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improving your vocabulary

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am really enjoying this game card and learning a lot of new words. The only drawback is that these are words from the England dictionary and not an American/United States dictionary. I would like a game card that used the American dictionary. Also, it would be helpful if it included a verbal pronounciation on the card. But is neat to learn English words from England. It shows the differences in our languages.

Good educational game for kids

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: January 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Although "My Word Coach" is not the kind of game most kids would appreciate receiving as a gift, as educational games go it is a pretty fun one.

Pro:
- Lots of mini-games, which are used for training but are also fun.
- Players are given a choice of four coaches; the "personalities" differ enough that it should be easy for anyone to find a good one.
- Crisp, clean graphical look.

Con:
- The game's initial player screening is not very precise. I'm a college graduate with a large vocabulary, and I got 100% correct on the minigames the program gave me to determine my starting placement. It still put me at 20%, "primary school graduate." I have to wonder what it would have called me if I hadn't gotten 100%!
- The handwriting recognition is not perfect; the program has repeatedly confused my "D" for an "M" (and I have very clear handwriting).
- As a result of the first "con" above, I find the game too easy. The words it is giving me include things like "juxtapose," "jurisdiction," and "overawe" -- there hasn't been a single unfamiliar word so far.

I'm sure the game will give me increasingly difficult words, and that if I stuck with it for a few weeks I would start learning new words from it; but I don't know if I have the patience to keep playing until I get to that point.

Overall, this would be a good game for children, if they would play it. It's probably too basic to be of much use to adults who already have good vocabularies and are interested in improving them.

For the love of words!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As an aspiring writer this game was certainly created with me in mind. I love words and nothing is more exciting then learning a new word and adding to my vocabulary on a regular basis. I normally seek out my word fix by reading an endless amount of books but thanks to this game I have another way to feed my need for words words words. Not only that but it does it in such a way that your not aware your learning words instead your playing a game with words. Making it fun as well as educational. Now granted this game isn't for everyone but if you are a word-aholic such as myself theirs no better way to spend your time then with this game on the DS Lite.

Awesome game for expanding your vocabulary!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When video games first started out they were merely a diversion, and still are very much designed for this purpose. Yet, in recent years there has been a new breed of games; games like DDR that get us to get off of our bottoms and get some exercize or games like "Big Brain Academy" that attempt to make us smarter or at least keep us from getting dumber. "My Word Coach" is yet another game that is targeted to make you more intelligent. "My Word Coach" was made to help expand your vocabulary while remaining fun to play, and it does succeed on those levels fairly well.

As far as scoring and game play goes, I liked the game play of the original "Brain Age" because it scored you based on days. Everyday you did new test that gave you your brain age; the new "Brain Age" will change that, and "My Word Coach" is basically the same. MWC does not score you daily, but just scores you as you play, but it does recomend that you wait to retake your test to more accurately gage your increasing vocabulary.

The games on here are fun, and I would have had even more fun were it not for my DS that is breaking. Even with this in mind, I had fun with games like "Split Decision" where you get to choose between two definitions of words and decide which one is write. There is also a tetris like game where you have to form words before the falling letter blocks reach the top, and even and alphabet soup game where scrambled letters have to be rearranged to form a word.

Overall, this is a fun game, and if you are looking to extend your vocabulary without reading a bunch of books, this is a fun and easy way to do it.

God Bless ~Amy

Some good minigames but the progression in difficulty is off

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is an interesting vocabulary building game. The handwriting recognition is excellent and can be adapted to quite readily. Some of the minigames are also good although not particularly educational beyond just introducing new words. The features of the game are unlocked through repeated use. This is somewhat frustrating as it can mean repeating unchallenging games many times in order to unlock a higher level of difficulty. It would have been better to have included a performance based criteria for unlocking higher difficulties at least in addition to the brute force approach. It is also annoying that the overall progress indicator is improved by getting 80 correct answers regardless of difficulty. The progression feels artificial and this lack of real feedback doesn't provide much incentive for improvement.

Keep your wits about you!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great piece of software! I really enjoy expanding my vocabulary and this makes this activity fun. I bought this copy for my sister. I received this game for Christmas and it is my favorite. I highly recommend it for all. There is a activity in the beginning of use to ascertain your vocabulary level and will build up from there. This will also force your to build your spelling ability as well. Word Coach is a great buy.

a helpful additive to reading comprehension

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I honestly can say that I normally do not allow my children to play on their Nintendo DS's during the school week but I have made an exception for this.......it helps my sons develop a greater vocabulary so that reading can be done with more ease. The fact that it is in a game format inspires the kids to play on it......whatever helps them in reading and at school is a good thing where I am concerned.

Great game for increasing your vocabulary!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my adult daughter who is working on brain rehab. She struggles with word finding, so I thought this might help. She loves it and continues to play it daily. Whenever we see each other, I also play it. I really appreciate the chance for both of us to improve our vocabulary!

Good game but could have been better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like this game and it is a lot of fun. I have been playing for a week now and I feel that I improved my vocabulary slightly. I wish that they had an option where they actually said the word, because some of the words in the game I just cant say, so it would be nice to hear it. Also, it would have been nice if they used the words in a sentence so you actually see how it is used. Overall this is a good game game but if they added those options that I mentioned, it would make this a great game.

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