Teaching English at the primary school through games

1. Teaching English at the primary school through games by Christina Oparenko School of Moshny

2. “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” Fred Rogers

3. Characteristics of young learners • A child’s brain aged 5 years is 95% of adults one. • Not all mental process are well – developed • Imaginary thinking • learn from examples • Are not stable emotionally • Are active and very mobile • Have shot attention spans • Are of different types of personality

4. Ways of getting children involved in learning English

5. The benefits of games

6. The criteria for choosing games • to have an aim and purpose • to be enjoyable and interesting • to create a need for children to use English • to allow children to be creative with language • to involve all children

7. Functions of games learning relaxation educational psychological entertaiment developmental communicative

8. Types of games • All games can be divided into • Competitive • cooperative • Speaking games • Grammar games • Listening games • Writing games • Action games

9. Teaching tips

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