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Online Games for Language Learners

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Whoever wants to understand much


must play much. - Gottfried Benn

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Why teach English with games?

Powerful motivator

Try till level is achieved

Application within a context


Peer support & learning

Multimedia rich

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Kindersite.org

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Learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org

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Learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games

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Sheppardsoftware.com

Pumkin.com

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English-attack.com

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Brainnook.com/play.php

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Nickjr.com/games

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Games for drilling & memorizing!

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Quizlet.com

Quizlet.com

GetKahoot.com
Create trivia games
Drag and drop
Students prompted to
make quiz for their
peers to take
Timed
Leader board

Tiny Tap Game & Creation App

http://www.tinytap.it/

Features:
Add own images or from a web
search
Record your own voice
Record a question, an answer, a
hint
20 different soundtracks
Track progress using the ingame scoring system
Personalize pre-made games
from the TinyTap store with
narration and images

Instead of homework, play games!

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Englishstorytime.pbworks.com/Archives

Reinforce the learning!


Walkthroughs
Vocabulary lists
Sketchnotes

Handouts
Screenshots of the work
Build

Create a game

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Samarost walkthrough by Carol Rainbow

Have them design walkthroughs

Bigfishgames.com/blog/game-walkthroughs/

Make it collaborative!
Create a game together
Play group games
Build worlds together

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Duncanbilingual.blogspot.com/2013/08/spaceteambuilding.html

SketchNation
Scratch MIT

GetKathoot

What2Learn

Zondle

Gamestar Mechanic

TinyTap

Game Maker Studio

GameSalad

Purpose Games

Gamefroot

Textbased Adventures

Flowlab

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Unity

Stencyl Unreal

ClassTools X-Note

Hopscotch

Tynker

Adventure Games Game Maker 3D


Code Avenger

Sploder

Kodu

Create
games

Scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/rubric-assessing-scratch-projects-draft-0

Scratch.mit.edu

Sketchnation.com

Stencyl.com

Adventuregamestudio.co.uk

Textadventures.co.uk/quest

Minecraft for Learning

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Eltsandbox.weebly.com

@DaveDodgson

Minecraftedu.com/community

Services.minecraftedu.com/wiki/Teaching_with_MinecraftEdu

Gamification
Vs

Game based learning


iPad Gaming by Michael Nugent, Flic.kr/p/9BXudk

ShellyTerrell.com/games

Gum.co/learn2go
30Goals.com
ShellyTerrell.com/games

@ShellTerrell
Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell

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