Play your favorite video games and learn English at the same time
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English learners can do a lot to develop their language skills outside of classtime. Here are some ideas on how multiplayer video games can help.
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Learn to understand fast speech
Understanding real-world speech
It doesn’t get more difficult than this. You’ve arrived at the top of the mountain. Native English speakers tend to speak quickly, often blending or linking one sound or word into another. Learn how to understand this fast speech with the help of some of the best teachers in the world.
Understanding real-world English
Listening activities
In each video you will hear a short clip from a popular video game. The clip will be repeated several times, first without text and then with text.
Find a multiplayer game to play in English
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Apex Legends from start to finish
Playlists for specific games
Fortnite Overwatch Apex Legends Rainbow Six Siege Player Unknown Battlegrounds Ring of Elysium Call of Dut: Black Ops 4 Minecraft Raft League of Legends Overcooked
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Gamers introduced so far
Ninja (Tyler Blevins), Nick Eh 30, Dr Disrespect (Guy Beahm),Ali-A (Alastair Aiken), Stonemountain64, Pokimane (Imane Anys), Muselk (Elliott Watkins), Nightblue3 (Rabia Yazbek), Lachlan (Lachlan Ross Power), Dr Lupo (Benjamin Lupo), TmarTna (Trevor Martin), Dan Gheesling, FGTEEV, PrestonPlayz (Preston Blaine Arsement), Nick Bunyun, Jackfrags (Jack Mason), LevelCapGaming (Charlie Goldberg), Matimi0, GamerGirl (Karina Calor), Cizzorz, xFSN Saber (Allen Chen), Aculite, Valkyrae (Rachel Marie Hofsetter), Alexia Raye, ChocoTaco, (Jack Throop) , Slogoman , Operator Drewski , One-shot Girl
Speak and write English more correctly
Grammar for Gamers
Grammar topics that will help you communicate more effectively with your video game teammates: Understanding and using nouns, verbs, modal verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions plus active/passive voice and conditionals
Vocabulary Building
If you want to communicate, you need something to say. That requires vocabulary and, as you will see in this vocabulary-building section, video games are great for picking up useful new words and phrases. We have divided this section into three parts.
Words for Gamers
Grammar topics that will help you communicate more effectively with your video game teammates: Understanding and using nouns, verbs, modal verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions plus active/passive voice and conditionals
Building your general vocabulary
You may not notice them, but conversations in video games are full of words and phrases that you should know and perhaps even use. We are constantly looking for these words and phrases for you and here is what we have found so far. Many more to come. You should understand each of them within an minute.
Language hunting
In the previous section, we did the looking for you. Here we show you what to look for yourself. We call this “language hunting” and, with a little practice, you can become a skilled language hunter.
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