Monthly Archives: December 2010

Choice of the Dragon

This is a great interactive reader with a nice sense of humour for higher levels and a good way to get learners using an online dictionary. Level: Advanced Location: Computer room Skills Focus: Reading Game: Choice of the Dragon Preparation Decide how you are going to use the reader in class.  There are a few [...]

Top Selling Video Games

Whether you are celebrating Christmas or not one thing is for sure – there are a lot of popular games out there being sold in large numbers.  This Monday gone the Guardian online published the UK top 10 video games chart. Why not use this in class?  How can you use the chart? Warmer Do [...]

Solving A Heist

Lesser controlled speaking activity and past tense writing. Level: Intermediate Location: Classroom Skills Focus: Speaking / writing about a robbery Language Focus: Past simple, sequencers Game: Heist This online game involves passing through four rooms solving puzzles so you can finally steal secret plans.  In this classroom activity you can download the floor plan of [...]

10 Online Games with Walkthroughs

Here’s a brief description of ten online games that have walkthroughs.  What is a walkthrough?  Text written by a gamer to help another gamer complete the game successfully.  All these games and walthroughs were chosen because they have proved popular with language learners, use language that is not too complicated or dense and are not [...]

Seasons Greetings from Digital Play

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Cabal, Cataclysm and Engaging Students

When I walked into my upper-intermediate class of teenagers yesterday, there were two students already there. One of them (A) spoke up about something that was on his mind and that he wanted to tell me (G) and then the other (D) soon joined in. The exchange more or less went like this: A: I [...]

Happy Christmas Escape

Level: Beginners Language: Prepositions of place Skills Focus: Listening/ speaking Location: Classroom room Game: Happy Christmas Escape Father Christmas wants to deliver his presents but he is locked in a house and he can’t get out.  Help him to find the keys that will help him escape. Preparation Familiarise yourself with the walkthrough to this [...]