"Bonjour!" (My French Coach (DS))

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Product:	My French Coach (DS)
Date:	17.01.08 (443 review reads)
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Advantages: Learn a language in the comfort of your home. Excellent value for money

Disadvantages: None

My French Coach

Learning a new language couldn't be easier than using My French Coach which is one of the many games designed for the Nintendo DS. The game is designed at teaching those interested in how to speak French. It is recommended that if you spend fifteen to twenty minutes each day, you could become a fluent speaker in this language. There are two separate games available - My French Coach: Beginner's and My French Coach: Intermediate.

The game consists of an amazing 1, 000 lessons ranging in difficulty and 10, 000 words and phrases. And if you manage to master all of the lessons, you can use the game as a dictionary. The game says the word / phrase to you and then you repeat the word, which is then recorded. You can then compare how you said it to the way the game said it until you get it correct. By doing this, you can correct not only how you pronounce the word(s) but also your accent and listen to how you must sound to people that do speak the French language as their first language. The game is designed at helping you learn vocabulary, sentence structure and verb conjunction in an interesting way.

The game also has other features including 8 mini games which help to sharpen your knowledge of the language at your own pace. You can also track your progress using the performance charts.

I think this is a fantastic game as people of any age can use the game at their own convenience. Not only that, but it is extremely cheap when you consider what you are getting from the game and weigh up what it would cost you in real-life to get private tutorial lessons. I think this game will also help those who are studying French at school and children before exams to help refresh their memories. I also find that using the touch screen makes it simple to use for those of all ages. Before you start your lessons, you are given a small test which determines what level of knowledge you already have of the language. I think this is particularly good as those who know the basics already, can begin at the level they require, instead of going through what they already know. I don't think very much of the graphics as they are very basic but still quite cute looking! And the music is the same... basic. I think the game is excellent value for what you get and think this will be a very popular game.

There are other games in this collection to, such as My Spanish Coach, which has exactly the same idea as this game.

My French Coach costs roughly £18.98 on Amazon (www.amazon.co.uk) and is also available in shops such as HMV, Game, Gamestation etc.

Summary: A modern way of learning a foreign language