THE BENEFITS OF USING EDUCATIONAL GAMES ON TEACHING ENGLISH FOR PRIMARY LEVEL PUPILS.
Keywords:
educational games, primary level, learning process, active learners, language development, language skills, practice fluency.Abstract
This article studies the importance of teaching foreign language with the help of educational games and benefits of gamification in the classroom, as well as suggest some games for using in the classroom.
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