that word meant, but I've been too lazy to pick up my 15-pound Webster's dictionary! But now I know!"
"My Word Coach" puts a fun spin on expanding your vocabulary. Recommended for word lovers ages 8 and up.
Fail. March 17, 2008
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
There may have been linguists behind this product, but they didn't seem to know how best to implement their knowledge. While it might be useful to a foreign learner of English, with such useful advice as, "A verb is an action word in a sentence!", it has some deficiencies that limit it for both native and foreign speakers. Many of the games require you to know the meaning of a word in advance, otherwise you'll simply be playing "guess which meaning is the right one".
Not recommended. Language learning software has tremendous potential, but it isn't even hinted at here.
Great learning game.... March 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is a great learning tool!! While it's not the first game my nephew will reach for for his Nintendo DS when he is visiting, when I tell him it is time to do something constructive, he will reach for My Word Coach. He thinks it's fun, and it challenges him. And it makes him curious, because it introduces him to new vocabulary...so it's a great thing as far as I'm concerned. While it'll never be the Star Wars game, lol...as long as it's fun enough to keep him occupied, it's got my approval!!
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