(SKKN 2022) some suggested warm up activities applied for teaching english 10

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HÓA TRƯỜNG THPT THẠCH THÀNH ************************* SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM TÊN ĐỀ TÀI SOME SUGGESTED WARM-UP ACTIVITIES APPLIED FOR TEACHING ENGLISH 10 Người thực hiện: Trịnh Minh Tâm Vị trí: Giao viên SKKN thuộc lĩnh vực(mơn): Tiếng Anh THANH HỐ, 2022 Contents Page I INTRODUCTION: …………………………………………………………… 1.1 Reasons for choosing the research:……………………………………………2 1.2 Aims of the research:………………………………………………………… 1.3 Objects of the research: ……………………………………………………….2 1.4 Methods of the research:…………………………………………………… II CONTENT…………………………………………………………………… 2.1.Rationale:……………………………………………………………………….3 2.2.Factual basis … 2.3.Survey…………………………………………………………… 2.4.Some warm- up activities that have successfully been applied for teaching English 10 at Thach Thanh High School……………………… 2.6 Results after applying ……………… … 15 III CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 3.1 Conclusion:………………… ……………………………………………… 16 3.2 Recommendation:………………………………………………… ……… 16 3.2.1 For teachers: ………………………………………………………….…….17 3.2.2 For school management committee:……………………………………… 17 REFERENCES…………………………………………….…… ………………18 INTRODUCTION 1.1.The reason of choosing the topic According to Article 28 of the education law: “The method of general education must promote the students' activeness, self-awareness, initiative and creativity; suitable to the characteristics of each class and subject; fostering self-study methods, teamwork ability; practice skills to apply knowledge into practice; impact on emotions, bring joy, interest in learning for students.”[1] Documents ,however,about the innovation in teaching are not much, and often only used in making requirements with testing and evaluation.Besides that,many teachers still use the traditional method of transmitting knowledge, presentations, and expainations.They have not really focused on innovating teaching methods to create excitement for students If the situation continues regularly, students will be disgusted with the subject,which can result in Education targets will not be achieved As an English teacher at Thach Thanh High School,from my own observation, I realize that the majority of the students of English classes don’t really have strong motivation to study English while those in other classes such as History,Math,Physics,Biology or Literature,etc… have motivation as well as interest in learning the subject.That learners don’t find lessons interesting enough,that the lessons in their course books,somehow,lack authenticity as well as the amount of exessive grammar in each unit seem to be some of the reasons accounting for this.It is from this fact,making students engaged in a subject can be a real challenge Having identified the problem, I have tried to search for sollutions to make a boring lesson an interesting one so that students really show more enthusiasm and excitement in engaging in the lesson Thus,in this writing,I would like to present my ideas “ways to get students excited about learning English through warm-up activities” with the hope that my collegues can also consider my teaching strategies as useful suggestions to help their students become more interested and confident in learning English 1.2 Aims of the research This paper aims : -To introduce some ways to create excitement for students and how to organize the activities effectively -To improve the quality of teaching and learning English in high school 1.3 Object of the Research This subject focus on students at Thach Thanh High School to help them to renew interest in learning the language 1.4 Methods of study - Finding out difficulties that students have in English classes - Reading reference books - Discussing with my colleagues - Attending classes of co-workers - Applying ideas in teaching - Observing and drawing out experiences CONTENTS 2.1.Rationale of the study Researches on Second Language Acquisition have shown that language is best learned through the close collaboration and communication among students This type of collaboration results in benefits for all or both learners In fact, learners can help each other while working on different types of tasks such as writing dialogues, interviews, drawing pictures and making comments about them, play roles, etc… to breaking the monotony of learning,increasing the involvement of the students Dornyei (2001) highlights the importance of the "motivational flow" when talking about the general rhythm and sequence of events in class and he considers that it is important to make students active participants and suggests selecting tasks which require mental or bodily involvement of each participant and creating specific rules and personalized assignments for everybody [2] In language learning,excitement is generally considered to be one of the primary causes of success and failure in language learning Organizing activities and creating English environment at the various stages of the lesson really appear to promote students' involvement in the English class Moreover, boredom and tiredness have been driven away by the fun during the lessons these kinds of activities Realizing the important roles of motivational activities in teaching English is the rationale of my study As an educator, wanting the best for the students, I understand that it is essential to keep students motivated in order to achieve the best learning results as possible They are some of the reasons why I have the initiative : “Ways to get students excited about learning English” 2.2 Practical basis Having teaching English at Thach Thanh High School for many years, I have noticed English is probably one of the most challenging subjects that often create high levels of anxiety and stress among learners here The fact is that those who were usually bored or not interested in the English class did not engage enough in class work, which leads to slow acquisition, unequal power in school They seem to feel discouraged and often neglect it.It is these problems that urge me to find out the solutions to help students get over the challenges and hold interest in the foreign languege in a flexible and easy manner To know exactly about this problem,I investigated in classes 10C2,10C4 ,10C5,10C7 and 12A7 before applying “ways to get students excited about learning through warm-up activities” by asking them the following questions: 2.3.Survey Questionaire Do you like learning English by using traditional method? A.very like B.like C.normal D.dislike And I got the bellow result very like Total Grade student numbe % s r like normal dislike numbe % number % number % r 7, 26, 10C2 38 2,6 10 24 63,1 4, 27, 53, 10C4 43 0 12 23 9, 48, 10C5 41 4,8 20 12 29,2 7, 38, 10C7 39 5,1 15 19 48,7 27 27, 12A7 36 0 10 10 16 44,4 ,7 As can be seem from the tables that most of the students seem not to like English lessons with the current teaching method of their teacher and they express their preferences with suggested learning strategies of activities in classroom.From these reason,the study entitled “Using warm-up activities to get students excited about learning English” has been conducted as a motivation and a means of creating opportunities for simple communication in English lessons with the objective of involving students' more participation 2.4 Ways to get students excited about learning English through warm-up 2.4.1.Games-based learning Learning requires constant effort and that can be tiring.Nowadays,there is an interesting movement towards learning English through language games.According to “ Six games for the ESL/EFL Classroom” written by Aydan Ersoz [3], two of more good reasons why games should be included in the lesson are: - Games that are amusing and challenging are highly motivating - Games allow meaningful use of the language in context However ,the teacher needs to consider which games to use,when to use them,how to link them up with the syllabus,texbook and programme and how,more specially,different games with with benefit student in different ways.(Khan J,1996) [4] *Forms of playing -in pairs -in small groups of four or five -in large groups of two tables/each left or right hand side -in two groups(2 teams devided from the whole class) -in individual with class/teacher *Requirements: The key to a sucessful language games is that the rule is clear,the ultimate goal is well designed and the game must be fun 2.4.2 Some warm- up activities that have successfully been applied for teaching English 10 at Thach Thanh High School Here I present some suggested warm-up activities that I have applied in the prestages and and got relatively satisfied results from my students Unit 1: A day in the life of…… a Lesson A: Reading - Hang on some pictures in turn and ask students to say out what they can see - Ask students to guess the content of the lesson b Lesson B: Speaking Name: matching words Type: group work Materials: poster, large papers, board pens Time: mins Procedure: - Devide the class into groups - Provide each group with large and board pen - Give instruction and time allotted - Check groups’ work and declare the winner Subjects in English Subjects in Vietnamese Civic Education a Văn Technology b Toán Maths c Địa lý Phyics d Hoá học 6 10 11 12 Geography History Chemisrty Physical Education English Biology Literature Infomatics e f g h i j k l Tiếng Anh Công dân Lịch sử Thể dục Công nghệ Vật lý Tin học Sinh học Lesson C: Listening Name: Network Type: class work Material: board, chalk Time: mins Procedure: - Write the key word on the board - Ask sts to think of the related words and say in English - Lead in the lesson by some guiding questions: + Do you like travel by cyclo? + Do you think cyclo-driver is easy work? c d.Lesson D: writing: Writing a narrative Name: Telling a story Type: Individual work Materials: Nothing Time: 3- mins Procedure: - Ask sudents to think of the most impressed story that they witnessed or heard - Call on advanced to tell in front of the class (Encourage him/ her to use English) - Give some other guiding questions: + What items are mentioned in his/ her story (Time, event, place……) + Which tense is used in the story? + “ Bạn …vừa dùng hình thức viết văn để kể lại câu chuyện đó?” e.Lesson E: Language Focus: Name: Describing pictures Type: Class work Materials: Pictures, chalk Time: 2-3 mins Procedure: - Hang the pictures on the board and ask sts to speak out what they can see in these pictures Write the key words on the board Call on some students to read the words Write the phonetic forms of them and read the words aloud several times Unit 2: School talks a Lesson A: Reading: Name: Slap the board Type: Group work Materials: stick cards Time: 3- mins Procedure: - Divide the class into groups - Ask each group to send presentatives and set in a queue - Provide each group of students stick cards and give instruction - Read aloud sentence by sentence - Give feedback - Declare the winner Suggested sentences: + I often play ………online when I have free time + After the school year, I’ll go on a summer…… + Soccer and badminton are my favourite……… + Do you usually watch…….at 6p.m everyday? + What is the ……….like today? + Students have to………hard for the exam + My ………….is collecting stamps Keys : games/ holiday/ sports/ film/ weather/ study/ hobby b Lesson B: Speaking Name: Jumbled words Type: class work Materials: Poster Time: mins Procedure: - Hang on the poster - Give instruction and time allotted - Check with the whole class Jumbled words: + nice/ been/ has/ it/ meeting/ you + later/ you/ see/ Goodbye + Hello Are/ you/ how + Sorry, go/ to/ have/ got/ I you/ catch/ later Keys: + It has nice been meeting you + Goodbye See you later + Hello How are you? + Sorry, I have got to go Catch you later c Lesson C: Listening Name: Missing words Type: group work Materials: Poster, chalk Time: mins Procedure: - Divide the class into teams - Give instruction - Hang on the poster - Call on representatives of the groups to come to the board and write down the key words Poster: + The duty of students is to S_ _ _ _ + In summer, my family often go to the B_ _ _ _ + 30th April is Hoa’s birthdayP_ _ _ _ + My hobby is T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ around the world + He invites me to go out for a D_ _ _ _ Suggested answers: STUDY/ BEACH/ PARTY/ TRAVELLING/ DRINK d Lesson D: Writing: Writing a form Name: Brainstorming Type: class work Materials: Chalk Time: mins Procedure: - Write the key word in a circle on the board - Ask sts to list as many things relating to this word as possible - Write on board what the students say out - Lead in the lesson by using some more questions: + Where you often see these information? + Have you ever used these informaion? When Private information Lesson E: Language Focus Name: Describing pictures Type: class work Materials: Pictures, chalk Time: 3- mins Procedure: - Hang on the pictures and give the questions: + What is the boy doing? + What is the girl doing? - Write down the keys word on board - Call some sudents to read aloud - Read as model times - Write the phonetic forms of them e Unit 3: People’s background a Lesson A: Reading Name: Game: Who am I (3 persons) 10 Type: Group work Materials: pictures, some pieces of paper Time: mins Procedure: - Divide the class into teams - Give instruction - Read aloud the clues for person in turn - Declare the winner Who am I? + I was born in Nghệ An + I am the greatest leader of Vietnam + My birthday is May 19th 1890  UNCLE HO • Who am I? + I live in America + My name begins with letter B + I am the boss of the company Microft  BILL GATES • Who am I? + I am a famous female scientist + I was born in Germany + My name begins with letter M  MARIE CURIE • 11 Lesson B: Speaking: Name: Listing words beginning with the letter I Type: Group work Materials: Large papers, boardpens Time: 3-5 mins Procedure: - Divide the class into teams - Deliver each group with large paper and boardpen - Ask students to write down the words beginning with I in minutes - Check with the whole class and declare the winner c Lesson C: Listening Name: Name some Olympic champions Type: class work Material: none Time: 2-3 mins Procedure: - Give the question: “Can you name some famous Olympic champions in the world?” Suggested names: Michael Phelps (swimming – 2008), Nastia Liukin (Athletes2008)… d Lesson D: Writing: Filling in a form Name: Matching Type: Group work Materials: posters, board pens Time: 3-5 mins Procedure: - Divide the class into teams - Provide each group with poster containing the matching task - Ask students to match in minutes - Hang groups’ work on and check with the whole class - Declare the winner A B name a Lien Truong village date of birth b Hau Loc I place of birth c 22/ 01/ 1985 school attended d Music and dancing exams passed e Private tutor previous job f English interests g Hoang Thi Hoa b 12 Lesson E: Language Focus Name: Drawing pictures Type: Classwork Materials: Chalk, board Time: mins Procedure: - Draw some unclear things on the board and ask sts to guess what the teacher is going to draw next - Complete the pics of faces with sadness on them - Ask students these questions: + Who are they? Men or Women? > Men + Are they sad or happy? > Sad - Write the words on board and read them aloud times - Write the phonetic forms of them and ask students to read Unit 4: Special Education a Lesson A: Reading Name: Questionaire Type: class work Materials: none Time: mins Procedure: - Give questions and ask sudents to answer: + Can all of you hear/ speak/ see? + What are people who can’t hear/ speak/ see called? THE DISABLED + Is it easy or difficult to teach the disabled? + May they have normal education? - Lead in the lesson: SPECIAL EDUCATION b Lesson B: Speaking Name: Noughts and crosses Type: group work Materials: poster Time: mins Procedure: - Divide the class into teams - Give instruction: each group take turn to choose the number they like, each number carrries word, the group have to make sentence with this word.The group which complete sentences on the same horizontal or vertical line first will be the winner e 13 Monitor the game Declare the winner Subjects ( 1) Activities( 4) Friends( 7) Test (2) Lower secondary( 5) Time- table( 8) Homework( 3) Break ( 6) Teachers( 9) c Lesson C: Listening Name: Network Type: Classwork Materials: Chalk, board Time: 2-3 mins Procedure: - Write the key word on the board - Ask sts to say the name of the school for the disabled in Vietnam - Lead in the lesson Schools for the disabled - d.Lesson D: Writing Name: Describing pictures and questions Type: classwork Materials: pictures Time: 3-5 mins Procedure: - Hang the pictures on and give questions: + Who are they in these pictures? + How they feel? Happy or angry? + What kind of letter you write if you feel angry or dissatisfied with something/ someone? A letter of complaint or a thank-you letter? - Lead in the lesson 14 e.Lesson E: Language focus Name: Using realia Type: Classwork Materials: A box, some chalk Time: mins Procedure: - Take a box and ask sudents what you are holding BOX - Take some chalk and ask sudents what is in your hand CHALK - Write the words on board - Ask some students to read aloud the words - Read aloud the words as model - Write the phonetic forms and lead in the lesson Unit 5: Technology and you a Lesson A: Reading Name: Matching words and pics (names of hardware) Type: Group work Materials: Pictures, stick cards Time: 3-5 mins Procedure: - Divide the class into teams and give instruction - Hang pics on board - Call on the representative of each group to stick cards with the right words on the pics - Declare the winner Lesson B: Speaking Name: Network Type: classwork Modern inventions Material: none Time: mins Procedure: - Write the key word on board - Ask sudents to say out the names of modern inventions that they know b 15 Lead in the lesson by some more questions: + Do you have……? + What is a/ an……… used for? - 2.6 Results after applying the research in teaching With the method of applying warm-up activities as shown above I have found the lessons more vibrant and lively Students are interested in participating in the study voluntarily Most children including those who are weak pay more attention, be attracted to all activities, acquire knowledge teachers provide much better and easier Many students who were shy to speak in class are now more confident in communication Students are keen to learn the English language particularly in the pre-stages Many students learn more excitingly and lively Therefore, the results of the subject study have a considerable improvement The results are as follows: Thanks to new methods of teaching in general and the various, interesting, useful warm-up activites I have applied in teaching English 10 in particular, the average quality of the second semester of classes that I take charge in school year 20202021 has been significantly improved: Class sizes 10C2 10C4 Total 38 43 81 Exellent-Good 15 20 35 40% 46% 43% Average 18 13 31 47& 30% 38% Weak (bad) 10 15 13% 24% 18% As can be seen from the tables, the number of students that are interested in English increases considerably while the ones who lack excitement about this subject decrease dramatically 3.CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 3.1 Conclusion I agree with what D Blocher means: “ If you want to master English, get involved and practise as much as possible.” [10] In fact,language games,videos/clips and presentations give practice in all the skills (listening, speaking, writing and reading) and in all the stages of teaching and learning that occur in a lesson (introduction, repetition, etc.) But one of the main reasons to use them in foreign language lessons is that they are very enjoyable for both teacher and students Games and entertainment activities in a foreign language lesson are very successful due to the fact that the process of learning becomes 16 more active, encouraging students and involving them in the class to sustain their interest and work, and, therefore, making retention to improve enormously However, it is not easy to get fluency in the second language It is a long and hard process 3.2.Recommendation: 3.2.1.For teachers: To achieve the best effective method in teaching English, teachers should have creativity, enthusiasm and love for the job they are teaching Thus, inorder to use teaching techniques appropriately to inspire students to learn English, each teacher should constantly explore, and learn experiences from colleagues, and in books In addition, teachers need to create a favorable environment for students to practice communicating in every English lesson 3.2.2 For school management committee: I would like the Department of Thanh Hoa Education and Training to expand attending scientific conferences to discuss the teaching and learning experience, organize annual training for teachers to improve their knowledge of access to new teaching methods so that they can apply in teaching to get more success Above are some suggested warm-up activities in English 10 that I have used and found it very effective I would like to receive contribution from teachers and colleagues to help my theme better in the teaching process I sincerely thankyou! PRINCIPAL'S CONFIRMATION Thach Thanh, May 17, 2021 This is my own research, I not copy other people's content Written by Trinh Minh Tam 17 REFERENCES [1] Article 28 of the education law [2] Dornyei (2001) [3] “ Six games for the ESL/EFL Classroom” written by Aydan Ersoz [4] Harmer, J (1991), How to teach English, London- Long man Press [5] Pictures on the Internet [6] Clips on youtube [7] Texbook English 10(Basic) - Viet Nam Education Publisher [8] Website: www.teachingenglish.org.uk [9] Texbook English 10(Pilot-2017) - Viet Nam Education Publisher [10] An article “19 motivation quotes to keep you learning english” on the Internet 18 19 ... fun 2.4.2 Some warm- up activities that have successfully been applied for teaching English 10 at Thach Thanh High School Here I present some suggested warm- up activities that I have applied in... basis … 2.3.Survey…………………………………………………………… 2.4 .Some warm- up activities that have successfully been applied for teaching English 10 at Thach Thanh High School……………………… 2.6 Results after... some suggested warm- up activities in English 10 that I have used and found it very effective I would like to receive contribution from teachers and colleagues to help my theme better in the teaching