My Spanish Coach

10 Review to this product

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  Erica Nelson
  August 30th, 2010 on 3:16 pm

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  I have found this a very fun and great way to learn spanish. It is way more portable than getting rosetta stone- and cheaper too! If you spend enough time with it everyday you can really remember words. Just have to make sure you practice with someone once it’s turned off so you can really learn to use what you learn in the game.
  
  would definitely recommend to anyone.
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  Carlos E. Figueroa
  August 30th, 2010 on 6:20 pm

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  I bought this game for my wife to help her learn Spanish, however, I have found some mistakes in translation. For example, knee is translated as rodillo, which means rolling pin instead of rodilla; so if one has any doubts have a good dictionary handy.
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  Daren
  August 31st, 2010 on 1:59 am

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  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.
  
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  Naz
  September 1st, 2010 on 4:23 am

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  I expected this game to mimic your typical book where it is all about repetition. Instead I found a very interactive and quite engrossing game based upon teaching you spanish. One fear I had was that as someone who knows a little about spanish I would have to sit through beginner stuff for hours before getting to the content that really suits me. The game handles this potential issue brilliantly by having you take a 50 question placement test. I got up to question 35 before missing twice in a row which automatically ends the test. For this performance I was moved straight to lesson 8. Amazingly there are around 1000 lessons. I played lesson 8 and immediately learned what I missed on the test and more importantly learned new words and the context in which they they are used in sentences. At the end of each lesson you take a timed multiple choice test where you accumulate Mastering points which enable you to unlock future areas. It really does give you a sense of accomplishment and also makes this really seem like a game.

  For anyone looking to either learn a new language, or test their current knowledge, this series of games is awesome.
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  edmomqby
  September 1st, 2010 on 7:54 pm

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  I think the DS makes a great educational tool for students. I’m glad to see that more companies are starting to create games for the DS that help kids learn!

  I purchased My Spanish Coach a week a ago for my son who has been taking Spanish for a few years in school. I never took Spanish, so I decided to try this game out to see how good of a teacher it is. After an initial test, I was placed at “baby” level and started to learn basic vocabulary words; numbers, colors, days of the week, months…I worked my way through the toddler, kindergarten and first grade levels. My vocabulary is now pushing 300 words and I’m getting a feel for making sentences and spelling Spanish words. I love that I can hear the pronunciation, can record myself to hear how I compare to a native speaker, and most of the games are actually quite fun!

  I really only have 2 complaints about the game:
  
  1) the cartoon “teacher” is clad in a skin-tight tank top. I know most game developers think they have to create their characters with over-the-top physiques and nothing-left-to-the-imagination clothing. This is an educational game, not a teen-age shoot-em-up game. Let the teacher dress professionally like a real teacher.

  2) when learning the verb “to be”, the program put it together with words like “happy, sad, angry, worried…”. I was kind of taken aback when the word “drunk” appeared along with the emotion words. The sample sentence was something like, “my father is drunk”. Maybe alcoholism is prevelent in Mexico and South America, but is this really a word that beginning Spanish students need to learn at a kindergarten/first grade level?

  Despite my complaints, I still believe that this program has enormous educational value!
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  Nancy J. Boyle
  September 1st, 2010 on 7:55 pm

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  I just purchased this last night and played for a while this afternoon. I had previously purchased CD Spanish sets, but this seems to be a more relaxed way to learn. I`would reccomend this to any person with reading knowledge.
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  Deanokat
  September 2nd, 2010 on 8:22 pm

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  Not that Spanish isn’t a fun language. But my son is 11 and taking a foreign language in middle school wasn’t exactly his idea of fun. BUT NOW IT IS!!! I can’t believe that he actually ENJOYS learning Spanish by playing the games and practicing on his DS with “My Spanish Coach.” A great concept very well executed. I knew there had to be more constructive uses for the DS besides games. (Just kidding. The games are great, too!)
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  hona
  September 3rd, 2010 on 2:29 am

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  i bought this the other day and haven’t wanted to put it down! I love how it gives you a placement test, and still allows you to go back and review all you skipped for review. It’s easy to use, hearing the words helps a lot. This is for anyone who has no knowledge or medium knowledge! I definitely recommend this game!
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  L. Golden
  September 3rd, 2010 on 8:44 am

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  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.
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  Addie Flower
  September 5th, 2010 on 12:43 am

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  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.