My Word Coach
My Word Coach, developed in collaboration with linguists, helps players improve their verbal communication and vocabulary in a fun way. Practice need never get boring with six different exercises to choose between. Players can input missing letters from words, spell out the answers to various definitions, choose which word matches a particular definition, form specific words with Scrabble-like tiles, and more. Three levels of difficulty are available, and the game includes a built-in dictionary of over 17,000 words. Two of the games can be played multiplayer over wireless and the data of three different players can be saved. ESRB Rated E for Everyone.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great for the brain
I’m not one to like a bunch of action in a video game. No evil monsters for me. So I really like this game. I have to actually use my brain to learn new words. Nothing new to me…sometimes I read the dictionary. It starts out on lower levels so you feel very bright. But then the words get harder and the games more difficult.
If you love the English language, then you should enjoy this game.
5 Stars You’ll love Word Coach!
I bought Word Coach for myself (50+) to go along with Brain Age and other mind-stimulating games. I was happy to find that my 2 children can use the game to improve their English and Grammar skills. With over 10,000 words, each of the children uses it daily as part of their English homework. They have fun and their vocabulary is really expanding and it improves their spelling skills. One of my best game purchases!!!
3 Stars Good for exposure to new words but needs improvement
I am not as enthusiastic as some other reviewers. Yes, this game exposes me to words I am unfamiliar with. The farther along I get, the higher the difficulty level, the more games I unlock. Words I miss are put back in the queue and I eventually become familiar with the definitions.
Some of the games involve speed, rather than knowledge of the correct word. They may give the same amount of time to spell a long word as a short word, sometimes with not enough time even if I know the answer. The cereal game, for example, where a definition is given and we have to spell the correct answer from the letters floating in the bowl.
I am not sure of the purpose of the falling tiles game. We have to find the words in order to knock out the tiles, which stack higher and higher. We have to knock out the blocks so they don’t reach the ceiling. The only thing we learn in that game is recognition of words, but no definitions or anything; and again, it is mostly a game of speed.
Some of the games have the risk of motion injury, as I found playing the safe cracker game, where players twist their wrists back and forth and click to pick out the letters of the word that fit the definition given. My wrists and thumb were eventually very sore. In that game, I felt a standard game controller would be nice.
What I would really like is to hear a voice pronounce the word and see it used in a sentence. It would be nice to see some of the games involve placing the correct word in a sentence to show true mastery. In fact, I kept playing and playing hoping one of the new unlocked games would involve something like that. My hopes were not realized. I had unlocked everything and no sentences to be seen.
I do like the fact that words we miss are presented repeatedly until they are mastered. It doesn’t hurt to be exposed to all the definitions of new words. I would like them to take it a step further, because if I could hear the words in a sentence, it would help me use them correctly in my daily writing and speech.
1 Star A Great Learning Game for Kids
I tried the game and after several weeks of interaction I’ve decided that this is definitely a game for kids. Way too much slang, definitions are off on too many of the words, most of the words are not applicable in the U.S. and those that are one would have already learn them in grade school. The pace is also very slow. Once you have reached your peak in the game it basically stops you from going any further. I stopped at 98% and best time 22 seconds and that’s it, unless I can do less than the 22 seconds on each game it will not go any higher. So I reached my EP and learn a lot of British slang, yea!
3 Stars fun
this game is fun but it isn’t quite what i thought it would be..i thought i would be learning huge new words instead i have to mull through tons of easy words to get to harder ones..i really only like a few of the games it offers but it is enough to keep me playing..overall i really like this game and i;m sure after playing it long enough i will reach the large word vocabulary I am after!!