BREAKING THE LEARNING BLOCKS

Minecraft and Language Learning

An ELT Sandbox presentation for the 7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference, April 27th, 2014

What is Minecraft? One of the biggest

selling (indie) games of all time

A game about breaking and placing blocks

‘Digital Lego’ The ultimate open

world sandbox game

How can Minecraft be useful for (language) learning? It has no rules and

no limits Simplistic gameplay

appeals to YLs… …as does the

opportunity for creativity

Online resources (YouTube videos, forums, guides…) mostly in English.

Let me tell you a story…

Let my students tell you a story…

Let my students tell you a story…

Let my students tell you a story…

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The Treehouse Tour

Redeveloping Atakule

And there’s more…. Information about

volcanoes

Retelling a story read in class

Recreating and designing structures

And there’s more…. Facts about different

animals

Showing the natural world

‘How to…’ guides

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