Using game teaching method to construct English class for preschool children

【Abstract】This paper discusses how to use the game teaching method to construct the English class for pre-school children connecting with the teaching practice， starting from the concept and advantages of the game teaching method， and combining the teaching objectives of “English for children”， to realize the teaching objective of satisfying the professional needs of students.

【Key words】game teaching method； preschool English major

【作者簡(jiǎn)介】Yan fang， Jingzhou Educational Institue.

With the rapid development of education in preschool education in China， it has become the first choice for the establishment of various special kindergartens， among which there are many bilingual kindergartens. English classes for children in kindergartens are required special courses for bilingual kindergartens. The development of curriculum depends on the quantity of the teachers. Preschool English is a compulsory course for pre-school students of education major in higher vocational colleges， and it is also a special course for pre-school education major. However， the current situation we are facing is that in the traditional teaching mode， children’s English class is still in the teaching of pronunciation， grammar， vocabulary and sentence patterns. It only focuses on students’ English language quality and ignores that students are about to be the teachers and use what they have learned to teach children English. Facing this situation， as the teacher who undertakes the course of “English for children”， it is necessary to innovate and reform the teaching from the perspective of students’ professional needs， so as to stimulate the interest and enthusiasm of preschool students in learning and using English， and cultivate and improve their English professional ability.

Next， the author combines the teaching practice of preschool English with the readers to discuss how to use the game teaching method to construct the new English classroom for preschool children.

I. The advantages of game teaching method

As a combination of “game” and “teaching”， “game teaching” is a new and effective teaching method， and it is also the most common teaching method in kindergartens. It is taught in the form of games， which can greatly arouse students’ interest in learning and desire for knowledge， and enable them to learn the contents of the textbook unconsciously in a lively atmosphere， in a happy and quick activity， and in a fierce competition.

Compared with the traditional teaching method， using game teaching method to carry out English teaching can activate the classroom and stimulate students’ learning enthusiasm. The best motivation for learning is that students have an intrinsic interest in what they are learning， and the best way to stimulate the interest is through games， said by American psychologist John bruner. Compared with college English in the public course， the teaching content of children’s English is much simpler. It can be said that the vocabulary of children’s English is only in the scope of junior middle school learning， and at the same time， the learning of grammar and sentence patterns is only emphasized. For such a simple learning content， if the teaching teachers is still with the guide of the textbook， “English for children” will be in a dilemma. The current teaching situation requires us to use the game teaching method to construct the English class for preschool children in the process of classroom organization of preschool children’s English， so as to arouse the enthusiasm of students and make them actively participate in the teaching environment.

II. Teaching objectives of English for children

According to the teaching requirements， in the teaching arrangement， the teacher let students understand the teaching purpose and tasks of this course. Children English comprehensively systematically expounds the theoretical basis of children’s English teaching， the basic principles and teacher training requirements and goals， and based on the characteristics of higher vocational college education pays attention to practice， combining with rich training activities， to help students master the basic organization of children’s English teaching activity methods and techniques， and enables students to use scientific theory knowledge， develop children’s English teaching practice effectively. Through learning of this course， students should understand the basic theory of children’s English teaching and the psychological characteristics of children’s language learning， understanding of preschool English teachers’ basic quality requirements， to master the basic principles of children’s English education and basic methods， familiar with early childhood bilingual education activity， and the ability of using theory of scientific knowledge， determine the specific teaching goal， independent child English lesson plan design， proper selection and use of a variety of children’s English education resources， through classroom teaching， game activities， children’s songs， stories， teaching and the way of infiltration activities， organize and guide the children’s English teaching activities， In this way， students will be trained as innovative English teachers with new ideas， strong ability and solid basic teaching skills.

III. The combination of children’s English and game teaching method

“English for children” begins one semester， once a week and two periods at a time. It also includes two weeks of student internship in the kindergarten in this term. So， it’s not long. In the limited time， how to start from the existing textbooks to analyzing and designing games is very important. Students can be taught practical vocational English. These are the problems that the author are thinking in the teaching process. The author adopts the teaching model of combining theory teaching， classroom simulation and practical training in teaching. Out from classroom teaching and the importance to develop with kindergarten education teaching learning is closely related to the various forms of activities for the classroom simulation， using “speaking practice combination”， “more earnestly practice”， at the same time with the classic case teaching， heuristic， discussion-based， found that the type， the exploratory teaching method， the integration of production， study and explore the practice teaching plan.

When teaching the words of color， the author tried to simulate the teaching plan to stimulate students’ thought. The author introduces the game “l(fā)ittle magician” in class. Before class， the author prepared 13 clean bottles， which contained half a bottle of clean water. On each bottle cap， I carefully applied watercolor paint. “It’s clean. I am a magician. I can change its color. Shake， Shake， Shake. Wow， what’s color is It？”” The student said the English word of the color. The students are very interested in the “magic”. After the demonstration of two or three colors， I asked the students to perform on stage. The requirement is that the whole game must be organized in English， and the students below can be guided to repeat the color words. Repeat the words of each color when all the colors are presented to the students. This is a demonstration of children’s English class. In the process of instructing students to complete teaching tasks， it is actually a process of enhancing students’ confidence. The simple English class organization language and the interesting game activity form not only have attracted the student’s attention but also has greatly raised the student’s interest， the students also can lift a lesson from the beginning to apply the game to their child’s English class.

The teaching practice has proved that using game teaching method to construct preschool child English new course has greatly stimulated the students’ learning interest and enthusiasm， it broke through the disadvantages of traditional teaching method. It not only let the children’s English classr truly “l(fā)ive” rise but promote the efficient output English class， creating the pre-school education professional English class with real characteristics.