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Open books open minds
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Learning through play:Games in the EFL classroom
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Why use games in the EFL classroom?
• motivating and fun• people like them • natural part of growing up and learning• provide a context• ensure interaction• promote co-operation• add variation to a lesson
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Types of games
• Movement games• Card games• Board games• Drawing games• Guessing games• Miming games• Role-play games• Singing and chanting games• Word games• Team games
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Movement game
• Motor skills, balance, spatial awareness & muscle control• Channels children’s energy into activities that help with language learning
Let’s do it!
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Card Game
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Board game
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Drawing game
• Span key functions of the brain (R: creativity, L: verbal skills)• Helpful with shy children• Transfer of information between verbal and visual
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Guessing game
• Fun• Motivate Ss to practice Q & A
Let’s do it!
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Miming game
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Role-play game
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Singing game
ABC action song
A B C D E F GCome and sit down with meH I J K L M NClap your hands, stand up againO P Q R S T USing a song for me and youV W X Y ZTurn around and look at me
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Word game
Spell ‘fish’ F-I-S-H
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Word game
Bag!Girl!
Lollipop!
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Team game (Whispers)
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• writing games• movement games• games focusing on listening• games involving element of competition• craft activities• board games • guessing games• games requiring speaking
Rousers and Settlers
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Rousers • movement games• games involving competition• guessing games• games requiring speaking
Settlers • craft activities• games focusing on listening• writing games• board games
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Role of games
• introduce new material• practise recently learned language items• revise, consolidate language• relax or energise a class
You can use games to:
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Tips for introducing games in the classroom
• Language focus (What will the students practise?)
• Play different games• Vary the order• Don’t “drag” a game• Plan carefully
(materials, appropriacy, safety)
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What can you do to control large classes?
• Whole class games (TPR, e.g. Simon says, line-ups)
• Let Ss manage the games• Divide class into groups• Turn players into teams• Set up different “stations” in the classroom
(e.g. game station, reading station, listening station, etc.)
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Which language to use in class?
vs.
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starting a game
sustaining a game
ending a game
Language for:
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Thank you