English learning games and even video games can help you learn and master English faster and improve overall comprehension. Homework, quizzes, tests, and even in-class assignments can cause a great deal of stress and anxiety in students. Games can also play an equal role in making us learn English. In Fact, they can’t make us feel stressed. We enjoy playing games. And games, including education, improves our skills.
Here is a simple game to improve your English Fluency.
Resources, Instructions and Tips are mentioned to make you know about how to play the Hangman game.
Hangman
Hangman is a classic spelling game known throughout many English-speaking countries. This game is a “one vs. group” game in which one person faces off against a group of people.
Materials: Blackboard, whiteboard, or piece of paper; chalk, marker, or pen
Summary: One person, whom we’ll call the “chooser,” selects a mystery word and writes down a blank for each letter in it. People in the group then take turns guessing a letter. For each incorrect guess, the chooser draws part of a hangman. For each correct guess, the chooser fills in the missing letters wherever they appear in the word. Play ends when either the mystery word is guessed or when the hangman is complete.
How Does Hangman Teach You English?
Hangman is a great game for cementing spelling and vocabulary knowledge. You must be able to recognize how letters fit together to form English words as well as know how to spell words so that you can guess the correct letters. Finally, you must know a wide range of vocabulary in order to correctly guess the mystery word.
How to Play Hangman
Step -1: One player selects a mystery word
For example, Helga Reeta picks the word “rabbit.” “Rabbit” has six letters in it, so she draws six blanks. She also draws a pole for the hangman and a box for keeping track of any incorrect letters guessed.
Step -2: One by one, the other plays guess letters
If the letter is in the mystery word, the chooser must write that letter wherever it appears in the word. If the letter is not in the word, the chooser writes it in the box and then draws one part of the hangman. Let’s say Phoebe guesses the letter “H,” Nadine guesses “L,” Harold guesses “E,” and Arnold guesses “B.” Helga writes the incorrect letters in the box and the correct letters in the word; she also draws three parts of the hangman.
Step -3: Play continues until the mystery word is guessed OR the hangman is complete
If someone in the group guesses the correct word, they win! If the group doesn’t guess the word, however, the chooser wins. A complete hangman usually has a head, a body, two arms, two legs, and a face.
Tips for Playing Hangman
- Guess common letters first!
Most native English speakers start by guessing some of the most common letters in words, which include all vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and the consonants “r,” “s,” and “t.”
- For a slightly easier game, use categories.
For example, let’s say before Helga chose the word “rabbit,” she told the group she’d be choosing a word from the category “Animals.” This makes it easier to figure out which letters and words you should guess.
- For a more difficult hangman game, use phrases instead of single words.
Be sure to clearly indicate where spaces between words are.
- If you’re the chooser, write down the word you’ve picked on a piece of paper
You can use this to ensure you’ve written down the correct number of blanks and are spelling the word right.
- Consider ahead of time what a complete hangman looks like
You might want to talk it over with your group to determine how much you can draw until a hangman is complete. Most people draw the following body parts:
- A head
- A body
- Two legs
- Two arms
- Two eyes
- A nose
- A mouth
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Q. Why are games so important in the English language classroom?
Games are one of the important components in improving your child’s English fluency. They include activities which have goals, rules and at the same time fun.