Kahoots are engaging interactive online games. Many teachers use them to teach and motivate their students. You can search for them online because they have been created by other teachers and organisations. It is really easy to create your own games too.
You can use Kahoots on a whole range of devices including desktop computers, tablets or smartphones. You can play them online or use them as face-to-face lessons. They can also be used at home as self-study or as a challenge, and they can be played individually or in teams.
There are nine Kahoots programs for young learners offered by Cambridge English. They have bright colours and sound effects that encourage young learners to become more engaged in English language learning. They are good for building language and skills among pre-A1, A1 and A2 learners but they are also good for test preparation even though they have not been specifically designed for that.
It is really important that the language is appropriate for your learners. If you are designing Kahoots for your students, it is good to create vocabulary building exercises. The important thing is to design language activities in context, adding videos, images and text. Where possible, try to include dialogue in context.
There are many benefits of games for language learning. First, they engage learners because if they enjoy a game they will want to play it over and over again. We know that games reduce stress and anxiety and increase motivation to learn. They also achieve a state of flow because they are good at focusing students on learning instead of looking at things around them. And they are good at developing students’ love of learning outside the classroom, which as we know makes a teacher’s job much easier within it.