HOW TO MAKE VOCABULARY FUN WITH EFL ONLINE GAMES

Abstract

The article is devoted to one of the innovative, alternative tools of teaching vocabulary in EFL classroom and offers students the ways to enhance English vocabulary through browser games. Seven browser games have been presented in the paper. The author considers that games are a source of fresh ideas and relieve the monotony of education. Alongside traditional vocabulary presentations, games play a very important role in language teaching and learning. Moreover, games are a good way to raise students’ motivation for learning English as a foreign language and to improve and extend learning skills, which is essential for language learning. The evidence shows that online games significantly diversify the entire educational process. Based on our teaching experience, we can state that introducing vocabulary through online games greatly facilitates students’ understanding, raises their engagement into the lesson, makes them interested to advance in their learning, provides new ideas and brings variety into the classroom.