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| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $22.99
You Save: $7.00 (23%)
New (12) Used (1) from $22.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 331
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
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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| Customer Reviews:
 An interesting way to learn September 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can absolutely see where many reviewers are coming from when they say this title is more entertainment for kids than a learning tool, but I would counter that the entertainment is where `My Spanish Coach' derives its learning. In university now, I took two years of Spanish during high school and (now at lesson #6) have learned more in the few hours playing this game than both previous years of formal education. As I see it, this is solely because the game shifts the learning atmosphere from just memorizing words to becoming familiar and coherent in the words purpose and meaning.
All-in-All, Absolutely worth a try, and well worth the $30 investment. I can't wait for the Chinese version... hoping for a Arabic.
a fun way to learn a new language September 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I strongly disagree with the first reviewer. I bought this game with low expectations, thinking this could hardly be "fun", but at best I was hoping for a somewhat less-than-boring way to learn Spanish. I was delightfully surprised to find this program was quite engaging and enjoyable! After giving a guick assessment of my current knowledge of Spanish, the game began at an appropriate level for learning new words. Answering the multiple choice questions was in a game format. It was easy to understand the speakers. The reinforcement of new learning was fun. You can back up and review or go forward and continue to higher levels. I think it's great for kids and adults. And probably a great way to reinforce Spanish learning for grade school kids, too. I highly recommend this.
 great for kids and adults September 5, 2008
I think this is a great game. I took a few years of Spanish about twenty years ago. This game has me thinking in Spanish again! My daughter, (10 years old) who has had no Spanish, is also enjoying it.
She's having fun, but not for younger children! August 14, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 3rd year Spanish student as a refresher before school starts up again. When she took the assessment, she scored in the kindergarten grade, which made us all laugh since she was clearly offended by it! However, she's been working on it since avidly and is appreciating the diversity of the challenges it's giving her. She likes the help with pronouncing the words and it has been a challenge for her. She's now recommending it to her friends and she's the first to tell you "I LOVE IT!".
WARNING FOR PARENTS: Some of the phrases are NOT appropriate for younger children. As a kindergarten rating, one of the phrases it taught my 16-yr-old was "I am drunk" and "you are just jealous". She hasn't let me know about any other "funny ones" (in her mind), but if that's the "conversational" Spanish it's teaching, I wouldn't recommended it for pre-teens.
Great Learning Device July 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really love this game. Each lesson has ten words to be mastered. There are great games for helping you master these words. In addition you hear the native speaker and you can also record your voice to compare your pronunciation and even hear the native speaker and your pronunciation simultaneously.
With the multiple choice games, you can choose not to look at the multiple choices and see if you can come up with the word in your head first. I always choose easy rather than hard since it gives you more time to come up with the word first and pronounce it before looking at the choices and choosing the word. There are even sentence building games that help with learning sentence structure.
It teaches a little bit of grammar though I would have liked more. At the half way point (which is where I am at), somewhere around lesson 38, they stopped with grammar tips and had only one game for mastering the words instead of two. I was a bit disappointed at that but am hoping that in later lessons they will again give grammar pointers. Even so I give the program five stars because of all it does for the price and the fact that you can use it anywhere instead of being tied to a computer. I definitely recommend it.
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