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Tag Archives: ELT

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

http://www.arcademaniacs.com/swf/whowantstobeamillionaire2.swf
This is just a quick one – good for a filler or for telling students to do on their own at home.
It’s an entertaining version of the popular TV show – the questions are, on the whole, relevant to English teaching, although some are US-culture specific

Play Win A Million at Online Games HQ
Or download a [...]

10 Games That Use Extensive Audio

Here’s a brief description of ten games with strong audio elements that require very little preparation and some tips on how to use them.  All these games were chosen because they are free, easily accessible, engaging and fun for English Language Learners.
1  Decorate
Do your learners know their furniture vocab?  Have your pre-intermedaite learners practice their listening [...]

Droppy – Present Perfect Playing

Level: Intermediate
Language Focus: Present Perfect simple /passive

Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Game:Droppy
Help Droppy to solve problems in 11 different situations and help him stay out of trouble.

Preparations
Download a single copy of the walkthrough for you to use in class and download a copy of the Droppy worksheet. Play the game yourself to get a feel for [...]

Listening practice with BBC ‘Casualty’ game

Level:   Advanced +
Skills Focus:   Listening
Language Focus:   First Aid
Game:   Casualty Challenge
Help your learners practise their listening skills in the computer room with this BBC Skillswise words game based on the UK TV Programme “Casualty”.

Preparation
Make sure that there are enough computers and headphones for your learners and that the game is either ready for them to start [...]

EVOKE – Edugaming Online

EVOKE is an online Alternate Reality Game (ARG) run by the World Bank Institute and directed by Jane McGonigal.  It begins on March 3 2010 and requires gamers to complete ten game challenges over a ten week period.  If you want to reserve a place then do so now.

An EVOKE is defined as an urgent [...]

Discussion Topic #2 – Border Country

Level: Advanced
Topic: Border Country

Speaking  Focus: Expressing opinions

Time: 30 – 45 minutes
Game: Against all odds

Preparation
You also need to go through a few steps after entering the site before you can get to play the game.  The steps are:
1) Click on Open in full screen.
2) Click on Play against all odds.
3) Choose your game characters identity.  i.e [...]

Discussion Topics #1 – War and Conflict

Level: Advanced
Topic: War & Conflict

Speaking  Focus: Expressing opinions

Time: 30 – 45 minutes
Game: Against all odds
Against All Odds is an online video game developed by UNHCR designed to teach players about the plight of refugees.  This first episode entitled ‘War and conflict’ looks at the problems faced by dissidents within a country where the military has [...]

Storytelling – How important is it in a videogame?

Here’s a video about whether it is important for games to have a good story

Suggestions on how to use it

Ask your learners to think about games they know and their stories – Are the stories important? Could they be better?
Get the learners to tell each other a story from a game to see how easy [...]

A split screen communication activity

One learner watches a video of the game being completed and relays the information to their partner who plays the game.
Level: Intermediate+
Topic: Kitchen vocabulary
Speaking Focus: Describing things in a kitchen
Time: 30 minutes
Game: The Great Kitchen Escape
The Great kitchen escape game is a great ‘ecape the room’ game which comes with a video walkthrough [...]

Spot the difference relay writing race

Level: Intermediate+
Topic: Describing pictures
Language Focus: Prepositions of place
Time: 20 – 30 minutes
Game: Cold window

Opening screenshot to Cold Window
Preparation
Cut up some pieces of recycled paper into strips.  These will be used by your learners to write sentences on.
Playing
In a connected classroom, learners play in pairs or in small teams.  Put the game on the board and [...]