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/^t/Games can be used at any stage of the learning process from controlled repetition through guided practice to free expression. Moreover, they provide language practice in all the four skills: speaking, writing, listening and reading comprehension plus are a perfect activity for their integration. And it is especially at the secondary school level that emphasis is put on skills integration. Games serve both linguistic and communicative aspects of language with a real-life context. Thus, they create situations in which communication is essential while simultaneously, they focus students' attention on specific structures, grammatical patterns, and vocabulary items.