Digital Gaming Teaching And Language Learning

Barcelona 4th ELT Conference Adapting free online games for English language Learning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

You can use online computer games for all kinds of different skills work. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Here’s a really basic example for really young learners. ,[object Object],[object Object]

I use Pacman to drill ‘(turn) left’, ‘(turn) right’, (go) up’, and ‘(go) down’.

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You still practice up, down, left and right but you can take your time. ,[object Object],[object Object]

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What’s this game like? Remember these games?

For this game put your learners like this: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why not let one of your learners take your place?

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If all goes well they should get something like this:

Why not show them it and talk about how many differences they can spot between this one and theirs.

Hero machine can generate quite a bit of language with your learners.

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