The Impact of Video Games in the Acquisition of English Language: The Case of Saudi Youths
The Impact of Video Games in the Acquisition of English Language: The Case of Saudi Youths

Summary/Abstract: Over the last few decades, teaching English has become a phenomenon in Saudi Arabia, especially to young learners. English is taught as a main subject in kindergarten and elementary schools. Like any other children, Saudis accept new foreign languages easily, but they get bored very quickly if the teacher teaches them using the old conventional methods and techniques. The aim of this paper is to highlight that games are effective tools when devised to explain vocabularies and they make it easier to remember their meanings. This paper deals with a literature review of teaching English vocabulary to young learners using games. Then it discusses the importance of using games in teaching vocabulary and in what way using them is helpful. After that it investigates the practical implications of using games to teach vocabulary that includes the implementation of vocabulary games and some examples of games that could be used to teach vocabulary to children. And finally it examines challenges teachers face when teaching vocabulary using games to young learners.

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