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Learn Basic English with Video Games: Vocab and Listening
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Learn Basic English with Video Games: Vocab and Listening

Practice real English listening and vocabulary with simple, visual game-based lessons
Created byMichael Simpson
Last updated 7/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Understand common English vocabulary used in everyday conversations and video game contextsday actions
  • Improve listening skills by following real, contextual English from gameplay
  • Identify meaning from context without needing to translate every word
  • Use newly learned vocabulary to describe actions, objects, and situations clearly

Course content

9 sections • 15 lectures • 1h 46m total length

  • Learn Pick up, put down, and move
  • Listening Practice: Pick up, put down1:15

    Practice listening and vocabulary for 'pick up' and 'put down' using in-game objects in Stardew Valley, including the bed, fireplace, bench, table, and house plant.

  • Learn "I am ____ing"
  • Listening Practice: I walk left, right, up and down2:02

    practice listening and vocabulary with directional walking cues and object names as you move the bed, bench, table, house plant, fireplace, and tv.

  • Talk about: London, Paris, Rio, Hanoi, New York
  • Listening Practice: I am walking in a city2:08
  • Learn: "This is" and "This is not"
  • Listening Practice: I pick up and put down...3:10

    Practice listening to basic English vocab for furniture and actions by describing picking up, moving, and putting down items in Stardew Valley, including chair, wallpaper, dresser, bed, bench, table, plant.

Requirements

  • No experience with English required.

Description

In this course, you will learn basic English vocabulary and improve your listening skills through video games.

Instead of studying long word lists or difficult grammar, you will learn English in a natural and visual way. Each lesson uses real gameplay to show how words and phrases are used in context, so you can understand meaning more easily.

You will hear clear, simple English while watching actions, objects, and situations on the screen. This helps you connect words to real meaning without needing to translate everything.

We are going to play Minecraft, Discounty, and Old School Runescape. I am going to show you basic conversation for the supermarket, basic actions around the house and a whole lot more.

This course is designed for beginner learners who want to build a strong foundation in English. You will practice understanding common vocabulary, following simple sentences, and recognizing English in real situations.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • understand basic English words used in everyday situations

  • follow simple spoken English more easily

  • learn new vocabulary through context, not memorization

  • feel more confident listening to English

No experience with games is required. Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to learn.

Who this course is for:

  • Absolute beginners (A0–A1) who are starting to learn English

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