The significance of games in children's English teaching 游戏在儿童教学中的意义.docx

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Thesignificanceofgamesinchildren'sEnglishteaching

游戏在儿童教学中的意义

Acknowledgments

Firstandforemost,IwouldliketoshowmydeepestgratitudetomySupervisor,Ms.FengJing,arespectable,responsibleandresourcefulscholar,whohasprovidedmewithvaluableguidanceineverystageofthewritingofthisthesis.Withoutherenlighteninginstruction,impressivekindnessandpatience,Icouldnothavecompletedmythesis.

Ishallextendmythankstoallmyteacherswhohavehelpedmetodevelopthefundamentalandessentialacademicstudy.

Lastbutnotleast,I’dliketothankallmyfriends,especiallymylovelyroommates,fortheirencouragementandsupport.

Abstract

PlayinggameinEnglishisoneoftheeffectivewaysinEnglishstudyanditissuitableforthedevelopmentofpupils’physiologicalcharacteristics.Fromthesignificanceofgamesinchildren'sEnglishteaching,thethesisintroducesthereliabilityanyapplicationofgamesteachinginEnglishanditsimportance.Thethesisusesresearchmethodssuchasquestionnairesandclassroomobservationtoinvestigatetheeffectivenessofusinggamesintheteachingprocess.Thisthesisholdsgame-teachingapproachshouldbeadoptedinchildren'sEnglishteaching,andalsoprobesintothereliabilityofusinggamesintheprocess.Fromtheresult,almostallthestudentsshowgreatinterestinEnglishlearning.Gameteachingcanarousestudents’interestinEnglishlearning.

Keywords:

Englishgameteaching;interest; effectivenss; primaryschool

摘 要

游戏教学是一种有效的英语学习方法，它适合孩子身心发展的特点。

文章从游戏在儿童教学中的意义着手说明游戏的重要性，并探究了其可操作性。

笔者采用问卷调查和课堂观察法等语言学习研究方法，提出了在小学英语教学中采用游戏教学可以提高学生英语学习的兴趣。

从调查结果分析来看，游戏教学可以提高学生英语学习的兴趣。

关键词：

英语游戏教学;兴趣;效果; 小学

Introduction

Sincetheyear2001,EnglishhasbecomearequiredlessonintheprimaryschoolfromGrade3.PrimaryEnglishTeachingSyllabuspointsout:

“interestisagoodteacherforpupilstolearnaforeignLanguage.Andit'sanimportanttaskforprimaryschoolEnglishteacherstoarousestudents'interestatpresent.”Howtoarousetheinterestisthekeyforlanguageteaching.PlayinggamesinEnglishteachingisoneofeffectivewayswhicharefitforthedevelopmentofchildren’sphysiologicalandpsychologicalcharacteristics.

Thegameischildren'snature.Forchildren,thegameistolive,andthelifeisagame,Playinggamescanfosterchildren'sabilities,suchastheirintelligence,perceptionandsoon.ManyscholarsagreethatgamesinthelanguageclassroomhavebeenconsideredabetterwaytoencouragechildrentoworkhardandcultivatetheirinterestinclearingEnglish.Childrenenjoyplayinggamesintheirnativeandthisisafamiliarexperienceforchildrentobeintroducedtostudyaforeignlanguage.

Withthedevelopmentofsocietyandimprovementofcivilization,Englishteachingmethodsinprimaryschoolsarechanging.Gameteachinghasbeenusedfromtheancienttime.Itmakesteachingmoreeffective.WhenteachersusegamesinEnglishteaching,theymustbeknownthatwhatkindofgamescanbeused.HowtoplayEnglishgames?

Howtodesigngames?

Thisthesisaimstoprovetheadvantages

ofgameteachinginimprovingprimaryschoolstudents’interestinEnglishlearning.

Thisthesisisdividedinto3parts.Thefirstpartisthehistoryandpresentsituationsofgameteaching.Thesecondistheoreticalideasofthispaper,andtheadvantagesofgameteaching.Tobuildacheerfulandlight-heartedenvironment,letthestudentsinarelaxedandhappyenvironmenttolearnEnglish,theywillbemarkedlyimproved.Itbeginswiththedefinitionofinterest,theanalysisoftherelationshipbetweeninterestandmotivation.Thekindsofgames,thefeaturesofgames,theadvantagesofthegamesandsomeadviceonhowtousegames.Thelastistheexperiment,whichwascarriedoutinGrade4,YouHuaiPrimarySchool.

1.Thehistoryandpresentsituationsofgameteaching

Gameteachingisoneofteachingactivities.Althoughthetheoryofgameteachingcameintobeinginmoderntimes,fromancienttimes,practiceandexpositionongameteachinghaveexisted.

1.1Froebel’sgameteaching

GermaneducatorFriedrichFroebelisthefatherofchildren’seducationinwesterncountries.Froebeldesignedspecialeducationalmaterialsandactivitiesthatformedthecoreofthekindergartencurriculum.Thesewerecalled“gifts”“occupations”and“motherplays.”

Thegiftswereasetofgeometricshapessuchasballs,cubesandcylindersandmaterialslikecutpaperandstring.Childrenusedthesegiftstoperformasequenceofhighlystructuredactivitiescalledoccupations,suchassewingdesignswithcoloredthreads,foldingpaper,weavingmats.Usingtheirgiftsinthevariousoccupations,childrenwerelearninggeometricrelationshipsandunderstandingfundamentalprinciplesofknowledge.Themotherplayswereaseriesoffingerplays,gamesandsongsdesignedtoteachchildrenabouttheirbodies,sensesandenabledchildrentopracticeselfcontrol,cooperation,andtakingturns.

Froebelisconsideredthefirstonewhoprobedintogameteachingsystematicallyandheisalsothefirstonewhoadvocatedthatgamesshouldbe

integratedintolearning.Froebel’stheorywasfirstlybasedonscientificknowledgeofthechildren’spsychologicalandphysiologicaldevelopmentandlaidastrongfoundationofmakinggameteachingripenprogressively.

Butfromthepointofpresentgameteachingofview,Froebel’sgameteachingwasonlycalledteachingpractice.

1.2Thetheoryandthepracticeofcontemporarygameteaching

ContemporarygameteachingnotonlybecamethemainactivityofChilders’seducationbutalsoembodieddifferentgradesinprimaryschools.Itbecameoneofeffectivemechanismsoflinkingupkindergartensandprimaryschools.

Educationisthecradleofatalentedperson.Manycountriespaidmuchattentiontoeducation,especiallyelementaryeducation.Howtoimproveteachingqualityintheprimaryschoolandhowtosolvetheproblemofchildren’sinteresthavebecomeveryurgentandimportant?

Introducinglearninggamesintheprimaryschoolhasarousedgeneralconcerninmanycountries.Inthe1940s,Japanstartedstudyingtherelationshipbetweenkindergartensandprimaryschools.Someteachersusedsomeusefulgamesinprimaryschools.Americaneducatorsalsodevotedmuchattentiontothisresearch.Theyusedsomanygamesinprimaryschools.Inthe1950s,intheSovietUniontheteachersinlowergradesadaptedgamestoreducethedegreeofstudyandcreategoodconditionsforlearning.

Fromancienttimes,Chinesepeoplethoughthighlyofchildren'seducation.InSongDynasty,privateschoolspaidmuchattentiontothechildren'sinterests.ZhuXi

alsostressedtheimportanceofhappyteaching.

Since1949Chineseeducationhaschangedgreatly.Manychildren’seducatorshaveachievedgreatsuccessingameteaching.Theyhavesummedupalotofgamesoractivitiessuchasteachingthroughchildren'ssongs,teachinginsituations,simulatingteaching,PE.gamesandsoon.

Generallyspeaking,teachersshoulddesignanduserichandvariedgamesaccordingtoteachingaims,teachingcontentsandteachingaids,whichprovidedtheabundantsensitivefacultymaterialsforustotallyupthegameteachingmode.

Inthecontemporary,Mr.ChenHeqinwasoneofthegreatesteducatorswhomadetheoutstandingcontributiontoChinesechildren’seducationandsetupthefirstresearchcenterofchildren’seducation-KindergarteninGulou.Manygamestherewerefullofcreating.Heexpoundedthatgameswereactivitiesthatwerebeneficialtochildren'spsychologicalandphysiologicaldevelopment.Onlygamescouldmakechildrenlivelyandteachersshouldmakegooduseofallkindsofgamematerialsandgivethemenoughchancestopracticeaccordingtotheirage.

Frommodernagetothecontemporary,gameteachingtheoryhasbeenimprovedstepbystep.Manyeducators,philosophersorthinkersencouragedchildrentoplaygames.Theypresentedgamesshouldbeintegratedwithlearning,Nowmoreandmorepeopleabroadandathomecometorealizetheimportanceandtheurgencyofgameteachingintheprimaryschool.Asweallknow,gameteachingisaveryusefulwaytoimproveprimaryschoolEnglishteachingeffectiveness.

1.3Theproblemsofgameteaching

Fromabovedomesticandforeigngametheory,wehavediscoveredthat,atpresentthedomesticandforeigngametheoryhadtheverybigdevelopment,intheteachingtestedalsoaccumulatedmanypreciousexperiences,thesetheoriesinspectedintheeducationtodayregardingusthegamefactorstillhastheextremelyimportantinspirationsignificance.Butonlyhassuchdiscussionisbyfarinsufficient.Thesetheorieslookedlikeintoday,stillhadthedeficiency,mainlymanifestedinfollowingseveralaspects:

Firstalthoughrecentyears,gameteachinghoweverhasbeenwidelyappliedintheteachingactivity,butthesegamesallisaimsatthepre-schooleducationandtheelementaryschoollowergradevariousdiscipline.Thegamedesignsalsoallareaimlowergradeelementaryschoolstudents.Alsolackstheenoughresearchtoeachkindofagesectiondisciplinegameteaching.Secondly,itsone-sidednessisinevitable.Theseneglectseasilyaffectthedevelopmentofgameteachingtocauseone-sidedness.

2.Theoreticalbasis

Creatingajoyfulandactiveclassroomisabigandcomplexissue.Ofallthetopicsofactivatingstudents’interest,gamesandtheirinfluenceonpupils’interestisparticularlyconcerned.

2.1Thedefinitionofgames

WhataregamesinanEFL/ESLenvironment?

TheanswergivenbytheLongmanDictionaryofLanguageTeachingandAppliedLinguistics（Richards,Plat,1995）is:

Agame（inlanguageteaching）isanor