?????? Using games in English Teaching (Kid

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??????Using games in English Teaching(Kids
English)

• Peng Xuehong
• Teaching research office of Tianhe Education
  Bureau
• thenglish_at_tom.com

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Task 1 (????)

• Do you have the experience of playing games in
  your learning of English? Do you like them?
  Discuss in pairs the benefits or problems of
  using games in the classroom. Do you have any
  suggestions for how to overcome the problems so
  that you can benefit learners by using games in
  teaching?

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Discussion Points

• The benefits of using games in the classroom.
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• Possible problems of using games.
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Why use games?

• Games are fun and children love them . Children
  learn to co-operate with others and work with
  rules by playing games.

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What are games ?

• Language games are not activities mainly aimed to
  break the ice between students or to kill time.
  Byrne (1995) gave the definition to games as a
  form of play governed by rules. They should be
  enjoyed and fun. They are not just a diversion, a
  break from routine activities, but a way of
  getting the learner to use the language in the
  course of the game. Similarly, Jill Hadfield
  (1990) defined games as an activity with rules,
  a goal and an element of fun. (??????????????????
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What are games ?

• Therefore, games involve many factors rules(??),
  competition(??), relaxation(??), and
  learning(??), in particular.  The main focus of
  using game in class is to help students learn and
  have fun.

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Using games in classroom
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How to use games in the classroom?

• Give instructions ????????????

• Demonstrations????

• Some students try out the games???????????

• Teach game-playing English ???????????

• Give team names ????????

• Scoreboard ???????????????

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How to choose a game to use?

• Teachers should first consider the level of the
  game to fit their students language level.
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• Teachers should choose the game that fits the
  purposes of that class or the content.
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• teachers should consider students'
  characteristics.
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• They should also consider when the game should be
  used. ????????????

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Types of games ?????

• Two types of games in the classroom.
• One kind stresses accuracy which is called
  language-focused games ?????????
• and the other kind stresses fluency, which is
  called communication-focused games. ???????

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Task 2

• Make a list of the games you know and think about
  which are language-focused games and which are
  communication-focused games.

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Differences of the two types of games

• Language-focused games are developed to reinforce
  specific grammar points (vocabulary and
  structure, etc.) ???????????
• Communication-focused games are designed to
  encourage the creative and spontaneous use of
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• In language-focused games teacher has more
  control in terms of what language point is
  practiced, while in communication-focused games
  it is hard to predict what specific language
  learners might use.
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• The language requirement of the
  communication-focused games is more advanced than
  that of language-focused ones, because these
  games are intended on the overall language
  ability of learners.
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• Generally communication-focused will come later
  than the language-focused ones.
• However, this does not mean that
  communication-focused games are better than
  language-focused ones only because they are more
  advanced.
• When new language points are introduced
  language-focused games are very necessary before
  more challenging activities could be successfully
  carried out.

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Reference Resources

• http//www.onestopenglish.com/news/magazine/childr
  en/teaching_games.htm
• http//iteslj.org/c/games.html
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Thank you and have a nice summer vocation
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