年月日 Using Games Effectively in English Class Written by:****** Supervised by:***** Department of Foreign Languages Suzhou University April 10, 2010 Acknowledgements My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to ***, My supervisor, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form. Second, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Miss Zhang, who led me into the world of translation. I am also greatly indebted to the professors and teach at the Department of Foreign Languages; Miss Liu, who has instructed helped me a lot in the past two years. Last my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving consideration and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis. Abstract With the quality-oriented education put into force in our country, the teaching method in English has been changed from the traditional “duck-filling” method to the elicitation method. Using well-chosen games in teaching English is a good way that not only simple and convenient, but also effective. It is one of the best ways in the elicitation methods of teaching. This paper is made up of four parts: the significance and importance of games, the characteristics of games, the fields of using games and something that the teacher should pay attention to. A well-chosen game is invaluable, it helps the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful, help many learners to sustain their interest and work. A game is a closed activity, has a ludicrous element that other interacti
