谈游戏教学法在小学英语教学中的应用

On Application of Game Teaching Method in Primary School English Teaching

Abstract The New English Curriculum Standard describes that the aim of primary teaching is to foster students’ interest in learning English. The paper aims to expound that game-teaching approach in primary schools is not only practicable but also efficient. The paper introduces types of games, superiorities of games in English teaching and the history and present situations of primary school English teaching. d The paper also include the theoretical basis of game teaching and a Study of using games in primary school English teaching.

Key word games, types, primary school English teaching, theoretical basis,

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谈游戏教学法在小学英语教学中的应用

摘要: 新的英语课程标准描述,主要教学的目的是培养学生学习英语的兴趣。本文旨在阐述游戏教学方法在小学不仅是可行的而且是行之有效的。本文介绍了游戏教学法的类型,游戏教学法在小学英语教学中的优越性以及它的历史和当前在小学英语教学的发展现状。这篇论文还阐述了游戏教学法的理论基础和相关的一个调查研究。

关键词：游戏， 类型， 小学英语教学，理论基础， 研究

Introduction

Since the year 2001, English has become a required lesson in the primary school from Grade 3. Primary English Teaching Syllabus points out: “Interest is a good teacher for pupils to learn a foreign Language. And it's an important task for primary school English teachers to arouse students' interest at present.” How to arouse the interest is the key for language teaching. Playing games in English teaching is one of effective ways which are fit for the development of children’s physiological and psychological characteristics.

Being interested in playing is children's nature. For children, the game is to live, and the life is a game, Playing games can foster children's abilities, such as their intelligence, perception and so on. Many scholars agree that games in the language classroom have been considered a better way to encourage children to work hard and cultivate their interest in learning English. Children enjoy playing games in their nature and this is a familiar experience for children to be introduced to study a foreign language.

With the development of society and improvement of civilization, English teaching methods in primary schools are changing. Game teaching has been used from the ancient time. It makes teaching more effective. When teachers use games in English teaching, they must be known that what kind of games can be used. How to play English games? How to design games? This thesis aims to prove the advantages of game teaching in improving primary school students’ interest in English learning.

1. The history and present situations of game teaching

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Game teaching is one of teaching activities. Although the theory of game teaching took shape in modern times, but the practice and exposition of game teaching have existed from ancient times . 1.1 Froebel’s game teaching

German educator Friedrich Froebel is the father of children’s education in western countries. Froebel designed special educational materials and activities that formed the core of the kindergarten curriculum. These were called “gifts” “occupations” and “mother plays.”

The gifts were a set of geometric shapes such as balls, cubes and cylinders and materials like cut paper and string. Children used these gifts to perform a sequence of highly structured activities called occupations, such as sewing designs with colored threads, folding paper, weaving mats. Using their gifts in the various occupations, children were learning geometric relationships and understanding fundamental principles of knowledge. The mother plays were a series of finger plays, games and songs designed to teach children about their bodies, senses and enabled children to practice self control, cooperation, and taking turns.

Froebel is considered the first one who probed into game teaching systematically and he is also the first one who advocated that games should be integrated into learning. Froebel’s theory was firstly based on scientific knowledge of the children’s psychological and physiological development and laid a strong foundation of making game teaching ripen progressively.

But from the point of present game teaching of view, Froebel’s game teaching

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was only called teaching practice.

1.2 The theory and the practice of contemporary game teaching

Contemporary game teaching not only became the main activity of Childers’s education but also embodied different grades in primary schools. It became one of effective mechanisms of linking up kindergartens and primary schools.

Education is the cradle of a talented person. Many countries paid much attention to education, especially elementary education. How to improve teaching quality in the primary school and how to solve the problem of children’s interest have become very urgent and important.

Introducing learning games in the primary school has aroused general concern in many countries. In the 1940s, Japan started studying the relationship between kindergartens and primary schools. Some teachers used some useful games in primary schools. American educators also devoted much attention to this research. They used many games in primary schools. In the 1950s, in the Soviet Union the teachers in lower grades adapted games to reduce the degree of study and create good conditions for learning.

From ancient times, Chinese people thought highly of children's education. In Song Dynasty, private schools paid much attention to the children's interests. Zhu Xi also stressed the importance of game teaching.

Since 1949 Chinese education has changed greatly. Many educators who teach little children have achieved great success in game teaching . They have summed up a lot of games or activities such as teaching through children's songs, teaching in

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situations, simulating teaching, P E. games and so on.

Generally speaking, teachers should design and use colorful and varied games according to teaching aims, teaching contents and teaching aids, which provided the abundant sensitive faculty materials.

In the contemporary, Mr. Chen Heqin was one of the greatest educators who made the outstanding contribution to Chinese children’s education and set up the first research center of children’s education-Kindergarten in Gulou. Many games there were full of creativities. He expounded that games were activities that were beneficial to children's psychological and physiological development. Only games could make children lively, so teachers should make good use of all kinds of game materials and give them enough chances to practice according to their ages.

From modern age to the contemporary, game teaching theory has been improved step by step. Many educators, philosophers or thinkers encouraged children to play games. They presented games should be integrated with learning, Now both people abroad and people at home come to realize the importance and the urgency of game teaching in the primary school. As we all know, game teaching is a very useful way to improve primary school English teaching effectiveness. 1.3 The problems of game teaching

From above domestic and foreign game theories, we have discovered that, at present the domestic and foreign game theory had developed a lot. And the teaching testes also accumulated many precious experiences, these theories today regarding us the game factor still has the extremely important inspiration significance. But only has

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