Teachers’ perceptions on language games in ESL classroom among primary school teachers in Johor Bahru

Abstract

The ever-increasing numbers of ESL students adds greater urgency to the need to prioritize the most effective means by which language proficiency can be enhanced, developing language skills through games being one such method. This study examines the teachers’ perceptions of using language games in ESL classroom. Teachers’ perceptions include the challenges, effectiveness and ways to encourage other teacher to use language games in classroom. Thus, this project report merely focusses on studying teachers’ perceptions in using language games in ESL classroom. A qualitative approach was used to gather the data collected via interview, teachers’ journal and observation instrument. 10 English teachers from Johor Bahru are chosen from random sampling population. This project report expected a better utilization or implementation of language games in ESL classroom since this project report tackles and addresses on effectiveness, challenges and ways to overcome the implementation of language games from teachers’ perceptions.