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Fun!
Ok this is fun and educational. Some of the level types are a bit akward. The good part is, you can stick to the game level types that you like and still learn all the words. Overall this is a fantastic tool. I am well educated, with a couple of bachelors degrees and it teaches me new words!

Useful learning game.
This game is great with a lot of words to learn... One thing I didn't like is the spray paint game, but if you have a DS you can link it to use the DS to play the spray paint. And that's a lot of fun. So, overall great game, if you have the DS, it's even better.

Flawed but addictive
It's a good thing this game reminds you to stop playing for the day or between this and the Fit balance board I wouldn't get anything else done. It's a fun way to learn new words or get a reminder that words you once used still exist after you've had to dumb your language skills down to be understood by everyone in the workplace.

I work in a place where terms like "brainfart" and "Git R done" appear in official memos so it's possible the rest of you looking to buy this game don't have the same thirst for trisyllabics. If you do I can highly recommend it as both entertaining and satisfying.

There are a few annoyances which pop up from time to time that catch my attention but fade quickly. The control with the remote can be a little shaky and imprecise. I don't have the other controller so I can't comment on how well or badly it compares. I had to retrain myself on writing B's because I use a stroke and two humps up. The game sees this as a Q. The trainer or coach or whatever will often tell me I beat my old record when I haven't.

My main gripe, however, is that about 85% of the words can be used in conversation but the rest are names of transliterated ethnic foods or rare wild animals or other weird and generally useless words which are fun to spell. I can't see using taramasalata in a sentence other than this one and after finding out what it is I certainly won't be ordering it if I ever find myself in Greece. I'll stick to the desserts.

In spite of this I have played daily since I bought it and haven't gotten bored yet.

Scratching the Surface for EduGaming
Of the stack of software I bought for my new Wii, this is, by far, the most worthwhile. *My Word Coach* has meaty content in a clever delivery. It's maybe not best suited for the Wii interface--sometimes I feel I'm being tested more on my controller skills than on my linguistic aptitude--but that's a small concern.

This program should serve as a model for future developments in EduGaming. The format seems well suited for related content. The structuring of the delivery is impressive; when I've completed my daily quota, I'm often disappointed, but so pleased that the producers included this function. Indeed, it IS necessary to stop and let the information "sink in" before progressing to new material.

I intend to integrate this program into my university teaching because it is a fine mix of appealing game interface and excellent scholarship. And for the creators? I have a list of additional titles I'd like to see you create!

my opinion of my word coach game
This is a fun game to play with 6 different training games and 2 games to play for fun. Also has a few multiplayer games. In the spelling be game it is sometimes hard to understand the word that is said so it is hard to spell it right. Overall worth the price.