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: Primary
Language Focus: Alphabet
Skills Focus: Pronunciation
Game: Alphattack
This game is used to practice and consolidate the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet. It can be played either in a connected classroom or a computer room.
Bombs drop from the sky and need to be stopped before they destroy the city. Destroy the bombs before they do [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalleboo/2154554422/
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 [...]