Nintendo DS
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( - Features:
- Over 16,500 words and definitions using the Official Cambridge Dictionary
- 3 difficulty levels
- 4 different personal coaches to choose from
- Save data for 3 people so the whole family can play
- 6 Core Training Exercises:
- Missing Letter - Find the missing letters. In harder levels words have an incorrect letter, replace it with the correct letter.
- Split Decision - Choose the correct definition for a given word.
- Pasta Letters - Spell out words from letters sinking in a soup. In easy levels, letters are displayed in the right order before being mixed in the soup. In harder level, only the definition will be displayed and you will have to figure out the word which needs spelling.
- Block Letter - In this Tetris like exercise spell any of the listed word with the blocks. When a word is correctly completed, it's blocks are removed.
- Word Shuffle - Choose the correct definition for a given word. You will then be given a new list of words and must find the correct word for the definition.
- Safecracker - A word is the code to a safe. Using the definition you must write the correct word as fast as possible to beat your opponent.
My Word Coach offers a fun and challenging way to improve verbal skills through a series of engaging activities and exercises.
The game was inspired by ongoing vocabulary acquisition research by Thomas Cobb, University Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Quebec. Enjoyable activities include word recognition, spelling challenges, and vocabulary definition, including 16,800 words from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
When you play, My Word Coach assesses, monitors, and rewards your Expression Potential, a score that represents your ability to command and use the English language. The higher the number (out of a possible 100%), the better you are able to express yourself!
Average rating (9 reviews)
Very Addictive
felix28 | 21/07/2008 | See all felix28's reviews (4) »
I only got this game about two weeks ago and I have played it every single day and I am very addicted to it. i really enjoy doing my 20 minutes a day, and feel like I am using my game console to further myself!
There are a variety of games to coach you your new words, and when you get any wrong, they definition of all the words covered is provided afterwards.
Some of the games I find difficult, but the more you practice the better you'd become. If you like 'Brain Training' then you will like this.
Addictivly brill!
brownieowl | 28/05/2008 | See all brownieowl's reviews (49) »
a really good game that is extremely addictive and helps yopur vocabulary step up a notch!
Warning to UK users: uses American vocabulary
NumberSix | 30/04/2008 | See all NumberSix's reviews (1) »
This game uses American spellings of words. For example:
'traveling' rather than 'travelling'
'jewelry' rather than 'jewellery'
'flavored' rather than 'flavoured'
...and so on. Also some typically American words are included, for example 'condo' (without explaining that it's actually an abbreviation) and 'peewee' (which I have never heard anyone use).
There is an option to select whether the user is in the USA, Canada or the UK but it doesn't have any noticeable effect on the spellings used.
If this doesn't bother you then the game is reasonably enjoyable (but not exceptional), but as I am British I would not give this to a child (or an adult) in the UK.
3+ (PEGI) |
