This is the second of the MegaGames. The other two games help you to learn conjugate verbs and improve your vocabulary. You can read about these other two games at MegaVerb and  MegaVocab. If you want to learn about the course in it’s entirety then check out the Rocket German learning lounge, Rocket German audio course and the Rocket German review. Otherwise, learn all about MegaAudio below.

MegaAudio is similar to the MegaVocab game in the way it is laid out. You can select from 20 topics, ranging from general topics, like colors or numbers to more practical, like things you hear when shopping. Once you have selected a topic you go to a new screen.

The screen has 6 pictures with the English word underneath each picture. A word or phrase is spoken in German and you guess which picture the spoken word represents. There is a replay button that can be pressed if you didn’t catch the word the first time or need to hear it again. When you pick a picture, the game gives you the German equivalent word and tells you if your guess was correct.

You are given a score of the number of questions that you answered correctly at the end of the 20 questions. Depending on how you go, you can do this topic again or move onto the next level. The levels get harder as you move on and become more real world as opposed to simple vocabulary.

I think MegaAudio is useful for teaching comprehension and pronunciation. In reality, the pictures and English words are of no use to you unless you have some inkling of the word you are hearing. So you won’t learn new words based on the pictures but you will learn how to pronounce the words. If you repeat the words after the speaker and try to perfect the pronunciation you will develop a decent German accent of the words spoken. You will also get experience of hearing words from a native German speaker.

For more details of the Rocket German course visit the Rocket German website.