Tag Archives: preintermediate

You drive like an old man

Driving games can be fun and useful for practising directions with students, but most driving games are not suitable for class because they are too fast. Driver Seat game by the insurance company Liberty Mutual, however is different. It’s the first ‘senior driving simulator’ aimed at raising awareness of what it’s like to drive a [...]

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 [...]

Abuba The Alien

Level: Pre-intermediate Location: Computer room Language Focus: Game vocabulary (things in the street) Skills Focus:  Receptive – Reading Game: Abuba the alien Preparation Download and print a copy of the Abuba the alien worksheet for each learner. Pre Play Hand out dictionaries and the worksheet for learners to work through. Learners complete page 1 of [...]

Desert Island Misc.

Level: Pre – intermediate Language: Vocabulary – action verb + noun Skills Focus: Dictionary work / Speaking Location: Connected Classroom Game: Dream Machine Nice little one screen game activity. Preparation Play the game and familiarise yourself with how to complete it using the Dream machine walkthrough. Pre-play task 1. Dictate the following text in chunks using [...]

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 [...]

Space Quest Reader

Level: Pre-intermediate+ Location: Computer room Skills Focus: (Relay) Reading Language Focus: Directions & Prepositions of place Game: Space Quest This is a short and simple sci-fi point and click game. Preparation Download a copy of the Space Quest Walkthrough and make a single copy to put on the wall of the computer room. Pre-play Put [...]

A Pre-intermediate Reading activity

A cute point and click game with a graded reader for pre-intermediate learners. Level: Pre-intermediate Location: Computer room Skills focus: Reading Game: Bamba Snack Quest A squirrel steals your crisps.  Bamba decides to go and get his crisps back but the ending might be a little different to what your learners predict . . . [...]

A Game of Geography

This game can be played at a pre-intermediate level learning countries and nationalities or with a higher level wishing to consolidate and extend their awareness of countries and nationalities vocabulary. Level: Pre-intermediate Location: Connected classroom Skills focus: Speaking & pronunciation Language Focus: Countries and nationalities Game:  Geography game Preparation Hangman for ‘countries/ and/ states’. Brainstorm [...]

10 TEFL Activities for Samorost 2

Here’s a brief description of ten TEFL activities from the site 101 ways (and more) to use Samorost.  All these activities were chosen because they cover a range of levels, location (classroom, connected classroom, computer room and home), language and skills practice.  The links provided direct you to lesson plans, downloadable material and more. 1 [...]

Drilling Directions

Level: Elementary/ Pre-intermediate Topic: Directions Speaking focus: Turn left, turn right, go up, go down Time: 10 minutes (or as you see fit) Game: Pacman & Orbox Preparation Either play this in a connected classroom and have this game on the board using a projector or IWB or play this in a computer room with [...]