The role of games in learning English plan

A REMEMBERING-NUMBER GAME

Language	Names of people in the class.
Skills	Listening and speaking.
Control	Controlled.
Level	Beginners.
Time	10 minutes.
Materials	A screwed-up ball of paper for each group.

Preparation: Prepare the balls of paper. ^:
Procedure: Group work or class work for small classes.
This game is intended for learners who do not know each other very well. It is one of the many games which help people in a group to learn each other's names quickly. Arrange the learners in a circle. (There should not be more than is or 15 in a circle, so more circles if necessary!) Give one learner a tight ball of paper. He/she must then throw it to anyone else in the circle. The learner catching the ball must say his/her own name before throwing the ball to someone else. After everyone has said their name at least twice, you change the rules. Now the thrower must say the name of the person they arc going to throw the ball to.
If the catcher misses the ball or drops it the thrower must retrieve the ball, return to his/her place, and then choose someone else to throw the ball to. And so it continues.
Variation: Group or class work.
You can alter the rules by asking players not to throw the ball to the same person twice or by insisting that the bail is only thrown to someone of the opposite sex.


SOUND GAMES
Sound effects can create in the listener's mind an impression of people, places and actions. There is a demand for the listener to contribute through the imagination. This inevitably leads to individual interpretations, and individual interpretations lead to a need to exchange points of view and to express opinions and ideas. ,.
This section of games, although concerned with listening, also gives rise to rich oral production.