Tag Archives: advanced

MP for a Week

Level: Advanced Location: Computerroom Language skills: Reading Topic: The British electoral process Game: MP for a Week   This is a great activity for an advanced group of English language learners with not only lots of reading practice but also the opportunity to learn a little about the political process that a British MP has to [...]

Xtranormal Movie Maker

Level: All Location: Computer room Language Focus: Any Game: Xtranormal Xtranormal is a text to speech movie maker that’s free and easy to join.  It might be a bit heavy to run but it’s a definite hit with learners. On the right here you can see a screen shot of the movie maker editor. The [...]

It’s not a walkthrough – it’s a marathon!

Level: Advanced Topic: Discussing a sequence of events Language Focus: Linkers and sequencers, (first of all, then, after that, finally, etc) Location: Classroom/ Computer room Game: War Bears: Mission 1 I like this game because well, it’s fun first and foremost.  It’s also very easy to keep an eye on learner’s progress in the game [...]

Another Interactive Text Adventure : Spent

As Chris Roland showed us with Inanimate Alice (Part I & Part II), there is a lot of scope for language learning and teaching in Interactive fiction. Spent is a very different type of text adventure. It’s not interactive fiction – firstly, because it deals with a very serious subject : poverty. It is also [...]

Learning Quest

Learners Listen to Audio plays, solve clues collaboratively while exploring a virtual world Level: Intermediate or Advanced Location: Connected classroom/ Home Skills Practice: Speaking/ Listening Game: Robin Hood Learning Quest It’s not often you get a fun game which is aimed at more than one Language learning level but this one does.  You first join Second [...]

Blockbusters

Level: Advanced Location: Computer room Topic: Revision & test of course book vocabulary. Language focus: Reading Game:  Blockbusters How to play Your learner plays the single red team against the computer (the two blue guys).  The aim of the game is to make a white line across the board from top to bottom (or the [...]

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 [...]

Stop disasters – Start taking note!

A computer room note taking activity leading to a writing for homework. Level: Upper-Intermediate+ Location: Computer room Skills focus: Note Taking Game: Stop Disasters A disaster simulation game in which you choose a disaster scenario (tsunami, hurricane, wildfire, earthquake and flood) and “try to build upon an established community; providing defences and upgraded housing to [...]

Inside the Haiti Earthquake

This is an incredible web based game which uses original footage, photographs and real life stories from Haiti as you experience the aftermath of the Earthquake from the viewpoint of either a survivor, journalist or aid worker. Level: Advanced Location: Computer room Skills focus: Reading Game: Inside the Haiti Earthquake This is a very serious and [...]

I Remain – A Zombie story

An online game that is played while reading the story of the game as a narrative story is a great way to get your learners reading.  Playing the game becomes a comprehension check. Level: Upper intermediate+ Location: Computer room Activity: Reading Language: Narrative tenses & narrative devices. Game: I remain Pre-Play Do hangman for the [...]