《好用的英语教学游戏》读书心得 -云中袁玲

《好用的英语教学游戏》心得
Afterthought on the Book Useful English Teaching Games

In May, I read a book named Useful English Teaching Games, from
which I gained a lot in connection with the teaching games in primary
English subject. This book principally introduces various, abundant and
useful English games. The games can make students learn English happily
and help them grasp the knowledge deeper, enhancing the teaching effect.
Here I keep track of the following impressive English games I think the best.
First and foremost, Balloon Game. This game is like the Chinese drum
game. As the drum tums, the gamers will pass the flower to the person next
to him or her. To use this game in English classes, teachers can assign a task
for the whole class, students practice certain sentence patterns. One asks
another, the other answers and asks the next one, the next one answers and
asks... For example, A: What’s your favourite food? B: My favourite food is
cabbage. What’s your favourite food? C: My favourite food is cabbage.
What’s your favourite food? ... In this way, teacher can better see whether
most students grasp the sentence patterns. The students can also better
remember the sentence patterns through speaking. It’s a win-win result.
Secondly, Bomb Game. It is a good suitable game to review the words
and vocabulary in English. Teachers prepare a set of flashcards and some
flashcards sticked with a bomb. The teacher holds the flashcards one by one
for students to read aloud. If the students see a flashcard with a bomb on it,
they should not read it, rather, they should keep silent and hide their heads as
soon as they see the card on the desk. Whoever says the word gets killed and
can no longer join the game. Others continue the game until there exists the

only survivor. This is a interesting game, students can consolidate their
knowledge and get happiness from it.
Thirdly, Angry Eating. It is similar to the saying “a close rapport”.
When we learn such expression adjectives or action words in English, we
can use such a game. This game demands the teacher to first a word card, a
student to show different facial expressions or body language according to
the meaning of the card, the other students guess the corresponding English
word. There are such kinds of words like angry, afraid, happy, surprised,
sleepy, eating, drinking, dancing cleaning, jumping, running, swimming and
so on. This is also a kind of TPR teaching methods. The actions can better
help students learn the English words.
Furthermore, Blind Robot. Blindfold one of the students, the teacher
give orders, the students must act pursuant to the orders. To take an example,
turn left, turn right, go straight, turn around and go across, north, south, east,
west, up, down and so on. If the student make mistakes, he or she will be
punished. Students should know the right direction and grasp the
corresponding English directional words to own to it.
The last but not least, Buzz. When we learn cardinal and ordinal
numbers, days of a week, months or alphabet, we can adopt this game. In
Grade three, when students learn alphabet, the teacher can let all the students
in a class say the alphabets one by one: a, b, c, d, e, f, g... and set a goal:
When it is your turn to say “g and z”, the students should not say the
alphabet, instead, they should say “buzz”. In Grade four, Students say the
numbers one by one: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight nine, ten.
The teacher set a rule: all of the student should not say “six” when it is your
turn to say it, instead, you should say “buzz”. If you say “six”, then you are
out of the game. In Grade five, When students learn ordinal numbers, the

teacher can set a rule: All of the students should not read sixth, sixteenth,
sixtieth. When students learn the numbers from one to fifty, the teacher can
set a rule: All of the students should say decimal numbers like “ten, twenty,
thirty, forty and fifty. When students learn the words such as Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the teacher
can replace “Monday” with “Buzz”, because Monday is relatively easier to
grasp. When students learn the words January, February, March, April, May,
June, July, August, September, October, November and December, the
teacher can set a rule: All students should not say March and May, which are
the easiest words in the month words. Such a game increases the difficulties
for students to finish. In the process, the students can grasp the knowledge
without notice and with happiness and passion.
As English teachers, we get out our ways to figure out some ways to
increase the students’ interest and passion. Let them learn. Let their attention
be concentrated. Let them feel happy in learning English. Let them be eager
to have English class. Only when we grasp their interest can we better
ensure the teaching effect and quality.