Cracking the Engagement Code: How ELi Language Games Capture and Sustain Learner Engagement

Every teacher knows that when learners are engaged, everything changes, participation rises, language sticks, and even reluctant students take risks. This workshop digs into what truly drives engagement in the language classroom and how simple, well-designed games can turn passive learning into active, purposeful communication.

Drawing on classroom-tested ELi Language Games, we will explore why certain activities create curiosity, promote collaboration, and lower the affective filter. Teachers will experience how games can develop core skills, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking, while keeping every learner involved and accountable. Therefore, if you want your students to participate more, speak more, and enjoy learning more, this session will show you what actually works - activities that transform lessons without adding preparation time AND strategies for managing energy, maintaining focus, and supporting mixed-ability classes!

Sushil Penuti is an educator with many years of experience in ELT and an advocate for inclusive, student-centred learning, dedicated to empowering learners and teachers alike. She specialises in literacy development and inclusive, student-centred learning, combining pedagogical expertise with a commitment to equity. As an ELT Pedagogical Consultant for ELi Publishing, Sushil collaborates with schools and teachers worldwide, delivering engaging training sessions and webinars that bridge research and classroom practice. Known for her dynamic, practical approach, she helps create learning environments that emphasise the importance of fostering not only academic success but also confidence, critical thinking, and a lifelong love for learning. Sushil is also an active contributor to educational networks and conferences, always advocating for accessible, empowering education for all learners.

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