We’re talking about games and why they are so good in the language learning classroom. They encourage lots of repetition, helping to cement the target language. The rule-based nature of the interaction also levels the social playing field, encouraging more even participation among students. The teachers also gets a chance to step back, and pay attention to student language production. And of course it’s quite simply a lot of fun energy. I suggest a best practice method to incorporating games in your lessons, using the acronym P-L-A-Y. (Prepare, Learn, Activities, Yet again). I then share a story about how I have used this method with one of my all-time-favourite pronunciation games from Mark Hancock’s classic book “Pronunciation Games”. (Order a copy  here if you don’t have one!)

Games and Language Learning

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