GAMES IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
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English as a foreign language, primary school, language acquisition, teaching methods.Abstract
This paper focuses on the use of games in teaching English as a foreign language and it argues that games can be a good teaching method when teaching primary schoolchildren. Through fun activities children can learn a language better as learning becomes natural for them since these activities do not make them conscious that they are learning a language. It explains why games should be used as a teaching method in order to maximize the positive result on language learning.
English as a foreign language; primary school; language acquisition; teaching methods.References
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