Some experiences in establishing, organizing and maintaining effectively the English club at Tinh Gia 3 High Schools 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 The reason of selecting the topic Today we are witnessing the[.]
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The reason of selecting the topic Today we are witnessing the interaction and interdependence among nations in the world of information, science, technology, education and culture In this context, English acts as an important communication tool for the country's economic, scientific and technological development and regional integration, as well as for intercultural exchanges countries in the region and in the world Nowadays, Tinh Gia where my school is clocated has The Nghi Son Economic Zone The Nghi Son Economic Zone was established in 2006 over almost 18,612 hectares in 12 communes in Tinh Gia District, Thanh Hoa Province The zone was designed for different industries with priority given to heavy industry Eight years plus after it began operation, the Nghi Son Economic Zone has attracted 94 investment projects totaling US$16.8 billion in registered capital, including 15 ongoing foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a combined capital of almost US$10 billion The economic zone boasts many largescale projects including the 5.8 million tonnes per year Cong Thanh cement plant; the one million tonnes of steel billet per year Nghi Son steel plant; Nghi Son Thermoelectric Plant, Nghi Son Thermoelectric Plant and some other power projects with a total capacity of 2,400MW; and the US$9 billion Nghi Son refinery project It means that knowing English in here is very important for the people who want to get good jobs because there are many foreign companies This is the reason why we had intention of establishing an English club with the purpose of helping our students use English masterly and develop their language skills The ability to communicate in English is one of the basic skills that need to be established for the young generation in Vietnam Therefore, English language teaching and learning in general, junior high school in particular, should focus on developing communication skills in English for students Teaching and learning English at the high level, helps students expand their vision, enrich their life experiences Thus, to help students develop their ability to communicate, we need to train our students to be brave and self-confident in learning English; At the same time, we have to provide life skills for them as well as create good conditions for them to develop comprehensively They need more opportunities, more time, and need to have an environment to practice English, to meet with teachers and friends more It is the interaction with friends that will give them the confidence, encouragement in communication and these opportunities that can only be activities outside class time! However, throughout the extracurricular activities of the team, I have discovered that many students are able to communicate in English They can give presentations, rhetoric, exchange, Q & A, introduce themselves in English in a natural way They want to develop their abilities, but they have little chance to show their strengths Then why we don’t try to give them more opportunities to SangKienKinhNghiem.net develop, to multiply the typical passion for learning English as well as attract many prospective students with the ability to communicate English well From the experience above, I think I have to find ways to organize and maintain effectively the English Club at my school and fortunately, this year, Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemicals LLC supported us to establish an English Club in October 2017 Through the operation of the English club at the school in one year, I have learned some experiences as well as have many concerns and thoughts in trying to find better, practical and more effective solutions to maintain and promote the effectiveness of the English club, and how to improve students' listening and speaking skills, facilitating the teaching and learning of English in the school The above reasons have inspired me to conduct my initiative with the title “ Some experiences in establishing, organizing and maintaining effectively the English club at Tinh Gia High Schools.” 1.2 Objectives 1.2.1 Objectives of research 1.2.1.1 For the students - Recognize the important of English and the benefits that they can get when joining the club - Provide members with an overview of how to establish, organize and maintain the English club - Know how to improve their communication skills 1.2.1.2 For the teachers - Know how to establish, organize and maintain effectively the English club - Know how to stimulate students to improve their communication skills when joining the club, 1.2.2 Research tasks Find out the reason why most English club at Tinh Gia high school work ineffectively - Apply my research to establish, organize and maintain the clubs , then compare, contrast the implementation of the topic - Evaluate and conclude the effectiveness of topic 1.3 Scope of research I mainly focus on: - It is about effective methods to establish, organize and maintain effectively the English club 1.2.4 Research methodology I write this topic based on: - The method of studying theory - The method of investigating - Applying the topic to establish, organize and maintain the clubs at Tinh Gia high school - Comparison, collation and summary of the result, effect of the topic PROBLEM SOLVING SangKienKinhNghiem.net 2.1 Rationale and reality 2.1.1 Rationale : 2.1.1.1 The development of the idea of setting up the English Club: History has shown and proven to us that human beings have been known to organize community activities in groups, according to their tribes, for a long time That has brought about many effects and promotion until today On the mass media or through local reality, nowhere we see the appearance of clubs such as club farmer, gardeners club, club youth, women, clubs who not have a third child etc This means that the form of club activities has long been and has many practical effects in human life and development In some schools there are organized clubs such as the lovers of mathematics clubs, literary clubs, English clubs, chess clubs This club has promoted the learning movement among students Through the actual time to attend the music, art is very easy to notice that students are very passionate, interested Seeing the students drunk singing, drawing I asked myself "Why are students so passionate? Why students get tired of studying English? Why not we stimulate the spirit of passion, not create the pleasure in the study of the students? " 2.1.1.2 Roles of the English club at schools : Club activities are one of the activities that contribute to innovate teaching methods in schools The club is a school-based activity that is organized and managed by teachers, under the direction of the Board of Education, giving students the right to rest and positive education, encouraging students to improve their knowledge, creating an environment for them to develop, moral training, developing life skills This is an important orientation contributing to the improvement of comprehensive education From the above, it is clear that the Club plays an important role in enhancing the effectiveness of comprehensive education in the school From the above, I determined that the organization and maintenance of the English Club's performance is one of the key tasks of the school year, as well as a practical activity for students to practice The ability to communicate in English, fun, healthy entertainment, moral training, life skills development, helping to develop the whole 2.1.2 Reality : Current situation of English speaking ability of students in the course teaching Innovating teaching methods in English in junior high school is the development of communication skills for students, especially the method of teaching Listening, Speaking skills Optimal method helps students practice these skills However, due to objective and subjective conditions, my students are limited in English speaking classes They are shy, not aggressive, afraid of wrong, passive in the practice Probably because the time is not enough to help them have opportunity to practice, the results of these classes often not meet the expectations Even the good SangKienKinhNghiem.net students are also very reluctant as well as lack of confidence Although they have real talent, passive environment is hard to excite the interest of the students Therefore, their passion is not satisfied, their strengths have little chance to show When surveying, surveying the psychology of 40 students in grade 11 years when learning the Speaking (Speaking), I obtained the results as follows: Confident Less confident Not confident students – 12.5 % 15 students – 37.5% 20 students – 50 % From the above results, when learning to practice, most students are timid, lacking in confidence, resulting in unsatisfactory results Their ability to communicate is difficult to develop well 2.2 Measure implementation 2.2.1 Organizations - In order to form an English club in the school, the first thing is to have the direction, the support of the leaderships and the school board combining with the determination of teachers in the team subject - The leader must develop the organizational structure and activities then submit it to the school leaders for consideration, supplement and approval - Within the subject group, there must be agreement on the assignment and the program of action 2.2.1.1 The organizational structure includes: - Head of the club: Deputy principal - Vice chairman of the club: in charge of professional field is the professional team leader - Vice President in charge of entertainment or one of the teacher from the subject group - 03 leaders representing blocks 10,11,12 2.2.1.2 Tasks: - Head of the club: Giving general direction and management, working with two deputy heads to develop the program of activities, suggest ideas, seek the guidance of the superior leaders - Vice President responsible for professional: regularly monitor the situation or the actual needs of students in the school in the subject of English, from which elaborate each specific program, with the topics closing to the main lessons in the textbooks to enhance learning efficiency, stimulate the learning spirit of the students Collaborate with other members of the board to develop club activities, assign assignments, and help team leaders work in teams; mainly run and manage the club meetings - Vice President in charge of the arts: The teacher in charge of this task is responsible for the training of performances such as singing, dancing, drama for students Collaborate with other members in the development of the program Head of decoration, music for the event or warm-up activities of the meetings Support the Vice chairman of the club in running and managing as well as teaching lessons in the meetings SangKienKinhNghiem.net - Group leaders: manage, monitor, assign, and assist the team members during their activities Represent the members of the team to make suggestions, reflect the needs for responsible teachers in the club - Membership: The members of the club must comply with the assignment and direction of the team leaders and responsible teachers in the club Ensure proper implementation of club schedules and activities Must have membership card, membership fee 2.2.2 Program of activities: - The program of the club must be in line with the students' ability in each class, the focus of the speech activities must be close to the surrounding life, must be realistic and stick to the main curriculum - The program for the whole year organizers must develop and submit to the guidance of leaders and administrators from the beginning of the year - The club has meetings and big events in each year Each meeting has its own topic The organizer must make plans before days to prepare for the events well - The program of the club must have a combination of professional training and other activities and entertainment games The program must really appeal to students - The program of activities must constantly change, improve or renew activities to constantly improve the efficiency of the club - In the club activities, the organizers must pay attention to the form of decoration and the music and instruments for each program 2.2.2.1 Topics An English Learning Club is a terrific way to improve your spoken English skills English Learning Clubs have the added benefits of being a great way to make new friends, learn about topics you might not have been aware of, and even hone your debating skills It’s not necessary to devote the entirety of your club meetings to debate, but it can be a stimulating and though-provoking way to spend two and half hours or so each month Here are some suggested topics: Appearance and Character Mid-Autumn festival Likes and dislikes Halloween My day People Rooms inside the house Christmas and New Year Furniture 10.It ‘s play time 11.Things to 12 Music 13 Sport 14 Weather SangKienKinhNghiem.net 15 Clothes 16 Getting around 17 Eating out 18 At the farm 19 At the zoo 20 Vacation 21 Technology 22 Hobbies 23.Food and drinks 24 Environment 25 Education … To run a club smoothly, from the beginning, we had to make a general plan to choose specific topics for each meeting , and here is our meeting plan that we carried last year English Club – Meeting Plan Session Session Session Session Session Session Activities Topic: All About Me Topic: Feeling & Emotions Topic: Weather Topic: Food, Drinks & Eating Out Topic: Clothes & Shopping for Clothes Notes -To help students practice introducing themselves to others -Help students speak about themselves and others (hobbies, habits, dreams, ect.) -To provide students with vocabulary about weather Feelings and Emotions -To help students Talking about Feelings and Emotions -To provide students with vocabulary about weather -To help students speak about different types of weather -To provide students with vocabulary of food -To help students talk about what they eat -To help students practice dialogues when they eating out -To provide students with vocabulary of clothes -To help students talk about what they are wearing -To help students practice conversation when shopping clothes SangKienKinhNghiem.net Session Session Session -To provide students with vocabulary using for asking and giving directions -To help students practice and talk about asking and giving direction Topic: Asking For & Giving Direction Topic: Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations Topic: Learning About Life Around The World -To provide students with vocabulary of typical holidays and festivals in Vietnam and elsewhere - To help students practice and talk about holidays and festivals - To help students talk about celebrations of some holidays and festivals (Halloween, X-mas, Newyear, etc.) -To provide opportunity for students to learn about life and other cultures in the world - To help students talk about life and other cultures in the world - To help students to prepare for Interschool-English Gala Event 2.2.2.2 Lesson plan Before having a meeting, the fist things we had to was making a lesson plan All those who are in the teaching line will vouch for the importance of a lesson plan A lesson plan is a concise and organized structure which provides answers to important questions about how a teacher can maintain a standard pattern of teaching Lesson planning provides a step-by-step guide to teachers to delve deep into what he/she is teaching, how the teaching should progress, and the contents of the lecture and eventually whether the students understand what is being taught Alongside planning for these criteria which are crucial for a comprehensive learning, a lesson plan benefits teachers in more ways than you can imagine And these are some examples of our lesson plans SESSION 1: ALL ABOUT ME Activity Warm up: Procedure Notes CATCH - NAME – (20 mins) Students stand in a circle, pass a ball around and Getting to know one another say their names (Slow pace then increases the pace) so that everyone getting to know each SangKienKinhNghiem.net other Ball holder say one name that he/she know their Set comfortable name then toss the ball to that person/or throw zone the ball in the middle of the circle The student whose name is called have to try to catch the ball and the ball catcher will jump to stand in the circle and say “Hello, my name is…/or I am …… Nice to meet you” (ball catcher can say something about themselves), All reply “Nice, to meet you too” Activity ends when all have introduced their names to the club MATERIAL: A ball Introduction about the theme & some expected outcome (2mins) LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF (30mins) Activity Make - groups of to (depends on the number of students) Give each student a paper with blank information to be filled in individually (guidance to be provided as worksheet attached) fill their information and Practice within group: Students take turn introduce themselves in the group Practice using mind-map Practice introducing oneself to another Learn more about each other and increase understanding among students Each group choose one introduction that impress them most then share with other group Finally, all attach their introduction on the board Or, group leader will collect all for later use or decoration about the club members when they have their own Buletin Board MATERIAL: Handout “All about me” Tea Break 10 mins SangKienKinhNghiem.net FIND FRIENDS WHO (25 mins) The students must find someone who can say “yes” to the questions on a questionnaire When they find someone who says “yes”, they should have that person write their name on the list (next to the statement) Find shared interests and hobbies to establish bond among students Reform 3-4 groups with students have at least “Yes” of the same question Activity Example: students say “Yes” for the questions about: Ice Cream, Football, English, Use Facebook, have a Cat, Have a computer, etc Each group with similarities share in group different reasons why they like or dislike the same things Then share with other groups MATERIAL: List of statements can be used to ask students Open-questions can be used for Yes – No questions Activity Activity Bingo Games (25’) - Sing the song - Guide to play the game - Facilitate students - Check result My day (20’) Widen speaking - Give example of a daily routine (as about oneself Worksheet 3a) (daily routine) - Deliver Worksheet 3b and guide/facilitate students write their own routine Noted that students have to write/draw the time for each of activities It is open for students to decorate their sheets - Get students present within the groups (as formed by activity 2) - Get or volunteers from each group to present in front of the class (instead of getting the volunteer, facilitator can nominate or drawing to have representors from each group In case time allowed, all students are encouraged to present MATERIAL: Handouts 3b – if time is limited, SangKienKinhNghiem.net this activity is handed as homework Summarising & Introduction about rules and routines 15 mins Have all agreed Once every member has known each other well with common It’s time for setting rules and routines of the rules and routines club and vote for agreement for better - Summarise today’s activities and lessons performance and learned collaboration - Encourage involment - Emphasize Organized place and Cleanliness - Ideas about a club’s decorations - Topic for next meetings (X-Mas) SESSION 2: FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS Activity Warm-up Activity Procedure Ball passing (15 ') - The students stand in circles and pass the ball - The first player to hold the ball, say his name and something that he likes Then pass the ball to the next person and give the offer to that person "Say your name and favorite color Say your name and favorite fruit Say your name and favorite (food / sport / subject / animal / season / country / singer / song / book / film) - Play to the end MATERIAL: Plastic ball or roll paper - - Draw a smiley face on the board Say it, and make fun of it, "It's me I'm happy " - - Lead and introduce the theme of the event Matching (20’) Divide into groups of people - Set the picture and the separated text - Each group discusses the puzzle and the correct Notes Practice / talk about yourself Introduce and explain 10 SangKienKinhNghiem.net word Even unknown words need to be guessed - After finishing the group, hang / paste the finished part of the group onto the board / wall Activity Activity Tea Break vocabulary Facilitator: A guide to reading, explaining new words, for students to practice pronunciation / reading new words MATERIAL: Worksheet 1; A0 / A1, paper tape Face Expression (15’) Learn and - Create two groups from Activity - Choose students from teams, give them set remember vocabulary of words describing emotions, feeling (18-20 words) - These students are not allowed to speak the words, but must use gestures, facial expressions and actions to describe the members of the group by speaking out loud - The team that predicts the most words wins MATERIAL: An emotional description card (worksheet or cut from worksheet 3) When ………… , I feel ………… (15’) - - Sit in circles, slide the sticker in Worksheet (or print and cut for students to choose) and have each student select one sticker and say when he or she has that feeling - Instructor can instruct and give example - When it is stormy, I feel scared - When it is lunchtime, I feel hungry - Promote students in turn MATERIAL: Worksheet 15’ The Feeling Song (10 mins) Mini games MATERIAL: Video clip, computer, lyrics for worksheet Feelings storytelling game (30 mins) - Teachers display emotions on the wall / board (about 30 pictures, the back side is from - can always use worksheet or emotional description stickers) - Divide the group of students 11 SangKienKinhNghiem.net Activity Wrap-up -Give each group a piece of paper, round and ask for a throw, pick a picture you like Each group selected 5words Students who hit the picture will automatically pick up the picture to gather again after five words (or simply select the five words from the given word, the groups choose different words) - Each group discusses and builds a story based on / uses the words they hit (and choose) - The groups turn to tell story / play their story - Encourage each group to use selected and creative words so that each member can participate in the show - The third best bonus for the show group Expand of capital from Apply words describing emotions, feelings MATERIAL: List of words that describe emotions, feelings, markers, and paper 10’ - Summary of activities - Comments, comments, some points / errors to improve (if any) - Disseminate the content of next activities (Weather) - Provision, preparation if needed 2.2.3 Other conditions: - Membership cards must be issued to each member Board members and team leaders must closely manage membership cards - Membership cards will be issued to new members each year - The program of activities for each meeting must be approved by the Board of Directors and informed in advance to all members of the club for preparation - In the large demonstration programs, the organizers need to invite the leaders of the majors, unions and parents to attend to seek the support of both spiritual and material - In order to enhance mutual understanding and learning, the club's organizing committee should contact the delegates of the clubs of the participating schools; At the same time, we should organize the students to participate in club activities of their friends - In order to keep the club running efficiently it is necessary to have membership dues and dues are built on the basis of members' monthly dues and the support of the board and other organizations in the school The collection and payment of membership dues must be publicly democratic - All programs and images must be retained to educate the next generation 2.2.4 Club Members: 12 SangKienKinhNghiem.net To develop the Club, the first job is to choose the students from 10th to 12th grade who have passion, love English as a member of the Club This is an important step in establishing the Club In order to attract more students to join the Club, I and my colleague who are mainly responsible for the running club ask the Communist Youth League’s support to organize an meeting all students who are interested in English and have ability of using English well Before the meeting we assigned the English teachers in each class and took advantage of the first 15 minutes of class, minutes, break time to communicate and promote students understand the purpose and benefits of the English Club We make it clear that this is a useful playground for English learners At the first meeting they were reserved more than 100 students participated At this meeting we made small conversations with these students and then choose 40 students who are capable of speaking as well as listening English at the medium level After that, the representatives from Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemicals LLC held another meeting to interview 40 chosen students and made the final list with 20 students Because this is the first time my school has an English club so that we want to choose the students who can know how to use English to train the leaders for the next years 2.2.5 Rules of the Club: Any organization should have rules, rules and regulations in place to govern and maintain operations Based on the regulations on organization and operation of the Club, our team has discussed and agreed common regulations with members of the Club as follows: - Club members are students who are interested in English, volunteering to join the club, having parents' comments - Do not stop training and progress in learning English, always strive to have good behavior Ensure style, uniform according to the regulations of the Club - Full participation in club activities, no more than consecutive times / year, full fee - Abide by the rules and assignments of the Advisory Board and Board of Directors 2.2.6 Distribute membership application form and membership card: To express the individuality of students who voluntarily join the Club, they have an application form to join the Club and signed by their parents Each member is provided with a membership card (badge with a strap), printed with a school logo and have personal photos so the club easy to follow, closely manage each member at the same time create more fun for the students To be officially a member of the Club, all students meet all of the above conditions at the Club's launching ceremony 2.2.7 The uniform of the club: At the same time, to create a distinct identity for the club, we have to create a separate outfit for the members The club consists of a shirt, a hat, a badge with a strap 13 SangKienKinhNghiem.net Through a student poll, the results show that 100% of the students are interested in and co-opt for the uniforms for the club Club leaders conduct the meeting and go to the right for the students themselves to design and choose the color and uniforms of the club uniforms 2.2.8 Regular Club Activities: To create more excitement for students to join the club, to help students realize that the English language club is really the perfect place to improve their knowledge of the subject, to share their experiences of learning foreign language, listening and speaking skills, and participate in other useful literary activities, the organization of the club in addition to strengthening and maintaining the organizational structure (as presented above all) there should be improvements in the content and form of the club Myself had many concerns, thoughts and formed the following ideas: There should be a combination of three subjects (English, music, graphics) in the professional team, specific into activities, integrate into the club's activities English teachers help students practice English songs or other performances for students as well as organize drawing competitions or help students draw pictures according to the theme of the activity Collaborate with the other teacher to perform aerobics, aerobics, rhythm etc The content and form of activities must change or be renewed continuously Some suggestions below: - Presenting views on topics, answering questions in the form of questionnaires or gathering of democratic flowers (this activity has been active but less creative the listener) - Presenting learning experiences, answering questions to share experiences with other members - Presentation of theoretical illustrations of subject knowledge (such as how to divide, type, structure, sample ) - Give the situation, organize the contest between groups in the same block This activity is very rich, close to the topics in the main curriculum, and very practical for the students, but the requirement to implement the unit of speech must match the object in the course each block The organizers should not focus on language skills but should focus on promoting boldness, using their informative speech units and creativity Scenarios may suggest: + Introduce, make new friends + Ask about where you live + Introduce, meet family members + Ask about school, teacher, friends, time, schedule, subjects + Ask about hobbies, habits, daily tasks + Question about traffic means, traffic safety + Ask about exercise, food, food hygiene + Ask about the weather, seasons + Environment, environmental protection + Ask about mass media 14 SangKienKinhNghiem.net + Appointment by phone; exchange forums on the internet + Debate on how to study, study places, study conditions + Talk about dreams, future, career + Controversy about costumes, customs, traditions + Ask about historical figures, historic events + Ask about the event, natural disaster + Ask about outstanding events in the year + Ask about sports, music … - Organizing painting contests by topic, introduction, presentation, comment, questioning in English (group / group) - Drawing, writing postcards, invitations, advertising campaigns, announcements (group / group) - Writing paragraph about life around (This form the club did.) The club asked the members to write a short paragraph (150 words back) with the topic "The small is not small" They write about the good deeds of you and the people Surrounding the area, such as collecting, maintaining public toilets, taking care of the protection of trees, wildlife, helping grandparents, disabled people and many good posts - Writing tests, writing reports, writing reports - Performing drama, showing the movements, nuances of emotions according to the dialogue in the program - Examine the words, phrases in the course (in the form of music games) - Examine words with the number of letters and content suggested (in the form of a game like magic hat) - Write dictation or say the sentence "running dictation" (in the form of the game as a copy) - Quick group quizzes give each member a single word - Group vocabulary exercises (written in alphabet) - Examination of idioms and place names in paintings (places with textbook paintings) - Examination of studying country (form of game "By the line of history") - Practice the song quickly in tape - Fairy tales, introduce good people good deeds - Compete description, guess who you are, what to (form like game Who is who) - Compete performances, narrative gymnastics, football commentary - Debate, eloquence on the topic suggested before - Crossword puzzle In addition to the organization of competitions organizers need to build collective games such as bingo, lucky number etc 15 SangKienKinhNghiem.net When organizing the program, there should be a proper integration between presentations, debates, contests, games, cultural performances and activities of the Clubs The club is boring, add a lively, attractive, attractive people Rewarding and giving souvenirs in the activities is the most necessary The organizers also need to change the stage design, layout, decoration hall Costumes, make up is also a note to increase the aesthetics, create more color for the event Lastly, after each activity, the organizers should meet to review the responsibilities, work and lessons learned 2.2.9 Language activities and big events This is an opportunity for students to interact with foreigners This is the best environment for them to experience, improve their skills and communicate in English, engage students in speaking, communicating in English with English speakers, train them with confidence, couragement and self-evaluation Determining this is a very practical activity because it helps students experience reality, improve communication skills in English, promote the students learn English well and actively in the Club With the support from Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemicals LLC, at each meeting, there is at least one foreigner from countries such as England, Philippines, America, etc Having foreigners at the meeting help students improve not only my pronunciation but also my students’ Besides, having chance to communicate with foreigners improved their communication skills and helped us more self-confident What is more, each semester we held an big event which helps all students from grades have chance to use English The first is event was the meeting with the topic “ Christmas and New Year” with 55 participants from 10 classes at our school The meeting made a good impression for students and teachers from other subjects and stimulated the learning English movements at school The next event and also the biggest events was the competition “The Olympia Pathway” In this competition, more than 300 students from blocks 10 and 11 of my school took part in it This play ground brought them many benefits and helped them gain much knowledge not only in English but also other subjects One event that lasted in months is writing contest With the purpose of developing all language skills for students we opened a writing contest with 70 essays from students of blocks This provided students chance to present their knowledge about English and other subjects Many writings have good quality These events or exchanging with foreigners last year has increased the interest of students when joining the club Through the practical activities, rare opportunities, the Club has helped them use the knowledge learned in practice 2.3 The result of researching After a year of organizing and maintaining activities of the club up to now with 10 times of activities and one time practice field, we have obtained some positive results as follows: 2.3.1 For team teachers 16 SangKienKinhNghiem.net Team members are confident and have extensive experience in organizing extra-curricular activities for students All the teachers of the team well prepare the content and form for a Club meeting Guiding and training activities for students are also easy for the teachers, tasks assigned to each team member have become easy to follow as the first activities From experience through the activities, all the teachers of the team are proud and love the English Club Because of that, the English Club has been maintained and well organized so far 2.3.2 For students: Integrating learning knowledge into games, crossword puzzles, and theories, speech, rhetoric, and exchanging help students gain knowledge in a comfortable and memorable way to help students learn English in class Through surveys and student opinion polls, we have achieved 100% of the results of our members' favorite of the English Club Most of the students are more confident and confident than before, hence the results of learning English subjects of students are also progress Particularly, the results are reflected clearly by the gala club meeting that has won the A prize CONCLUSION AND PROPOSAL 3.1 Conclusion As directed by MoET's guidelines, we determined that Club activity is one of the types of activities that contribute to innovating teaching methods in schools today , is an important measure to implement the content of the campaign "Building Friendly Schools, Active Students" From that spirit, we organized the English Club and have achieved some initial results Over the course of one year of operation, it is clear that, in order to stimulate students' learning, to help them develop their ability to communicate in English, in addition to their classroom learning, The environment of helping students practice English in the form of Club is a very useful activity to bring students practical effects As reported by Associate Prof Dr Nguyen Cong Khanh: "The club is a place to organize activities that are suitable for psychological age, meet the needs and interests of students, create environment for Their ideas, talents are revealed and developed " Only through English Club activities, English lovers have a good chance to develop their own strengths It is very clear that nowhere can learners be more confident in expressing the language they are learning with their friends at the club Here they have the opportunity to share experiences, learn together, participate in useful activities using English, the language they are learning A new point and here is our effort is that the club has organized the big events for the club members This is an opportunity for students to have the opportunity to interact with foreigners, to gain practical experience and to evaluate the achievements of the Club This is the best environment, the most attractive form for students to express themselves, practice speaking English with foreigners The 17 SangKienKinhNghiem.net confidence and bravery of using English in their communication is evident in contest Thus the organization is English Club in the school has brought many practical benefits for students, giving them the opportunity to show their talents, strengths Many students are more confident in communication, so the results of learning English subjects of students are progressing Help students understand and experience life skills from their questions, exercises, personal life situations, help them develop harmony, comprehensive personality My experience has raised some of my own experiences in organizing and maintaining the English Club at my school I would like to share with my colleagues With great effort and determination, each professional group can organize the English Club in the school to help our students develop their ability to communicate and learn English At the same time, it contributes to the objective of teaching foreign language teaching in the school 3.2 Recommendation: English Club organization is a practical activity contributing to students Students are interested in learning the subject, developing communication skills and improving the quality of learning For the above purpose I would suggest: - Every activity plan of the club should be carefully discussed and updated in the professional team and the professional team leader must be the one who dares to do, is determined to implement the plan To serve the wishes and interests of the students - The professional leader always takes the initiative in planning for each activity and submits it to the school leaders so that the implementation is not inactive with the school's plan and the training organization draws experience after each The activities for the club to operate more efficiently - It is necessary to have a picnic practice for students after each school year as this is the most practical way to attract and attract more students to join the club Assign appropriate assignments to each teacher in the team so that all activities will be carried out smoothly and efficiently XÁC NHẬN CỦA THỦ TRƯỞNG ĐƠN VỊ Thanh Hóa, ngày 28 tháng năm 2018 Tôi xin cam đoan SKKN viết, khơng chép nội dung người khác (Ký ghi rõ họ tên) Hoàng Thị Mai Hương 18 SangKienKinhNghiem.net REFERENCE Mrs Linh, Một số kinh nghiệm việc tổ chức trì câu lạc trường THPT, May 30th 2018, from website: http://www.tamky.edu.vn/Portals/0/LINH%20HP.pdf Mohamed Asskalli, Steps to start your English Club + Acton plan sample for period 1, May 30th 2018, from website: http://moroccoenglish.com/2016/12/16/steps-to-start-your-english-club/ How to start and run an English Speaking club effectively, May 30th 2018, from website https://www.spokenenglishpractice.com/how-to-start-andrun-an-english-speaking-club-effectively/ 19 SangKienKinhNghiem.net ... The above reasons have inspired me to conduct my initiative with the title “ Some experiences in establishing, organizing and maintaining effectively the English club at Tinh Gia High Schools.”... to maintain and promote the effectiveness of the English club, and how to improve students' listening and speaking skills, facilitating the teaching and learning of English in the school The above... experiences of learning foreign language, listening and speaking skills, and participate in other useful literary activities, the organization of the club in addition to strengthening and maintaining