Chapter Four Existing Problems 11

4。1 Ignoring the cultivation of students’ language competence 11

4。2 A few participators 12

4。3 not appropriate requirements of games 12

4。4 A waste of time 13

Chapter five Countermeasure 15

5。1 Reasons for the problems 15

5。2 Principles of game teaching method 15

5。2。1 Linguistic 15

5。2。2 Universality 16

5。2。3 Appropriateness 17

5。2。4。 Pragmatically 17

References 18

The Application of Games in Primary school English Teaching

Chapter One Introduction

1。1 Background

Nowadays with the development of world economy, countless Chinese people have been attracted by English。 At the same time, it is playing an important role in primary school education。 In 2001, the Ministry of Education regulated that students from grade three began to learn English in some developed areas。 From then on, the primary school English education has entered a rapid development period。文献综述

As everyone knows, most of people focus on examination in China’s education, and this kind of trend will not change in next several years。 Students should obey teachers’ words in traditional class, because teachers are the centre。 In this mode, most students will feel boring, because they just need to take notes while their teachers are talking about language points。 Teachers only pay attention to teaching students the important points but fail to keep students interested in English。 After a serious of evolution, primary English teaching has gradually changed some of the old rules to meet the needs of the modern world。 Now primary school English teaching no longer pays close attention to teachers。 Meanwhile, redesigned students’ textbooks are more suitable for students learning English and improving interest in English。 The contents of the textbooks are abreast of the times and closer to the students’ life。 The textbooks(2014) contain many interesting parts, such as Checkout time, Sound time, Rhyme time, Song and so on。 They also have many stories parts, such as Story time and Cartoon time。 During the process of learning these parts, students can learn knowledge through watching video or playing role-play games。 The contents of textbooks are written from simple to complex, so it is more suitable for students’ cognitive features。

Some people think that the fundamental goal in primary school English teaching is helping students develop English language knowledge and skills。 It is not totally correct。 We should not neglect children’s motivation and interests in learning 。 How to keep students’ interest? How to arouse their curiosity? One of the effective ways which motivate children to work hard and develop their interest in learning English is playing games in primary school English teaching。 Today, more and more teachers realize the wonderful functions of game teaching。 Teachers also make some mistakes during the process of playing games from time to time。来~自,优^尔-论;文*网www。youerw。com +QQ752018766-

1。2 The significance and purpose

The author’s aim is knowing and emphasizing the effectiveness and importance of games in primary school English teaching, and to investigate problems and strategies during the process of application games。 “Interesting is a good teacher for pupils to learn a foreign language。” However, what are children interested in? The answer is game。 It is children’s nature。 Games can keep their interest and attract their attention。 It is an effective means which is easy to cultivate students’ interest in learning。 Generally speaking, learning language is hard and boring。 Learners need work hard at every moment for a long period of time。 Games contribute to English lessons are filled with relaxed atmosphere, vivid class interaction and wonderful class contents。 Therefore, students will enjoy studying English。 Never forget that “Interest is the best teacher to learn everything。”