The fact that games are the most suitable instructional activities for young learners is obvious
because they are a natural part of their existence. Nedomová (2007, p.17) argues that “young learners
are not able to pay their attention for more than 10-20 minutes and after that they start to be bored and
tired.” Especially when grammar teaching is too dependent on rules and memorization, they start to
lose their interest and motivation. Teachers know that young learners like being physically active as
they learn by doing. Moreover, they are imaginative and creative and they learn without being aware
of it. Besides, young learners use their previous experience, knowledge, several skills, and abilities
which help the teacher present the new information by enabling children to practice the new
knowledge on top of their previous knowledge (Nedomová, 2007, p. 28). Therefore, the best way to
direct this capacity in grammar teaching is using games. Bekiri (2003, p.1) states that when a lesson
includes a game, the game gives a chance to the teacher to help learners acquire new forms and lexis
in an effective way. It should not be a complicated game, but a simple one because it is usually more
effective as young learners find it difficult to understand a long list of rules. Similarly, games should
also include praise and encouragement because young learners always love to be the centre of
attention. In addition to all these, it should be born in mind that games should be as short as possible
because as mentioned before, young learners are able to pay their attention to the games just for a
limited time. Hong (2002) gives some suggestions to teachers about using games for teaching young
learners by claiming that: