| Abstract |
Learning tenses is an uphill task for ESL (English as a Second Language)
learners, es-pecially children. One of the reasons is that grammatical
structures in English are in-herently different from those of the mother tongue.
More often than not learners find it difficult to comprehend and apply the rules
accurately for effective communication. Hence, they become frustrated and
give up trying to learn the language. The main purpose of TYT is to address
the said problems faced by these learners besides provid-ing a fun, exciting
and interactive environment to reinforce the rules of tenses learnt. Presently,
English language games tend to focus on parts of speech and vocabulary
learning but not many emphasise on tenses. TYT fills in the gap to reinforce
the learn-ing of tenses and its application in different everyday contexts.
Children can learn with their peers while playing in an enjoyable setting which
will promote better reten-tion of their tenses knowledge. TYT is also useful for
language educators as an alter-native teaching tool to drill the rules of tenses
which otherwise would be too monoto-nous and dry for students in the
classroom |