1. 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, provide several section 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

2. 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!