(SKKN 2022) ứng dụng một số phần mềm giúp học sinh lớp 9 ôn thi vào 10 hiệu quả

APPLICATIONS OF SOME SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY EFFECTIVELY FOR 9TH STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS IN THE GRADE 10 PART I: ASKING THE PROBLEM Reason for choosing the topic In the past years, due to many outbreaks of the COVID-19 epidemic, many educational and training institutions had to close their doors for a long time or switch to online teaching in the condition of lack of preparation and passive staff capacity teachers, administrators, facilities and technical infrastructure Online learning has had a significant impact on ensuring programs, methods, teaching and learning organization plans, activities of schools and classes, and on the development of children, students, and students across the country In particular, online teaching is an effective teaching method that teachers and students need to apply in a oriented way to transmit knowledge to students flexibly, helping people learning according to the lecture circuit to achieve the goals of the lesson and subject Online teaching has been and will become a trend to be strengthened, consolidated and gradually become an inevitable trend, a task key in the tasks of implementing the school year to adapt to the new situation However, at present, a number of educational and training institutions at all levels face many difficulties when implementing online teaching, testing and assessing student learning outcomes, especially when translating The disease is complex and widespread With the number of students and students accounting for about 25% of the country's population, it only takes million hits at the same time, it will be difficult for the transmission line to maintain stable school hours Moreover, many families of students and students with difficult economic conditions not have enough means and computers to study, access technology, and absorb lectures Besides, teachers' methods also need to innovate in order to adapt and stimulate students' interest in the subject Especially for students in the final grade and preparing for entrance exams, it is necessary to pay more attention and find promotion measures to improve the quality of online teaching hours Due to the urgency and trend of the problem, I researched the solution: APPLICATIONS OF SOME SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY EFFECTIVELY FOR 9TH STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS IN THE GRADE 10 Subjects and time of application of measures Subjects of application are 9th grade students including classes: 9A, 9C at Nhu Ba Sy secondary school - Hoang Hoa - Thanh Hoa, total 74 students The time to apply the measure is the school year 2021-2022 Purpose and scope of research The topic is researched and applied with main purposes: Identifying the difficulties and shortcomings of online teaching due to the urgent trend, prompting teachers and students to quickly adapt to the epidemic situation Give some suggestions and technology solutions to apply effectively in online teaching time, especially for 9th graders who need to focus on improving grammar and vocabulary to prepare for the 10th exam effectively PART 2: PROBLEM SOLUTION Initial situation before applying the initiative In terms of teachers, currently, in the awareness of teaching methods, many teachers are still confused with online teaching activities, because they are familiar with traditional teaching and not know how to apply different software to increase teaching quality vibrancy for online lessons Therefore, many teachers only focus on going straight to the core of the lesson, making students not really understand and grasp the background knowledge for that lesson topic Due to the limitation of awareness and methods, teachers not innovate and learn about interesting tricks or activities for students to create motivation to love the subject more In terms of facilities, teaching materials for children have not been fully invested such as dictionaries, books, tapes, cassette players, projectors, etc software, other applications should also cause more or less limitations in learning English On the part of students, students are not really passionate about the subject, many of them often show fatigue and are not enthusiastic about participating in activities in the class Many students still have difficulty focusing on online lessons Furthermore, students' background knowledge of some topics in the English textbook curriculum in general and grade in particular is still very weak GOOD CLASS 9A SIZE 42 FAIR AVERAGE Numbe r Percent Number Percent Number Percent 14,3% 15 35,7% 21 50% 9C 32 9,4% 10 31,2% 19 59,4% Through the survey at the beginning of the year of 9th graders, the percentage of students who well in English is not high, specifically as follows: (Test Appendix 1) From the assessment and survey above, it can be seen that the quality of students is still average, the number is quite good, only 30-40% Solution content (implementation process, implementation time, organizational measures ) For websites or software used for online teaching, teachers can use available applications or program their own software or website Currently, teachers can use meeting applications such as Zoom, Google Meet, MS Team, etc… to teach For this form, it requires the presence of the teacher and the student at the same time However, it will be more interactive and on track with pre-made archived content Online teaching platforms need to ensure factors The first factor is to ensure a stable connection The application platform itself needs to be programmed to work smoothly No problem of weak transmission or slow transmission speed The second factor is the presentation feature, video and audio recording is essential If teachers design courses in the form of through platforms That is, teaching right now (livestream) The most prominent and effective online teaching software today: Zoom cloud meeting Microsoft Teams Google classroom Skype An English lesson will be really effective if the teacher knows how to make the lesson lively, interesting and engaging for students, so teachers must prepare well effective platforms and applications The fact that an online class is effective or not depends on how the majority of students participate, so in the classroom, creating many different forms of applications will attract students to the class, develop promote the activeness and positivity of students throughout the process of participating in learning activities Here are some organizational forms of application activities that I have applied very successfully in teaching grammar and vocabulary for 9th grade students to prepare for exams in the grade 10 school year 2021 - 2022 a Google Jamboard App Jamboard is a tool that can be considered as a greenboard in any classroom Jamboard interface is like a digital whiteboard, users often find that she can write any necessary information, important content In addition, the software also supports deleting, editing, inserting photos, notes, Advantages: Teachers can start or open Jamboard during a Meet call while participating in the call on a computer Video call participants on mobile or tablet will receive a link to the Jamboard file and be redirected to the Jamboard app There are many activities that can be applied with Jamboard software such as recording, brainstorming, etc For example, I can have students practice making sentences or arranging words into complete sentences through the Jamboard app Students can be divided into groups or teachers can call directly and give control of the application Another convenient point that teachers can create their own jamboard at any time, save and share with their students when there is a class If we are using a tablet with a stylus, it is easy to draw funny images Then simply share the screen and ask students to create sentences See the example below: Limitations: the only limitation of Google Jamboard is that all students participating in the study must have a google account b Using Kahoot! Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform and is used by many schools around the world as an Interactive Classroom Response System Advantages: Essentially Kahoot! is a website, so it can be used on any device: laptop, tablet, smartphone, computer; on any platform: Windows, Android, iOs… as long as the device can connect to the network, supporting learning "anytime, anywhere" Kahoot! Free, easy to use, one Kahoot quiz! (a Kahoot!) can be created by anyone, for any subject, and for any audience Thanks to the above utilities, Kahoot! was ranked 17th in the world's 100 best teaching aids in 2015 (up 64 places compared to 2014, ranked 81st) and is one of the fastest growing educational technologies in the world Teachers need to register an account at: https://create.kahoot.it/register? select the subscriber role as teacher * How to build a questionnaire on Kahoot + Teachers need to login first Interface screen when logging in: + Select Tab New → Click “Create new Kahoot” → Depending on the type of question you want to prepare, choose Quiz, Jumble, Discussion, or Survey I have applied it to create multiple choice questions related to the tenses, wishes, conditional sentences, past simple and past participle of verbs… Thanks to Kahoot, students can remember the knowledge easily and they are extremely because of the competitive game Limitations: Some disadvantages of using Kahoot are as follows: - Kahoot only offers multiple choice questions - Because this is a live game, the user must be in the same room at the same time - There are only 95 characters in all for the questions and 60 characters for the answers, but users can fix it by entering the questions as text c Using Quizlet Quizlet is a website and app to learn vocabulary, concepts and terms through flashcards and fun games, making it easier for learners to remember It gives users almost limitless opportunities to learn vocabulary Advantages: Quizlet is very useful in creating more motivation for users because the application attracts the attention of a large number of students and teachers The software helps teachers create coursework for classes or even live games for students to absorb more useful materials and knowledge This is considered an effective learning method for students Besides, Quizlet also helps learners to master and understand the content of interest, and the application also organizes a lot of activities and attracts users more thanks to everyone's own contributions In the world I have used the website that is very effective in teaching vocabulary through flashcards and other very useful word link resources 10 Limitations: As a flashcard application, Quizlet's sets are limited in content and are only really suitable for learning languages or memorizing certain concepts and terms In other words, the practical applicability of learning on Quizlet is quite limited d Create exercises and games on Wordwall Pros: Wordwall is an online teaching tool used to design real-world content for students such as games Teachers will design content students need to on Wordwall with available templates, then send links for students to practice and exercises All student results will be displayed at the teacher's results interface to know the student's ability Overall, Wordwall is an easy-touse learning aid for creating interactive classroom exercises This website will provide a variety of activities for you to choose from, making learning much more enjoyable I apply the software to play vocabulary-related games very effectively for students to prepare for exams and memorize vocabulary, for example wordsearch on the topic Family 11 Limitations: One limitation is that with the free account, teachers can only create up to types of activities, after which they will have to delete old activities to create new ones e Liveworksheets Liveworksheets is a tool that allows teachers to create interactive worksheets for students With this tool, teaching and learning online will be easier Teachers simply upload their traditional printed assignments as PDF or Word documents, and then convert them to create worksheets in different formats When students access, they can see those assignments Students after taking the test can see the score displayed directly on the work Advantages: Assigning homework to students will no longer be a worry for teachers with this convenient learning application, teaching by liveworksheet helps teachers save time, save paper and ink Instead of a traditional noninteractive PDF file, the liveworksheet allows teachers to create interactive exercises for students Students will no longer be bored when each assignment has to be written down in notebooks and can only be done in the form of notes on paper Besides, it also develops comprehensive listening, speaking, reading skills of students with recording feature of liveworksheet Diverse exercises, many different ways of integrating images and videos, arouse students' curiosity and discovery, thereby cultivating the habit of doing homework without anyone reminding 12 13 14 Limitations: Although it is easy to use Liveworksheet, it depends on the account level that the teacher uses Eg: If teachers want to increase the number of worksheets, workbooks, and the number of registered students, they will need to pay more to upgrade the effective account Downloading the Liveworksheet to your computer or phone in PDF format is quite easy if the author allows it However, the maximum number of downloads for this software is 10 times per day The maximum number of workbooks can be created is 10 copies, and each type of workbook will contain up to 120 worksheets For each version, the maximum number of students that can be registered is 100 One Liveworksheet user can store up to 120000 student responses PART 3: CONCLUSION Effect of the measure obtained after application I have applied these measures in the 2020-2021 school year and the results obtained in grades of grade show that the student's learning quality has increased markedly The percentage of good points, more good, limited average score I will continue to apply and consult with colleagues to make this initiative more effective and complete Here are the results of the assessment test number (Appendix 2) after I applied the measure: 15 CLASS (A,C) Trước thực (A,C) Sau thực GOOD SIZE FAIR AVERAGE Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 74 12,2% 25 33,8 40 54% 74 25 33,8 30 40,5% 19 25,7% Looking at the above results, it can be seen that the number of excellent students has tripled to 31% while the average number of students is only 22%, thereby showing a clear effect of the measure Assessment table of students' attitudes to the effectiveness of the measure after applying: Survey question: The solution to apply online teaching applications is very effective for teaching and learning English online Do you agree with this opinion? ANSWER NUMBER PERCENT Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly agree Total 45 29 0 74 63% 37% 0 100% It can be inferred from the above table that 63% of students strongly agree that the method is very useful for practicing advanced skills and general cultural topics Meanwhile, another 37% of students agreed with the conclusion given Therefore, it can be emphasized that it is extremely important to provide background knowledge and supplement vocabulary for topics about cultural diversity in foreign language teaching The above forms are some of the games that I myself have applied over the years, but applied through very interesting online learning software and platforms I think teachers should change activities in different lessons so that the classroom atmosphere is always lively, avoiding the monotonous and boring path for students At this stage, the teacher only plays a guiding role and does not give the right answer, but only to stimulate students to actively participate and students will discover the right idea or create a natural need to help students 16 want to learn more about the content of the lesson in the exercises at a later stage When applying game forms, how to cause interest and excitement for students in each lesson, how to suit the characteristics of students at different levels After a year of teaching in this form, I find that my students improve their learning quality, and at the same time they gradually fill in their lack of confidence and knowledge gaps, thereby developing further develop their study skills, improve their ability to think creatively throughout the learning process at school Regarding economic efficiency: After applying the above solutions to online teaching, I myself have gained a lot of benefits Firstly, saving money in teaching because the application software is completely free but still brings high efficiency Teachers also save time and effort in preparing lessons and above all easily manage student engagement and assess student progress Online teaching applications are often used for regular assessment (Formative assessment), monitoring the learning progress of each student, determining known knowledge, creating learning motivation, reviewing old knowledge for students students, take a survey or discuss The highlight of software solutions to support online teaching compared to other multiple choice question creation and interaction tools is that it is gamebased, creating a lot of attraction, excitement and competitiveness for students to participate Apps like Kahoot!, Quizziz are described as a “PlayStation for education” Thanks to that, teachers can easily create "warm up" activities that make the class more attractive and effective for students Thus, with such outstanding advantages as on the software, the application is completely convenient and easy to apply to all educational institutions around the world Conclusions and recommendations The use of special software and game applications in online teaching is definitely an effective way to start a class with an interesting activity, helping students set a positive mood for learning and Actively participate in class In order to continuously improve the quality of students' learning, it is required that teachers prepare well for lessons, explore and be creative while preparing lesson plans, avoid the transmission of knowledge one-way, heavy on theory, with little incentive creative thinking of students The teacher's main role is to control and guide students in active and active learning activities in class This is even more evident in English teaching and learning because the most basic point of view about the new method is how to promote the activeness and initiative of learners and create optimal conditions for learners to practice develop the ability to use language for communication purposes 17 However, when designing questions and online games, teachers should pay attention to the following points: √ Short, attractive, time-consuming design √ Use question forms for the right purpose, logic, and situation of the lesson √ Suitable for all ages, subjects and levels of students For schools and senior leaders need: √ Deploy more seminars to create conditions for teachers to have the opportunity to exchange and learn from experiences through seminars √ As a foreign language environment, skills must be practiced according to the characteristics of the teaching method, so it is necessary to have a subject room to avoid making noise for neighboring classes as well as not being affected by other teachers noise from outside (can be combined with other departments) √ Introduce relevant documents for teachers to refer to, learn and apply We look forward to receiving feedback from teachers and peer friends, actively contributing to innovative teaching methods and competency-oriented student assessment Sincerely thank! Principal Confirm Hoang Hoa, May 5th, 2022 Written by I swear this is my own experience Initiative, I not copy from others Lê Đăng Thành Lê Thị Hải Yến 18 ... GOOD CLASS 9A SIZE 42 FAIR AVERAGE Numbe r Percent Number Percent Number Percent 14,3% 15 35,7% 21 50% 9C 32 9, 4% 10 31,2% 19 59, 4% Through the survey at the beginning of the year of 9th graders,... allows it However, the maximum number of downloads for this software is 10 times per day The maximum number of workbooks can be created is 10 copies, and each type of workbook will contain up to... learning English online Do you agree with this opinion? ANSWER NUMBER PERCENT Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly agree Total 45 29 0 74 63% 37% 0 100 % It can be inferred from the above table