language games

Theory of language games

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Types of language games

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Prefix fish

Correct order

Word Puzzle

Team

Ski race

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What is language game?

The term of “language games” refers to the models of primitive language that invent to clarify the working of language in general. Hadfield defines a game as an activity with rules, a goal and an element of fun. Carlson states that games are activities used to provide a fun and more relax atmosphere especially in classes for student to acquire a second or foreign language. They can be used any stages of class, o provide and amusing age challenging respires from other classroom activity. From the definition above, it can be seen clearly that language games do not only provide supportive activities and practices that can motivate the students to interact and communicate, but games can create opportunities for students to acquire the language in a meaningfully way.

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Language games

language games

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One of the most common and preferred teaching strategies is the use of language games to aid the teaching of various skills. The use of interesting and suitable materials along with the various approaches when conducting language games during lessons helps to cater to learners' needs and interests on the subject-matter especially in learning grammar in context. Language games comprise many factors such as rules, competition, relaxation and learning in particular. Rules have to be clear, few and well-explained so as no difficulty is faced. They are designed in different levels as well as topics that suit different students‟ levels what make them enjoy all together and gain the best results. Using games in the process of language teaching-learning is not restricted for any language level; it helps all students to feel comfortable and more confident in acquiring a new language. However, this technique is much more applicable and beneficent with beginners.

Game is a natural means for children to understand the world around them. Therefore, it should be part and parcel of their learning, including the learning of foreign languages.. Language is immensely powerful, but it can also be loads of fun. In fact, a sense of fun can make language more powerful …..

Games for Language Teaching and Learning

Language learning can be a hard task and sometimes it can be frustrating. Continuous effort is required to properly understand, pronounce and manipulate a new language. Well-chosen games whether it’s online or offline, are one of the best ways to learn the target language. Now, the time is of online learning. There are many games available on the internet by which you can teach and learn a new language and lots more things. Games help the teacher to make circumstances in which the language is effective and expressive. Games are very effective tools for teaching and learning a new language because they create motivation, lower stress for students, and provide the opportunity for real communication to learners.

benefits of Using Games in the Language Learning

Games are used as a technique or method to engage learners in learning a new language with fun and easy. Well selected and premeditated games are helpful as they provide learners a break and simultaneously allow them to practice language skills. The benefits of games from the perceptive feature of learning to more co-operative group dynamics and as a result games are very motivating at the same time challenging.

Games inspire learners to work together, be creative, cooperative and impulsive in using the language in a significant way. Students want to participate in activities to play games and are normally relatively competitive. It is clear that not all games can be applied in any class.

These are some advantage of using games in teaching and learning: Thus games can be useful in reducing teacher-student distance or conflict. - Games can increase student-student communication and so reduce the domination of the classroom by the teacher. In fact, using games is an important tool that allows language teachers to add colors to their classrooms by providing challenge and entertainment. They are particularly valuable 30for beginners as a source of cognition that helps them adopt sounds and rhythms and comprehend the foreign language.

Disadvantages

Advantages

• Sometimes they too much move and speak. That condition make the teacher difficult to control them.

• More Motivation
• Spirit of Competitiveness
• Improve Memory
• Class Cooperation

types of language games

• Sorting, ordering, or arranging games.

• Information gap games.

• Guessing games.

• Search games.

• Matching games.

• Exchanging games.

• Board games.

• Role play games.

types of language games

Type of Language Games Games can be played in the classroom individually, in pairs, or in small groups or teams. A teacher can choose how he or she does the games, depending on the size of the class and the type of activities. Games are played with different techniques. Hadfield writes some techniques or activities of games such as information gap, guessing, search, matching, exchanging, collecting, combining, arranging and card games, board games, problems and puzzles, role plays and simulation techniques.

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WORD PUZZLE

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Correct order

Have

sanctuary

a bird

ever

visited

you

Ski Race

Find irregular plural nouns

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correct order

things

don't

because

toothpaste

like

like

they

taste

mint-flavored

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Prefix Fish

In this game, students create whole fish for Roly to eat by combining common prefixes and suffixes with root words.

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