The Role of Using Games in Teaching Vocabulary

Résumé

The knowledge of vocabulary plays a very important role in foreign language communication as lack of vocabulary, significantly, affects the language skills. This vividly indicates the importance of vocabulary in foreign language communication. In this respect, this paper attempted to investigate the effectiveness of using games for developing and teaching vocabulary. It also aims to attract the teachers` attention towards the importance of using games which facilitate teaching and learning vocabulary of English. Therefore, this paper is concerned with some types of games that can be used in teaching vocabulary for Libyan learners of English at primary schools