why should we use game? (part2)

From 'The Use of Games For Vocabulary Presentation and Revision' by Agnieszka Uberman 'Forum' Vol. 36 No 1, January - March 1998 Page 20. Using Games 'Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the language instead of thinking about learning the correct forms (1979:2). He also says that games should be treated as central not peripheral to the foreign language teaching programme. A similar opinion is expressed...

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why should we use game?

From 'Games for Language Learning' by Andrew Wright, David Betteridge and Michael Buckby Cambridge University Press, 1984. 'Language learning is hard work ... Effort is required at every moment and must be maintained over a long period of time. Games help and encourage many learners to sustain their interest and work.' 'Games also help the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful. The learners want to take part and in order to do so must understand what others are saying or have written, and they must speak or write in order to express their own point of...

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listen and draw

This is a listening activity for practicing describing a person, object, animal or place and drawing according to the details described. It is also possible to describe an imagined person, object, animal, or place using this activity. Preparation Write a description of a person, object, animal, or place, keeping in mind that the learners will be asked to draw it. Make an enlarged copy of the description to display Procedure 1.       Read a description of a person, object, animal, or place. First of all, ask the learners to listen to the       ...

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Speaking: describe and identify

this game is designed for speaking activity, it allows students to use descriptive language and vocabulary determined by teacher' choice of words or picture preparation: write a single word on a number os small cards or pieces of paper, one per learner, plus few extra. the words are going to be described by the learners well enough for other learners to identify what has been described. procedure 1. demonstrate the idea of this game by describing something and asking the class to identify what you have described. the subject and language you use should be appropriate to the learners' level...

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ice breaker

Ice breaker is the best way to heat up a new class, where the students haven’t known each other. It helps them to be more confident, risk-taking, communicative, and happy to work together with other learners. In addition, it helps them to be focus on the language lesson rather than on other distractions. While the warmers is useful at the beginning of the lesson with a class where the students already know each other. Here I have gathered some ice breakers and warmers which will be useful in language classroom. It will be updated weekly……… Match the person to the information An ice breaker...

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