Jiménez Álvarez, MariselaCedeño López, Ana Luxiola2026-07-042026-07-042024-12-16Cedeño López, A. L. (2024). Language games to describe events in past tense for A1 level students in High School [TESIS MAESTRÍA]. Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador.MAESTRÍA EN PEDAGOGÍA DEL INGLÉS COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERAhttps://dspace.ube.edu.ec/handle/123456789/3837TESIS-MAESTRÍAThe purpose of this study was to determine whether using language games to teach English as a foreign language in a public Schools in Puyo city, Amazon region in Ecuador has any benefits in the students’ learning. The study's issue was that, according to the researcher, a low student performance in English language evaluations, a lack of motivation, and a weak students’ participation in class are the main causes of the issue. Exam scores, teacher’s classroom observation, conversation with other English teachers, and the researcher’s expertise teaching English as a foreign language were used to document this issue. This research has a mixed methodology in which an interview, class observation, and a pre-test was applied. The quantitative results obtained from the pre-test guides us to determine students’ reinforcement in describing events and the use of the simple past tense. The sample study consists of 26 students in ninth grade and 2 English Language teachers. In this manner, the data required to carry out this research was acquired. A post-test intervention allowed us to say that teaching English using language games is useful for EFL Learners. Language games might help the students build up a good relationship with the new language. The study suggests incorporating enough language games to practice verbs in simple past tense within the syllabus based on these findings which were favorable increasing students’ meaningful learning.en-UShttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Language Gamesevent descriptionmotivationmeaningful learningThesis