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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Christmas vocabulary
Language Focus: First Conditional
Time: 30 minutes
Game: Christmas Escape
The Game
Explore the house and find the fourteen hidden presents to get a key which will let you escape through the front door. The object for your language learners is to use 1st conditional sentences to walk you through the game and finish [...]
A speaking activity on the subject of gaming that requires no connectivity in the classroom.
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Designing the layout of a gaming shop
Language Focus: Future clauses with if, when etc
Time: 20 – 30 minutes
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Preparation
Download a copy of the gaming shop worksheet and print off enough copies for each pair of learners.
Playing
1) Don’t hand out the [...]
Gateway is a short, absorbing and entertaining puzzle game with ten levels that can be used to generate language in the ESL classroom, especially if you have access to a connected classroom (with an internet enabled computer and a data projector).
The Game
You have to guide a robot through a number of different rooms, each of [...]
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Writing stories
Writing Focus: Narrative tenses
Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Game: Grow Cube
Key Language: canal pool pot pipe waterfall dish steps cave tower skull springs dug planted flowed built grew cut down lit added threw
Preparation: Connected classroom with [...]