Games are an important element when it comes to learning. Here is an interesting article from Cambridge English blog.
When talking about games or playing, we don’t often immediately think of the classroom or learning. The first thing that comes to mind is often frivolous activity that both kids and adults engage in for fun. And yet, it is not uncommon for games to be used in education.
In the English language learning classroom, games can be used as fun warm-up activities before diving into the meatier parts of the lesson, or throughout the lesson itself in order to practise the bits of grammar or vocabulary introduced earlier. In rarer instances, full lessons can be transformed into a game – an extended role-playing activity with scenarios full of opportunities to practise the language in a simulated ‘real-world’ environment.
The role of games in education goes far beyond their entertainment value, and this is why the New Product Development team at Cambridge Assessment English now seriously explores the benefits of video games in learning and assessment.