(SKKN HAY NHẤT) some suggestions for using language games effectively in teaching english to grade

PART A: INTRODUCTION

I. Reasons for choosing the topic.

As we know, in traditional classroom, the teacher controls the class with

authority, there is no active role of students during teaching- learning process.

Therefore, the introduction of a new English textbook at high school in the last few

years has created some difficulties for teacher. This innovation demands a move in

the direction of a more learner- centered approach to teaching. The main objective

of teaching English is to have communicative lesson. However, in fact, the teacher￾student interaction is very limited in the classroom. Many teachers have troubles

adapting their teaching and the new textbook to their own students’ learning needs.

These difficulties include the use of language games.

Throughout years’ time of teaching English in the period of general

education renovation, I have myself thought that it is necessary to reform

methods of organizing activities in teaching often to motivate students. I have

positively realized that only by language Games can we interest students in

English lessons. These new language Games can be considered to be new

activities or techniques which are suitable for the students’ psychology. The new

language Games strongly do delight either learners or teachers when they have

skillfully used old games. Besides, they can raise the teaching quality. In these

Games, we can unexpectedly happen to realize students’ talents because they

are equal to students, easy to play, suitable for the whole class even weak

students. Furthermore, the students who hardly prepare the lessons might have

high scores in the games because quick-wittedness and intelligence are much

more important than understanding about everything. The sense of equality,

atmosphere of excitement, feeling of the games in students’ reach, spirit of

solidarity, the factors of which help students to ignore their shyness which

prevents them from speaking freely and actively. This has a great influence on

teaching results. Moreover, they feel satisfied when they know they can do as

well as others. All of the reasons are important factors to improve the teaching

qualities and effects.

Additionally, English is a language and it is a foreign language so it is too

difficult for students, especially rural students to learn although they have been

learning for several years. It would be too boring for teachers to teach and for

students to learn English if teachers didn’t reform teaching methods to interest

students. I have been thinking of how to change the methods but whatever new

methods teachers may use, weak students will become bored, passive and

inactive if teachers don’t interest them effectively.

It is all the reasons above that led me to the choice of the study “Some

suggestions for using language games effectively in teaching English to grade

10 students at high schools” with the hope of investigating into ways to

organize games more effectively in English classes, which make lessons more

interesting and stimulating.

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Therefore, this study is intended to make a modest contribution to an

increased understanding of using games in teaching English at high schools.

II. Aims of the study

With the reasons above in my mind, the specific aims of the study,

accordingly are:

- To understand the theoretical background of classroom activities: games,

advantages of games in improving students’ English skills.

- To investigate the use of games in teaching English at high schools.

- To supply systematic knowledge of using an running games in classrooms

- To provide lists of games that can be used in English in grade 10 English

lessons in the most useful ways.

- To help English teachers, especially teachers of English at high schools to add

implications for the teaching English through games, following a set of current

textbooks: English 10 ( basic curriculum).

III. Objects of the study

With the hope of improving the learning English through games, the

study focuses on the following objects:

- Grade 10 students at high schools

- Teachers at between junior and senior high schools

- Undergraduates.

- Advanced students.

IV. Methods of the study

To realize the aims of the study, a detailed study is used. The theoretical

background of the study comes from many published books written by different

authors on language teaching. The data collected for the study came from two

sources: the students and the English teachers at upper secondary schools by

making personal observations through attending classes and drawing out

experiences.

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