These are games I have tested and approved for a great language-learning experience. Most of these games have at least one or two of the essential elements required for a productive language-learning experience:
- Input (listening and reading)
- Lots of opportunities for teamwork and communication
Elder Scrolls Online
Experience this epic adventure on your own or together with your friends, guild mates, and thousands of alliance members. Explore dangerous caves and dungeons, embark upon adventurous quests across Tamriel, and engage in massive player versus player battles, where the victors reap the spoils of war.
Who is this for?
This game is for upper-intermediate or advanced-level students. The content in this game has a lot of advanced vocabulary. This is for players who enjoy a good story and working together with friends to solve problems.
Why is this game good for your English/Spanish?
This game has A LOT of content. You will spend many hours listening to and reading interesting stories about elves, warriors, emperors, and mages. All of this content can be enjoyed with a friend or friends who will share the adventure with you.
Tabletop Simulator
This game is actually like 1,000 games in one. you can play Monopoly, Checkers, Chess, Risk, anything you want at a virtual table with your friends. Just imagine casually sitting at a table with your friends playing around with the board games from your parents' basement.
What is this for?
This game is for lovers of any kind of board game. This game can be for low-intermediate and advanced-level students, depending on which board game we choose to play. Some games are simple and others are much harder.
Why is this game good for your English/Spanish?
It’s great to practice speaking and actually communicating with real people using your target language while having a lot of fun. It’s just like meeting your friends in real life and playing games at a table.
Divinity Original Sin
Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure. Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.
Who is this for?
This game is great for anybody who loves a great story and working together with friends to solve problems. Advanced-level students only! The reading level of this game is very challenging.Â
Why is this game good for your English/Spanish?
Two reasons. First, this game involves a lot of reading and listening. Second, you must communicate and cooperate with your friends to solve problems.Â
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
Who is this for?
This is a great party game. It game requires lots of communication and cooperation. Imagine trying to manage a chaotic and busy restaurant with your friends.
Why is this game good for your English/Spanish?​
You don’t need to have a very advanced level of English/Spanish but you will practice lots of food and kitchen-related vocabulary. This game is about speed so you must think fast. It will challenge you and your friends to strategize and work together.
Stardew Valley
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Who is this for?
This game is great for casual gamers who want a relaxed and laid-back gaming experience. If you like working together with your friends to build and explore your environment, this is the right game for you.
Why is this game good for your English/Spanish?​
You will practice your English/Spanish learning about the game’s story and characters and communicating with you friends as you explore the world and plan and build out your farming projects.
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