DIDACTICAL GAMES, THEIR ROLE IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH BASED ON THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE.

Abstract

 In our country the development on the establishment of new policies have been carried out in order to increase the quality of the professional who graduates from our universities. One of the elements that was taken into account was the students’ mastery of the English language and the antecedents that have been observed which show that our professionals in contexts where they must make use of this language for personal exchanges and in professional contexts, have been limited at the moment to talk to English-speaking colleagues. This work is on the way in which didactic games are a motivational constructive influence in the teaching- learning process of English as a second language and its importance in the implementation of the new policy of English in Cuba, specifically in the University of Holguin. The use of didactic games to develop the ability on speaking in English as a second language was analyzed. The study was carried out in a group of 27 third year mechanical engineering students at the Engineering Faculty in the University of Holguin. Several methods were used such as revision of documents, interview to teachers and students, observation, analysis and synthesis. The lack of motivation and the insufficient development on the speaking ability were found. The most outstanding outcome was the good scoring obtained by the students in the placement tests of English in the 2018-2019 academic year. The authors recommended the use of the set of didactic games in the first years of the university careers.