REASONS FOR USING GAMES IN THE CLASSROOM:
1.Games motivate students to learn.
2. They are useful for making reviews on different topics.
3. Students have fun, and it permits them to work a lot while because they are enjoying the class.
4. Word, matching and memory games foster language development and literacy.
5. Games provide a forum for initiative and leadership, reasoning, and problem-solving.
6. Different types of games develop small and large motor skills and hand/eye coordination.
7. If students learn with games,have fun,feel happy and free, it means that you have reached your goals. Games strengthen language skills,besides, learners develop social skills and good relationships while they interact with each others.
The Alphabet Game
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This game is used to practice alphabet and check their vocabulary. Do as a competition. Divide Students into groups of five ( it depends on the number of students you have) and ask them to stand in line. give to the students of the front a marker to write on the whiteboard.Then draw with your finger an imaginary letter of the alphabet on the back of the students at the end of the line. They must do the same with the student in front of him/her and so on. the students with the marker are supposed to run to the board and write any word that begins with that letter. Students love it!
Story Telling & Memory Game
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Ask the children {at least 5 to 6} to sit around in a circle
Ask one child to say a sentence in a story form e.g "once there was a boy".The next child will have to repeat that sentence and add something more to it like "once there was a boy whose name was John"In this way the children keep building up a story as well as remembering what the previous sentences were.The child which forgets a line will go out of the game.This game not only improves a child's memory but also encourages him/her to be creative in story telling.
Role play
ReplyDeletethis is a very nice form to play and practice english with students. they can represent different roles to create a different environment in the classroom, they can have fun and learn at the same time.
they can also invent stories in which they share another's person opinion, students feel free to espress themselves because they know they are acting like they were another person
I used to enjoy this way to work in class. It's nice.