USE OF EDUCATIONAL GAMES WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS IN ENGLISH TEACHING

Cavide Demirci,Süheyla Oran Çınar

doi:10.46827/ejes.v9i1.4087

Cavide Demirci, Süheyla Oran Çınar

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https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v9i1.4087

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Abstract

Games are important in today’s learning environment. A teacher needs to enrich teaching with a variety of techniques. In this study, it is aimed to get the opinions of primary school 2nd grade students about teaching “animals” subject using games with recycled materials. The study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design with pretest – posttest control group. A pretest - posttest was used as a data collection tool and also a game evaluation form and a semi-constructed interview with teacher were used to get the opinions of the students and the teacher participating in the research. As a result of the research, pretest and posttest results of the students showed that the game had a very positive effect on the learning and the opinions of the teacher and students showed that this game had a positive atmosphere and students had a lot of fun while learning. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0928/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

Highlights

In today’s learning environment, a teacher cannot expect students to speak the language actively in an environment where students only listen to him or where he does not encourage their participation in the lesson
To see whether the games with recycled materials have a positive effect on the learning of experimental group, ttest is applied to the test results as shown in Table 3: Table 3: t –test Results of the Pre-test and Post-test of the Experimental Group
The significant relationship between the pre-test and post-test results of the experimental group shows that the game has a positive effect on the learning of the students

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Introduction

In today’s learning environment, a teacher cannot expect students to speak the language actively in an environment where students only listen to him or where he does not encourage their participation in the lesson. A teacher should encourage students to participate in the lesson and create an active learning environment. Games can be used as an effective learning tool in creating an environment where students can participate. They get to know how to research, acquire new information, rearrange and structure their knowledge by playing games (Ramazan, 2013: 2.). A game is one of the means by which children express themselves in the most comfortable and free way. Primary school children need to play (Gökbulut and Yumuşak, 2014: 675; Pehlivan, 1997: 80)

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