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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Tomb of the Mummy I is a very difficult puzzle game. Because of its difficulty, it’s ideal to use it with an upper intermediate – advanced class in a connected classroom (i.e. one with a computer & a data projector or IWB) and to use it to generate language used for hypothesis (should, conditionals, [...]
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: 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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]