The impact of songs and games in english language teaching

Games

By definition, games are fun and nearly everyone would agree that if learning can be more enjoyable b then students will learn more. Games provide an excellent opportunity to use grammar and build a vocabulary network.

Lesson plan

Date: May 15^th, 2010 School: CEM Keur Momar Sarr

Level: 4^th form

Number of students: 54 Boys: 30 girls: 24

Level proficiency: mixed ability class

Nature of activity: chart filling

Timing: 1hour

Materials: Handouts, chalk, board......

Objectives: at the end of this lesson students should be able to:

Know and use some adjectives

Know colour expressions

Game with adjectives:

This game consists in finding the correct adjectives in the sentences and from the adjectives you find their opposite to fill in the chart.

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Across 1. To be ___ , I did not like your performance. 4. Don't throw the bottle away. It may come in ___. 6. He's so ___. He grasps the concepts so quickly! 7. Don't be ___. You are among friends. 8. How ___ he is! He keeps insisting on that. 10. We must have a ___ discussion about our relationship. 11. This is a ___ piece of writing! It's tidy and carefully done. Down 2. I'm ___. I'd like a glass of water, please. 3. Why are you ___ with me? I didn't do anything wrong. 5. You look ___. Did you stay up all night? 9. I like ___ music, not loud music.

Game with color Expressions

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Across 1. My little brother is the ___ sheep of the family. 3. He's rarely so pessimistic! Why is he in such ___ mood today? 6. Do we have to go through all this ___ tape to get his permission? 7. I bought this at a ___ elephant sale. Down 1. That movie always makes me feel ___. 2. Congratulations! You passed your math examination with flying ___. 3. He has a ___ thumb and likes to garden. 4. He has a ___ streak in him and is often afraid. 5. Look at him! He has become ___ with rage.

Procedures:

Students are asked to fill in the gap with adjectives and then find the opposites of the adjectives and place them in the chart. Chart 1

Students are asked to fill in the gap of the sentences with names of colours and then complete the chart. Chart 2

Chapter four: methodology

4.1 Research techniques and instruments: descriptive analysis

The study includes two questionnaires: one destined to English teachers and the other to students of the fourth form level. Both questionnaires aim to assess teachers' and learners' perceptions of songs and games teaching in their working conditions. In the teachers' questionnaires, respondents are requested to spell out their point of views by ticking one of the right boxes. As for students, their questionnaire aimed to rate activity effectiveness or ineffectiveness among the most currently used ones.

The study involved a sample population of 105 people (male and female) operating as teachers or students in different secondary schools of Senegal.