This game can be played at a pre-intermediate level learning countries and nationalities or with a higher level wishing to consolidate and extend their awareness of countries and nationalities vocabulary.
Level: Pre-intermediate
Location: Connected classroom
Skills focus: Speaking & pronunciation
Language Focus: Countries and nationalities
Game: Geography game
Preparation
Hangman for ‘countries/ and/ states’.
Brainstorm a few and elicit the name of a [...]
Level: Elementary/ Pre-intermediate
Topic: Directions
Speaking focus: Turn left, turn right, go up, go down
Time: 10 minutes (or as you see fit)
Game: Pacman & Orbox
Preparation
Either play this in a connected classroom and have this game on the board using a projector or IWB or play this in a computer room with two learners to each computer. this [...]
Level: Pre-intermediate
Time: 30 minutes
Preparation: Just before the class goes into the computer room open up two internet explorer windows. On one window get the game ‘Hamster rescue’ ready so it’s ready to start. In the other window open up a copy of the annotated walkthrough. Be prepared to show the class the opening screenshot of [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]