Abstract In the National English Curriculum, the gaol of primary school English teaching is to arouse students’ interest in learning English. Game teaching method is an ideal way to develop students’ learning interest, which is suitable for children’s physiological and psychological development. Using games in primary school English teaching can create a cheerful atmosphere, arouse students’ interests, concentrate students’ attention, develop the four skills, add variation to a lesson, increase motivation and build up students’ confidences in real communication. 53560

Based on the analysis of the advantages of utilizing game in English teaching, the thesis focuses on the application of games in primary school English class, which includes: choosing appropriate games, integrating games into learning, the procedures of using games in teaching and a case study of using games in teaching. Teacher as the initiator should organize games rationally in order to develop students’ learning interest in English. 

Keywords: games; Primary School English teaching; application 

摘要在新课程纲要中，小学英语的教学目标为培养学生学习英语的兴趣。游戏教学法符合小学生生理和心理特点，是一种非常理想的培养学生兴趣的教学方法。文章在仔细分析游戏教学法优点的基础上，重点论述了游戏在小学英语课堂教学中的运用，包括游戏的选择，游戏与学习的结合，以及游戏教学的过程，旨在说明，教师作为小学生英语学习的启蒙者应合理组织游戏来培养学生对英语的兴趣。

毕业论文关键词：游戏；小学英语教学；运用

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Theoretical Background 2

2.1 Psychological background 2

2.2 Linguistic background 3

3. The Advantages of Using Games in Primary School English Teaching 4

3.1 Creating a cheerful atmosphere and arousing students’ interest 4

3.2 Concentrating students’ attention and developing the four skills 5

3.3 Adding variation to a lesson and increasing motivation 6

3.4 Building up students’ confidence in real communication 7

4. Applying Games in Classroom Teaching 7

4.1 Choosing appropriate games 8

4.2 Integrating Games into Learning 9

4.3 Procedures of using games 10

4.4 Case study of using games in teaching 11

5. Conclusion 12

Works Cited 14

 1. Introduction

With the development of the society and the frequent use of English in daily life, English has become one of the basic skill requirements for people in the 21st century. Since the year of 2001, English has become a compulsory subject in the 3rd Grade of elementary school. In recent years, there has been a trend of learning English from a much younger age, and many schools even provide English class for 1st Grade and 2nd Grade students. Many children even have English lessons before they go to school. Teaching English to young students in primary school is very different from teaching adults. When compared to adults, children are lack of motivation and can’t concentrate for a long time. By analyzing the characteristics of students in primary school, the traditional teacher-oriented rote-memorization teaching style is not suitable for the young learners today. So, many advanced teaching methods have been put forward, such as situational teaching method, communicative teaching method, task-based language teaching method and game teaching method.  游戏在小学英语课堂教学中的运用:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_57695.html