Tag Archives: advanced

Xbox – What We Want to See

Level: Upper Intermediate/ Advanced Location: Connected Classroom Language Focus: Words connected with gaming Skills Focus: Listening Video: Xbox – What We Want to See  Preparation Download and print a copy of the ‘What We Want To See worksheet’ (see downloads below) for each learner in your class. Pre-watch Write the words ‘Xbox – What We Want To See’ on the [...]

Pick Your Pacman Picture

Level: Upper Intermediate/ advanced Location: Connected Classroom Skills Focus: Speaking Language focus:  Comparing & contrasting two photos The two pictures below show works of art by the artists Metin Seven (left) and Nathan Stapley (right).  Here is some of the language you can use to talk about them: Compare and contrast the two pictures and say what you think the [...]

Pick Your Poster

Level: Upper Intermediate/ advanced Location: Connected Classroom Skills Focus: Speaking Language focus:  Comparing & contrasting two photos The two pictures below show two posters with video games.  Here is some of the language you can use to talk about them: Compare and contrast the two pictures and say what you think the posters are trying to say about [...]

Dark Visions – A Gothic Horror Story

Level: Advanced/ Mature students Location: Computer Classroom Skills Focus: Reading/ Writing Game: Dark Visions You arrive at a strange house with a mysterious doctor who introduces himself as James Thaxton Smith, an assistant to your uncle who is the doctor at this psychiatric hospital.  He sees you to the guest room where you are to stay but time [...]

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 [...]

Charles Dickens’ London

Level: Upper Intermediate/ Advanced Location: Computer Classroom Skills Focus: Reading Language Activity:  Note-taking Language focus: Used to/ would/ could have Game: Charles Dickens’ London To celebrate the bi-centennial anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, Digital Play has found a game for you packed full of lovely written text for your learners to practice reading and learn a [...]

Reservoir Dogme

Level: Upper Intermediate/ mature students Location: Connected Classroom Skills Focus: Reading/ Speaking Language focus:  Meaning from context/ hypothetical situations Game: Mr. Vengeance This game contains scenes of cartoon violence (against stickmen) using guns and with scenes of blood so discretion is advised when using this game.  Adapting this game came about as a result of mature students in [...]

A Detective Themed Game

Language Level: Advanced Skills Focus: Reading Location: Computer room (multiple computers) Game: Rizzoli and Isles If I ever ask teachers if there’s a game that they would want to use in class that’s based on a specific theme the most common answer is crime or a detective based game – so here’s one right here. [...]

The Power of Research

Level:  Upper Intermediate Location:  Computer Room Langauge: Giving advice – 2nd conditional/ should Skills focus:  Reading/ Speaking Game:  The Power of Research Welcome to a game where your learners will get the chance to live a little of the hectic life of a hospital doctor.  Most of the language in this game is quite low [...]

My American Farm

Level: Intermediate+ Location: Computer room Skills focus: Reading. Game: My American Farm     The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has commissioned a set of games aimed at teaching agricultural literacy.  The selection of games test players on topics as diverse as geography, maths, ingredients to recipes and even the best type of machinery to mow the [...]