| Primary English teaching syllabus points out: "Interest is a good teacher for pupils to learn a foreign language. And it's an important task for primary school English teachers to arouse students' interest at present."Playing games in English teaching is one of the effective ways which are suitable for the development of children's physiological and psychological characteristics and can foster their interest and generate their thirst for knowledge. In the course of playing games, children take an active part in the games with great interest, enjoy the pleasure and happiness of learning and have a sense of achievement.This thesis is divided into five parts:The first chapter introduces the present situation of primary school English teaching in China and the existing problems. In order to arouse students'interests in English, more and more teachers use games in teaching.The second chapter discusses the characteristics of children and the differences between children and adults in learn a foreign language. So it is important to treat children as human beings, and it is a good way to motivate them to learn English with games.The third chapter introduces English game teaching from four aspects, the definition of games, the reasons for using games, when and how to use games , and give a list of different types of teaching games.The fourth chapter presents some strategies on games teaching and provides some advice on how to organize a game.The fifth chapter is summary. It emphasizes the importance of games both in primary English teaching and in the overall development of children. In a word, playing games is one of the useful activities which are very popular with children of all grades in primary school. If an English teacher can play games in the course of English teaching, children's enthusiasm will be aroused, classroom's atmosphere will be stimulated and teaching effectiveness will be greatly enhanced, at the same time, children will develop very well, physically and physiologically.
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