The use of games in learning grammar

or understanding of the learning process while they acquire communicative

competence as second language users.

needs to be learnt in the context, practiced and then

revised to prevent students from forgetting.

new grammatical presentation and revision.

and stimulating.
Games can give shy students more opportunities to express

their opinions and feelings.
They also enable learners to acquire new experience .
Games introduce the new ideas.
Easy, relaxed atmosphere
Grammar games are a good way of practicing the language, for they provide a model of what learners will use the language for in real life in future.
Games can lower anxiety.
Games encourage, entertain, teach and promote fluency.

games if they want to make them profitable for the

learning process, if games are to bring desired results, they must correspond to either the students’ level, or age, or the materials, that are to be introduced or practiced.
Another factor influencing the choice of a game is its length and the time necessary for its competition. Many games have time limits but the teacher can either allocate more or less time depending of students’ level, the number of people, etc.

activities or when there is some time left at the

end of the lesson. Games should be used at all stages of the English lesson, provided that they are suitable and carefully chosen.

fluency.