Games in the English Language Class

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Language learning is hard work. One must make an effort to understand, to repeat accurately, to manipulate newly understood language and to use the whole range of known language in conversation or written composition. Effort is required at every step and must be maintained over a long period of time. Games help and encourage many learners to sustain their interest and motivation. Games also help the teacher to create contexts in which language is useful and meaningful. The learners want to take part and in order to do so must understand what others are saying or have written, and they must speak or write in order to express their own points of view or give information. Many games offer as much density of practice as more conventional drill exercises; some do not. What matters, however, is the quality of practice. Games can be found to give practice in all the skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking), in all the stages of the teaching/learning sequence (presentation, repetition, recombination and free use of language) and for many types of communication functions. It is a widely accepted truth that language learning should be a fun.