English is Easy and Fun

Husnul Atiyah

With the advance development of ICT, learning English now is much easier compare two

decades ago. At that period, it might be difficult to find a reference, or there might be a

reference, but the number was small and not varied. Nowadays, people may find huge number of

references and resources to learn English, from the printed one to the online one. Another

resource is game, while it can be an online or in CD form. Those resources are easily accessible

and vary from one to another. It depends on the needs of the learners and the instructors.

Below are some games which are very interesting and easy to play. Adding to this, these

games are interactive; not only students or instructors will find a lot of colorful animations, but

also the music. Moreover, as part of education games, they provide score or records so students

or instructors can easily monitor and evaluate their achievement after playing the games.

English Words

This game provides several sections as an English word tests. The tests are presented as

games with kay-traced graphics, multiple tracks and digital sound effect. These games meet the

need to motivate the children or early year students to learn English word. The games are

initially easy and became increasingly challenging. The results are then analyzed by the

computer and an itemized report illustrates strengthens and weaknesses against the targets.

The games are consists of several topics or themes such as road hog, rescue, night search

and frozen food. These topics or themes will help the learners not only o learn word but also the

variety context of the topics so that they can study play and learn the word better. Of how to play

issue, this is an easy one too since the learners just need to match the word and the animation.

English Vocabulary

Different from the English Words, this game provide another road to learn vocabularies.

While in English Words the learners need to match the world with the picture or animation, in

English Vocabulary, the learners will be given a clue or definition about a certain word and then

the learners need to match it with the options words available. To exemplify the clue is a creature

that eats vegetable or meat or an animal active at night. The themes or topics are varied too

EuroTalk interactive Learn English. Talk now beginners

In this game, the beginners are invited to learn the basic program such as food, colours,

shopping, parts of the body, numbers, telling the time, countries and essential phrases. These

topics are designed to motivate the beginners to learn and to know more and more about English

vocabularies and pronounce and speak of them. This game is very interactive and provides many

words that may reinforce our memory. In this game, the learners will get award for the progress

they achieved in playing game.

EuroTalk interactive speak English. Talk more intermediate

In this game, the learners can practice their speaking ability and pronunciation from the

simple word to a sentence. This game also provides some topics to practice such as The

Alphabet, Greeting, At The restaurant, Shopping, getting Around, At The Hotel, on The Phone,

Emergencies, Leisure and Business. The learners just need to choose one among them if they get

bored with one topic or themes. Or, there is also an online option if the learners have played all

the topics. Moreover, the learners also can listen to the dialogue between two or three people and

then practice it. This will help a lot, not only in developing words and their pronunciation, but

also conversation skills since they can learn from the native in this game.

In my opinion, playing these games will give different impression to the learners. It is

always said everywhere that English is difficult and complex, not only its words, but also the

pronunciation and the grammars. However, these games will attract the learners to play more and

more. And by doing this, they will have more skills on vocabulary and speaking or

communication. It is my impression here the English is easy and fun. And, let’s play the games!