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This is a site full of fun ESL games to practise and improve English skills. Games including Hangman and a Spelling Bee and there are lots of topics to choose from. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language

Games for the fl classroom

This is a great set of language resources and games for learning Mandarin Chinese. Topic range from greeting, family, eating, parts of the body and more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language Inform has been used to teach reading, foreign languages, programming, history, game design, and new media theory to students at many levels, from elementary school through college and adult education.

Stories games animations and colouring in French - native language site suitable for PMFL?

Asymptopia Crossword Builder is a JavaScript education application that runs in any modern internet browser but does not require an internet connection. The simple controls allow teachers or parents to create unlimited math crosswords, or supply their own word:hint pairs. Support has recently been added for French, Spanish, pt-Brasillian, Kiswahili, and special characters (accents, tildes etc), in general. Some suggested uses include: cities, countries, lattitudes and longitudes to teach geography and spherical trig, simultaneously; Periodic table word:hint pairs; Language[i]:Language[j] word:hint pairs, for foreign language learning exercise; Terminology practice with virtually any other subject.

Several game makers and ready-made activities. Some are PC only but handy all the same. Mostly downloads so good for those with poor or unreliable connections in your classroom.

Using Alternate Reality Games could be a great tool for the Foreign Language Classrooms.

A good MFL spelling game. Find as many French, German, Spanish or English words as you can using the 6 letters you are given. Sign in to track progress or press the 'visit' button to just play the games. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects

This is a comprehensive flash card study aid site. Make your flashcards to study anything. Add pictures, text and it supports a range of non-alphabetical languages like Chinese and Japanese. You can choose to learn, spell things, test yourself or play games with the information. Browse thousands of sets made by other users without signing in. A free account is required to make your own flashcards. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.

Gaming in World Languages sponsored by the EU. Should be interesting.

vocab practice site with games

online games to practise the basics: greetings, numbers, time, days and months, to be and to have, fruits and vegetables, colours, numbers, animals, present tense verbs, clothes, infinitives.

A great site for learning Mandarin with fun games. Some of the instructions are in Chinese. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture