Vocabulary acquisition through playful activities in the English classroom

Abstract

This didactic unit is intended to improve and expand vocabulary acquisition for first grade students of secondary level, through the use of playful activities in the classroom. An interesting point in order to motivate and engage students is the use of games in the English classroom. In this way, they feel comfortable and have a good opportunity to speak in the foreign language without paying much attention to their pronunciation or grammar mistakes as it occurs in a spontaneous way. Vocabulary acquisition is the basis for learning any language so that, throughout this paper, there will be considered aspects that ensure the assimilation of the contents raised when implementing theoretical framework such as guidelines to develop a playful activity or the cognitive development of learners in the first grade of the secondary level.