USING GAMES TO MAKE EXCITING AND EFFECTIVE ENGLISH LEARNING

Yuni - Ni'wati

Abstract


Learning English for children will be more effective if the learners feel happy with the learning activity because they will have positive energy, strong motivation to learn and it will make them able to achieve the target. Playing games while learning English will make the students happy and excited to learn English and will force the students to practice English a lot and it will make the learning process. effective. To select and use the games, English teachers should consider some factors such as the instructional goal, the condition of the students, the steps of the games, the condition of the learning environment, the exposure of the students' skill. There are many kinds of games English teachers can apply, even the teachers can create the games by themselves. Each game has specific characteristics and the teachers can select which game is the most appropriate to apply with the material or the learning target the learners will achieve.


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games, exciting and effective English learning

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