Resources for Teachers

An online hangman game - ideal for vocabulary practice in language teaching.

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The game can be adapted to use other sets of words - download it here. You will need to extract (unzip) the files after downloading. To play, open the file words.xml. To use your own sets of words, open the program WordListGen.exe (currently only available for Windows) and follow the instructions in the help file.

Installation note: Due to issues with the web server hosting this site, WordListGen is currently only available as a Zip file. For guidance on installing the software, click here. To run the software you will need the .NET Framework. You can install it here.

A system for writing crosswords - ideal for use as vocabulary practice activities in language teaching.

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A system for writing communicative crosswords - each student in a pair has half the words and makes up clues for the other.

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A system for creating online quizzes - click here to download. You will need to extract (unzip) the files after downloading.

To use it, open the Excel spreadsheet included in the download package and follow the instructions there. To try a sample quiz, open the file Sample.xml.

A program with a user-friendly interface to replace the Excel spreadsheet will soon be available.