How to gamify your English class

Elena Peresada

Elena Peresada

• Head of a language school for 9 years

• English teacher for 18 years

• Teacher trainer

• Organize TrendyEnglish.ru conf

• Founder of StudyCraft.org project

peressada@gmail.com Elena Peresada

Millennials are different

Where is your homework?

Digital games at ELT

What is gamification?

Gamification Pyramid

• XPpoints

• Leaderboard

• Badges

• Progress bar

• Goal

• Avatar

• Levels

Game components

http://classdojo.com

PBL

All students work

“Not a loser anymore!”

Extra assignments

Homework done

… but gives short term motivation … students focus on points, not English

… students cheat to get more points

Game mechanics

• Meaningful

choices

“Games are a series

of interesting decisions,”

Sid Meier

• Tries & fails

имеры caves

Ingrid

Haunted House

Every part of your lesson needs a game

CONVERT ACTIVITIES INTO REAL GAMES

Crosswords Chess Role-play “In a cafe” Tic-tac-toe Russian roulette Unscramble the word Hangman Find someone who…

Dynamics

Storytelling

• Emotions

• Narrative

Epic meaning

Breaking language barrier

Level 9000 teacher

Atlas of emerging jobs

studycraft.org

peressada@gmail.com Elena Peresada