Textris
Any of you who have played the addictive game Tetris, will be aware of how it works: manoeuvre a shape down into a column to complete a shape with no gaps. Well, Textris is a similar type of program, but here the student is expected to manoeuvre words into correct columns.

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  • Each correct guess pushes down water in the column, in turn raising the level of a large tank where a poor language teacher is stranded. Each incorrect guess has the opposite effect. The aim of the game is to get the teacher to the top of the tank where he can escape through the door.
     
 
  • The columns will consist of lexical set headings,
    or grammar points. Students are rewarded for getting,
    for example, Swim into the irregular past tense column
    rather than the regular past tense column.
  • The program comes with a large database of
    vocabulary divided into our usual six levels,
    with twenty subsections for each level.
     
 
  • The program makes use of the Test-Teach-Test teaching methodology. After each game, a feedback section shows the words the student got right and wrong. The students can then play again and check how much they have learned.
     

 
  • The authorability option makes creating new word
    groups, based on what your students have been
    studying in class with you, child's play. If you can type,
    and can press Finish, then you can customise this
    program to meet your needs.

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