The role of games in teaching english

RESULTS: 
Games have four areas: 
1. Writing is a skill that, even in the native 
language, is learnt and not acquired. That fact 
could explain in part why writing is often 
considered to be difficult, or even boring in the 
target language. Another explanation could be 
that it is often assigned as homework, and 
many students don’t like homework. One 
possible reason why writing can be viewed as 
being difficult is because the writer does not 
get an immediate feedback similar to what 
happens during conversations, and as a result 
the writer could feel more insecure about his 
work. Some teachers also unwisely use writing 
as punishment: “Ok, just for that Bobby, I want 
to see an essay on my desk tomorrow on the 
dangers of smoking!” Writing also demands a 
completely different language than normally 
used in conversations. For students in school 
this must not become their experience of 
writing because that can lead to their loathing 
of writing. Games can be a good way to prevent 
this because not only are games fun but they 
can provide writers with a reason to write and 
it is obvious that writing will become easier 

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NOVATEUR PUBLICATIONS
JournalNX- A Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Journal
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2581 - 4230
 
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 6, June. -2021
 
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when there is a clear reason instead of just 
having to write because the teacher said so. 
Another thing that games can provide for 
writers is an audience. In many games other 
students will play the reader’s part and 
therefore provide the writer with the necessary 
feedback that writing often lacks. A variety of 
interactive writing games can be found on the 
internet and teachers can, without much effort, 
create a game that practices writing. For 
example, when teaching students how to write 
a formal letter a game where participants 
would have to rearrange sentences to position 
them correctly, so they make a formal letter, 
could be a good game.
2. Listening - most people remember training 
their listening skill mainly by doing listening 
activities when they were in school. Listening 
activities might very well be an effective way of 
training that particular skill but teachers need 
to remember to keep the activities versatile or 
their students might get bored. By combining 
listening with games, teachers might prevent 
their students from getting bored, and by 
keeping them interested they are increasing 
the chances of the students achieving their 
goals. An example of a good listening game is 
the famous game “Simon says” where one