What are the characteristics of language education goals contained in listening and speaking games?

The goal of language education contained in listening and speaking games has specific characteristics. The goal of language education contained in listening and speaking games has the characteristics of connection. The goal of language education contained in listening and speaking games is implicit.

Anyone who has heard of games has certain rules. The rules of listening and speaking games are not made out of thin air, but teachers choose appropriate language learning content according to specific language education goals when designing listening and speaking games, and transform the language learning focus of this activity into certain game rules. When children participate in listening and speaking games, they must abide by certain rules of the game and play according to the rules, so they practice their listening and speaking skills in such activities.

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I heard that games are not language games, but language teaching games. The so-called language game has a relatively fixed concept, which refers to a phenomenon that children spontaneously play games and practice pronunciation and words in the process of language development. For example, a 6-7-month-old baby lies alone in bed after eating and sleeping, feeling comfortable and happy, and utters a series of syllables "a-ba-bo-a-bagu-bei-bigu" in his mouth.

Another example is that when children aged 3-4 are playing with their companions, they will mumble their companions' names and say, "Ma Xiaodong is a pony, pony, pony's little mother, and her little mother scolds pony, pony, whoa, whoa, Ma Xiaodong." These oral games have obvious spontaneous speech characteristics, have the nature of playing and practicing oral English, and are meaningless and non-specific language activities. This language phenomenon has the meaning of self-entertainment to a great extent.

In contrast, listening and speaking games are designed and organized by teachers, with clear language learning objectives and clear semantic content, so they are very different from the above language games and can only be called language teaching games.

After distinguishing the differences between listening and speaking games and other games, we can think that the educational goal of listening and speaking games is to cultivate children's listening and expressing ability, and the activities mainly focus on children's understanding and expressing in listening and speaking. Listening and speaking games are language education activities organized in the form of games specially designed to cultivate children's listening and expression skills.