Rss Feed
Tweeter button
Facebook button
Technorati button
Reddit button
Myspace button
Linkedin button
Webonews button
Delicious button
Digg button
Flickr button

Tag Archives: interactivereader

Bow Street Runner – A murder mystery.

Level: Upper intermediate/ Advanced
Topic:  Murder Mystery
Language skill: Reading & listening
Game: Bow Street Runner
“This game is set in London’s Covent Gardens in the 1750s, and depicts a time when crime and vice in the city had hit such levels that the local magistrates began to introduce the first instances of physical policing of law and order. [...]

Hetherdale

Level: Upper intermediate
Topic:  Jungle adventure
Language skill: Reading and online dictionary work
Game: Hetherdale the game Hetherdale the walkthrough
There is a mystery to solve and its your job as intrepid explorer Dr. Montrose to solve it.  Play the game as you read the story and find out the mystery surrounding the secret jungle city of Hetherdale.

Preparation

If you [...]

Crime & Investigation – Topic Based Interactive Reader

A computer room reading activity for individual or pair work.
Level: Upper Intermediate & above (adults)
Topic: Crime (Solve a murder)
Language Focus: Understanding Language in Context
Time: Computer room + homework to finish (1 hour to complete)
Game: Crime & Investigation

Preparation
A There is an in-game toolbar that you need to make learners aware of before they [...]

Brain Cell – Interactive Story for Upper-Intermediate EFL/ESL learners

Brain Cell (http://www.desq.co.uk/braincell/braincell.htm) is a short but engaging puzzle of a game with 3D graphics and sound. It’s a room escape game with a science-fiction atmosphere and has been made by DESQ, an organization devoted to the development of Web-based and digital learning projects. You can read more about Brain Cell here.

It works well as [...]

Runescape – An interactive reader

The Game
Runescape is a very popular online role playing game where players can interact with each other within a medieval style fantasy world.  It has a short tutorial which serves to walk new players through some of the simple every day in-world activities such as choosing what their character looks like (physical features and clothes) [...]