Why use language games?
Games:
- Are motivating and challenging.
- Provoke a reaction - amusement, challenge, interest, surprise, competition
- Help students to sustain the effort of learning.
- Provide practice in all language skills.
- Provide a welcome break from the usual routine of the language class.
- Encourage students to interact and communicate.
- Create a meaningful context for language use.
(Lee Su Kim (1995); Lee (1979), Wright et al. (1984))