Games are actually an effective learning tool that adult English learners can play to improve their fluency. Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere.
Click here to get a copy. Now you know that games can help improve your English fluency. But where should you start? Computer games are a great way to practice listening to and writing English. The best part is that these games can be played from the comfort of your home. There are countless online English learning games. You can find a game for any skill level online.
ABC Countdown is the perfect place to start. The premise of this game is simple: click on each letter of the English alphabet , in order, before the timer runs out.
But as the fast-paced music plays in the background and the seconds go by, you might realize this is more challenging than it initially sounded.
This game will help you remember the English alphabet. FluentU takes authentic videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.
You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. Click here to check out the website or download the iOS app or Android app. Better yet, FluentU even makes sure to teach you while you watch the video. Collect the sheets of paper and bring three students to the front of the room. Read aloud one of the facts that is true for one of these three students. All three claim that the fact is theirs, and the class then proceeds to question them in an attempt to determine who is telling the truth and who is lying.
Each student is allowed to ask one question to one of the three students. After a round of questioning, the students guess who is telling the truth.
Variations on the game Taboo: For variation 1, create a PowerPoint presentation with a noun on each slide. Have one student come to the front of the room and sit with their back to the PowerPoint. The rest of the students take turns describing the words on the slides, and the student at the front has to guess them.
For variation 2, separate the students into groups of four or five. Place a pile of cards with random nouns in the center of each group. Have students take turns describing a noun for their group members to guess. Variation 3 is for advanced speakers. One person will be the "chooser" and think of a mystery word. This word could be a person, animal, thing, place, etc. The others in the group may then ask up to 20 yes-or-no questions to figure out what the word is.
If the group guesses correctly, they win! But if they use up their 20 questions and don't guess correctly, the chooser wins! You must be able to clearly ask questions in English and keep track of what's been asked in order to successfully solve the mystery. You may use categories to narrow down what words you can choose see tip 1 below.
All questions must use a yes-or-no format; this means that the chooser may only answer with either yes or no. Those asking questions typically use the following grammar structures:. Now that we've gone over a few games you can play with others, let's look at some English-language games you can play by yourself. Unfortunately, most solo games don't have speaking or listening components, so you'll need to supplement these games with real-life English practice ideally, with native English speakers.
That said, online English games can be excellent tools for quickly honing your skills and for warming up before study sessions. Here are our picks for the top websites offering online English games for solo learners. And the best part is, they're all free! This popular website offers numerous flash ESL games for both children and adults. However, its grammar section offers the best stockpile of games geared toward intermediate and adult English-language learners.
You can study a range of grammar structures and parts of speech on this site, including past and present tense, conjunctions e. Many of the games come in multiple versions to address a variety of grammar patterns.
My favorite games are the basketball and soccer ones as well as the "Fling the Teacher" game, in which you must answer questions about prepositions to prove you no longer need a teacher. Many of these games are two-player as well, which is a nice touch if you've got a buddy you want to study with.
There are a couple of drawbacks, though. For one, some of the games immediately end when you get just one question wrong. It's frustrating to have to constantly start the game over to progress to the next question. Another problem is that some of the games say "Continue" when they should read "Restart" or "Play Again.
Another free website, Games to Learn English offers several high-quality language-learning games for honing both your grammar and vocabulary knowledge. With all games, you can choose specific categories to study. For example, with vocabulary-focused games, you can choose to study jobs, body parts, animals, etc.
Many games work well for adult learners, and I particularly enjoyed the grammar-centered ones. In "Fast Phrases" you create sentences to match the images shown, while in "Bubbles" you connect words to form sentences. Some of the games even let you upload your own images and words to practice with. In short, you get to not only play games but also customize what you learn in them! One big con, however, is that much of the vocabulary is fairly basic. In addition, some of the games are too similar to one another, giving the website a slightly repetitive feeling.
Though not as outwardly fun as the other websites on this list, Free Rice is a great way to practice upper-level English vocabulary and grammar—all while making a positive impact on the world!
There are two modes you can play for English: English vocabulary and English grammar. In vocabulary mode, you must match a word with its synonym a word with the same meaning. In grammar mode, you must choose one of two sentences, only one of which is grammatically correct.
And the best part? For every correct answer, Free Rice donates 10 grains of rice via the World Food Programme to help end world hunger. Another benefit of this website is that you can choose your level.
There are five levels for English grammar and 60 for vocabulary. Helpful Games Subjects English. Games that teach you to read and write in English. Do you master the letters, and do you know the order of the letters of the English alphabet?
With these playful games, you practice your knowledge of the English language. Here we have collected all the games on the subject English. The games suit preschool, elementary school and all the way up to high school. The games may be sorted by popularity, target group, release date or name. Try to find common English words in this word game. You get to choose whatever words you want, but they are checked against an English dictionary before they are approved. Kindergarten - Eleventh grade and above.
Figure out the sentence or word that is hidden by guessing letters, one at a time. Can you find the word before your hanging man falls down?
Practicing the order of the days of the week. Do you know how the day after Wednesday is spelled?
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