Teaching grammar english skills with games

Teaching grammar english skills with games

Алматы 2015

Objective:

The objective of language teaching at school is

to provide students with the opportunity to develop their

language and communicative skills. Doing so enables them

to follow international developments in their own fields

and to function with ease in any communicative situation

required for their careers.

Introduction

• learning grammar in class can be fun. If the focus in the grammar class is not on routine discussion of grammatical rules and categories, and the students are engaged instead in real-world fun tasks, they will begin to realise how their grammar skills can develop in interesting ways. This will motivate them to participate actively in class, which in turn promotes language development. This unit focuses on three grammar games.

Classifications of games

• Classifying games into categories can be difficult because categories often overlap.
• classifying games. First, language games are divided into two types:
• linguistic games and communicative games.
•  Linguistic games focus on accuracy, such as supplying the correct antonym.
•  Communicative games focus on successful exchange of information and ideas, such as two people
• identifying the differences between their two pictures which are similar to one another but not
• exactly alike. Correct language usage, though still important, is secondary to achieving the
• communicative goal.

A game is as activity that must have the following characteristics:

• “ A game is as activity that must have the following characteristics:
•  fun: the activity is chosen for its light-hearted character
•  separate: it is circumscribed in time and place
•  uncertain: the outcome of the activity is unforeseeable
•  non-productive: participation is not productive
•  governed by rules: the activity has rules that are different from everyday life
•  fictitious: it is accompanied by the awareness of a different reality”
• There are many kinds of games designed for different levels as well as topics, so that students with
• different language proficiency levels can enjoy and gain the best results from them.

Definitions of game

• “ A game is an activity with rules, a goal and an element of fun… Games should be regarded as
• an integral part of the language syllabus, not as an amusing activity for Friday afternoon or for the end of the term.”
• This definition highly evaluates the importance of games in teaching. It adds to teachers’ techniques in
• teaching that games serve not only as an ‘amusing activity’, but as a technique to carry out tasks to learners
• amusingly as well.
• “ Games can be used at all stages of the progression from controlled to free practice, serving at
• one end of the range as a memory aid and repetition drill, at the other as a chance to used the
• language freely and as a means to an end rather than an end in itself. They can also serve as a
• diagnostic tool for teacher, who can note areas of difficulty and take appropriate remedial action.”

'There are many advantages of using games in the classroom:

1. Games are a welcome break from the usual routine of the language class.

• 2. They are motivating and challenging.
• 3. Learning a language requires a great deal of effort. Games help students to make and sustain the effort of learning.
• 4. Games provide language practice in the various skills- speaking, writing, listening and reading.
• 5. They encourage students to interact and communicate.
• 6. They create a meaningful context for language use.'

General Benefits of Games

• Affective:
• - lowers affective filter
• - encourages creative and spontaneous use of language
• - promotes communicative competence
• - motivates
• - fun

• Cognitive:
• - reinforces
• - reviews and extends
• - focuses on grammar communicatively

• Class Dynamics:
• - student centered
• - teacher acts only as facilitator
• - builds class cohesion
• - fosters whole class participation
• - promotes healthy competition

• Adaptability:
• - easily adjusted for age, level, and interests
• - utilizes all four skills
• - requires minimum preparation after development

• Tomorrow’s time has come and today’s young generation dictates future perspectives. They demand interesting , new innovations and we must not be left behind. It is time to be the best teachers possible.

• Ссылки на сайты с играми по изучению английского языка
• Адрес сайта
• Описание
• Действие
• www.marks-english-school.comГрамматические игры, игры для пополнения словарного запаса и др. перейти www.english-portal.comНа сайте находятся игры: Hangman, Spelling Power, Grammar Talk, True or False, Mystery Squares, Great Walk а также кроссворды. перейти www.manythings.orgСайт на английском языке: игры, тесты, викторины, двуязычные игры и т.д. перейти www.englishclub.netНа сайте находятся различные интересные игры по изучению английского языка, а также английские кроссворды. перейти www.funbrain.comОгромное количество обучающих flash игр для детей. перейти www.wordland.comРазличные игры для изучения английского языка. Требуется установка специальной программы. перейти www.learnenglish.deНа сайте представлены следующие категории игр и не только игр: Battleships, Crosswords, Ding Things, Fiendish Games, Forum Games, Hangman, Homophones, Memory, Odd One Out, Scramble, Vocabulary Game, Wordsearch Game, Wordsquare Game, Quizzes Page, English Tests Page. перейти

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