TEACHING AIDS

For many years , we have used games in the classroom activities or the after school ones ; however , they are designed of paper or wood , which can’t interest the students much in studying and it takes the teacher much time to prepare at home and to manipulate in class.
Following the latest trend in applying information technology to teaching activities , we can design certain games on slides in Power Point by various kinds of animations with different sound effects , which makes contents show more attractively and the teacher manipulate more quickly .
On the occasion of the teaching aids competition , I ‘d like to introduce a work named GAMES ON SLIDES IN POWERPOINT . May I skip off without telling how to design the work ? I hope I will do that some time when competing as an invention .
Thank you very much .
NGUYEN TRAN SANH

To interest the students in the
studying activities in class.
To help the students revise and
practice vocabulary , grammar ,
lexical sets, language effectively.
* To save time .

To get students to revise the meaning of words .

The Crossword consists of 8 rows . Each row which contains a number of squares is the suggestion about a question’s answer .
The Ss work in groups . When a group chooses a row , the question will appear . With each correct answer in a fifteen-second period , the group to choose the question gets 4 marks and the others 2 marks . After 2 rows opened, a certain group which can give the crossword ‘s key word correctly gets 8 marks ; however, if answering incorrectly , of course , the group will be missed the next chance of the game . The group to have the best mark wins.
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1. Rome is the capital of this country.
2.This is the country of mist .
3. This is the country where the Olympic
Games originated.
4.The unit of currency of this
country is peseta .
5.This is the country which has a border
with Spain to the north and east.
6. The traditional ‘ classic’ and ‘romantic’ styles
of ballet developed in France and in this
country in the 19th century.
7.The people of this country are proud
of the talented composer Beethoven.
8.This country is famous
for champagne.
_ To get students to complete the sentences with the correct information from the text .

_ The teacher shows a grid on the slide with nine numbered squares in it . There are 3 lucky numbers . If a pair which chooses a lucky number has 2 marks without giving the answer. The numbers left contain sentences to complete. The correct answer brings a pair 2 marks . If a pair can`t answer correctly , the others have the chance to answer. In the end , the pair to have the best mark wins.

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To get students to put new vocabulary into a sentence or make a question / sentence.



The teacher shows a grid on the slide with nine numbered squares in it . Each number contains a question - word .
The Ss work in pairs. One pair is “ noughts “(O) and the other is “ crosses “ (X)
One pair starts . She/He chooses any number and makes a question with it .If the question is correct , the teacher puts a mark ( O or X ) in that square ; if the question is incorrect , the other pair can make.
The first pair to get three in a row ( across , down , or diagonally ) wins .
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To get students to recognize the spelling of new words.

The teacher shows the WORD SQUARE on the slide .
The teacher tells the Ss what the topic is and how many hidden words there are and what directions the words belong ( up, upward , down , downward / diagonally , across : left to right ; right to left . The Ss highlight any word they can see on the handout . The student to have the most words in the shortest period of time wins.
e.g. : Look at the word square . There are 7 words from Unit 14 in the word square . There are 3 words diagonally _ 2 upwards and 1 downwards( showing the direction of down ) ; 1 word up; 1 word down ; 1 words across from left to right and 1 words from right to left .
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To get students to revise lexical sets .

Write a network on the slide and put some more words below it . ( These words conclude not only concrete nouns but also some verbs).
Get the students to put the given words in the appropriate circles .
Students fill in the remaining empty circles with their own words .
eat an armchair cook get dressed a knife
rice a shower a bed a table sleep
B. ROLE OF THE GAMES

1. CROSSWORD , WORD SQUARE and NET WORKS are used in Warm-Up with a view to revising vocabulary and guessing the topic of the lesson .
2. LUCKY NUMBER , NOUGHTS AND CROSSES are used in Controlled-Practice or While-reading with a view to practicing language and reading skills .