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Tag Archives: upperintermediate

Bow Street Runner – A murder mystery.

Level: Upper intermediate/ Advanced
Topic:  Murder Mystery
Language skill: Reading & listening
Game: Bow Street Runner
“This game is set in London’s Covent Gardens in the 1750s, and depicts a time when crime and vice in the city had hit such levels that the local magistrates began to introduce the first instances of physical policing of law and order. [...]

Hetherdale

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 [...]

Total Eclipse – Team Edward or Team Jacob?

Level: Intermediate+
Location: Connected classroom
Skills Focus: Reading/ Watching/ Speaking
Video: 8-Bit Twilight Eclipse Interactive
If you teach teen girls and you haven’t heard of Twilight, no scratch that, if you have been living on planet Earth and you haven’t heard of Twilight then get with it.  This teen phenomenon that has swept the world is due to release [...]

World Cup Rescue

Level: Intermediate+
Location: Computer room
Language focus: Gaming dictation
Skills Focus: Speaking/ listening
Game: World Cup Rescue
The World Cup has been stolen and you (Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo) have been chosen to go and get it back.

Preparation
Depending on how your computer room is set up you need to get at least two learners out of the class and [...]

State of Debate

Level: Upper Intermediate
Skills focus: Listening & Reading
Location: Connected classroom/ computer room
Language Focus: Modals of Obligation
Game: State of Debate
“It’s the year 2020 and Just-Co have banned hoodies, and you’ve just been spotted wearing one. Can you talk your way out of trouble using your English Language skills?”
In this game you are spotted by a regulator [...]

3rd World Farmer Note Taking Activity

Level: Upper-Intermediate
Location: Connected classroom
Skills focus: Note Taking
Game: 3rd World Farmer

SCREENSHOT
Preparation
Download a copy of the 3rd World Farmer Worksheet (which contains learner worksheet and teachers’ notes).
Play
Hand out a copy of the student worksheetUse the teacher’s notes to play the game.  The interesting thing about this game is that is purposely designed to be difficult to win [...]

A Game With Teen Appeal

Level: Intermediate
Location: Computer room
Topic: Prepositions, describing things in a room
Skills Focus: Live Listening
Game: Obama Guantanamo Escape

THE GAME
Teenagers sometimes like to play games that have a slight rebellious nature and that pokes fun at authority figures.  The game referrences a few iconic film characters including (in order of appearance) Rambo, Jack Sparrow, Yoda, Spiderman and [...]

10 TEFL Activities for Samorost 2

Here’s a brief description of ten TEFL activities from the site 101 ways (and more) to use Samorost.  All these activities were chosen because they cover a range of levels, location (classroom, connected classroom, computer room and home), language and skills practice.  The links provided direct you to lesson plans, downloadable material and more.
1  Spot [...]

Crime & Investigation – Topic Based Interactive Reader

A computer room reading activity for individual or pair work.
Level: Upper Intermediate & above (adults)
Topic: Crime (Solve a murder)
Language Focus: Understanding Language in Context
Time: Computer room + homework to finish (1 hour to complete)
Game: Crime & Investigation

Preparation
A There is an in-game toolbar that you need to make learners aware of before they [...]

Storytelling – How important is it in a videogame?

Here’s a video about whether it is important for games to have a good story

Suggestions on how to use it

Ask your learners to think about games they know and their stories – Are the stories important? Could they be better?
Get the learners to tell each other a story from a game to see how easy [...]