Sunday 10 November 2013

Gamifying the class!

Have you ever thought about gamifying your lessons? personally I've never thought about that. But then after reading Digital Play by Graham Stanley I realized that games can also teach English to students. There are a lot of games students can play, according to their age or interests. Some are for the computer (you have to download them or you can play them on-line) and some others can be downloaded to mobile phones or tablets.
In this particular case I've tried a game called Evony. It is a role playing game, you have to create a character and, with other players from all around the world, you have to complete some tasks.




Not talking about the fact that playing this game is interesting and motivating, it's a good game to practice conversation and vocabulary. In this game you can communicate with other characters by chatting, and students can learn a lot from other players. Also the game includes a lot of vocabulary, and also instructions which are obviously in English, so we can say that is a good way of learning. 


2 comments:

  1. Do you think you could use this game to practise ORAL skills? I haven't played it yet, to be honest, but I'm thinking perhaps we could "take" the game to real life and have students act what the characters in the game are doing. What do you think?

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    1. I like it! It's a good idea to do in the class. I was also thinking about using this game to practise oral skills by talking to other players, but unfortunately the only way to interact with other participants in this game is by chatting.

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