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TOPIC 18. FUNCTIONS OF GAMES AND CREATIVITY IN THE LEARNING OF FOREIGN…

- - - - Board games. A simple form of scrabble could be devised whereby the students are placed in teams to make words connected to a particular subject. For younger students, board games could include drawings and dice, with the students trying to reach the end of the game before the others, whilst performing activities on the way. For example, if they succeed they continue, if they fail, they have to go back to the beginning.
      - Quizzes. The teacher, or the students themselves, make questions about a given topic-usually something that has been studied in the classroom. The students do this in groups. Then either the teacher or the students can act as quizmaster, with points being given for correct answer.
    - - Memory game. Each of the students looks at their partner for s moment. Then they stand back to back, while one of them asks questions and the other one answers, for example: What colour is my shirt?
      - Who am I? Each student has a sticker placed on his back with the name of either an object or a famous person written on it. They have to ask their partner questions to find out who or what they are.
- - - - In the practice stage games focus on accuracy. They can be played individually, in pairs or small groups. Crosswords, word squares or bingo can be used. Once students are ready to use language in a free and creative way they can interact in pairs or small groups.
      - The games at the production stage are designed to foster communication, like Find someone who.
      - Then, in the presentation stage, the teacher introduces the new language in context and checks students’ understanding. In this stage, the games must be played by the whole class, because the teacher is in control and must not demand verbal responses since students cannot produce new language yet. Games based on the Total Physical Response method developed by James Asher, in which children respond physically to commands before they produce verbal responses, are perfect. One example is Simon Says.