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Mazes are excellent reading and discussion exercises for the language classroom.
Mazes consist of an initial problem and several courses of action that can be taken about it. There may be several routes to a successful conclusion, or only one. Other routes end in failure.
The reader(s), who could well be learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) decide on which course of action they think is the right one. A properly constructed maze will allow readers to return from a failure route to some earlier point in the maze where they can find the successful route.
For EFL, and indeed for learning any language, mazes are an excellent reading and discussion exercise which rarely fail to stir learners' interest. They are admirably suited for use on a computer, as hyperlinks can take the readers to the next course of action with a click of the mouse (far better than fiddling around trying to find the right page in a book, for instance).
Here is a selection of mazes made by myself and others:
The landlady (written by Martin Holmes of the University of Victoria in Canada)