Mobile Games & ELL Learning
Studies shown that we spend an average of 5 to 6.5 hours a week playing mobile games or video games. They’re one of the most popular leisure activities in the world, especially among adults, with more than two billion users worldwide.
Why not use the time spent gaming for improving or learning a new language?
There are so many options today to learn a new language:
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You can play dialogue-based games to practice conversations
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You can solve puzzles or challenges using your target language
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You can play language games to interact with other live players
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You can try role-playing games, adventure strategy, and word games
Below are a few mobile games to improve and/or learn a new language!
Duolingo
Duolingo helps language learners listen, read, write, and speak a new language. Duolingo has several different mini-games, challenges, and activities to help learn a language. When you get something right, you earn coins, but when you get something wrong, you lose lives.
Word Up
Using Artificial Intelligence, WordUp analyses millions of movies, TV shows, songs, news stories and famous people's quotes, to bring you the most helpful, engaging and enjoyable examples for each word. You will truly learn, and even 'feel', how to use each word in real life, while enjoying the process. Learning has never been more fun!
Memrise
Memrise uses real language, real people, real accents. You learn with video and audio clips of real native speakers. Learn the translations of words and phrases. You can also chat with other people to build your vocabulary. Provides gamified tests that train your language skills and immersive learning.
Quiz your English
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Quiz Your English is a fun new way to practise, improve, and test your English by competing against learners from all around the world. Learn English grammar with friends, discover new English words, and test yourself in a truly global environment. You can challenge friends to games or battle it out on English competitions or smash your opponents at English grammar.
Fun English
Combining language learning with engaging and fun English learning games for kids. It is divided into themed topics that teach kids the foundations of language learning - listening, reading, spelling, and pronunciation. Games include fun English voices that use different tones and expressions so young learners can learn the subtleties of English pronunciation.
Lingo kids
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A popular English learning app for children aged 5-12 to begin learning English through games and activities. This app has lots of songs, stories, videos, activities, grammar and vocabulary games to help children develop their literacy skills while having fun. There is a support section for parents with a discussion forum and advice on how you can help your children learn English outside of the classroom. Their experts have also developed a bank of games and exercises for children to improve their English skills.
ACTIVITIES
Using your mobile device try out a few of these different language learning activities by scanning the QR code!
