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Another ELT technique i will mention is "Learning English by playing digital games". This technique is appropriate for young learners. Technology offers many opportunities in our age. Therefore, we should benefit from the means that technology offers to us. Most of the children like playing digital games. In our country, the government gives the students technological devices called tablet. Digital games are good for learning, developing strategies and skills to solve problems in context and critical thinking. They increase students' autonomy, motivate them and engage them emotionally. They stand for situated and social learning. They make students the center of attention. For these purposes, as part of European Schoolnet's project, **__Digital [|Games in Schools A Teacher's Handbook] __** was published in 2009. In this book, there are useful information and tips on how to use digital games for education. Can this method be applied in our country? In terms of socioeconomic conditions, unfortunately, there are still many places where opportunities to reach technology are limited. However, as i mentioned above, there are governmental steps to solve these problems. This is, at least, an attempt to do it. With tablet project, students will have more opportunities to make use of the technology. Therefore, i hope this technique can be applied in our schools. There are some examples of these digital-game-based lessons in this blog: [] If there are some interested in the topic, they can have a look at it.

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