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by Rosie Smith, trainer at the London School of English
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In pairs, use HIPIC to predict what this text will be about and note down key words on your background knowledge of the subject.
Original blog post from December 2018
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How Video Games Can Help You Learn English
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You’ve heard all the arguments against video games before: Aren’t you a bit old to be playing games? Don’t you think you’re wasting your time? Can’t you do something useful instead?
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Use while-reading strategies as you read the text: topic sentence, tell back, mind map.
Perhaps you’ve even asked these questions yourself. What’s important to remember, though, is that not all games are created equal. Yes, there are games that are only for entertainment – playing Candy Crush is not going to teach you much English except for ‘Loading’, ‘Sweet!’ and ‘Level 534’. But there are hundreds of excellent story-based games out there that include a lot of useful language. In this article, I’ll tell you five reasons why video games are a useful tool for learning English. Whether you’re already a gamer or you’ve never touched a controller in your life, I hope this article will persuade you that video games can really benefit language learners.
