Abstract

 English Curriculum Standards (2011) specifies that stimulating learning interest on the part of students should be prioritized, and the cultivation of various skills is built on interest. Therefore, interest is the "mother of success" in English teaching. Vivid and lively games are used in class to keep the attention of the children so that their interests in English learning could be stimulated. Based on experiment research, this paper applies game teaching approach, attempting to introduce game teaching approach to the practice of primary school English teaching for the purpose of creating a relaxing and pleasant environment for students. Game teaching approach aims at the targets of the dispersing difficulties, reducing difficulties, improving interests enhancing teaching efficiency.

    Game teaching is better at stimulating learning interest on the part of students and better at promoting teaching efficiency than traditional teaching approach. More importantly, game teaching allows students to acquire language skills in a relaxing atmosphere, which is hardly attainable by traditional teaching approach.

Key words : game; English; interest; teaching

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction.1

2.Overview of the games1

2.1 The definition of games1

2.2 The current situation of game teaching2

3.The classification of games in the English teaching.4

3.1 The classification of games in the teaching structure4

3.1.1 Organizing teaching contents4

3.1.2 Teaching new knowledge5

3.1.3 Reviewing6

3.2 The classification of games in the teaching content.8

3.2.1 Letters8

3.2.2 Words.9

3.2.3 Sentence patterns.10

4.The principle of using games in English teaching11

4.1 Purposiveness.11

4.2 Interestingness12

4.3 Participation13

4.4 Motivation14

4.5 Comprehensiveness14

5.Conclusion16

References17