Using games in the language classroom. Theoretical approach

Games in the language classroom

Meeting Beilngries, 10 to 14 Oct 2016

Why games?

Why games?Fun!

Why games?Fun!Increased involvement

Why games?Fun!Increased involvementIncreased motivation

Why games?Fun!Increased involvementIncreased motivationCan be used in all phases

Why games?Fun!Increased involvementIncreased motivationCan be used in all phasesGive informal feedback

Why games?Fun!Increased involvementIncreased motivationCan be used in all phasesGive informal feedbackUnconscious learning

Different phasesIntroduction

Different phasesIntroductionConsolidation

Different phasesIntroductionConsolidationRevision

ClassificationVocabulary games (words-words-words, hangman, cross words…)

ClassificationVocabulary games (words-words-words, hangman, cross words…)Grammar games (acting irregular verbs, tell a story, domino…)

ClassificationVocabulary games (words-words-words, hangman, cross words…)Grammar games (acting irregular verbs, tell a story, domino…)Listening games (Simon says, I spy with my little eye, noise dictation)

ClassificationVocabulary games (words-words-words, hangman, cross words…)Grammar games (acting irregular verbs, tell a story, domino…)Listening games (Simon says, I spy with my little eye, noise dictation)Reading games (quizzes, domino, putting it together, …)

ClassificationVocabulary games (words-words-words, hangman, cross words…)Grammar games (acting irregular verbs, tell a story, domino…)Listening games (Simon says, I spy with my little eye, noise dictation)Reading games (quizzes, domino, putting it together…)Writing games (storytelling, running dictation, eleven words…)

ClassificationVocabulary games (words-words-words, hangman, cross words…)Grammar games (acting irregular verbs, tell a story, domino…)Listening games (Simon says, I spy with my little eye, noise dictation)Reading games (quizzes, domino, putting it together…)Writing games (storytelling, running dictation, eleven words…)Knowledge games (airborne, who becomes a millionaire…)

ClassificationVocabulary games (words-words-words, hangman, cross words…)Grammar games (acting irregular verbs, tell a story, domino…)Listening games (Simon says, I spy with my little eye, noise dictation)Reading games (quizzes, domino, putting it together…)Writing games (storytelling, running dictation, eleven words…)Knowledge games (airborne, who becomes a millionaire…)Speaking games (story telling, tabu, what’s my job…)

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O´Dell Felicity. Games for Vocabulary practice. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007. 

Wright, Andrew. Games for language learning. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006.

  Zaorob, Maria Lucia. Games for Grammar

practice. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001.