Share your experiences of using the games and apps Ollie mentions and share any other games or apps that you know of and are useful for language learning - brainstorming and voting

Lyrics training

by Carlos

Learning a language filling in the blanks in a videoclip: http://lyricstraining.com/

a very good tool!

by Lisa

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I also like very much its assessment mode.

by Lisa

2

I agree it's great tool. It's fun and useful for study languages.

by Gabi

3

I myself learnt English by studying English songs so I find it a great idea to learn a foreign la... more

by Marina Molla

5

You can choose the level starting from easy to difficult

by Irene Endrizzi

2

I tried using it in a school once and the internet protection there parred it so maybe we need to... more

by Irene Endrizzi

It is not so good for younger children, as they are better in listening and speaking than reading... more

by Mari Cruz

thats so great really menaingful

by lucero

i think students would love to practice in a foreign language listening to songs they like

by Xarisa

2

Fun way to learn

2

A nice warming up to introduce a subject. A nice ending activity too to engage the students or a ... more

by NeleVm

3

I'm not a foreign language teacher but as I learned lots of english while singing along my favori... more

by Mariaj

i will try it. It seems good for maternal language too.

by Niculina Chiper

My students like this, it is a nice change to the normal lessons. I've used it for teaching Spanish.

by K

it is fun and helps memory

by Laura

I'm a science teacher and I think very funny for student

by Dilek, Turkey

Pupils love songs, but this particular site offers videos that are of doubtful educational value.... more

by Raya Shapiro

Thank you! It's fun and easy!

by Paola Gospodnetich

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Anna Choruży, Rita Seabra, Neda and 30 more

Kahoot

by Agnieszka

This online app and a smartphone/tablet client is an absolute must. It lets you organize in-class... more

Easy to use for students and very engaging because it has a timer

by Irene Endrizzi

2

Ideally you would need to create your own quizzes and although it's very easy, that might take so... more

by Irene Endrizzi

Sometimes I ask to my students (ttenagers) create quizes with Kahoot and then we play with other.

by Ilze Smate

1

https://itunes.apple.com/.../app/quizlet-flashcards.../ is really useful for quizzes.

by Maria Teresa Rughi

1

I tried this game and i found it very interesting and motivating. i had a lot of fun but I have n... more

by Maria Rizza

Nice app. I try it and I want to try it with my kids.

by Ema Patrichi

1

It is a very interesting and easy to use app. I try to use it with my students next school year

by Fernanda Moltó, Spain

My students realy like to play with kahoot. I asked them to build questions as they were making ... more

by Lisa Gobeil, Canada

1

very competitive and easy to use.

by Leen

It's great fun, I've used it a lot for breaking up long lessons. I don't think the students learn... more

by K

very nice ! My students like game!

by aleksandar stojkovic

A good app for learning english, although I teach other subject.

by Jose, Spain

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Bernardeta, Anna Choruży, Raya Shapiro and 12 more

Duolingo

by Elena Radaelli, Italy

I have used Duolingo to help my students learn English without the traditional grammar-repetition... more

I have used this with my own kids, they simply love it.

by Claudine

I have used it too to learn French. It was well structured and progressive.

by Eleftheria

2

I HAVE USED IT.At the beginning pupils got engaged but the one swho have problems with writing sp... more

by Elena Maccari

I used it to learn Spanish .I loved it

by maria12

I use this myself everyday! But it's mostly useful in the classroom fo fairly new speakers of a l... more

by NeleVm

1

Duolingo is a good app for learning new words and making learning a foreign language more attract... more

by Maria Rizza

My son loves Duolingo. After doing his homework, he plays in Duolingo and this is his way of havi... more

by Liliana Ursache, Romania

I used Duolingo to learn English pronunciation clearly and fluidity. I think Duolingo is a very g... more

by Epifania, Italy

I used it to learn Spanish. It's nice.

by Ema Patrichi

I haven't used it in the classroom but I have been using it myself to learn spanish and french. I... more

by Tina Mellos_Greece

Like most games of language, it serves to acquire a vocabulary, but little else.Still it needs to... more

by Juan L. Zapata, Spain

I like the the fact that the tasks are versatile and there are several themes and grammatical poi... more

by Airi Kymäläinen

I 'm using it on my tablet

by paola

We also use it with SEN students.

by Conceição Aleixo

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Lisabeta, Anna Choruży, Ema Patrichi and 8 more

Quizizz

by Agnieszka

A web app and a smartphone client that lets you create language games with images and you get you... more

Funny and easy to make own quiz.

by Laila Bröcker

Looks interesting, will try this one.

by MarianneH

It is really very interesting.

by Minka

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gunce, Anna Choruży, Gaida Kabral and 4 more

Voscreen http://www.voscreen.com/life/16/j7l8s7yp87i4jf5a3/tr/

by Anna

Free app to learn languages from famous movies

by Anna

I don't know more about this kind of games but i've just saw voscreen and it has fun

by Γιώργος

I love this game!

by Laura

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gunceoner, Anna Choruży, Laura and 4 more

http://www.fluentu.com

by Lucrezia Di Molfetta

FluentU takes real-world videos like music videos, commercials, news, and inspiring talks and tur... more

Real life content makes language learning more interesting!

by Laila Bröcker

The level newbie is also suitable for small children. The game is very well done.

by Laura

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gunceoner, Laura, David Mota and 4 more

http://thephrasalverbsmachine.org/

by Sergio

PHRASAL VERB MACHINE: Phrasal verbs are, more than anything, action. And action must be visual. T... more

more at: http://www.cambridge.org.br/for-students and see also FOR TEACHERS

by Sergio

I've played the game and it can be really useful for secondary school.

by Maria Teresa Rughi

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gunceoner, Liboria Pantaleo, Maria Teresa Rughi and 4 more

Quizlet - Scatter

by Matthias Giger

Quizlet offers a number of exercises. The one most students like the most is the Scatter game whe... more

it is a gamified platform plus a game mode, really cool as you can input your own language items

by Agnieszka

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gunceoner, Anna Choruży, Gaida Kabral and 4 more

Make our own games with Hot Potatoes or our own quizzes, like QuizrRvolution

by Stavroula Lada

I Potatoes games I I consider useful

by Tania

This is an amazing tool co create your own games...

by Fernanda Vicente

1

I agree with Stavroula. Exelent programes.

by Eleni/Greece

2

I used and I actually use it for grammar activities

by Maria teresa, Italy

1

I used to create games and tests with hot Potatoes, it was funny!

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I also liked working with Hot Potatoes!

by Natalia

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Stacy, Camelia anghel, Laila Bröcker and 1 more

Memrise https://www.memrise.com

by Fernando Batista

Memrise currently supports Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish com... more

similar to duolingo, you can add your own vocabulary, students can collaboratively create their o... more

by Agnieszka

I've used this for myself and it is quite good, although it needs discipline. Has many languages... more

by Stefan Scerri (Malta)

I have used this site to drill capitals and regions of countries. Works really well, since you ca... more

by NeleVm

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gunceoner, Anna Choruży, tiziana and 2 more

British Council English Grammar - iOS app

by Tim Gayton (Sweden)

LearnEnglish Grammar is a top interactive grammar practice app designed to help improve English g... more

by Tim Gayton

1

Great website. I use it for my very young pupils: learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org

by Mari Cruz

Excellent website, lots of material for different levels of knowledge

by Soile

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Soile, MarianneH, Mari Cruz and 1 more

I have sometimes played to duolingo and it is a good tool for children.

by Mònica

good way to learn the machine plans the lesson

by Mònica

the level is low

by Mònica

I don't like to use translations when teaching younger students. I don't think I will ever use it.

by Mari Cruz

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David Mota, Belgin Saka, Agnieszka and 2 more

DuoLingo

by Mojca

Learn language, free app, when lever is done it appears again in few days so you can check if you... more

I downloaded now this app. Seems it is interesting ;)

by Ilze Smate

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Belgin Saks

ericka zayas

Ilze Smate

I never heard of games that Ollie mentioned.

by Fernanda Vicente

I haven't heard of the games as well I'm tempted to find the English version as we have some chil... more

by Joanne Morton

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Ilze Smate

Joanne Morton

Sandra

MINDSNACKS

by Simonetta Anelli

This app is crammed with nine rich and engaging games designed to build vocabulary, boost convers... more

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Anna Choruży

Daniela

Monica

freeware for greek pupils

by Theodoros, GR

For those who are greek native speakers there's a freeware source available from the greek minist... more

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Elissavet

Marina Molla

Γιώργος

iTranslate - iOS app

by Tim Gayton (Sweden)

Kan du tänka dig att säga något i telefonen på ett språk och direkt höra dig själv på ett annat? ... more

by Tim Gayton

I often use this app with my primary students when teaching SwedishAsSecondLanguage. The kids Lov... more

by MarianneH

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MarianneH

Tim

I just installed duolingo and started to learn german. So cool!

by Karin Tensing

I just did the same. I know english and I am going to improove my German.

by Marina Molla

I've just done the same. It's great. I will recommend it to younger students who need some revisi... more

by Maria Teresa Rughi

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Maria Teresa Rughi

Marina Molla

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/hangman/abc-zoo

by Elena Tarlovskaya, Russia

Read the clue then spell the word by clicking on the letters. If you need more help you can liste... more

it is a fun, interactive and challenging activity

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Elena

Lisabeta

Phrasal Verbs Machine, free app available for IOS and android, by Canbridge university press.

by Anna

Helps practice phrasal verbs. Provides animated explanations also in native language. Gets boring... more

Phrasalstein is actually a better version of the same app (still in English)

by Tim Gayton

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Laila Bröcker

Tim

I think all games supports language skills, if game is in a foreign language for people. But there is so many games about learning language. I want to present Influent game. Influent is a video game aimed at inspiring people around the world to pick up a new language by making vocabulary acquisi... more

by Gamze Siper

http://playinfluent.com/

Looks nice and interesting and its not too expensive either..

by Laila Bröcker

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Anna Choruży

Laila Bröcker

Learning arab, a buy app

by Alfonso Chiara

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.languagesmobile.cpv.arabo

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Lorena

MarianneH

Adventure German - The Mistery of the Sky Disk

by Ljiljana, Croatia

This adventture game by Goethe Institut improve reading and listening competence.

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Esther T

Fernanda Vicente

Macmillan Dictionary Language Games

by Svitlana Maliy

Macmillan Dictionary Language Games are a great way to learn all sorts of things about English. T... more

In red words game, you can test your intuition on word frequency. You can practise irregular v... more

by Svitlana

Easy to use, looking nice.

by Laila Bröcker

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Laila Bröcker

Colonization

by Marco Bento

They learn specific vocabulary

by Marco Bento

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Aeminium2010

BaBaDum

by Kasia, Poland

https://babadum.com/

occupied my child for a while, thoug I didn't find it that interesting ;-)

by Dobromila Szczepaniak

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Dobromila Szczepaniak

Babbel

by Daimartinez1982

I've downloaded Babbel to learn German and French. It is nice and entertaining. It is similar to ... more

I started to learn French with Babbel and I find it very involving

by Cinzia Largher

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Cinzia Largher

English for primary students

by MarianneH

In sweden kids start studying English in frist grade, Me and my colleagues use ebooks at www.ox... more

In oxfordowl you can create your own 'class' and assign tasks, also following their progress

by MarianneH

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Fabienne

English Converstion HD - iOS app

by Tim Gayton (Sweden)

Conversation English HD (note - correct name) is an excellent app for anyone learning English as ... more

by Tim Gayton

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Tim

Scrabble

by Eftychia

It is a game that helps children to practise the new language.

a good tool for learning new words

by Eftychia

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children practise in the pronunciation of the words

by Eftychia

they learn easily the spelling of a word

by Eftychia

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Seek n' Spell

by José Pegada

I liked very much this app that Oliveira mencioned at the course. I think that this app could hel... more

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José Pegada

Duolingo and British Council

by Ljiljana

I tryed learning English Courses by British Council and they are excellent. There are web sites f... more

1

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Raisa

Speak English Daily: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.speakenglishdaily

by Grazio, Malta

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Juan Diego

Mindsnacks

by Linda Barbour

This company Mindsnacks offers apps for French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and German.... more

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Juan Diego

Hello Talk

by Patrizia Roma - Italy

I have recently found out about this app which lets you find real people who you can talk to and ... more

1

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Anna Choruży

Learn English Kids by British Council

by Peter Zafka

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ This website contents a lot materials for teaching E... more

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Soile

Going though some apps for iOS I have seen that they are more suitable for younger students: puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearch..or https://itunes.apple.com/.../app/match-it-up.../id421 or studycat.net/apps/fun-english/

by Maria Teresa Rughi

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Daniela

all the british council games are great there is one example of it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubl.spellmaster&;hl=en

by Lucero/Denmark

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Rita Seabra

Cambridge English

by Ana Zivkovic

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/games-social/

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Gaida Kabral

Duolingo

by Stpapadakis

Learning with Duolingo is fun and addictive. Earn points for correct answers, race against the cl... more

1

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A interesting aplcation Puzzle

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Laila Bröcker

BBC languages

by Eleftheria

bbc skillswise has a lot of games in English.

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Tim Gayton

Memrise

by Monica

Memrise is a very unique way to learn new languages. You create “mems” which are meme-like pictur... more

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Simonetta Anelli

http://freerice.com

by Christiane Schicke

Expand your Vocabulary in English, French, Spanish, Italian or Korean with freerice.org - choose ... more

Lots of subjects to choose from, not only languages

Very quick and easy game, just right for little break or five minutes idle-time with a meaningful... more

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good http://brainpop.com/ for science class..

by Jesus Crespo Ibañez

brain games for different areas or topics

This game u put on for learning english is very good , the students can guest the word and writ... more

by Jesus Crespo Ibañez

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duolingo

by Xarisa

cool app. i didn' t know this app. i am just starting to learn german

by Xarisa

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I've no experiences with apps for teaching foreign languages. In my classrooms I've installed all the programs and browser in english language.

by Alessandro Torregiani, Italy

For no foreign language teachers

by Studiotorregiani

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pokemon in english (as a foreign language)

by Jjj

the student wants to go to the next level, so he must read the instruction (what to do or where t... more

by Jjj

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Open Language - iOS app

by Tim Gayton (Sweden)

Learn English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian & Arabic with this app. ... more

by Tim Gayton

0

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Cambridge Phrasalstein

by Paola Gospodnetich

Phrasal verbs with the characters of Frankenstein! It' fun and very useful.

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taboo game cards are very helpful https://englishinlife.wordpress.com/tag/taboo-cards/

by aycin

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that's a very useful tool

by aycin

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To learn English with songs, You have to fill the words missing. Http://rebeats.tv

by Marcella

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To learn English rebeats.tv

by Marcella

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I have no experience of using games and then I do not know examples of bad games.

by Elisabetta

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British Council

by Dubravka Crnic

Do you like listening to and reading stories? There are lots and lots of great animated stories h... more

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Read the clue then spell the word by clicking on the letters. If you need more help you can listen to the word. If you choose too many wrong letters the monkey will get squashed.

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Pica Lletres

by Verónica (Barcelona)

This game is for learning Catalan language. It has different set of games (find the barbarism, ... more

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Fun online lessons

by Chfotop

https://app.fluencia.com/#dashboard An application to learn easy and enjoyable Spanish. It is li... more

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Babbel

http://pt.babbel.com/ Learn many languages (work orality, writing and listening)

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I think that Babble and Busuu are really good langague practicing apps. They are a little like games and Babble gives you a chance to repeat the words in a certain order. I must say that I also tried out Duolingo - I lika it a lot and didn't know about it before! Thank you!

by Annie, Sweden

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Fun Easy Learn

by Laura18july

It is an Android app for ESL students to learn words and improve the lexicon. There are a lot of ... more

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Lots of my favourites have been mentioned. I use Jeoprady and Bingo games for revision, fun, excitement etc https://jeopardylabs.com/

by Gaida Kabral

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Learn Spanish with...

by Juan Diego

I share a lot of links to learn spanish but not games: http://www.languagesbysongs.eu/links-es.ht... more

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Duolingo

by Francesca

I've used Duolingo to teach Deutsch as a foreign language and students were really engaged using ... more

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Kids games

by Anelynikol

Have fun playing games and learning English at the same time! We have lots of free online vocabul... more

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Englishtown

by Cinzia Largher

It is a platform which offers English courses in different levels. You have to pay for it,. There... more

0

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Mosalingua

by Liboria Pantaleo

http://www.mosalingua.com/ It calculates flash card review dates according to how difficult you ... more

0

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Sushispell

by Kasia, Poland

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games/sushi-spell

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Google Translater

by José Pegada

It's probably not the best or a game, but has a lot of languages and help me every time in need...

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This pop up interactive story book is a good tool for both listening and reading skills.

by Gnzcaliskan

I downloaded it from Apple Store a few years ago and it was free. It is good for young learners. ... more

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Vocabulary Games for the Classroom

by Adina Marcu

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Win 8.1 free ESL app - Brain POP

by Ana Zivkovic

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/brainpop-esl/c21747f2-bc9e-4da1-b240-c72b7767c54d

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English Factory - http://www.sitiodosmiudos.pt/Ingles/

by Ana Abaladas

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Duolingo

by Işıl / Turkey

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Babbel

by Işıl / Turkey

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Livemocha is an extremely comprehensive language learning community and program, packed with native speakers (over 12 million people from close to 200 countries) and offering instruction in over 38 languages. It can be improved on mobile. Some browsers doesn't support.

by Işıl / Turkey

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Memrise is for learning Chinese, Mandarin and French

by Işıl / Turkey

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Busuu is very effective as this app gives opportunity to communicate with native speakers.

by Işıl / Turkey

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Bravolol, is a great app that supports a lot of languages

by Işıl / Turkey

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http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/jeunesse/Entrainement-cerebral/p-26327-Entrainement-cerebral.htm

by Maria Georgiadou

Different games and videos suggested by TV5! Playing and learning

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Spanish for everyone

by Luigia Palumbo

The player will leran the basics of reading and writing Spanish, with three models of gameplay an... more

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I have not played the games Ollie talks about. I have applied games from this site: Games Zone - online English language games (learn English through games). Students love to play games and why not learn from them too.

by Ivan Iuliana, Romania

http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm

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fernandofvh

by fernando

I would like to speak about duolingo. It is not the only one but maybe the most famous and with a... more

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I work with students with special educational needs. Using language games in my vocabulary acquisition work, initial reading and writing, etc. I saw some very interesting application but it was to learn English and my students, for now, they are not working second language. To use it to teach my ... more

by Esther T / A Coruña

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Yo trabajo con alumnos con necesidades educativas especiales. Uso juegos de idiomas en mi trabajo de adquisición de vocabulario, lectura y escritura inicial, etc. Vi alguna aplicación muy interesante pero era para aprender inglés y mis alumnos, de momento, no están trabajando segundo idioma. Para... more

by Esther T / A Coruña

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Russian language Учим буквы и звуки (алфавит) app

by Ilze Smate

We study also Russian as 2nd language. This app is good. https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai... more

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http://www.arcademics.com/games/

by Ilze Smate

Language, math, geography ...

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enTeacher - Learn English app

by Ilze Smate

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.karamba.labs.et&;hl=en

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haven't used the games Ollie mentiones, but I discovered that these applications are very interesting and resourceful. I have used games from here: http://www.vocabulary.co.il/synonyms/intermediate/elementary-find-the-synonym/, http://gamestolearnenglish.com/. Children like to play games, they fe... more

by Diana Constantin, Romania

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Think - smartphone game

by Agnieszka

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.june.think A minimalistic, beautifully designe... more

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Quizup

by Agnieszka

QuizUp is a free, award-winning multiplayer trivia game. Challenge friends and meet new people wh... more

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http://www.english-attack.com/

by Sanja

There are Practice games with the "Video Booster" and with the "Photo Vocab". Some games: Speed... more

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I haven't any experiments about these games and apps Ollie mentioned.

by Seher

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Learn Italian by Mindsnacks

by Claudine

mobile language learning game

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"Diccionario General de la Lengua Española Vox" is an APP for Mac. It is used frequently when reading a book of literature. When writing a SMS using iPhone there is an option in which one can review the meaning of the word once it has been selected. It is a glossary!

by Wilson Canelo

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