What are the Attitudes of Young Learners Toward the use of Games at a Foreign Languages Center in Cao Lanh City?
Synopsis
These days, games have been seen as an effective tool for teaching and learning English, especially for young learners. Therefore, this study aims to find out the attitudes of young learners towards the use of games. The instrument of this research comprised a 4-scale questionnaire with 11 items. The respondents were 42 students at a foreign languages center. The findings showed that all the participants (100%) liked playing games. Additionally, most of the respondents (88%) acknowledged the useful role of games in terms of helping them memorize the lesson better. Moreover, the considerable majority of students (85%) expressed that they felt happy when playing games. The results also suggested that when deploying games in class, teachers should take learners’ competence into account so as to maximize educational effectiveness. Then, pedagogical implications and recommendations are presented in order to encourage the use of games.
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