One of a group of modular courses developed for a college-level program in English as a second language (ESL) is an intermediate level course designed to help students develop their knowledge of the world through language. The course, modeled on the popular game Trivial Pursuit, requires students to learn library skills and perform research on a variety of topics, discuss the material researched and other relevant cultural information in classroom sessions, and prepare a final project, a student-designed version of the game. All activities are organized to lead the learner from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Occasional trivia quizzes are used to force students to make new associations and to acquire new information in order to play the game. The course design helps students develop cognitive and language abilities while it encourages lively discussions, enthusiastic information-seeking, and formation of friendships. (MSE)