Language Games and quizzes

There is quite a lot out there, from the very basic to the very sophisticated all singing and dancin, to get students to practise their vocabulary and grammar. A lot of these sites could be used for independent studies and/or homework. I have not listed any commercial sites and the sites are also referenced in my del.icio.us under the "games" tag.

Prescott School:
http://www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescot-language/mfl-site/french.htm
Drag and drop, match up, hangman, guess who for French.
http://www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescot-language/mfl-site/primarySchool/primarySchool.htm
Primary resources: games for French, German and Spanish (could be used for Y7).

http://users.skynet.be/providence/vocabulaire/francais/menu.htm
Very basic multi-choice quizzes to practise vocabulary by topics.

http://www.france.learningtogether.net/
Click and drag games to find out about France.

French extra:
http://www.francais-extra.co.uk/

Spanish Extra: (now paying site but a lot of materials are still in free access)

http://www.espanol-extra.co.uk/
Lots of games and quizzes including half a minute, penalty shootout, grade or no grade, hoopshoot, wheel of fortune.

MFL Games: (for French)
http://www.mflgames.co.uk/
Topic-based games including wheel of fortune, millionaire, wordsearches, scratchcard, flipword, hangman, codebreaker, anagrams, concentration, quizzes, mismatch.

http://www.languagesresources.co.uk/Games.htm
Powerpoint templates to download including You Say We Pay, The Generation Game, Hunt the Treasure, Letter Investigator/I Spy, The Weakest Link.

http://www.spanishunlimited.com/su/games/
Wordsearch and hangman by topic (Spanish).

Elma Eagles’ page:
http://www.elmaeagles.com/spanish.htm
Games and quizzes to practise Spanish grammar and vocabulary (levelled).

Languages online:
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/index.htm
French, German, Spanish and Italian vocabulary games including jigsaw, pairs, speedword, wordweb and wordsearches.

http://www.myhq.com/public/v/a/vanderwerken/#101556022968568773
This is a huge collection of basic games and quizzes covers themes from Animals to Weather including the Latin world as well as Spanish grammar.

Poliglot games for Spanish:
http://www.polyglot.angelcities.com/games.html
hangman, jigmatch, concentration, hungry frog, wheel of fortune, speedword, memorymatch, wordweb.

Spanish vocabulary games:
http://www.gamequarium.com/spanishvocab.html

Kokone:
http://www.kokone.com.mx/juegos/home.html
Colourful site with 16 different types of games (Spanish). Maybe more suitable for Primary mfl.

Cyber Juegos:
http://www.cyberjuegos.com/
Juegos Juegos :
http://www.juegosjuegos.com/
Traditional game sites with free downloads, multiplayer and single player games-probably best for personal use!

Game-o-Matic:
http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic/
wizards to create web-based activities for language learning and practice.

Le jeu de l’oie:
http://jeudeloie.free.fr/plateau.htm
Online classic boardgame to practise specific French grammar items.

Quia games:
http://www.quia.com/jg/66096.html (French numbers)
http://www.quia.com/pages/chsspanish2.html (spanish vocabulary)
http://www.quia.com/pages/4thfrench.html
http://www.quia.com/pages/frenchgcsevocab.html
http://www.quia.com/shared/french/

PurposeGames:
http://www.purposegames.com/games?c=17&so=mp
Language games and games about languages.

Alien Language:
http://www.alienlanguage.co.uk/alienlanguage/index.htm
Practise the parts of the body in French, Spanish, German and English.

http://www.discoveryeducationalsoftware.co.uk/worksheets_f.htm
Downloadable word games in French, English and German.

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/fk26/xwords/frind.htm
French and German crosswords by topics (basic)

http://www.kidcrosswords.com/espanol/home.htm
Spanish crosswords and puzzles with some downloadable activities.

http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources.htm
Downloadable puzzles and games in French, German and Spanish.

http://www.coombegirlsschool.org/langcol/langgames.htm
Ideas for teacher-led language games.

http://www.mes-english.com/games.php
Games for EFL students.

Uptoten:
http://www.uptoten.com/kids/kidsgames-home.html
Children’s games in French (primary).

Belette:
http://www.belette.biz/fr.php
Colourful children’s sites with games in French (with audio).

http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/
French and German interactive quizzes for grammar revision (click on learning areas for access to French and German pages.

Pequenet:
http://www.pequenet.com/habitantes/juegos/lista.asp
Children’s games in Spanish (primary).

Oscar l’escargot:
http://education.france5.fr/SITHE/SITHE16286_DYN/jeu/index.cfm?qespActif.espCode=CELM
Game with audio on healthy living and food (French).

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/fk26/dynamic/dyindex.shtml
Games for French, Spanish, German GCSE.