AE Live! Teacher Professional Development Events - AE Live 11.2 - Motivating with Gamification: Benefits and Cautions

Language teachers have long used games, but gamification – the use of game elements in non-game settings – is more recent. This session starts with a brief overview of gamification, including insights from psychology and research about motivational benefits and risks to avoid. Next we will be examine approaches to gamification in face-to-face and online classes, with ways to include gamification elements in ELT instruction. We will review sample lesson plans to help you develop ways to use gamification in your own classrooms. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org