We have travelled and taught and studied multiple new languages with such variety as Mandarin Chinese, Indonesian and Russian. Of course, as teachers it is incredibly important to show humility by also being a learner, of culture and language, so that we don’t think we only have something to offer without also realizing that we have something to learn.
Anyway, the point about all this is to say we came across a nifty little game (thanks to one of the language learning blogs we subscribe too) which I’m sure will become very popular in no time, especially with wordies (that is, people who love words – kind of like “foodies”). Anyway, the game is found at whichisenglish.com. You, as the player, are presented with two words, one is real English and the other fake. Pick it correctly and you’ll get a slightly more difficult pair, get it wrong and you’ll get an easier pair.
Anyway, I thought I must mention this somewhere because all of our friends who teach English or learn English or Russian should have this up their sleeve for fun during class sometimes. I personally am looking forward to the Russian version which is on its way.
Teaching Adventures 