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 .
