Monthly Archives: May 2012

Cinderella’s Magic Escape

Level: Beginners Location: Computer room Skills Focus: Reading Language focus: Directions & verb + preposition Game: Cinderella’s Magic Escape This is one for the girl’s out there.  It’s a point and click game where you have to solve puzzle’s and help Cinderella get to the ball on time. Preparation Make sure you can access the game in the computer [...]

Reading Game – Harry Quantum

Level: Intermediate Location: Multiple computers (Computer room /class set of laptops, etc.) Skills focus: Reading Game: Harry Quantum Episode 1: TV Go Home (point-and-click adventure) Time: 20 minutes+ Learners will probably need 30-40 minutes to finish, but they can always finish the game at home (a great way of giving them reading homework without them thinking [...]

Hunger Games

Level: Advanced/ Proficiency Location: Connected Classroom Skills Focus: Reading Language Activity:  Dictionary work Language focus: Translating words Game: Hunger Games – Trial by Fire This is a very fast paced timed game based on a scene from the block busting film the Hunger Trials.  This activity was designed to be played by a monolingual class and it helps if [...]

Focus on genre: Escape the room games

If you are a regular to this blog, then you’ll know that not all online computer games are ideal for using in the language classroom. Some genres are better than others. This is a new series looking at the genres we recommend, why they are good for language learning/teaching, how best to exploit them, and [...]