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TEACHING EXPERIENCE TITLE USING THE WEBS OF QUIZZIZ.COM AND LIVEWORKSHEETS.COM TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO ACTIVELY AND EAGERLY PARTICIPATE IN EXTRA PRACTICE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM Field: FOREIGN LANGUAGES NGHE AN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING TAN KY HIGH SCHOOL =====  ===== TEACHING EXPERIENCE TITLE USING THE WEBS OF QUIZZIZ.COM AND LIVEWORKSHEETS.COM TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO ACTIVELY AND EAGERLY PARTICIPATE IN EXTRA PRACTICE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM Field: FOREIGN LANGUAGES Author : Nguyễn Thị Huệ Tel : 0915042700 Co-author : Nguyễn Thị Hải Tel : 0948058636 Group : English APRIL, 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Reasons for the study New points of the topic Aims of the study Methods of the study Scope of the study PART II: CONTENT Theoretical and practical background 1.1 Theoretical background 1.1.1 The importance of creating learning environment outside the classroom 1.1.2 The importance of interest in study 1.1.3 The definition of extra practice 1.1.4 The effectiveness of Quizziz.com 1.2 Practical background 1.2.1 Brief introduction about Tan Ky High School 1.2.2 Actual situation of giving extra practice outside the classroom 1.2.3 The actual situation of modern education Solutions 2.1 The steps to assign homework in Quizziz and Liveworksheets 2.1.1 In Quizzizz 2.1.2 In Liveworksheets 2.2 Guided activities 10 2.2.1 Activities to help students broaden vocabulary 10 2.2.2 Activities to help improve listening skills 12 2.2.3 Activities to help improve writing skills 14 2.2.4 Activities to help improve grammar points 16 2.2.5 Activities to help improve reading skills 19 2.2.6 Practice tests for GCSE exams 21 Some pictures illustrate the results of students 26 The effectiveness of the solutions 29 4.1 Teacher’s evaluation 29 4.2 Students’ evaluation 29 PART 3: CONCLUSION 33 PART 4: REFERENCES 34 PART I: INTRODUCTION Reasons for the study As it can be seen that in modern world, the requirement that creates language environment in both inside and outside the class is getting more and more necessary With positive language learning, students can apply what they have learnt in the class into real life situations and they can be more confident, active and eager to learn English Thanks to the development and technology, a large number of fields of society have greatly improved It has brought about positive changes, created a lot of productivity which helps people lives become better and better Education is not an exeption With the effect of 4.0 technology, teaching content, teaching methods and its forms are changed to meet new requirements Technology has assisted not only teachers but also students both inside and outside classroom, which results in good achievements For a long time, extra practice has been an essential part of study progress It helps students revise and practice the knowledge they have learnt For the reasons above, I would like to conduct the Teaching Experience namely: “Using the webs of Quizziz.com and Liveworksheets.com to encourage students to actively and eagerly participate in extra practice outside the classroom” New points of the topic Assigning homework has existed in every subject for a long time Not only in other subjects but also in English, homework plays an important role in teaching and learning process; however, some teachers have not found the ways that help students both feel interested and study the subject effectively When being asked about the homework that were given, students said that although they knew that homework was important, they seemed to show no intererest in it Some popular kinds such as: learn by heart new vocabulary and structures, the exercises in the workbook or prepare the next lesson really make them bored Designing extra practice on web tools such as quizzes or liveworksheets give students new experiences.They help encourage learners, create motivation for them and make them actively take part in doing many kinds of homework Moreover, these webs assist teachers in checking students’ understanding as well as quick feedback from the learners, helping the teachers adjust teaching and learning in the next time Aims of the study The aims of the research are as follows: - To design interesting kinds of activities for extra practice - To help students actively and eagerly participate in extra practice - To help students improve English skills effectively and skillfully so that they get the highest scores Methods of the study - Study some web tools - Read materials relating to the topic - Design suitable extra activities for students - Collect information from students and other teachers - Learn from experience based on achieved results Scope of the study The 11, 12 graders PART II: CONTENT Theoretical and practical background 1.1 Theoretical background 1.1.1 The importance of creating learning environment outside the classroom “Learning environment refers to the diversity of physical locations, contexts, and cultures in which students learn Since students may learn in a wide variety of settings, such as outside-of-school locations and outdoor environments, the term is often used as a more accurate or preferred alternative to classroom, which has more limited and traditional connotations - a room with rows of desks and a chalkboard, for example The term also encompasses the culture of a school or class, its presiding ethos and characteristics, including how individuals interact with and treat one another as well as the ways in which teachers may organize an educational setting to facilitate learning.” While children acquire a lot of knowledge in school, their learning process continues beyond the classroom In reality, one period in a high school always lasts 45 minutes In order to understand the knowledge that teacher has taught, a lot of extra activities are prepared to help students consolidate the knowledge or widen it for better understanding As the definition above, it is believed that learners can study in many different ways in diversified environments 1.1.2 The importance of interest in study Interest is an individual's special attitude towards an object, which is both meaningful to life and capable of bringing pleasure to the individual in the process of activity in life as well as in study (Nguyen Quang Uan) Interest plays an important role, having a great impact on the attitude, work and study results of each individual Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841) German psychologist, who first developed the general theory of education that interest plays a central role in education He emphasized that interest is not only seen as a motivation in learning but also an important goal or outcome of education (according to Nguyen Duc Nhan) Being interested in learning helps students a lot When they are interested, they have a motivation to become active and maintain our attention for long periods of time Interest is the foundation for active memorization, attitudes, emotions in learning, the power for research, creativity, and maximization of one's potential The interest in learning stimulates the positivity of the intellectual ability, the effort to act in learning activities, create a motivation to stimulate learners in study, acquire knowledge and find new sources of learning content When they are interested in learning, they tend to assert themselves in that subject 1.1.3 The definition of extra practice The extra practice activities are designed so that teachers can assign different levels of activities in each unit to students based on their needs and abilities There are two types: Revision worksheets provide a review of the unit content based on more challenging activity types, to reinforce what has already been learnt Extension worksheets are more project - based and they encourage students to revise what they have learnt and apply it to broader areas The emphasis here is in production 1.1.4 The effectiveness of Quizziz.com Quizizz is not only a repository of interesting quiz games from the community, but also a tool for teachers to create multiple choice questions and use in teaching and learning Quizizz app promotes student learning and is a quick, intuitive test creation tool for teachers or parents Outstanding features of Quizizz: - Be suitable for classroom activities - Use quizzes to have the whole class play together, or assign homework to each activity - Choose from a collection of teacher- created and shared quizzes - Be suitable for all learners - Integrate with learning management systems 1.2 Practical background 1.2.1 Brief introduction about Tan Ky High School Tan Ky high school is located in a mountainous area in the western part of Nghe An province If people have an opportunity to come here, they easily see the difficulties of people, the road, the shortage of facility Its students come from communes, 1/3 of whom are from ethenic minority Every day, if they not live in rented rooms, it takes many students 15 kms to ride their electric bikes or motorbikes to go to school This is a disadvantageous and dangerous distance due to a lot of dangers from streams and hills especially in rainy seasons 1.2.2 Actual situation of giving extra practice outside the classroom In the traditional ways, extra practice is given to students through exercises on text books, or copied papers At home, they will it and then hand in it to the teacher Although it can reassure the knowledge, it can lead to boredom and cause burden to teachers because the number of students in each class is big Moreover, as the author observed, the traditional ways of handing in the products and cheking them have triggered some problems The first problem is that teachers not apply various kinds of activities Sometimes, they give homework to students but not spend time checking it As the result, homework is not really effective The second problem is that students not feel excited to homework They reluctantly it, and sometimes try to copy it from friends and then feel fearful to be recognized At my school, although their living conditions are not high, parents try to buy for their children smart phones or computers They use these to contact with their friends, relax and study Recognizing that this is also advantageous, the authors believe that it is a good idea to make use of it to create a variety of extra practice for students to at home 1.2.3 The actual situation of modern education In the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, the current information explosion, the form of online learning and testing is expanding globally School year 2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022 Covid 19 epidemic broke out, which affected worldwide in general and in Vietnam in particular Online teaching form has been applied in almost all schools in Vietnam at almost all levels Solutions In order to stimulate students to be keen on doing extra practice, the authors have designed a lot of ways as follow: + Activities to help broaden vocabulary through activities: crosswords, matching and multiple choice + Activities to help improve listening skills through activities: gap filling and multiple choice + Activities to help improve writing skills through rewriting a sentence and word formation + Activities to help improve grammar points through gap filling and multiple choice + Activities to help improve reading skills + Practice tests for GCSE exams 2.1 The steps to assign homework in Quizziz and Liveworksheets 2.1.1 In Quizzizz Step 1: Proceed to the Quizziz page and then proceed to create an account by a valid email And choose as a teacher: - The registration to use the tool can be operated on a smartphone To increase the convenience, users can download the Quizizz application to their phones Step 2: Log in your account  Aim: Encourage students' reading habit * Open cloze Example: Unit 10: NATURE IN DANGER (Tieng Anh 11) A Reading:  Aim: Encourage students' reading habit *Multiple choice Example: Unit 13: HOOBIES (Tieng Anh 11) A Reading:  Aim: Encourage students' reading habit 20 Answers: C D B A D 2.2.6 Practice tests for GCSE exams The authors are highly apprecitated with this function of the webs due to the fact that students can practice GCSE tests without using a paper as before The thing that makes them interested in this is they can get the results as soon as the they finish the tests and can check whether the answers are correct or not Aim: Help students practise GCSE trial tests 21 22 23 24 25 Some pictures illustrate the results of students a In Quizziz: 26 Teacher can check which questions students can answer right or wrong, they can click the name of the student A following result will appear b In Liveworksheets: 27 Teachers can get students’ results in their emails or from a mailbox in the web 28 The effectiveness of the solutions 4.1 Teacher’s evaluation Quizziz and liveworksheet are widely used all over the world This means that they have demonstrated a lot of good points In two years, 2020-2021 and 2021 -2022, we have applied them in our teaching, which have brought a number of benefits: - Easily receive quick feedback from students - Help students consolidate and revise the lessons - Get free questions from other users in free sources of the web - Help improve both students and teacher’s IT skills 4.2 Students’ evaluation a Form of the survey: The authors have used Google form with questions to investigate students’ attitude toward these new kinds of giving extra activities Question 1: Which one would you prefer, paper homework or online homework? Question 2: What is your attitude toward online homework? 29 Question 3: What you like most about Quizziz and Liveworksheet? Question 4: What you think about the suitability of Quizziz and Liveworksheet for schools? Question 5: Do you think that Liveworksheets and Quizziz can motivate you in doing homework? b Results of the survey: There are 120 students of three classes : 11A2, 12A1 and 12A7 taking part in the survey Question 1: Which one would you prefer, paper homework or online homework? Question 2: What is your attitude toward online homework? 30 Question 3: What you like most about Quizziz and Liveworksheet? - I can get the mark quickly - It is easy to use - I don’t need to write down - I can know the answers quickly - I can practise a lot of skills - If I it on quizizz, I can it many times so you can review it There is more time to work on the test because there is no need to write down the class name and circle or re-color the answers In addition, it also creates a more "luxurious" feeling and is more suitable for the 4.0 era - I find it convenient, helps students reduce stress, can study and play at the same time I think that helps a lot to understand the lesson more deeply - I find it easy to grade on quizz for teachers, practice quick reflexes, better memory 31 Question 4: What you think about the suitability of Quizziz and Liveworksheets for schools? Question 5: Do you think that Liveworksheets and Quizziz can motivate you in doing homework? Thus, from the practice of applying the Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools in teaching by teachers, most students have positive feedback, clearly realizing the advantages of the tool 32 PART 3: CONCLUSION From the theoretical, practical and practical bases when using the Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools in assigning homework for students at Tan Ky High School as analyzed, I draw the following conclusions: Using the tools in assigning homework is a measure that contributes to improving the ways of learning and teaching, which leads to better study results Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools are suitable for modern educational trends Quizizz and Liveworksheets are supported with a lot of utilities in the free version, which can be applied to many subjects, many educational ranges Difficulties when using Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools in teaching: To use the Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools, first of all, we need to meet the prerequisites required: - Teachers and students must have internet access devices, must have an internet connection - Teachers must invest time to prepare question packages according to the format of the tool to have their own library of Quiz questions suitable for each lesson or each part, each problem or review for students In short, Quizizz.com Liveworksheets are suitable for use in educational settings, across all subjects There is no optimal teaching tool or means When teachers use these tools in teaching, it is important for them to be flexible and creative to increase the compatibility of the tools for the subject and lesson, their learning, objects and teaching environment 33 PART 4: REFERENCES Tiếng Anh 11 Tiếng Anh 12 “Some views on the interest of western psychologists”, Nguyen Duc Nhan (2007), Scientific journals, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education http://www.ngllife.com/teacher-resources Online tools: http://liveworksheets.com http://quizziz.com 34 ... the reasons above, I would like to conduct the Teaching Experience namely: ? ?Using the webs of Quizziz. com and Liveworksheets .com to encourage students to actively and eagerly participate in extra. .. 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