Playing Games To say the truth, the Russian educational system is rather conservative....Well, incredibly conservative:) We are in a habit of drilling grammar, memorizing words, writing essays, but

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Playing Games To say the truth, the Russian educational system is rather conservative....Well, incredibly conservative:) We are in a habit of drilling grammar, memorizing words, writing essays, but we don't view games and other entertaining activities as an appropriate way of learning a language. Even if teachers are trying hard to adopt new methods, students could be quite skeptical about such approaches.However, I am a lucky one! My new students are very enthusiastic about playing any sort of games in order to provoke free speaking practice. Why? Because they create games themselves. Yes, my new students are company's clients and their job is to develop computer games. Therefore, when they pick a card with a question "How often do you play games?" , I can see signs of delight on their faces and, as a result, they are willing to play every single game that I've prepared for the lesson. " A perfect flatmate", " Summer camp", " Guess the word"-our lessons are full of fun and I truly appreciate their participation in all my sudden ideas. They are a pure source of creativity for me, so I am grateful! My new group is at elementary level now, but as soon as they are ready, I will show them this text. It won't take long, I believe. And what about you? Do you like playing games during your lessons? What games do you play?

Nov 27, 2015 1:35 PM

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Playing Games

To tell the truth, the Russian educational system is rather conservative....well, incredibly conservative. :) We are in the habit of drilling grammar, memorizing words, and writing essays, but we don't view games and other entertaining activities as an appropriate ways of learning a language. Even if teachers try hard to adopt new methods, students might/could be quite skeptical about such approaches. However, I'm one of the lucky teachers!
My new students are very enthusiastic about playing any sort of games in order to encourage free speaking practice. Why? Because they create games themselves. Yes, my new students are company's clients, [1] and their job is to develop computer games. Therefore, when they pick a card with the question "How often do you play games?", I can see signs of delight on their faces, and, as a result, they are willing to play every single game that I've prepared for the lesson. "A perfect flatmate", "Summer camp", "Guess the word" -- [2] these are three of our lessons which are full of fun, and I truly appreciate my students' participation in all my sudden ideas. They are a pure source of creativity for me, and I am grateful to them! My new group is at an elementary level now, but as soon as they are ready, I will show them this text. It won't take long, I believe. And what about you? Do you like playing games during your lessons? What games do you play?