Teacher Training Materials of Professor Dr David Ngin Sian Pau
Introduction
Learning a language well is not easy, but it should be enjoyable. The greatest enjoyment a student gets is the sense of achievement when he/she can communicate in that language. The students do not learn the language by reciting the text. After helping your students to study the texts, and o learn new words and grammar, practiced is needed to consolidate what is learnt. Practice can be through exercises and drills; but what better way to practice than through games.
How should you organize the students for playing games?
Games can be played by individuals working on their own; in pairs; in groups; and in teams.
Playing Team Games:
· Divide the class into two teams.
· The students themselves could give the teams names. e.g. A and B, X and Y, etc. alphabets; the world.
Giving Score
1. When you play team games, you should keep score in one way or another.
2. For children, you could draw a flight of steps of each side of the blackboard with a crocodile open mouth at the bottom.
Draw how to give score.
Learning a language well is not easy, but it should be enjoyable. The greatest enjoyment a student gets is the sense of achievement when he/she can communicate in that language. The students do not learn the language by reciting the text. After helping your students to study the texts, and o learn new words and grammar, practiced is needed to consolidate what is learnt. Practice can be through exercises and drills; but what better way to practice than through games.
How should you organize the students for playing games?
Games can be played by individuals working on their own; in pairs; in groups; and in teams.
Playing Team Games:
· Divide the class into two teams.
· The students themselves could give the teams names. e.g. A and B, X and Y, etc. alphabets; the world.
Giving Score
1. When you play team games, you should keep score in one way or another.
2. For children, you could draw a flight of steps of each side of the blackboard with a crocodile open mouth at the bottom.
Draw how to give score.
3. You can put a figure on a middle steps on two large pieces of paper - thick calendar paper is ideal - collect old
calendars from friends.
4. If you can fix the paper and the figure on the blackboard with magnets, this would be the best way.
5. If you feel generous give a small prize to children winners in e.g. BINGO and GUESS WHAT’S IN MY BAG.,
e.g. a sweet, a picture postcard, etc.
When should you play games and how much time should you devote to them?
· Most of your class time must be devoted to teaching the language. Games supplement the teaching of the text
and grammar, etc.
calendars from friends.
4. If you can fix the paper and the figure on the blackboard with magnets, this would be the best way.
5. If you feel generous give a small prize to children winners in e.g. BINGO and GUESS WHAT’S IN MY BAG.,
e.g. a sweet, a picture postcard, etc.
When should you play games and how much time should you devote to them?
· Most of your class time must be devoted to teaching the language. Games supplement the teaching of the text
and grammar, etc.
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