Name: Using games and apps to practise English | Learn English with Cambridge
Uploaded: 2021-10-28T04:55:17.000Z
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Modal verbs - A2

Today, I'm going to give you some tips on games,

apps and platforms you can play or use to improve your English.

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we can practise our vocabulary, have contact with real English,

and with online games we can use them to communicate

with other players all over the world in English.

And all of this is done in a playful scenario,

so you might not even realise that you're learning.

say that for learning to happen there needs to be emotion.

we're so engaged and motivated in the task

that the learning happens more naturally.

you can incorporate these games in your classes as well.

so here's a platform where players can answer

questions through their cell phones or tablets.

Teachers can create Kahoots as a forum to review content,

or ask the students to create it themselves,

Monkey Puzzles is a Cambridge English game for beginners.

Children can practise reading and writing

It's very good to practise for all the young learner's tests.

It's available for download on the App Store.

to practise and test their knowledge in English.

It's aimed at intermediate users from B1 to C1,

and it's available for Apple and Android users.

You can compete with people from all over the world,

or challenge your friends through social media

for your test by selecting an exam-specific topic.

Ruby Rei is a game app designed to help children learn English

through a very exciting narrative and tasks to complete

It's designed by teachers and has a lot of interesting

and besides teaching English it also teaches

emotional intelligence through character-building situations.

You can also practise your English and learn

regular games not specific to learning English,

you can check out Minecraft Education Edition,

where you can teach English and other subjects

through the game with activities for the classroom.

Something that's become very popular among young people

that like to play games is watching walkthrough videos,

They're excellent for practising listening for detail

On both games, there's a lot of construction vocabulary,

On Fortnite, you can learn lots of verbs while battling,

from different countries and getting to know them

of opportunities to practise your English

and to communicate with people from all over the world.

I'll bet there's at least one of these games

or apps you can use to improve your English.

So how about trying them out on yourself or on your students?

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