The musical chairs game in a foreign language classroom !!

The beneficial part in learning process when using 

kinaesthetic approach ,

 that is movement in a foreign language classroom 

is very well-known .

I strongly recommend the musical chair as one of the best 

activities to use in which movement plays an integral and important 

part in the learning process .

I will explain the reasons .

First of all , musical chairs is a game , 

a very friendly game to all young learners . 

Every game played in the classroom relieves from stress , 

encourages all the young learners to interact , 

to actively participate in the learning process by playing !!

This particular game not only help the teacher teach everything has to be taught ( new vocabulary , new grammar rule etc ) through playing ,but also teaches them the internal value of cooperation , of socializing , of sharing !

Secondly , by applying this game to a multilingual classroom , 

the learners will be very happy and actively participate in this 

activity ( so subconsciously to his/her learning process ) simply 

because they would love the movement part . 

As it is known, foreign language learners can learn better the 

language patterns with the kinaesthetic approach , that is by 

walking , dancing, crawling etc , 

all those funny movements done in the classroom !

Thirdly , I have to mention here that musical chairs games 

has a strong effect on them through music , of course ! 

Music plays a tremendous role on the psychics of every child ! 

Imagine that in a foreign language classroom .

The child, when he/she listens to the music in a multilingual 

( and monolingual ) foreign language classroom , 

he/she feels at ease, very relaxed and happy ! 

He/she is now more flexible and open to new 

knowledge than before . 

Also, something else is taught through the music chairs game . 

They are able to distinguish the different rhythms of the music

 ( they know when to dance and when to stop and look for an empty chair to sit on ) . 

This help them with the phonological awareness in a new language 

taught leading to a better perspective of both the receptive and 

expressive parts and in the receptive part of the foreign language.

Try to play this game in your foreign language classroom 

and I hope you will have the results you desire .