Using Language Games – Connect Games to Language Learning

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Using Language Games – Connect Games to Language Learning

Reflection Think about the game you shared earlier. What language or language skills did that game practice? Preview Take a moment to reflect on the game you shared in a small group earlier. Ask one or two participants to share their game and to describe the target language the game practices. After they share, ask them if the game was integrated into their lesson plan on purpose or if the game was use as a way to get learners engaged. Answers will vary.

Video Play the video.

The teachers interviewed in the video mentioned two main points about the use of games with young learners. What were they? 1. 2. Review 1 Ask participants to answer the prompt. Type their answers on the screen. Answers: 1. Games are fun for children but should not be used just for fun. 2. Games should be linked to target language.

The board game in What’s for Dinner The board game in What’s for Dinner? is a good example of connecting a game to language learning because: it practices new vocabulary in a meaningful context it practices a new grammar point in a meaningful context it practices a communicative function it is similar to authentic, real-life communication All of the above. Review 2 Ask participants to give specific examples for each of the multiple-choice items. Answer: All of the above. Possible examples: It practiced new vocabulary: Food such as eggs, soda, bowl of sugar b. It practiced a new grammar point: Is there/Are there? c. It practiced a communicative function: Asking for quantities d. It simulated authentic, real-life communication: Talking in a kitchen