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Baamboozle is an online platform for creating and playing educational games, which can be used in both physical and remote classrooms to increase student engagement and retention. It works by using a game-based format with customizable questions that can be played by students in teams or as a whole class using a projector or their own devices. Research suggests Baamboozle is effective for gamified learning, particularly for vocabulary and subject review, by making learning more fun and less stressful.

Effectiveness for gamification

Increases engagement: Baamboozle is effective in increasing student engagement and motivation by making learning more interactive and less boring.

Enhances retention: The gamified format can help improve vocabulary retention and other subject-specific skills, as shown in studies on multiplication and English vocabulary.

Supports review: It is a great tool for reviewing material and assessing overall class comprehension before starting a new unit.

Creates a positive atmosphere: The games provide a positive and stress-free environment, and can be used as a fun icebreaker or a lively activity to revive tired students.

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1. Create Bingo Cards with reported speech sentences.

2. Prepare a List of Direct Speech Sentences that match the reported speech on the bingo cards.

3. Teacher reads the dirfect speech sentences and students need to mark the reported speech on their bingo cards.

4. The first student to mark an entire row, column, or diagonal shouts "Bingo!"

Variations & Extra Challenges:

Reverse Bingo: The teacher reads reported speech sentences, and students must match them to direct speech squares.

Speed Round: After calling a sentence, students must convert it aloud before marking their card.

Pair or Team Play: Students work in pairs to discuss before marking their answers.

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Level: beginner

Age: teenagers

Flash card race:

In teams SS have to choose one flashcard with the target language and create a sentence in the white board.

Scarver hunt:

T hides objects in different places and provide clues to find each object. SS work in teams to find the objects.

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Teaching adults one-on-one offers you the flexibility to tailor the learning experience to their personal preferences and needs. Gamification in this context can be a great way to break up the monotony of traditional lessons.

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It helps to motivate learners to learn in a different way and they can be engaged and enjoy.

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Gamification could be a double challenge in teaching: for teachers and for learners, because it makes teachers think, analyze, organize instructions and clear ideas to be developed during the class with a goal, not only to entertain or distract learnes and for learners to develop the activities correctly and at the same time get fun.

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Work in groups to spell out answers to questions

Working in groups, students can play Scrabble by spelling out answers to content-specific questions.

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Leaderboards and Badges

How It Works: Public leaderboards and badges can motivate participants to outperform others and work toward earning specific accolades.

Engagement Tip: Offer exclusive badges for rare or hard-to-achieve milestones, making them a coveted reward.

. Quests & Storytelling

How It Works: Turn tasks into "quests" with a storyline. Users must complete various challenges or tasks to progress in the narrative.

Engagement Tip: Include different plot branches or endings based on

Mystery Boxes or Loot Drops

How It Works: Users receive mystery rewards after completing tasks or reaching milestones, which adds an element of surprise.

Engagement Tip: Make the rewards scalable (small, medium, large mystery boxes) so that users feel motivated to keep going to unlock more valuable items.

decisions made throughout the process, allowing for replayability.

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How it works: Students act out or draw weather conditions or seasonal activities. Others guess.

Differentiation:

Lower proficiency: Provide picture prompts or limit the vocabulary.

Higher proficiency: Encourage more complex actions or drawings, such as acting out a specific weather forecast.

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How it works: Hide pictures or objects related to different seasons around the classroom or school. Students find them and identify them.

Differentiation:

Lower proficiency: Use simple pictures and have students match them to season labels.

Higher proficiency: Include written clues or have students write sentences about the items they find.

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How it works: One student starts a story about a season or weather, and each student adds a sentence or phrase, building on the previous one.

Differentiation:

Lower proficiency: Provide sentence starters or picture prompts.

Higher proficiency: Encourage students to use descriptive language and complex sentence structures.