 Very impressed with this game |
| Review Date: December 2, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Naz, New Jersey United States |
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. |
Great overall...but has mistakes...
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| Review Date: January 18, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Carlos E. Figueroa, Memphis, TN United States |
| 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. |
Simple to Follow, Quick Learning
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| Review Date: November 28, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Nancy J. Boyle, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey USA |
| 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. |
My son has FUN learning Spanish!!
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| Review Date: December 20, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Deanokat, Michigan, USA |
| 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!) |
She's having fun, but not for younger children!
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| Review Date: August 14, 2008 |
| Reviewer: L. Golden, Ohio |
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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