The author presents an innovative concept for teaching history to children aged 1-4 in a way adapted for children and in a friendly form. The concept explains to children events and processes that took place in the past and which were crucial for the development of human civilisation. Such a presentation of history to children creates a background to the further process of collecting information at school and allows children to become fascinated by history before they are forced to learn it.
The aim of this article is to present the wide scope of application of ludic techniques in foreign language teaching, in particular in the teaching of languages for specific purposes (LSP). The history of ludic techniques is depicted, games, simulations and WebQuest are discussed and the concept of LSP is described. Selected ludic techniques are then shown in reference to this concept and examples of their use during an LSP class are given. A rationale for the glottodidactic value of these techniques is also provided.