Promoting Language Proficiency of Senior High Schoolers With Integrated-Skills Games for Better Inclusion Presenter 1: Ha Thi Thom Dương Quảng Hàm High School Hưng Yên Department of Education and Training Email address: hathom2009@gmail.com Presenter 2: Nguyen Tam Trang Hanoi National University of Education Email address: trangnt@hnue.edu.vn

WORKSHOP outline Introduction Introduction games Crosswords for relative clauses Collocation dominoes Websites for more teaching resources

1. introduction

1.1. BENEFITS of USING games

1.1. BENEFITS Richard – Amato (1988) Lower students’ anxiety, improve learners’ self- confidence & enable peer-correction Help students to make and sustain the effort of learning Provide language practice in skills Create a meaningful context for language use students get very absorbed in the competitive aspects of the games; moreover, they try harder at games than in other courses limited vocabulary, making lots of mistakes in either grammar or pronunciation in front of their classmates. These pressures may be ignored when students play games providing that games partially replace anxiety with positive feelings pave the way for real-life situation, and more uniquely, along with the sense of amusement

1.1. BENEFITS Lee Su Kim (1995) Learn a language and enjoy oneself at the same time Avoid boredom Uberman (1998) Motivate learners, promote or enhance communicative competences, and generate fluency students get very absorbed in the competitive aspects of the games; moreover, they try harder at games than in other courses limited vocabulary, making lots of mistakes in either grammar or pronunciation in front of their classmates. These pressures may be ignored when students play games providing that games partially replace anxiety with positive feelings pave the way for real-life situation, and more uniquely, along with the sense of amusement

1.2. Types of games Introduction games; Crosswords for relative clauses (Chris Gunn, 2012) Mail games; Theoretical expression games; Running dictation games; (Ingvar Sigurgeirsson, 1995)

2. INTRODUCTION GAMES

2.1. INTRODUCTION GAME Teacher could ask students to add something they like starting with the same letter as their names. For example: “My name is Hoa and I love Honesty.” “My name is Trang and I love searching for Treasure.” “My name is Thom and I love Thai electronic devices.”

INTRODUCTION GAME Teacher could have students add adjectives with the same letter as their names. For example: “My name is Son and people say I am Super.” “My name is Anh and people say I am Awesome.” “My name is Phong and people say I am...” “My name is Linh and people say I am…” “My name is Huong and people say I am…” “My name is Van and people say I am…” Peaceful, Lyrical, Honorable, Valiant

We are Teachers and people say we are really heart Touchers. INTRODUCTION GAME “My name is Quynh and people say I am…” “My name is Oanh and people say I am…” “My name is Dung and people say I am…” “My name is Cham and people say I…” “My name is Hung and people say I am…” “My name is Giang and people say I am…” “My name is Ha and people say I am…” Quick, not Overweight; a Dedicated teacher, have a Cheerful face, Handsome, a Generous teacher, a Humorous teacher We are Teachers and people say we are really heart Touchers.

2.2. Getting-to-know board game

3. CROSSWORDS FOR RELATIVE CLAUSES

RELATIVE CLAUSES Chris Gunn (2012) affirms that relative clauses give students valuable tools for talking about language. They allow students to define things that they do not know the word for and understand definitions when they do not recognize or know a word. Ex: I need a thing that is used to cut wood. What do you call it? – A saw What is an architect? – An architect is a person who designs building.

DEMO CROSSWORD

Demo CROSSWORD

4. Collocation Dominoes

5. Websites for moRE teaching resources

5. SUGGESTED Websites Gunn, C. (2012). Relative Clause Crosswords: Teaching Relative Clauses through Massive Comprehensible http://bogglesworldesl.com/RelativeClauseCro sswords.htm

5. SUGGESTED Websites Website for designing board games, dominoes, etc. http://www.toolsforeducators.com

WORKSHOP outline Introduction Introduction games Crosswords for relative clauses Collocation dominoes Websites for more teaching resources

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