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CONCLUSION
We can say that motivation plays a crucial role in foreign language learning. Teachers of EFL should create motivating conditions for learning. They need to maintain their learners’ motivation by offering stimulating activities and fostering self-esteem, self-confidence, and co-operation among learners. Finally, motivating teachers take care to turn evaluation and feedback into positive experiences.
Vocabulary learning around a topic can begin from the learners rather than from the book, by asking them directly what words they already know and what words they would like to learn about the topic. The presentation of the vocabulary should be as varied as possible because children are interested in the meaning and function of the new language more holistically, in order to play a game, sing a song, or act out a story. Teachers can use an object, cut-out figures, photographs, pictures from books. The meaning of new words can be explained by performing an action, drawing diagrams on the board, giving the analytical definition, or by verbal explanation: putting the new word in a defining context (e.g. we use a pen to write), translating into another language. Recycling vocabulary with board or card games, class surveys, and project work can give children the chance to use the new vocabulary in situations where they have control over the choice of language. This kind of dynamic view makes vocabulary come alive and paves the path to explicit grammar learning.
Through games children can learn English unconsciously like they learn their mother tongue. There are many kinds of games and activities which can be used in teaching English: riddles, puzzles, crosswords, puns, songs. Riddles encourage critical thinking skills. By listening to English songs, children can hear the native pronunciation of words. Music can also help shy children to express themselves. Crossword Puzzles are good because they work on the definition as well as the spelling. Games and special activities form an important part of teaching English to children.
There are a number of reasons that games deserve a place in the language classroom. First of all, they are fun, which is extremely important, because they can help activate students who may have been inactive before, due to lack of interest. Keeping students active is vital because teachers will never be able to actually teach students anything unless they can get them to participate in their own learning process.
Second, games also play a big part in helping participants build relationships, and to feel equal. Playing games in the classroom can also help create a friendly and positive atmosphere where seat arrangement can differ from game to game, and thus cause diversity from the norm which can be extremely helpful in keeping an exciting learning environment.
Third, the reason most people want to learn a language is to be able to use it in real situations, for example when travelling. Games can be a very good way to practice this skill because they can easily be used to reenact various situations from real life and provide students with practice in their fluency.
Also, by using games in the classroom the teacher is giving his students a bigger role, and he himself is stepping out of the frontline which is a positive thing because it allows students to take on more responsibility. And it allows students to do more on their own, and that can very well result in an increase in their confidence level.
Fourth, language students need to be emotionally involved, meaning they need to feel something while they are exposed to the language. Strong emotions, such as happiness, excitement, amusement and suspense allow students to feel positively about their learning situation and are therefore likely to have a positive effect on vocabulary learning.
Finally, games are good for shy students and students with low confidence, and that applies specifically when playing takes place in smaller groups because then they get a chance to speak in front of fewer audience instead of having to express themselves in front of the whole class. Also it is sometimes easier to open up and forget the shyness when playing a game because the atmosphere is not as serious and more emphasis is put on fluency rather than grammatical correctness.
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