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 [...]
Level: Intermediate+
Location: Computer room
Skills Focus: Live listening
Language Focus: It’s something you use to + verb / for + gerund
Game: Mystery of Time and Space (MOTAS)
This game was probably one of the first point-and-click games I used with a class and many consider it a classic ‘escape the room game’. It has got over a hundred [...]
Level: Pre-intermediate
Topic: Christmas
Focus: Christmas vocabulary
Time: 30 – 45 minutes
Game: Junior’s Christmas
Junior wants to get a present from Father Christmas but there are a few things getting in his way.
screenshot of Juniors Christmas
Key Language: Carpet, cookie jar, key, hug, cupboard, knock, feather, wing, box, tail, elf, tickle, window, bird house, hammer, ribbon, scissors, shelf, [...]
Tube Crisis is a short point-and-click puzzle game that is good for stimulating conversation with (upper-intermediate + ) learners if you are lucky enough to teach in a connected classroom (i.e. one equipped with a computer and data projector and/or interactive whiteboard)
Language: descriptions of people, relative clauses and the difference between first and second conditionals. [...]
Level: Pre-intermediate
Topic: Doing a crossword/ Using a dictionary.
Focus: Vocabulary in an online game walkthrough.
Time: 1 hour/ 1.5 hours
Preparation: Download a copy of the walkthrough for yourself and a copy of the crossword and crossword clues for each pair of learners.
Game: Blue Beanie A young ghost has his blue beanie hat stolen by a [...]
Machinarium is an incredible hand drawn online video game with engaging puzzles, a little humour and a walkthrough that is great for a phrasal verbs gap fill activity.
The Game
You are a robot and you find yourself in a scrap yard and you need to get back to the city. First of all you need to [...]
Level: Upper-intermediate
Topic: Planning stories
Writing Focus: Fictional story
Time: 1 hour/ 1.5 hours
Game: Arcane Season: The Miller Estate part 1
Key Language: cellar, path, lantern, chest, hook, matches, well, rope, bucket, firewood, crate, rug, trapdoor, wine rack, barrel.
Preparation: Connected classroom or computer room. One printed copy of the flashcards. One photocopy of the walkthrough.
The ‘Arcane season’ [...]