LinguaMatch German Reviewer's Comments

LinguaMatch German takes a different approach to teaching German. The program presents you with a 3D panoramic world that you must navigate. Its amusing and informative. You click objects to view the corresponding German word. There are dozens of screens to explore, so LinguaMatch German is a fun way to build German vocabulary; this approach is unique to LinguaMatch

LinguaMatch German covers a few fundamentals besides vocabulary. The program includes record and playback functions that allow you to listen to your own pronunciation of German words. This function would be more useful, though, if you could compare your voice to the voice of a native German speaker so in order to examine differences and small pronunciation errors.

LinguaMatch German offers a few features essential to German vocabulary acquisition. After you work through each lesson, you are presented with a drill to test your skills. LinguaMatch German keeps a detailed record of your progress, both errors and successes. In addition, the program includes a dictionary with more than 2,000 words and 1,200 phrases, covering topics from travel to weather.

Although LinguaMatch German includes these convenient vocabulary learning and testing features, it lacks many valuable tools available in top-of-the-line German software programs, such as grammar-building exercises and conversation practice.

This program covers the fundamentals of basic German vocabulary in a fun and interesting way, but LinguaMatch German lacks the ability to expand your language abilities in other areas.