Application of Educational Games in English Teaching

Abstract

Educational games can create a free, harmonious and interesting learning environment for learners to help stimulate their interest, which has entertainment feature. The paper introduces the game teaching style into primary school English teaching to stimulate students' strong interest in learning English. First, according to the different forms to introduce the classification of educational games; then, there are four types of teaching content in primary school English teaching, such as words teaching, listening teaching, grammar and speech teaching, so the application model of educational games is proposed; and finally, discussing the educational games effect in the classroom learning. Practice has proven that the use of educational games in primary English teaching not only can mobilize the enthusiasm of students, but also can eliminate fatigue generated in the learning process, and it improves the students' English proficiency effectively.