Ideas for teaching languages with games
Practical, low-prep ways to make your lessons more engaging: activity design, AI, and the tools worth your time.
Tools
Is a Game Builder Worth Paying For as a Solo Tutor?
An honest cost-benefit look at paying for an activity builder when you teach solo, what's fine on free tiers, what justifies a subscription, and what to look for.
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AI in TeachingUsing AI to Build Language Activities (Without the Output Sounding Generic)
How language tutors can use AI to draft activities that fit their actual lesson, with prompting specifics, a human-in-the-loop edit pass, and the mistakes to avoid.
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Activity DesignFlashcards vs. Quiz vs. Matching: Which Game Fits Which Lesson?
A practical decision guide for language tutors: which activity format fits which learning goal, class size, and live-vs-homework setting.
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TeachingHow to Make Online Language Lessons More Engaging (Without Hours of Prep)
Practical, low-prep ways to keep online language students engaged, built around retrieval practice, quick games, and reusing the material you already have.
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