Tag Archives: computerroom

Happy Family dress up

Level: Beginners Location: Computer room Language Focus: Physical description: clothes/ body. Skills Practice: Reading Game: Happy Family Dress up Preparation 1.  Play a game yourself and write out a description of the family like this: The boy has got black hair and dark skin. He’s wearing an orange striped top with short sleeves and a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Princess Natasha – An Action Reader

This game actually has a built-in walkthrough and lots of text to challenge your learners. There are also some nice reading puzzles too.  The content and look of the game also makes it very child friendly.  I also like this because the main character in this game is a James Bond like character but is [...]

A Downloadable Game – Nearly Departed

Sometimes access to the internet in a classroom or computer room may not always be reliable or even available. Here is a very visual and humorous point and click adventure game that you can download and play on a computer without an internet connection. Gameplay: You wake up to discover you are a zombie with [...]

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 [...]

Gap fill point-and-click game

This is a point and click game where you have to find words in order to fill the gaps in a letter. Level: Intermediate+ Location: Computer classroom Skills focus: Reading Game: The Big Escape Preparation Download a copy of The Big Escape Worksheet and print enough copies for each pair. Pre-play Hand out the worksheet [...]

Picture Dictation for an Online Game

Level: Pre-intermediate Location: Classroom Skills focus: Relay picture dictation Language focus: There is / are . . . , colours, bedroom furniture, prepositions of place. Game: Tucoga’s room Preparation Download and print a copy of the Game Picture Dictation. Put it on the wall in a fairly central position or make four copies and put [...]

Halloween dress up game

Level: Primary Location: Computer room Language Focus: Has got/ is wearing/ colours/ clothes/ parts of the body Game: Halloween dressing up game Preparation 1.  Go to the site yourself and create a character.  Take a screenshot of your character and print off a copy. 2.  Write the character description out .  e.g. He is a [...]