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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.
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Here's one of the few learning games out on the market. It also has a built in dictionary (a good one at that) where you can look up words (and naturally spelling) if you don't have a dictionary around the house.
The game allows you to save tabs of scores for the players.
This is great if you have kids in middle school up to high school or even college. Give a challenge "hey let see how good your spelling is" and sit back and play. Much better than verbally reading out loud words to spell. We all know video games are the "in thing" these days, and what better a way to use it as a tool for learning and improving vocabulary and spelling?
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Word Coach is one of those "brain" titles for the Nintendo DS. The recent trend with interactive gaming systems seems to be overwhelmingly "how to improve your brain."
The purpose of Word Coach is to build one's vocabulary. They do this by playing simple games like fill-in-the-missing-letter and spelling a word quickly. The program charts your progress, and you are required to do a minimum amount each day and reach a certain goal before unlocking the next level.
The recommendation is to do small amounts of this on a daily basis, rather than sitting down and unlocking a whole group of levels all at one time.
The interface is simple and clean, though I did have a hard time getting the program to recognize whenever I was drawing a G or a Q.
After playing this for a while, unfortunately I haven't detected any improvement in my vocabulary usage.
It's a nice game, but it's not very fun and exciting, but it's a nice, "brainy" way to pass time.
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First I must say that both my 10 year-old daughter AND I have enjoyed this game. (However, her interest waned after a few uses because she prefers her Nintendogs and such.)
The game "remembers" different players, and adjusts the level accordingly. As you increase your use, you "earn" the right to play different games, all of which test and increase your vocabulary. Some of the games within MyWord coach are a little aggravating, but you can effectively skip those.
In addition, I wouldn't rely on this to learn SAT-type vocabulary. I have noted that many of the words are only marginally useful, while others are what I would call modern "tech-speak." For a puzzle/word geek like me, though, it is definitely entertaining and a little addicting.
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I suppose you could use this game for education, to help you remember what words mean, but it's easy to ignore the part where it gives you definitions. Mostly I enjoy playing the various kinds of word scrambles, find-the-missing-letter games, etc. It's a good time-passer for the word-inclined.
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