- Online Escape Rooms (https://online-escape-room.com)
This is just one of many online escape rooms that offer a fun way for individuals or groups or classes to participate in the Escape Room experience. Most sites are free, so look around a little for alternate experiences.
- Jeopardy Labs (https://jeopardylabs.com)
JeopardyLabs allows teachers (and students) to create a customized jeopardy template without relying on PowerPoint. The games that are made or used from already developed templates can be played online from anywhere in the world.
I found this website while developing a lesson plan for teaching mid-level adult ESL college students how to create compound sentences. The free games are easy to navigate for all learners, and the students enjoyed the scaffolded support.
Word Shake is a free online word game for any age ESL student to practice vocabulary. You are given a random assortment of 16 letters in a 4×4 grid and are set a time limit of 3 minutes. In that time you must spell as many words as possible. The words, of course must be real words, spelled correctly as checked against the word list of 52,000 words and must contain between 3 and 7 letters. A letter cannot be used twice in the same word. When forming your word, you can select letters from any position as long as you follow the spelling order.
- Gimkit (www.gimkit.com)
Gimkit is a game based learning platform. Students do not need an account to play or participate.
- Blooket (www.blooket.com)
According to Blooket’s website, this online interactive educational game is an exciting new take on the modern classroom review game. It aims to match action with education to create the ultimate learning experience!
- Free Rice (https://freerice.com/home)
Free Rice is an online vocabulary game that matches correct answers with rice grain donations generated within Freerice, triggering a financial payment to WFP. This money goes into the pot of “greatest needs” to support the organization’s ongoing emergencies. 100% of all funds generated via Freerice go to the World Food Programme. Freerice does not earn or keep any money it raises.
- Kahoot (www.kahoot.com)
This account is an online platform that makes it easy to create, share, and play learning games or engage in trivia quizzes. Students do not need to have an account.
- Cool Math Games (https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-death-by-spell-check?utm_content=CTA_You_Will_Also_Like)
Don’t let the web site name fool you; follow the link to web based free grammar games for the ESL learner.
- “Murder Mystery at the Ski Resort” Google Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqFhb4f0GuHmYnPzUMUAUq5m2YUOmoZL_tgfCrn5TkEplTpQ/formResponse)
The Google Form is linear murder mystery full of riddles and puzzles individuals, small groups, or classes can complete to work on all facets of English language skills.
- Games to Teach Financial Literacy (https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-free-financial-literacy-games-high-school-students/)
I have been exploring lesson plans that focus on building self-efficacy in my ESL students to discuss, learn, investigate, and explore the culture of money and finances in America and internationally. This website has 10 web-based interactive games for students to play. Students would need a cellphone and/or computer with internet access.
- Cool English Activities (https://www.coolenglish.net/edu/activities?onlyFree=yes)
Find a myriad of FREE English language games all in one spot and for all levels.
- ESL Online Kid Games (https://www.eslkidsgames.com/online-esl-games)
This web site contains a comprehensive list of interactive and engaging games for PK-8 ESL students. These games are perfect for face-to-face teaching with an interactive digital board or conducting online classes through Zoom.
A comprehensive web site containing auditory, reading/writing, and visual games, activities, worksheets, and lesson plan ideas.