50 Games in English Language Teaching

Abstract

Many second and foreign language (L2) educators are envious that an activity like digital gaming seems to have such power to engage and teach, and rightly ask themselves whether they might harness some of that capacity for teaching language. Many students these days play digital games— some are truly avid gamers—and if we could just transfer a bit of that gaming enthusiasm, engagement, and motivation to language learning, we just know it would be easier and more effective.