Hello everyone!
Have you ever heard about using games in teaching a foreign language to young learners? How effective is it?
Games are used to assist young learners during their language learning. They create an atmosphere of meaningful communication where young learners communicate before, during, and after the game This atmosphere help in forming comprehensible input including what they understood as they listen and read and comprehensible output including writing and speaking. In other words, using a game is considered as a new and effective way of teaching a foreign language. It can help learners develop speaking skill. They interact with others, exchange ideas, discover new things etc.
There is a strong relationship between games and technology
Using mobile devices like iPads and tablets you can keep students involved with all sorts of educational games for just about any subject. Students can keep track of their progress and work to compete with other students to advance to the next level.
There are five games that can be used in teaching a foreign language, especially teaching vocabulary to young learners.
Hot Potatoes, Memory Challenge, Last One Standing,
Pictionary, and Bingo. I am going to give you some information for the first game: Hot Potatoes
The class is divided into group A and B with both teams sitting on the opposite sides of the classrooms. Two chairs will be placed in the middle of the class so that whoever sits on the chair will face her/his team and the board must be behind the them. Then, their teacher writes a word on the board, but the student on the chair will not see it. Each team will have one minute after signaling the beginning of the game. The other students are allowed to use verbs so that their seated teammate can guess the word written on the board. They should not say the exact word written on the board.
To answer the questions above check the link https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1101751.pdf
Here you may find information for the other games too.
Hope it helps!
Quote of the week: Technology is best when it brings people together!
The information I have given above is about using games and I want you to know as much as possible in relation to games and using them in the class. We are going to become teachers and it is important to know how to use games during the process of teaching. Everyone likes games!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this post Kleona. I find it quite helpful and at the same time relevant to our our topic. I truly believe that these kinds of games as the one you have mentioned here will be quite helpful in improving speaking, writing or reading skills for pupils of different ages. Very good job!👏 i
ReplyDeleteThank you Denisa! I appreciate your opinion!
DeleteActually you are right.There are many people who learn a foreign language only by games and in most of the cases their English is great.When they play games they enjoy playing and they learn a lot too.Good job Kleona
ReplyDeleteThank you Genta!
Deleteyour post is really interesting Kleona and I think that games into classroom is the key to better process of learning because with games students become more attentive and eager to learn.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ida! That's the purpose of posting it. I found it interesting and really enjoyable for others to read.
DeleteHi ,Kleona I read your post I find it really pleasant.I think it very helpful too ,using games because children love games ,it is one of the best ways to help them or better say ,make them engage into such processes as reading ,writing ,speaking the whole process of learning.Using these games for sure helps in order to have a pleasing product for both teachers and students .
ReplyDeleteThat's true! Thank you Aida!
DeleteI think that using games in teaching a foreign language is really effective. Studies show that not only children, but even adults show bigger interest into learning something new when games are involved.
ReplyDeleteThank you Zamira! I appreciate your opinion!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post Kleona, the topic you have chosen is quite interesting and I agree with the content. It is very common and helpful using games in the classroom with the intention of teaching a skill or a topic especially for children. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ina!I appreciate your opinion!
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