(SKKN 2022) some methods that help students develop listening skill english 11 unit 3 a party, unit 16 the wonders of the world

CONTENT TABLE CONTENTS PART I: INTRODUCTION I Reasons for choosing the theme II Aims of the research III Scope and object IV Researching methods PART II: STUDY CONTENTS Chapter 1: Argument grounds 1 Theoritical grounds 2 Practical grounds Chapter 2: Real situations 1 Students 2 Teachers 3 Material facilities 4 Survey results before Unit 3, Unit 16 Chapter 3: Some experience used to improve real situations I Basic steps of teaching a listening lesson in English 1 Pre - listening 2 While – listening 3 Post – listening II Some experience applied in teaching the listening skill in Unit 3 – A party , Unit 16 – The wonders of the world(English 11) Chapter 4: The study results of problems PART III: CONCLUSION AND PROPOSALS REFERENCE BOOKS PAGES 2 2 3 3 &4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5&6 6 6 6 7 8 8 -18 18 19 & 20 21 1 PART I: INTRODUCTION I.REASON FOR CHOOSING THE THEME In the period of integration, English has become one of the most important international languages in the world The number of people who communicate and use it as the first language has been increasing day by day In Vietnam, everyone is aware of the roles of English in their life – jobs, so the need of learning English has been popular all areas But it is not easy for many students to learn English , first and foremost the things to understand and apply language and communication well Especially for students in the countryside , they don’t have enough modern learning condition and no chance to practise English So the quality of the exams in this subject is not good, can’t meet the demand about integration and aims that career requires The aim of English is to set up and develop basic skills of students about English and intellectual qualities to continue further study or working Therefore, textbooks of upper secondary school from 10 to 12 classes are based on the matic approach and think highly of active learning methods of students Four skills : listening, speaking, reading and writing are concerned and co-ordinated in exercises and activities in classes One of four skills which English learners in general, students of upper secondary in particular, usually have have in learning is listening skill In fact, in order to develop listening skill ,the foreign language learners have to practise listening regularly , long term with different forms and content.Teaching and learning listening English are not new but difficult for teachers and students of upper secondary In the process of both teaching and observing students.I know that the practice of listening skill for students to have difficulties Most of students don't know how to learn to listen , they find listening period the most difficult In the class, students 2 say that they can not listen clearly although there are so many words they know How to do to help studnents to apply their vocabulary and grammar structures to listen effectively? So in the process of teaching, I myself find some active, simple methods and easy to understand in order to guarantee scientific quality with the aim to develop thoughtful ability , guess and creativity of students With my experience in teaching English at Hau Loc 3 High School, I have researched reference documents, learned from co-workers as well as applied many different teaching methods I have gained some first positive results, so I would like to choose the theme “" Some methods that help students develop listening skill English 11 ( basic)" I am very glad to receive the sharing and contributing ideas of colleagues so that I can perfect in the process of applying and teaching facts II AIMS OF THE RESEARCH: English subject is gereralized and gereralizing polpularly in every school in our country However, it is considered one of the most difficult subjects How to do teaching-learning English to have great result, especially raising listening skill for students It is required in innovation of teaching methods of teachers and the hard, enthusiastic , studious learners or students As a teacher of English in upper secondary school, I know the good and bad things of students in the process of learning So I always think of finding a new teaching method, the most effective way for students to help them understand the lesson and motivate them to love English, far and foremost to raise listening skill among sudents So, How to do for students to practise listening skill rapidly, effectively and easily to learn? especially when we apply in factual activities when they speak to foreingers? III.SCOPE AND OBJECT 3 -Scope: Researching in the process of teaching English at Hau Loc 3 Upper Secondary School -Object: This subject is concerned with ways of organizing activities in the class Students of grade 11 at Hau Loc 3 upper secondary school IV RESEARCHING METHOD: The problem we concern is that how we can overcome above weaknesses to improve quality of listening skill, to help students confident in communication , using English as a second language, to have fluency in every word, sentence, especially with countryside students as students in Hau Loc district Reading reference books, discussing with other teachers, applying in teaching, observing and drawing out experiences PART II: CONTENT CHAPTER 1: ARGUMENT GROUNDS 1 Theoritical grounds Just when students start learning English, they get accustomed to four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing It is through these four skills that teachers pass knowledge to students and students gain their knowledge Among these four skills, listening is an important skill to students It requires that teachers not only understand well effective teaching methods but also apply smoothly the principle “Learning parallels hands-on” [5] Starting from the view of “Learners are the centre”, teaching and learning methods have changed greatly Teachers are not those who hold knowledge and pass it to students, but those who guide, support, consult and check students’ working Students do not absorb knowledge passively Becoming the centre of the teachinglearning process, students are completely active and creative in study to achieve good learning results and know how to apply knowledge in real life [4] From the grounds above, how to apply innovative methods of teaching the listening skill is very important It helps students feel confident when they listen and communicate effectively in daily life 4 2 Practical grounds Most high schools have used new English teaching and learning materials, which ask students to develop equally all four skills, among which the listening one requires that students have to spend much time listening not only in class time but also outside class so that they can communicate better in English In order to raise the effect of listening lessons, teachers had better study each lesson carefully, ask students to prepare necessary things before the lessons, find out and apply a wide variety of practice forms which are suitable to material facilities of each school to improve students’ English When experimenting in some classes of grade 11 at my school, I have gained some encouraging results My periods of teaching listening skill become more interesting, which makes students more feel confident when listening and communicating in English CHAPTER 2: REAL SITUATIONS 1 Students Generally, the level of students’ knowledge is quite low due to the difficult economic conditions Besides, the English knowledge of students is not equal in the same class and among classes in the same grade Besides, the number of students in a class is quite high (about 40- 45 students) These result in difficulties when teachers decide to choose methods as well as control class activites during listening lessons 2 Teachers After testing some teaching methods, teachers often feel discouraged because students do not participate in activities actively Thus, the practical results are not as good as expected ones Gradually, teachers seem not to pay serious attention to listening lessons They often use some simple traditional techniques to teach listening tasks in each unit quickly Therefore, most of class time is spent on controlled tasks in textbook 3 Material facilities Due to the lack of essential material facilities especially projectors, most teachers do not make full use of such document sources as the Internet, pictures, video clips,… With these limitations, the effect of listening tasks is not good enough to satisfy the general purposes It is like a vicious circle which has no exit for quite a long time 4 Survey results before applying methods 5 Class 11C1 11C2 Student number 46 45 Dislike 13 15 Levels of interest Normal 18 17 Like 15 13 CHAPTER 3: SOME EXPERIENCE USED TO IMPROVE REAL SITUATIONS I Basic steps of teaching a listening lesson in English For a period teaching of grammar and vocabulary, it consists of three stages: Presentation- Practice - Production And so is the listening period: Pre-listening, Whilelistening and Post -listening.These stages not only help students understand the lesson but also help them use listening skill in real communication However, the most important thing is that teacher needs to define clearly the aim of each listening period to orient for students to carry out missions well in the next stages 1 1Warm-up: A listening period will become effective if teachers know how to make the lesson more lively, interesting and attract students One of the first important things is to prepare well for " Warm-up" activity There are some activities for " Warm-up" which teachers can apply with the aim to make listening period attractive and effective - Asking and answering - Using pictures -Games The three above methods that we can apply for " Warm-up" activities for the listening period more effective 2.1.Pre- listening techniques ( Presentation) 6 The aim of the activities in this stage is to help students concentrate on the theme or situation , especially to guess the information which will be listened In order to overcome difficulties in listening , teachers need to introduce theme , situation , context related to the listening, to get to know if students knew or doesn't know anything about what they will hear, make them excited about activities of the lessons There are some techiniques for us to apply for pre-listening: - True / False state prediction - Open prediction - Ordering -Pre- questions 3 1.While listening techniques ( Practice) The aim of the activities in this stage is to help students practise listening skill , it means that through oral , we approach information Let students listen and do exercises , if the last part , teacher requires students guess the context , we should ask them compare the listened part with what they have predicted before For difficult listening , the teachers are able to divide into different levels( from easy to difficult) For long listening, the teachers can change into different exercises , depend on students' level There are some techniques: - Selecting -Deliberate mistaken - Grids -Listening and draw Apart from above techniques, teachers can use others: + Defining True / False + Check the correct answer + Matching 7 + Filling in the grip/ chart/ gap + Answering comprehension questions 4 1.Post listening techniques ( Production) The aim of this task is to: -Check whether students understand the information as required and complete the task in " While -listening" or not - Find out the causes that make students can not listen or do not understand anything in the lesson - Help students to have chance to estimate expressive attitude of native speakers in tapescript through communication intonation - Use enlarged exercises according to the theme of the listening lessons to further practice in listening 2.Some experience applied in teaching the listening skill in Unit 3 – A party , Unit 16 – The wonders of the world(English 11) In this part , I give some examples about applying above methods in the process of some listening lessons English 11 (basic) : Unit 3: A party Lesson : Listening Aims: Help students to listen to the understanding of the passage about a birthday party and listen for specific details Warm-up: In this part , I use pictures of a party and ask students what they see in the pictures 8 BIRTHDAY PARTY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 9 WEDDING DAY After that , I will ask students some questions: - What are the pictures about? -When do these events take place ? -Are the people happy these days? Through the picture and questions , students can know the aim of the lesson Pre-listening( Presentation) - I present some neccessary words related to the listening lesson -In this stage, I use missing words prediction for students to be eager for listening 1.Mai’s birthday party was held at home ……………… 2…….twenty guests were at the birthday party 3.The birthday cake was cut at the …… of the party 10 4.The birthday party lasted about …… hours 5………… stayed after the party to tidy up the mess While- Listening ( Practice) Task 1: Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information In this task , I ask students see the above True / False to be able to do this task easily After that I play the tape two times and get students to work in pairs to listen to the passage and do True or False After listening, I invite some students to give answers Then , I play the CD one more time for students to check ( if neccessary) Expected answer: 1 F ( in the evening – in the afternoon) 2 F ( over – about) 3.F (at the beginning of the party – at 4.30) 4.T 5 F (All the friends – only the writer) At the same time with task 1 , I require better students fill the missing words of Pre-listening I call some to give answers , 1 in the afternoon 4 three 2 about 3 At 4.30 5 Only the writer Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions For this kind of task , it is difficult for students to both listen and answer, so I deliver handouts For weak and average students , I tell them there are seven questions and the answers to the questions which are put in the wrong order The handouts: A While Mai was cutting the cake, they clapped their hands and sang “Happy birthday” B.Mai was sixteen years old 11 C The birthday party finished at about six in the evening D She didn’t like having her party at a restaurant because it’s noisy and expensive E The birthday cake was brought at the beginning of the party F Mai’s mother served the guests soft drink and biscuits at the beginning of the party G The birthday cake was beautifully decorated with pink And white icing I let students listen to the passage ( twice) and find out correct answers to the questions Feedback: 1.B 2 D 3 F 4 E 5 G 6.A 7.C For good students , I require them to listen and answer the questions, and then they compaire the answers in pairs After that, I call students to write answers on the board 1 Mai was sixteen years old 2 She didn’t like having her party at a restaurant because it’s noisy and expensive 3 Mai’s mother served the guests soft drink and biscuits at the beginning of the party 4 The birthday cake was brought at the beginning of the party 5 The birthday cake was beautifully decorated with pink And white icing 6 While Mai was cutting the cake, they clapped their hands and sang “Happy birthday” 7 The birthday party finished at about six in the evening Production (Post listening): Guessing the game I divide the class into groups of five or six: choose one of the party to talk about, try to guess as much information on the game as possible The other groups guess the name of the party Suggested ideas: -It is popular every where -It is held every year 12 - Peple receive gifts and cards from friends and relatives - People sing a song to celebrate They are happy this day Key: Birthday party By doing this, I find my listening period is really effective Unit 16: The wonders of the world Lesson : Listening Aims: Help students to listen to general ideas and specific information, and know more about school the wonders of the world Warm-up: I hold a game: BINGO I ask students to write five wonders of the world they know and ask them to listen and tick the words they hear If students have all five words ticked first, they will win the game Then say out "BINGO" Some suggested pictures: HA LONG BAY 13 THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA EIFFEL TOWER 14 STATUE OF LIBERTY GREAT WALL 15 Presentation ( pre- listening): - I ask students some questions related to the lesson: 1 Do you know any wonders of the world ? 2.What are the names of wonders of the world in the picture? Where are they? 3 Have you ever gone to these places ? 4 Where do you want to go the most ? - I present some neccessary words related to the listening lesson, especially some words: Ming Dynasty, Beijing, World Heritage, UNESCO In this listening , you will listen to the Great Wall of China Practice ( While listening): Task 1: Listen to the passage about the Great Wall of China and fill in the missing information , circle the most appropriate option to complete each of the following sentences In this task , I use “ gap- filling” for good students, I give them hand-outs to be able to do this task easily After that I play the tape two times and get students to work in pairs to listen to the passage and fill in each gap with one word they hear After listening, I invite some students to give answers Then , I play the CD one more time for students to check ( if neccessary) Expected answer: 1 the Moon 2 1987 3 The Ming Dynasty 4 200 5 200 BC 6 6000 kilometers 7 11 meters 8 Stones For weak or average students, I ask them to do Multiple choice I give handouts of excercise and ask them to listen and choose correct answer: 1 It is said to be visible from …… 16 A the Moon B the Sun C the Earth D the sky 2 It was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in…… A 1997 B 1977 C 1987 D 1978 3 4 5………………………………… Task 2: This is a long listening passage, students are not even , so I divide into different levels For weak or average students, I ask them to do True / False I give handouts of excercise and ask them to listen and do: 1 The ancient Chinese started building the Great Wall in 1468 2 The wall covers four provinces 3 It is considered one of the greatest man-made wonders in the world because it can be seen from the Moon 4.The part in the northwest of Beijing is the best because it is still in its origional stone I ask students to write answers on the board, then I correct 1.F ( 1368) 2 F ( five) 3 T 4.T For good students , I require them to listen and answer the questions, and then they compaire the answers in pairs After that, I call students to write answers on the board 1 in 1368 2 five provinces 3 because it can be seen from the Moon 17 4.The part in the northwest of Beijing is the best because it is still in its origional stone Production (Post listening): Chatting Tell students to work in pairs to talk about the Great Wall of China If necessary, give students the following questions as help - How was it built ? - Why is it considered one of the greatest wonders in the world? - How do you feel about it? ( Do you like it or not?) ……………………………… …………………………… By doing this, I find my listening period is really effective , not only listening skill but also speaking one CHAPTER 4.THE STUDY RESULTS OF PROBLEMS Using some active teaching methods in listening lesson textbook 11 really have its effects because the students are active, enthusiastic, excited to learn By using this method, the students who are always afraid of listening now are active and enthusiastic in learning , makes the listening period more and more exciting In the school years of 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 I carried out my theme in grade 11 at Hau Loc 3 Upper Secondary School , the general results of students when they do the English tests are following: 18 Kind excellent Object Don’t apply in 11 0% good average weak Bad 20% 35% 25% 0% 40% 40% 15% 0% in the school year of 2020-2021 Apply in 11 in the 5% school year of 2021-2022 PART III CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS This is suitable theme for teaching and learning of teachers and students This theme can apply to all students but if it is applied to good students , the effect is better Learning English , communication atmosphere is very important If the students can approach the facts, always use what they learn , their communication and knowledge are more and more stable So, my theme can have good results and can be carried out widely and deeply for students., I have some opinions to put forward: - For school managers, it is necessary to invest more consulted documents for teachers, to have abundant library for students to study documents, to have expenditures to help and encourage teachers - Giving time condition to train weak, bad students; improve excellent and good students In order to do that , the theme can be applied widely and give better results 19 - Organizing more special subjects to innovate teaching methods for all teachers of English to attend and they can have themselves the best teaching method At the same time , those special subjects should have concrete teaching period in each grade for us to learn They are some my above experiences through process of teaching in the last school year 2021-2022 However, due to limit of documents and time, there will be some shortcomings I hope to receive sincere advices from leaders and colleagues Thankyou for your attention to my study The Headmaster’s identification Thanh Hoa, June 2 nd, ,2022 I hereby declare that this is my own experience initiative, not copying the contents of other people The author Lê Thị Mùi 20 REFERENCE BOOKS 1 Textbook 11 (basic program) ( Vietnam Education Publishing House) 2 Teacher’s book 11 (basic program) ( Vietnam Education Publishing House) 3 Practical handbook of language teaching (David Cross) 4 A course in language teaching - Practical and Theory (Penny Ur) Cambrige university press 5 Giáo trình giáo học pháp (Tổ ngoại ngữ –Khoa ngôn ngữ và văn hóa Anh - Mĩ - Úc – Trường đại học quốc gia Hà Nội) 6.Tài liệu Bồi dưỡng giáo viên môn tiếng Anh, Bộ GD và ĐT, Nhà xuất bản giáo dục 7.Những vấn đề chung về đổi mới giáo dục THPT môn tiếng Anh, Bộ GD và ĐT, Nhà xuất bản giáo dục 8.Phương pháp dạy tiếng Anh Trung học phổ thông (Nguyễn Hạnh Dung - Vietnam Education Publishing House ) 9.Internet source 21 ... – A party , Unit 16 – The wonders of the world (English 11) In this part , I give some examples about applying above methods in the process of some listening lessons English 11 (basic) : Unit 3: ... wrong order The handouts: A While Mai was cutting the cake, they clapped their hands and sang “Happy birthday” B.Mai was sixteen years old 11 C The birthday party finished at about six in the evening... English 11 ( basic)" I am very glad to receive the sharing and contributing ideas of colleagues so that I can perfect in the process of applying and teaching facts II AIMS OF THE RESEARCH: English