Android games for pre-teens learning English

October 5, 2015 8:46 PM

I'm looking for more games to play in my weekly English tuition classes. The class is for working-class children in a multilingual country (Malaysia), so they have some proficiency that is age-appropriate, but they're very used to codeswitching, so I'm trying to get them to be more able to express themselves comfortably in one language as needed. Right now they have played Boggle (which is tabletop) but especially enjoyed Heads Up. Anyone has recommendations for similar party games on Android (that is free or cheap) that would help them in English?

The biggest problem with Heads Up I find is its American cultural references which limits the categories they can comfortably play. I do have Taboo and Pictionary in my arsenal but I haven't introduced them to it yet.

posted by cendawanita to Education (2 answers total)

Wordament is basically Boggle, but played over the internet and against everyone all at once. Also, the program does all the scoring for you.
posted by ArgentCorvid at 9:11 PM on October 5, 2015

Response by poster: Thank you ArgentCorvid, but I am looking for something that doesn't need intensive online connection and the kids can play amongst themselves with just one phone. The challenge builds!
posted by cendawanita at 10:03 AM on October 6, 2015