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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.

Warning: Worst calligraphy ever!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have not seen writing detection this bad ... well... since ever.
Just try to write an "E" and see what happens.

If I write the capital "E" it will pick it up as "A" or "F" Or "I"

The lower case "e" gets picked up as "z" or "o"

Even brain age had much better recognition this piece of ...
This game might just frustrate the heck out of you!

My Word Coach

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am left-handed and I have had no problem playing this game. This was the first game for Nintendo DS that I played and I would recommend it for anyone who is not a serious "gamer" but loves trivia games and challenging themselves! I have only played this game for two days and I feel that I have already learned some great new words!

Valuable Learning Tool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is not only a great learning tool, but fun also. Great for anyone who wants to increase their word potential. I'm returning to college after 30 years and found it to be a great tune-up for the papers I am going to be writing.

Worth Buying

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is something everyone should have. It's both fun and entertaining. I love it. You learn new words everyday and you expand your vocabulary, I suggest to give it a try.

Lefties and folks who have trouble reading small print may not be able to use this

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game looks like a very good one to improve your vocabulary if you're good at using a stylus to write with either hand and can read small print quickly.

Initially, you are encouraged to set up a user profile. That profile helps you to keep track of your score as you work to improve what the game calls your EP or Expression Proficiency.

There are six separate games you can play. One lets you fill in a letter to finish a word. Another lets you pick a word definition from two choices. A third has you spelling words from alphabet soup.

They're all fun. My right handed husband with 20/15 vision does a lot better than I do at every game. Interesting, he'd score a lot less on any verbal test than I do; however, the game is an equalizer.

"My Word Coach" looked like a lot of fun, but I've discovered two significant problems for me as a left-handed person and as a person with some difficulty reading really small print.

First of all, much of the play in this game requires proficient use of a stylus. Many of my errors are due to the Nintendo not recognizing my writing and my inability to clear the screen fast enough.

The blocks game, which is a Tetris-style game where you spell out words to eliminate them from the fall, is on the righthand screen. I kept having to move my left arm to see the words I was having to eliminate which slowed me down and made me drop the game machine once.

In addition, the pasta letter game has a harder version where the pasta letters you need to spell your word sink into the soup. You have to hit either a control key or blow on the DS to make the letters re-emerge. I'm really not sure condensation from a person's breath is a good thing for a DS in the long run.

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