Enhancing Language Learning: The Power of Games in Education

Unit 18: The Role of Games and Creativity in Foreign Language Learning

Introduction: Current research in Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) highlights student motivation and interests as key factors in language acquisition. Games offer a powerful method to boost motivation and enhance teaching effectiveness by providing engaging, meaningful, and creative learning experiences. Well-designed games facilitate the learning and reinforcement of linguistic elements, the development of communicative skills,

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Classroom Storytelling Techniques and Assessment with Rubrics

Storytelling Corner

This is a place where you can read tales to children in the classroom.

Preparing Children for Storytelling

Activities to prepare children before telling a tale:

  1. Using Illustrations: Utilize pictures to help children understand and visualize the story. Many stories have illustrations that can introduce the narrative, elicit known vocabulary, introduce difficult words, and generally excite the child’s interest.
  2. Pre-teaching Vocabulary: Many stories are related to a specific topic. Introduce
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Language Teaching Methods: A Comprehensive Comparison

Language Teaching Methods: A Comparison

Grammar Translation Method

  • Origins: 16th century. Traditional technique originating from teaching Latin and Greek.
  • Alternative Names: Classical Method.
  • Skills Based On: Reading and writing.
  • Centered On: Teacher.
  • Features: Variety of exercises, long explanations, use of L1 and L2.
  • Advantages: Requires less language proficiency from the teacher; lessons are easier to remember.
  • Disadvantages: Difficult with large classes; teacher-centered; limited speaking and pronunciation
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Language Acquisition: Forms, Meaning, and Social Learning

Focus on Forms

Units: Grammar rules/phonemes. Selection: Descriptive grammar & general consensus. Sequencing: Various notions of difficulty, frequency, or usefulness. Taught: One at a time/in pairs. Learned: Must accumulate them until the whole structure of the language has been built. Input: Artificial & simplified texts. Learner’s Role: Synthesize units for use in communication. Focus on forms: Inductively/deductively. Method: Presentation, practice, production.

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The Educator’s Impact: Roles, Attitudes & Methods

The Educator’s Role: Support and Facilitation

The role of the teacher or educator is primarily one of help and support for learners.

Educator Duties and Responsibilities

  • Prepare and manage educational sessions.
  • Select appropriate teaching techniques, activities, and content.
  • Manage session time effectively.
  • Organize the learning space, ensuring appropriate and flexible physical conditions (e.g., comfortable temperature, movable furniture).
  • Act as a key resource alongside other materials and support systems.
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Developing Primary English Speaking & Listening Skills

Developing Speaking Skills in Primary English

Communication is the mechanism by which human relationships are developed. Therefore, being able to communicate both orally and in writing are the ultimate goals of learning a new language. Communicative functions are some of the most important aspects children must manage in English. Furthermore, students must develop communicative competence, a key curricular aim of current educational law.

The main aim of oral production is to speak fluently. In other

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