Games in language learning Introduction

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Children love playing games. Playing games is a vital and natural

Children love playing games.
Playing games is a vital and natural

part of growing up and learning.
Children learn by experimenting with their environment and the world around them and playing games is one way that they can discover this.
You as language teachers can enlarge your students’ world by including the playing of games in teaching your students the English language.
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Games can make a lesson much more interesting especially for those

Games can make a lesson much more interesting especially for those

children who are not so motivated.
Playing a game can bring variety to a lesson.
Using a foreign language in playing a game immediately makes the learning of the words useful for them.
It brings to life the whole reason for learning the language.
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What is a language game? One main vital strategy is to

What is a language game?

One main vital strategy is to ensure

the children use their knowledge of the language and apply their skill along with other skills in the game.
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How to include games into your syllabus Think carefully about your

How to include games into your syllabus

Think carefully about your class.


Another consideration is the whole “personality” of the class.
There are games that wake the class up and games that will settle a class.
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A game must be more than fun Playing different games from

A game must be more than fun

Playing different games from lesson

to lesson
Vary the order in which you play games
Always end an activity when the fun is still at its peak.
Think ahead
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Some useful game playing terms Its my/your/her/his turn Whose turn is

Some useful game playing terms

Its my/your/her/his turn
Whose turn is it?
You’re out
Roll

the dice
Shuffle the cards
Take….
Give……
Wait……….
Don’t peek (look)
No cheating
Move…spaces forward / backwards
Make a circle
Line up
Turn around
Shut your eyes
Pass the (ball, cup)
Spin the……….
Throw away
Deal the cards
You are out.
Congaratulations on winning ...
Don’t cheat!
You’ve won!
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How to choose the person who begins/ leads the game? Eeny

How to choose the person who begins/ leads the game?

Eeny meeny

miny mo, catch a spider on your toe. If he wriggles let him go. Who’s it not you.
Keep doing this until the last person is the starter.
One potato, two potato... Who’s it not you.
Peas pudding hot peas pudding cold, peas pudding in the pot nine days old. Who’s it not you.