WoW (World of Warcraft) vs wow (world of work): computer games and Business English

A workshop with Graham Stanley


Most people don't make a connection between the world of work and World of Warcraft, but they intersect in many ways. Graham Stanley looked at this and some ways a Business English teacher could make use of computer games and gamification in their practice.


Graham Stanley
Graham Stanley is a senior teacher at the British Council in Barcelona, Spain, and coordinator of the IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG. Last year, he co-wrote the book 'Digital Play - computer games and language aims' (Delta Publishing), which recently won the British Council Innovation award (ELTon) for teacher resources.


A recording of this workshop can be viewed here:

Workshop recording

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