(SKKN CHẤT 2020) how to arouse students’ interest in learning english

How to arouse students’ interest in learning English I Problem situation: Reasons for choosing the theme: 1.1 Rationale of theory: Nowadays, English is playing a very important role in the global development Therefore, the teaching of English has been improved in method in the light of the communicative, learner-centered approach which is adaptable to give students many opportunities to communicate in English However, at many junior high schools in Viet nam, the teaching of English has not really developed students’ ability, activeness and motivation In order to make his English lessons more effective, the teacher himself must find out the ways of teaching suitable for his students I think that in a good English period, the students play active roles and the teacher acts as both a guider and an organiser 1.2 Rationale of practice: I have been working as a teacher of English at several junior high schools for over ten years I realize the fact that a rather big number of students are not interested in learning English and they not usually get desired results for this subject They think English is a difficult subject at school As a teacher, I have been spending plenty of time thinking about this problem In fact, students should be aware of importance of the language in their study and in their future life so that they can be active in learning this foreign language Besides, their teachers of this subject must give interesting and suitable teaching methods to their lessons There have been many teaching activities which help arouse students’ motivation in each language lesson such as teaching English through games and music, eliciting,…… In this limited unit, I would like to suggest some common and useful ones 1.3 Urgency: Now I am teaching English at a junior high school near my house I used to teach English at two other junior high schools in my district What I have realized is that a large number of students are afraid of learning English and say that it is difficult for them to be good at English and there is not a real language environment for them to their practice every day Their awareness of importance of this language for their life is not made clear Moreover, some teachers of English not still manage to put real interest in their lessons download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English Another reason is because of the lack of necessary equipment for teaching English at many schools in Viet Nam In deed, the school where I am working as a teacher of English has been famous for its good quality in education for years Most students of my school are well brought up by their parents and they identify a good motivation in their studying, which leads to better study results for English as well as other subjects at school 1.4 My ability: Necessarily, among the teachers of my school I should work harder and harder so as to master the language and always give my students good lessons, which means that my students’interest in learning English is aroused That is the matter I have been absorbed in and that is the reason for my theme Purpose of study: I would like to give out some of my own experience in arousing students’ interest in learning English Researched knowledge: Ways to make students more excited about their English language lessons so that they should get better knowledge of English from their English lessons It means that their level of the language should be developed Researched participants: Students of my junior high school Ways to conduct the theme: - My real teaching in classes - Surveys - Time and place for conducting the theme: Time: School year 2013- 2014; School year 2014- 2015 Place: At my junior high school download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English II PROBLEM SOLUTION: Logical basis: In deed, English has been a newer subject than the other subjects taught in junior high schools in Viet Nam Teachers of English in Viet Nam should manage to learn a large amount of teaching experience from foreign teachers of the language The most important points are the number of teaching techniques which help develop students’ motivation in learning the language and ways teachers use to apply these teaching techniques in their classes Practical basis: Many methodological materials present a great number of interesting classroom activities However, some teachers may not have the good chance to be familiar with most of these activities or some may be afraid of spending a lot of time thinking about their best activities for their lessons or some may know those teaching activities half-way Consequently, many Vietnamese pupils has very little interest in learning English Some activities to arouse students’ interest in learning English: There are various activities in a classroom to arouse students’interest in learning English The following may be extremely helpful: 3.1 Eliciting: In many classes, it is the teacher that talks while the students listen If the students take speaking tasks, it is usually to repeat what the teacher says, or to answer a set of questions This way of teaching will obviously make the students feel bored and frustrated Instead of simply giving words, sentences, or structures directly, the teacher should involve the students more by eliciting them from the students He should ask them for their ideas and suggestions, get them to contribute what they already know, and encourage them to guess new words This is called eliciting Eliciting involves the class by focusing students’ attention and making them some thinking activities This happens even if students not know the words which are being elicited, so elicitation can be used for presenting a new language download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English item as well as reviewing what was taught earlier Furthermore, eliciting encourages students to draw on what they already know or partly know or not know So it is a useful technique for mixed ability classes or classes of students from different learning backgrounds, from which different students know different things In addition, eliciting gives teachers a chance to see what students know and what they not know, so teachers can adapt the presentation to the level of the class Of course, an eliciting presentation takes more time than a straightforward presentation of a new thing However, eliciting will catch students’ attention and they will remember the new knowledge better Some ways of eliciting: 3.1.1 Eliciting from pictures: Using pictures to elicit is the easiest way to introduce a new topic or new vocabulary When students are elicited from pictures, they should be asked fairly general questions that allow a variety of responses This encourages more students to respond and leads them to say more For example, to elicit from the pictures in unit 12 of the textbook “TIẾNG ANH 7”, section A1 (on pages 114 and 115), I can ask my students to look at the picture and answer the question: “Where are the people?” and then I say: “ You can answer the question in Vietnamese.” and my students can answer my question in Vietnamese like this: “Họ quầy bán hoa quả” Then I give out the answer in English, “ They are at a fruit stall.” As a result, I have succeeded in presenting the word “ fruit stall” to my students download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English This picture is shown as the illustration Then I can ask my pupils to look at the following picture and ask them to answer my question,“where are they?” and without any of my further explanation, my pupils can answer the question in English, “They are at a meat stall.” The result is that the word “meat stall” is presented in an interesting and easy way The following picture can be the example of illustration extracted from my powerpoint lesson plan – (“TIẾNG ANH 7”/ Unit 12-A1) download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English And the same elicitation is used to introduce the word “vegetable stall” download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English Where are they? They are at a vegetable stall The pictures below can be the examples of illustration extracted from my powerpoint lesson plan – (“TIẾNG ANH 7”/ Unit 12-A1) when the words such as “cucumber”, “spinach”…… are presented What are they? (in Vietnamese) cucumbers download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English What kind of fruit can you see? (in Vietnamese) papayas download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English What kind of fruit does the picture show you? (in Vietnamese) a pineapple What is this? (in Vietnamese) a durian download by : skknchat@gmail.com download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English These were the results of my survey carried out at the beginning of this school year, answering the questions: “Do you like learning English? Why /Why not?” 30 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English 31 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English These were the results of my survey carried out in March 2015, answering the questions: “Do you like learning English? Why /Why not?” 32 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English 33 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English 34 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English III Conclusion and recommendations: Conclusion: Learning is a personal journey Teachers are simply guides Students have to the traveling A guide can’t force a tourist to see what he or she doesn’t want to see Teachers organize a learning environment, but they can’t learn for the students Students have to the learning themselves So teachers should teach essential things that motivate students Besides, English lessons are like the medicine that students should take They may still need to be sweetened with the sugar of enjoyment, fun, creativity and a sense of achievement That is the reason why teachers should create activities that can arouse students’ interest in learning English It may take plenty of time and energy to so or teachers can get failure in the first few times Don’t worry It is said that “Cultivation of the soil serves ten years’ interest Cultivation of the mind serves one hundred years’ interest” And remember the English proverb: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” Recommendations: 2.1 Recommendations to my school and the department of education and training: - I recommend the department of education and training of Thanh Oai district to hold more sample teaching lessons, using various useful teaching techniques in an artistic way in order to attract students’ enthusiasm in learning English: - I suggest that the managing board of my school buy more and more materials of methodology for the teachers of the school As a result, the teachers should have a better chance to develop their job 2.2 Recommendations to other teachers: - In deed, I know that I am not really full of experience in teaching because the number of years I have involved in this job is still far smaller than some of my other colleagues Therefore, I would need useful comments and supplements from experienced teachers so that my initiative ideas would be much better Sincerely! 35 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English The headmaster’s identification: Ha Noi, April 10th, 2015 I am sure that I myself has written this experiential initiative This document is not someone else’s copy The writer, Nguyễn Hồng Hạnh REFERENCE BOOKS  Teach English, a training course for teachers, Adrian Doff, Cambridge University Press in association with The British Council (1988 )  Teaching English through English, a course in classroom language and techniques, Jane Willis, Longman  Thiết kế bàà̀i giảng TIẾNG ANH 6, TIẾNG ANH  Material from Phạm Tấn, Ho Chi Minh University of Education Department of English.(2006) 36 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English  ELT Methodolody from Nguyễn Thàà̀nh Yến, Ho Chi Minh University of Education Department of English.(2000)  Teaching English as a second language, Harold B Allen, university of Minnesota Contents I Problem situation Reasons for choosing the theme 1.1 Rationale of theory 1.2 Rationale of practice 1.3 Urgency download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English 1.4 My ability Purpose of study Researched knowledge Researched participants Ways to conduct the theme Time and place for conducting the theme II Problem solutions Logical basis Practical basis Some activities to arouse students’ interest in learning English Results III Conclusion and recommendations 3 28 33 Conclusion 33 Recommendations 35 IV REFERENCE BOOKS 38 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English Ý KIẾN NHẬN XÉT, ĐÁNH GIÁ VÀ XẾP LOẠI CỦA HỘI ĐỒNG KHOA HỌC CƠ SƠ ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Ngày ……tháng ……năm 2015 Chủ tịch hội đông (ký tên, đóng dâu) Ý KIẾN NHẬN XÉT, ĐÁNH GIÁ VÀ XẾP LOẠI CỦA HỘI ĐỒNG KHOA HỌC CẤP TRÊN ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 39 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English Ngày ……tháng ……năm 2015 Chủ tịch hội đông (ký tên, đóng dâu) PHÒNG GDĐT HUYỆN THANH OAI CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập- Tự do- Hanh phúc BIÊN BẢN CHẤM VÀ XÉT DUYỆT SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM Tên SKKN: “How to arouse students’ interest in learning English” Tac gia: Môn: Tiếng Anh Đánh giá của Hội đông chấm (Ghi tóm tắt những đanh gia chính): ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Tính sang tao: ……………./ điểm Tính KH, SP : ……………./ điểm Tính hiệu qua: ……………./ điểm Tính phổ biên, ứng dụng: ……………./ điểm Xêp loai: …………………………… 40 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English ( Xêp loai A: Từ 17 đên 20 điểm Xêp loai B: Từ 14 đên < 17 điểm Xêp loai C: Từ 10 đên < 14 điểm Không xêp loai: < 10 điểm) Người châm (Ký, ghi rõ ho tên) Người châm (Ký, ghi rõ ho tên) Ngày thang năm 2015 Chủ tịch Hội đồng xét duyệt 41 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English 42 download by : skknchat@gmail.com ... skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English 33 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English 34 download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse. .. day the interest in learning English is brought up, and the students want to learn English self-consciously Results: In order to see the differences in my students’ interest in learning English. .. skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest in learning English And the same elicitation is used to introduce the word “vegetable stall” download by : skknchat@gmail.com How to arouse students’ interest