The advantages of using games in the language classroom

The advantages of using games in the language classroom:

Games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. The teacher use games in the classroom from time to time to help and encourage many learners to keep up their interest and work in other words “break the routines”. Games also help the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful. In some games they give the students the opportunity to understand what others are saying or have written, to speak or to write in order to express their own point of view or give information.They are motivating and challenging for the students. They encourage students to interact and communicate. They also improve the skills “reading, writing, speaking and listening” and their memorize of the grammars rules & vocabularies with their spelling. Finally, they create a meaningful context for language use.