T18

Question 1

Why is it mentioned the Decree 97/2015 related with games? Which article?

Answer 1

Because creativity is directly related to key competences, which appear in Article 6 of this law

Question 2

How do games contribute to the development of the pragmatic subcompetence?

Answer 2

Games exercise not only students’ ability to formally manage the language, but also their ability to react and act by means of real situation in which language take place.

Question 3

Example of games depending on the material used.

Answer 3

Body: simon says
Oral: bingo
Online: kahoot
Board: scrabble
Cards: matching pairs

Question 4

Characteristics of games

Answer 4

Fun
Limited
Uncertain
Governed by rules
Non productive
Fictitious
Motivating
Creative

Question 5

Which type of game would you use to improve accuracy? Why?

Answer 5

Language control games because such games are focus on repetition of structures or vocabulary

Question 6

What is the relation between creativity and CC?

Answer 6

Creativity help students to develop the communicative competence, because it allows them to look for different ways to communicate, to use different communication strategies to achieve a specific objective or communicative intention

Question 7

What is informal investigation?

Answer 7

It is one of the method propose to develop creativity that consists on learning through discovering. The students will find solutions to the given problems by themselves.

Question 8

Why is LOMLOE mentioned?

Answer 8

Because games will contribute to one of the main objectives in education, to get an integral development of our pupils

Question 9

8 guidelines for the management of games

Answer 9

• Rules clear
• Demostration
• Variety
• Not overuse
• Set time limits
• Consider the learning value
• Consider the language needed
• More than 1 Winner

Question 10

What does Ken Robinson stated about creativity?

Answer 10

“If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come out with something original”

Question 11

2 Cites of games

Answer 11

“To keep alive creativity is the key to change education” Ken Robinson (2015)

“Playing is the highest form of research” Albert Einstein

Question 12

What does stage objective A from the Order of January say?

Answer 12

A. “To develop self-confidence, critical sense, personal initiative, entrepreneurial spirit and the capacity to learn, play, evaluate risks and assume responsibilities”

Question 13

Introduction

Answer 13

• Traditionally - nowadays (games)
• RD Communicative competence
• Guillén (2015) Playing requires decisions, which makes brain work and estimulate creativity
• This creativity - KC Decree 97/2015
• Prospective