Experiences in guiding graders 8th participate in practicing speaking skill according to the specific topic in English 8 pilot program semester 1st actively and effectively 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 REASON[.]
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE TOPIC As we know, the government and the state have recognized the importance of teaching and learning foreign languages in general and English in particular in the system of schools in Vietnam Studying and using English as a foreign language will contribute significantly to the country's development and development, bringing the country up to the advancement of humanity in the 21st century More than ever, English is considered as the most popular language, a particularly useful means of communication, economic exchange, culture and etc all over the world For our country, learning English has been focused on all levels This has demonstrated the full awareness and determination of the education authorities in equipping the future owners of this key language country Good English in communication is the target of English teaching - learning throughout the school As we all know under the new textbook program students learn English for 10 years from grade to grade 12 This time is not long but enough to absorb and use a good foreign language such as English In addition, the implementation of the method of communicative approach has created certain values for students Communicative language teaching (CLT) is an approach to the teaching of second and foreign languages that emphasizes interaction as both means and the ultimate goal of learning a language It is also referred to as "communicative approach to the teaching of foreign languages" or simply the "communicative approach" This is an excellent method of teaching foreign languages that has been developed and developed since the 70s of the last century, emphasizing communication as the approach and the target of language[1] Under the guidance of the teacher, every hour of teaching success or not can not lack the preparation, arrangement, organization well Teacher also has many advantages in organizing learning for students However, we encountered many difficulties in teaching directly in the classroom and class observation of my colleagues, I found that students can apply the knowledge that teachers have provided in practicing "Speak " faces many difficulties such as: - Most students encounter many obstacles, difficulties when learning to speak most is when communicating with others - Students not have enough input knowledge to practice - Activities, contents required during class, in textbooks require students to have background knowledge, deep knowledge about life, events, factors, cultural events, things in real life - Using English fluently to communicate is very modest; Students are also reluctant to use English in communication, especially high school students - The students can't actually use this language to express what they want and they may tend to be nervous about trying to say something Besides, traditional teaching methods have seemed to emphasize the learning of language system (rules of grammar and lists of vocabulary items …)as a goal in its own right and failed to give learners an ability to gain realistic experiences SangKienKinhNghiem.net in actually using the language knowledge gained Of course, for various objective and subjective reasons, this is a concern for many English teachers at this level and for educational administrators throughout Vietnam High school students communicate in good English is an important premise for exchanging and accessing opportunities for success in the next stage of development In the process of teaching English in high school, I realized that there are many obstacles that prevent students from communicating in English Fully aware of the above problem, I chose this topic to study to provide positive solutions to help students learn English better, especially improve the ability to speak English because ''speaking skill'' is a crucial part of language learning The mastery of speaking skill in English is a priority for many language learners Therefore, we must pay close attention to this skill to equip students with the ability to communicate confidently To this, the instructor needs to organize an attractive learning environment to engage more students With that, students are confident enough, more confident to communicate in a foreign language later Deriving from the general requirements of the industry, the key task of teaching and learning the subject, along with restrictions that has puzzled me for a long time Casually looking for references on the Internet, I did additional research and apply a part of an initiative experienced high school teacher about teaching methods transplant listening and speaking skills in the same class I realize that this initiative can apply in a part to the fact of my school In addition, the assistance of professional English Education Department, attending special classes, by researching, studying some documents related to the issue After a period of efforts to search, learn, use and invest in some specific lessons I've drawn some experiences to improve this period effectively at the beginning of the school year Knowing that speaking skill is relatively difficult to teach students in rural areas, teachers need to find the best, most appropriate ways for students to feel more excited about learning For that reason, in the process of teaching speaking skills, I also have a lot of thoughts, applications, and experiences to develop and improve this skill for students, trying to figure out the method Teach the best speaking skills to yourself and help students understand the importance of the subject, to be more interested in the subject I have boldly selected writing experience initiativesSo in this article, I would like to present the theme: Experiences in guiding graders 8th participate in practicing speaking skill according to the specific topic in English pilot program semester 1st actively and effectively I hope the reality of my work will help Ss to be more active in learning, accumulated knowledge, skills and create a lively atmosphere in the school, improve learning outcomes subjects I look forward to sharing, commenting and contributing ideas to my Experience Initiative excellently form my friends, my colleagues and the readers, my friends 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The study, using innovative approaches to teaching transplant program details SangKienKinhNghiem.net Speak in English eight pilot program to: + Help teachers design and organize a lesson, how to practice speaking effectively + Help the student's mind smoothing, comfortable, with passion, excitement with every lesson + Find out the methodology of guiding students to train optimally applied to each class, each form of instruction to improve student self-learning in particular improve the quality of students' learning in general for English subject + Help teachers factual basis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of his/ her self-improvement training activities, striving to continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of teaching Thereby, the exchange of experiences with colleagues, and finding better methods for teaching "Speak " 1.3 Researched participants: - In this topic, I study the basic solutions after basic application for students in grade 8, Quang Long Secondary school, the medium students - the majority of subjects - The use of effective tricks in teaching speech - Create maximum communication opportunities for students 1.4 Ways to conduct the theme: - My real teaching at my school - Study communication materials on Communicative approach - Survey of students' English speaking practice - Apply the solutions to the teaching practice in their unit RESEARCH CONTENTS 2.1 The theoretical problem of size The goal of teaching speaking skills is communicative efficiency Learners should be able to make themselves understood Based on the characteristics required of the general language courses, English in particular, the communication perspective is unique perspective of foreign language teaching in schools Teaching this subject is essentially communicative competence training in the forms Listening- Speaking - Reading Writing It requires the environments with diversing situations This environment is mainly due to the teachers to create a lot of new forms Based on the objectives of education, is focused on promoting a positive, dynamic and creative students, to establish the capacity of identifying and solving problems for students Based on the method of teaching the subject in general language skills and speaking skills in particular must comply with several things: + Strengthening the role of the student, the student is no longer a passive acquisition of linguistic knowledge that must be actively involved in activities to practice the language + Minimize time teacher said in class, increase the time that uses language for sts + Teach elicitation method: Teachers only inspire and lead students to find SangKienKinhNghiem.net answers + Promote all available knowledge about the culture, society and language of students in language training + Have a positive attitude to the students' language errors, and accept them as an essential part of the process of language learning, helping students to learn from the errors of themselves and their friends’ + Do not just pay attention to the final product of the exercise, but also pay attention to both the practice and methods of training students + Promote self-learning capacity, lifelong learning in the age of information explosion, enhance individual learning to cooperate and coordinate The method is a content and soul in motion Need to simple activities[2] To avoid heavy learning, stress, effect health, excitement and confidence in the students' learning Creating favorable conditions for students to promote positive, proactive in acquiring lectures, mobilize every student work, assess the ability to work as a result of each student No need for machinery that can organize, design object lesson under a flexible and lithe On this basis, the teachers themselves must develop a plan of school activities, homework system, organization foreword operation, the operating instructions for students to dominate the academic content, proactively reach items objective knowledge, skills, attitudes, at the request of lessons through various forms of exercise, rich, attractive fit specific lessons, with characteristics and student performance, with specific conditions of class, school, district In conclusion, to help students develop communicative efficiency in speaking, instructors can use a balanced activities approach that combines language input, structured output, and communicative output 2.The state of research issues: a Advantages Although there are objective conditions and subjective influence directly in the teaching process, but we have to know ahead overcome the difficulties ahead, gradually improving the quality of teaching hours in order to meet the objectives, the new textbooks * The Teachers - Initially approach uses relatively good teaching special techniques,techniques of teaching listening and speaking - Already familiar with the way of the initiative and organize a second transplant skills lessons - Coordinate quite flexible teaching techniques - Using the operating equipment of modern teaching to service process of teaching * The students: - Students are getting used to this class.( picture 1) - Some students have formed skills, academic skills b Limitations/ weaknesses SangKienKinhNghiem.net *Teachers: Valve and some teachers face some difficulties in implementing certain actions, technical training, in the selection of appropriate techniques for each lesson, each stage of the lesson, and concerns use or use less proficient teaching materials *Students: - speaking English is limitted - Some children are afraid of speaking in English, trigger fear of making mistakes - Students who are new to reading speed, speaking of the native poeple c Specific investigations: Right from the beginning of the school year, I was driven to my plan and specific methods to actively investigate the situation of my students’learning to teach I have set up surveys with content and I will present the results later 2.3 The state of teaching "speaking skill" in an English class in Quang Long Junior High School We - the teaching staff of English subjects must boldly look directly at the weak English-speaking realities of students at the junior high school Most of the students in my school in particular and in schools in the district generally can not communicate in English This must be taken care of by teachers as well as educational administrators Through the unit survey to identify factors that interfere with the student's ability to communicate in English: * Survey of interest in learning: The fact that through the survey and exploration of the attitudes of students to speaking classes and excitement of learning 8A and 8B grade students beginning the first semester of the academic year 2017-2018 before applying themes : QUESTIONNAIRE ( face to face in communication and observation) Are the subjects topics close to you? What topics are boring with you? Are activities appropriate to your level? Do you have any difficulties communicating in English? In class, you like to work in pairs or groups? Are you sefl- confident to learn to speak English? Do you like to speak in English? Some suggestions / requests: * Results of the survey I with colleagues in the investigation group, We explored objectively, interviewed 48 students directly and also collected the following results: + Some topics are not close to the level and the knowledge of the children: 64% + The good news with question is that 48 interviewed children are very interested in the topics of the lessons + Activities are not appropriate to their level: 43% + 70,8 % have difficulties communicating in English + Students are afraid of making mistakes in the speaking process: 79% + Students may not understand what to in the speaking activities: 38,7% SangKienKinhNghiem.net Morever, through observing students'participating in practicing speaking English in the lesons, some students say more than other students Students have the habit of writing on paper without speaking In addition, certain limitations in the application of methods and skills to teach classes in specific lessons in a longterm also affect the ability of students While at lower secondary level, studying English as a Second Language is often considered as a junior high school 10th grade exam rather than an important mean of communication This misconception of teachers and students needs to be changed Through the analysis above we see that most children with a love of the subject, preferring to dominate the knowledge and desire to express their own language, but the capital they need to be led cleverly, scientificly from teachers * Learning Outcomes Quality survey results at the beginning of the school year before applying, it reflects problems in the situation of students, with assessment and its own specialized professional group Thus, not only in quality but almost every lesson overall quality is not high Specifically: Class 8A(24 ss) 8B(24ss) Well - Good Numbers (%) 16,6 4,2 Fair Numbers 13 13 (%) 54,2 54,2 Weak-Poor Numbers (%) 29,2 10 41,6 In summary, the survey of two contents in order to determine the factors that hinder the ability to communicate, ability to grasp the language of students, redefine the original reason I summarize some hard following main problems: About students: - Some lessons have distinct language training contents - Many activities are incompatible with the specific qualifications of students Opportunities speak limited English - Students have the habit of writing down on paper without saying - Students fear of making mistakes in the procedures that (fear not pronounce certain words, afraid to say the wrong question ) - Students may not understand what to in these activities speak Other difficulties: There are topics given by the teacher not really appeal to students, vocabulary is not enough to provide for students to express their opinions out Furthermore, students who have not really had an English environment on a regular basis to help them practice and reinforce their skills The biggest obstacle hindering the development of student skills in English are situated in the main learning styles Too many theoretical courses led to passive students in learning, they gradually become less dynamic and creative That habit of learning has led to a lack of confidence in speaking English THE SOLUTIONS/ PROCEDURES 3.1 The Importance of Developing English Speaking Skills for Grade Students "Speaking" is one of four important skills in teaching English so that students SangKienKinhNghiem.net are able to practice fast and effective communication Our students are weak in all four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing Especially the children are afraid to speaking English during school hours due to various reasons such as: embarrassed, reserved, afraid you laugh when you say wrong; Due to the large classes, teachers have little time for each student's skills Having a good speaking practice will help overcome these limitations Speaking skills help students to have more training in a lesson.Guiding the principle in every hour learning foreign languages: old - new training All new knowledge is gradually elicited from the knowledge learned in the previous lesson which makes students not afraid of new lessons While learning English, students can learn from each other, correct each other, freely say their own without being afraid of the teacher On the basis of the theory, the scientific basis of the subject and the actual quality of student learning in my school I did research, and use it to draw some lessons to be followed in speaking effectively Some main activities are that: 3.2 Prepare and arrange the speaking topic Do not cycle to textbook-like activities because they will make students feel bored and uninterested, not fully explore their ability to explore and be creative in their communication By the easy situation they not say, then say the difficult situation Therefore, we should guide the students to follow the topics in the textbook, then it themselves or in the same group to carry out the topics on the dialogue, self-comment in accordance with their ability, then Repeat at class (maybe each child, each group doing many different things) [3] By doing this, I realized that they were thinking, exploring and saying everything they need to say They are also excited about the subject, want to have a new subject sooner and more talkative because they have the opportunity to express themselves and to express themselves This not only creates conditions for good students to express themselves but also helps all students in the classroom, especially weak, timid, less Englishspeaking students Because they are better advised by students, prepared at home and practicing well, they are not surprised and confident in speaking and communicating in public 3.3 Form and organization of speaking This is also the key skill that determines success or failure in communication If the class is not active, few students practice speaking skills, it is unsuccessful If the class is vibrant, not inhibited and many students practice speaking skills then the lesson is considered successful Therefore, I think we should organize the "Open Classroom" - which can take students out of their familiar position to find the right person or stay in place for speaking in pairs or group is very good (should not sit)( picture 2,3,4) By that time, the students will be very comfortable to perform the activity as well as easy "hand dance, dizziness" express the meaning of each sentence to the listener[4] SangKienKinhNghiem.net In the meantime, if you are afraid of the noise of the class, you will be very passive and psychologically inhibited in order to sit in your familiar place Students can not promote the "vocabulary" they have, by gestures, eyes, and actions, as well as "words" in each language that make the listener understandable Moreover, if they are only told to sit next to them, they will be very bored and not know all the characteristics of each classmate If so then the class would be very noisy to manage and control? This is a question many teachers are concerned about especially young teachers But I also boldly say that learning to speak is not afraid of noise in class because of the "noisy in the control" will make the class become more exciting After we finish the work we ask the students to return to their place or sit down, they follow the "inertia" becomes order Then we can evaluate the comments and suggestions for the speaking activities that we have set( ( picture 5,6) During the speech process we should recommend the student as follows - Speak slowly (always speak slowly) Because most students think that the faster they speak English, the more likely they are to be native speakers, because most English learners find it difficult to grasp the information they hear when they speak However, the "say as fast as possible" view is completely wrong Encourage them to try to speak slowly and accurately If students slow down, your tone and tone will become more gentle, whereas your vocal tone will be heavier and more difficult to understand, which is understandable because you will not have enough time time to form the correct phoneme and intonation Take control of the speaking speed as well as the basic speaking principle to achieve what you want[5]: - Speak loudly enough This is an important factor in communication Whether we talk to a person, 10 people or a hundred people, we need to talk loud enough so that all the people who are present can listen to us easily If we talk too small, what will happen? Practicing speaking with a suitable volume will give us more confidence and can adjust your volume to suit different spaces and circumstances Do best every day for about 15 to 20 minutes practicing English pronunciation by reading aloud words, sentences, paragraphs in English - Pronounce all the sounds in words As mentioned above, speaking English at a slower pace will give ytime to focus on the sounds that are in the word Maybe now you can omit the final or mid tone of the word, or the syllables are not stressed in words This does not affect the speaker but makes it difficult for the listener Therefore, it is recommended that students focus on each syllable in the word and not miss any sounds, especially the last syllables of the word such as "s", "ed", "t", "p", etc - It should use simple structure (Using simple structures)By the way, no one will notice you using a simple or complex structure to evaluate your abilities and even no one recognizes the level of the structures you are using Be sure to use simple structure and sentence patterns to facilitate communication - Thoughts in English, should not be translated from Vietnamese SangKienKinhNghiem.net One of the most serious mistakes is that we tend to "translate" (from mother tongue into English) before speaking This will immediately create a language barrier For example, when we want to give up an appointment, we will think in mind: "I want to cancel that appointment." Then we translate that into English We will have problems because we can not remember or know the words "cancel" and "appointment" to form the sentence "I would like to cancel the appointment" If we think in English, we will not encounter this problem and there are many ways of expressing this situation in English, for example: "I'm sorry I'm not free tomorrow "or" I'm afraid I can not come tomorrow ", etc - Do not be selfish about your English skills We must direct them to positive thinking, to be confident that they can master the situation Prepare a source of knowledge so students can speak and reflect in the situations As we know in the 8th grade English test, the skills come from reading skills so this is also a good opportunity for students with basic knowledge to use during their practice However, the teacher must form the language for the children before speaking I have taught my grade students English as a selective subject since the beginning of this school year Especially before each lesson, the teachers need to be prepared basic content must practice to have specific guidelines for students to prepare knowledge needs to be trained for lessons Here are some specific examples:When preparing the content of implementation: Topic 1: Talk about what they like or dislike about life in the countryside (mongolian nomadic life) Period 13: UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE At the request of the textbook, students must complete three activities: Activity 1: Work in pairs Interview your partner to see if he/she likes or dislikes mongolian nomadic life ; Activity 2: Work in pairs Discuss and find Activity 3: Report your findings to the class However, the purpose of this section is that the students talk about what they like or dislike about life in the countryside (mongolian nomadic life) To help students practice speaking naturally, they shape what language they need to use For the first time, I let them practice the whole class, and they have to come up with structures that they can use to talk about what they like or dislike Then, based on the new knowledge gained from reading to practice As explained above, I let the students practice in pairs.( they can move positions, find their partner to practice) [6] *likes *dislikes : SangKienKinhNghiem.net I (really) like/ enjoy I adore Tôi (rất) thích I find very enjoyable Tơi thấy thú vị I’m very keen on Tơi thích I’m interested in Tôi quan tâm đến Another good thing is Một điều/ thứ thú vị For example: A: What you like about Mongolian nomadic life? B:I really like their living space, so free and close to nature - I totally agree with you I also fancy their living environment - Well, I adore horses and I’m very keen on riding them I (really) dislike I (really) hate Tôi (rất) ghét I can’t stand I’m not very keen on I find unpleasant is something I don’t like For example: - What you dislike about Mongolian nomadic life? - Oh, I can’t stand their lack of privacy - Uhm, I find their way of life extremely inconvenient -Let Ss move from talking about nomadic life to the coutryside in VN -Ask Ss work in pairs ,discussing which two things they both like and which things they both dislike.They can make a list in order to report the class later -For more advanced Ss and if time allows , let the whole class listen to each list and discuss what they think about these likes /dislikes Finally, they help to express themselves when they want to reconcile conversations Example[7] : Both of us like/ dislike Cả hai chúng tơi thích/ khơng thích We both like/ dislike Cả hai chúng tơi thích/ khơng thích None of us like Khơng chúng tơi thích He/ She likes and so I Bạn thích tớ He/ She dislikes and neither I Bạn khơng thích tớ He/ She likes but I’m not interested in it Bạn thích tớ khơng He/ She dislikes but I find it interesting The next section for students to play and interview each other Ex: A: What you like about Mongolian nomadic life? B: Both of us like their living space Nick’s very keen on riding horses but I’m not interested in it A: What you dislike about Mongolian nomadic life? B: Uhm, Elin detests their lack of privacy but I find it interesting Noticeably, none of us can stand the great inconvenience of having almost no access to education or modern technology * Both of us love picking fruit in the summer It can be hard work but very satisfying Suggestion: Nick:What you like about Mongolian nomadic life? Elin:I really like their living space, so free and close to nature! And because they live in open, wide grasslands, they don’t have to worry about earning money to buy or hire a house That’s great! Besides, they can move to another place any time they want It's awesome! SangKienKinhNghiem.net 10 Nick:I totally agree with you I also fancy their living environment Elin:And you? What you like about Mongolian nomadic life? Nick:Well, I adore horses and I’m very keen on riding them As you know, Mongolian people grow up on horse back They learnt to ride a horse when they were just a kid They play with the horse and work with the horse Such a life interests me a lot Nick:What you dislike about Mongolian nomadic life? Elin:Oh, I can’t stand their lack of privacy You see, the whole Mongolian family share a ger They don’t have their own room They even don’t have a bathroom or a toilet, either Unbelievable! Nick:Ha I actually enjoy it Sharing a ger, for me, is cozy Elin:So, what you dislike about Mongolian nomadic life? Nick:I find their way of life extremely inconvenient People, especially children, have few opportunities to go to school They also have no chances to enjoy modern technologies like other people in the world That part of nomadic life doesn’t excite me at all! Elin:I couldn’t agree with you more! Elin:Both of us like their living space Nick’s very keen on riding horses but I’m not interested in it Nick:Uhm, Elin detests their lack of privacy but I find it interesting Noticeably, none of us can stand the great inconvenience of having almost no access to education or modern technology We should give students homework: prepare for interviewing someone to find out what he/ she likes/ doesn't like about the life in the countryside And then report their findings In conclusion, Follow the steps so as to avoid lessons discrete Students are not too dependent on textbooks, to gain time for practice, no downtime Especially, all students are practiced the language effectively Topic 2: Talk about one ethnic group (Period 20: UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIETNAM - SKILLS 1) This part I used the technique "brainstorming" : When we talk about a people, What will we talk about the basic information ? To this question, students rely on it easily through reading some facts about the Bru – Van Kieu & Khme people that ared presented in part 3,4 , textbook: the place of their living, the regions, the language, the production activities and the festivities So when they look at the background information for their talk, they should get the following table[8]: Ex: Talk about "the Cham people" Population: nearly 162,000 Regions: southern provinces (Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai, Tay Ninh) Language: Malayo-Polynesian group Production activities: wet rice cultivation, fishing, making handicrafts (silk, hand-made pottery) Festivals: Katé festival (to remember the dead and honour heroes), ceremonies for a new canal, for young rice Next, we should form the way for them to practice better SangKienKinhNghiem.net 11 Part 1: Introduction When we talk about any content, we first need to introduce the main topic that we are about to say At the beginning we can go directly to the topic they are about to say or can lead the topic indirectly through the rhetorical question for the listener Ex:Now, I would like to talk about the Cham people Have you ever talked to a Cham person? Well, there are many interesting things about this ethnic group that I want to share with you I was really impressed by the folk dance of the Cham people That’s why I read more about them and here is some information I would like to tell you Part 2: Main body In the main content of the speech, refer to the sentence structure divided into the following sections: Population: With a population of have a population of nearly/ about có dân số khoảng Region: gather mainly in living in the provinces of Language: Their language belongs to group Ngôn ngữ họ thuộc ngữ hệ Production activities: Their production activities are rather diverse Hoạt động sản xuất họ đa dạng Their production activities include Hoạt động sản xuất họ bao gồm have tradition of/ are experienced in có truyền thống/ kinh nghiệm is to rememeber/ commemorate để tưởng nhớ ceremonies are performed during the year for Festivals: - With a population of 162 thousand, the Cham gather mainly in southern provinces such as Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh - The Cham have a population of nearly 162 thousand people living in the provinces of Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh - Their language belongs to the MalayoPolynesian group: Ngôn ngữ họ thuộc ngữ hệ Nam đảo - The Cham language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian group - Well, their production activities are rather diverse Like most other groups in Viet Nam, they cultivate wet rice Besides that, they also fish and make handicrafts I was impressed by their hand-made pottery and I adored their silk - Their production activities include: cultivating wet rice, fishing and making handicrafts The Cham are famous for their silk and hand-made pottery - The Cham have a tradition of wet rice cultivation They are also experienced in fishing and making handicrafts, especially silk and hand-made pottery the Cham community Various agricultural ceremonies are performed during the year for a new canal, for young rice and for so many other occasions Part 3: Conclusion SangKienKinhNghiem.net 12 In closing the talk, you should normally have at least one conclusion that reflects your thoughts, feelings, or advice to the listener Ex: I’m sure if you visit some southern provinces and find out more about the Cham’s life, you’ll enjoy it Personally, I find the Cham ethnic people very interesting Experience their way of life if possible, it’s worth your time With this topic, for what students need is some information about a people group To have more time in the class, I ask them to the task: Talk about one ethnic group with given information about the San Chay The San Chay: Population: They have a population of about 114.000 people Regions: They live mainly in the northeast region of Viet Nam Language: Their languages belong to Tay- Nung and SinoTibetan groups Production activities: farming wet rice and fish catching play important roles in their economic life Festivals: They also celebrate tet holiday evry year Suggestion: Talk about one ethnic group Have you ever talked to a Cham person? Well, there are many fascinating things about this ethnic group that I want to share with you The Cham have a population of about 162 thousand inhabitants living in the provinces of Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh Their language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian group The Cham have a tradition of wet rice cultivation They are also experienced in fishing and making handicrafts, especially silk and hand-made pottery Every year, they hold the Katé festival to commemorate the dead and honour heroes in the Cham community Various agricultural ceremonies are performed during the year for a new canal, for young rice and for so many other occasions Personally, I find the Cham ethnic people very interesting Experience their way of life if possible, it’s worth your time Period 31 : Talk about customs and traditions (Unit 4: Our customs and traditions) - Request: Interviewing your friends about their family customs & traditions Interview questions and Suggested answers What are your family customs and traditions that you like most? +There is one family tradition that my family does during New Year’s Day +Another one is for the 4th of July or American Independence Day +My family has a lot of traditions around Christmas time *Customs and traditions: +Cake with lucky coin on New Year’s day +Barbecue, games on July 4th +Traditions around Christmas: decorating the pine tree, reading a book, skating, having dinner How you feel when you take part in these customs and traditions? +I feel pretty happy It’s a time when I can spend with my family and sometimes my friends It brings us together I think +I love Christmas time and traditions that come with it Yeah, it makes you feel SangKienKinhNghiem.net 13 happy It’s a joyful time when everybody expresses love and acceptance, so it’s very nice Structures: I feel … Tôi cảm thấy I love … Tôi yêu It makes you feel … Điều khiến bạn cảm thấy It’s a joyful time when … Đó khoảng thời gian vui vẻ Why is it important to continue these customs and traditions? +Well, on one side it brings the family together, but on another side it also continues a really really old history +I think it’s important to things as a family because it’s good to pass down traditions It makes you feel like you belong somewhere And it’s just nice to have something to celebrate Structures: Bringing family together: Khiến gia đình xích lại gần Continuing old history: Duy trì lịch sử từ lâu đời Passing down traditions: Giúp lưu lại truyền thống Sense of belonging : Cảm giác thuộc nơi nào/ ai/ Celebrating: Tụ tập, tổ chức ăn mừng Talk about your family customs and traditions (sample 1) [6] Well, there is one family tradition that my family does during New Year’s Day My mom cooks a cake and she puts a coin in the cake and then we cut the cake up and everyone gets one piece The person that gets the piece with the coin gets good luck for the entire year I really like that one Another one is for the 4th of July or American Independence Day, my family has a big barbecue and everyone comes around, we eat a lot of food, and we play games, sometimes football, sometimes basketball or video games I feel pretty happy It’s a time when I can spend with my family and sometimes my friends It brings us together I think Well, on one side it brings the family together but on another side it also continues a really really old history that comes from my mother’s country So, my mom's from Greece and this is something went from Greece to America and now to Vietnam Talk about your family customs and traditions (sample 2) Well, like many families in my country, my family has a lot of traditions around Christmas time We always decorate the tree together a few weeks before Christmas, and then we hang up our stockings by the fireplace on Christmas Eve And we always read a book called “A child’s Christmas” We start reading at the beginning of December and then we end right before Christmas day And on Christmas day, we always go to my aunt and uncle’s house And we skate on their pond, so all my family and my cousin’s, we all like skating, just really fun And we hold Christmas dinner together Uhm, I love Christmas time and traditions that come with it Yeah, it makes you feel very happy It’s a joyful time when everybody expresses love and acceptance, so it’s very nice Uhm, I think it’s important to things as a family because it’s good to pass down traditions It makes you feel like you belong somewhere And it’s just nice to have something to celebrate SangKienKinhNghiem.net 14 PERIOD 62 : Talk about causes and effects as well as the solution pollution ( UNIT : POLLUTION) Topic: Describe a type of pollution that causes a great problem in your area Introduction When says, display of a problem and given solution for the problem that which you need to be protect the four content contents include the concept of problem (definition), the kernel of the problem (nguyên nhân) hậu quả, ảnh hưởng vấn đề (effect) giải pháp cho vấn đề (giải pháp) Sau câu hỏi mẫu tương ứng với nội dung chính, the em can be used for the lesson of your theme with above Part 1: Definition For the concept of a different environment type type you can be used using structure: + pollution is : Ô nhiễm + pollution takes place when : Ô nhiễm diễn Ex: Water pollution is the contamination of bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater Noise pollution takes place when there is either too much noise or unwanted sound that leads to harmful impact on the activity of human or animals Causes:For the problem of the pollution, the following can be used in the following structure: _The main reason for _pollution is _: Nguyên nhân nhiễm _là The source of pollution is : Nguồn gốc ô nhiễm pollution is caused by : Ô nhiễm sinh Ex: The main reason for noise pollution in my area is the sound of vehicles in the street Besides, they can use the results was already in a closer look Because/ Since : Vì/ Do Because of/ Due to : Vì/ Do Effects: To talk to the result of the problem, the following can be used in the following structures: affects : ảnh hưởng _ brings a lot of bad effects to _ : _gây nhiều ảnh hưởng xấu đến can cause : gây Ex: Noise pollution can cause high stress levels, hearing loss and sleep disorders Sollutions: For the regular solution specified or we use the dynamic from the missing element is should or need Ex: First, there needs to be some regulations on working hours for construction sites These actions should be taken into account with the support of authorities Describe a type of pollution that causes a great problem in your area SangKienKinhNghiem.net 15 Suggested answer : I live in Hanoi, the biggest city in Viet Nam Like any other big city of a developing country, Hanoi has several problems related to environmental pollution such aswater pollution, air pollution and noise pollution In my area, the pollution that causes the most trouble is noise pollution Noise pollution takes place when there is either too much noise or unwanted sound that leads to harmful impact on the activity of human or animals The main reason for noise pollution in my area is the sound of vehicles in the street I live right beside the busiest street in Hanoi, therefore from early morning until late at night, I have to suffer from the loud sounds of motorbikes, car horns andengines The second source of noise in my area is the sound of people speaking, singing, advertising or even shouting from the coffee shops and street food vendors on the pavement outside Those sounds put together make my living place really polluted from noise Last but not least, the most obvious source of noise is from the construction zone nearby They are building several big apartment buildings and the sound of construction equipment all day long is reall yannoying Although noise pollution is not as harmful as air, water or soil pollution, it brings a lot of bad effects to humans in both terms of health and behavior Noise pollution can cause high stress levels, hearing loss and sleep disorders In my situation, the noise really affects my concentration on learning And sometimes, I cannot fall asleep because of the construction equipment noise at night Noise pollution is getting worse and worse in the big cities In my opinion, there are some solutions that can be applied to reduce noise pollution First, there needs to be some regulations on working hours for construction sites Second, the shops and businesses need to have raised awareness of the effects of noise pollution coming from their activities Therefore, they will come up with their own solutions that match their conditions Finally, as far as I know, growing more trees also helps to reduce noise levels These actions should be taken into account with the support of authorities 2.4 Achievements and proposed recommendations With some of his experiences in the application of specific lessons, after a while the quality of student learning improved remarkably The most evident is the hour of classroom teaching: students learning exciting, the number of students participating in lessons and positive increases, more clearly the questionnaire survey and the survey was first quality end of the first semester of 2017-2018 academic year low attendance rates fell more than 1st survey 2.4 Excitement learning Along with fellow teachers in one group investigated the questionnaire as 1st, emits 48 votes to 48 votes for and obtained the following results: QUESTIONNAIRE + Some topics are not close to the level and the knowledge of the children: 16,6% + 100% interviewed children are very interested in the topics of the lessons + Activities are not appropriate to their level: 18,7% + 20,8 % have difficulties communicating in English + Students are afraid of making mistakes in the speaking process: 16,6% + Students may not understand what to in the speaking activities: 12,5% 2.4.2 Learning Outcomes SangKienKinhNghiem.net 16 Class 8A(24 ss) 8B(24ss) Well - Good Numbers (%) 37,5 16,6 Fair Numbers 11 15 Numbers 44,9 62,6 Weak-Poor (%) Numbers 16,6 20,8 The initiative to apply this experience I myself have achieved some positive results First of all these experiences are consistent with the program, new textbooks; Students interested in learning more, proactive and creative in order to expand the understanding, while also very flexible in the perceived knowledge and skill development The air is heated gently learning, students have the opportunity to assert themselves, not worry confused when entering school This is going to cause relatively positive results of the last period and I survey the excitement of learning The result is that on the 8th of March, our school held the peak activity of English club with the topic of educating life skills, learning is linked to reality "designing, planting and caring flower pots, bonsai Especially, The students in grade 8th whom I experiment my theme have received a lot of praise, appreciation from the Judges and teachers and students in the school My students were very confident, used language actively, fluently and their reports attracted everyone They won the first prize.( picture 9,10,11,12) CONCLUSION, SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 Conclusion: After nearly a year of application of the subject, I found the class atmosphere has become really lively, the attitude of the children in learning English is selfdiscipline and more active, they no longer thought only learn to cope Furthermore, the learning outcomes of students also improved significantly It is also the driving force that helps teachers enthusiasm, buoyed in the teaching lessons In addition, helping teachers adjust their teaching process in accordance with the level of knowledge, awareness of students We should take measures to stimulate, motivate Ss, inspire in them confidence, excitement and learning to overcome difficulties to progress Do not create tension, no words and attitudes forward children with severing language practice Although the 8th graders, they also have to be taught moderately and calmly Teaching methods of studentcentered, promote creativity, active students, especially in the preparation of new posts require explicit contents Need to create a classroom atmosphere is friendly and cooperative taken "motivate, encourage" make weight Develop and cultivate passion for language learning within each activity Create new unexpected elements in each class Having a positive attitude towards language errors of students, helping students to learn from the errors of students and friends Creating language learning environment in schools and classrooms for students with many opportunities to practice using the language in the school, organizing for ss working in individuals, in pairs and in groups reasonably and effectively However, to apply these improvements effectively, it requires very careful preparation of teachers Teachers must redesign the Exercises, the Tasks in textbooks and additional forms of exercises close to the level of the student SangKienKinhNghiem.net 17 It can be summarized as lessons learned for himself as follows: - Teachers must always create an environment in school foreign language and to use English as the main language for communication Depending on the grade and subject the student, the teacher can use the English sentences short, simple, easy to understand, easy to remember, easy to - Teachers should not be paying attention to the fault of the students while speaking Let them speak naturally Never force the students to stop talking while the student is trying to express his thoughts in English; doing so would make them feel scared when speaking - Teachers should incorporate active speaking English with a form of "learning by playing." - Teachers need to attract, attracting students in the form of activities, teaching techniques appropriately - In the period after speaking exercise, the teacher should make the appropriate exercises, which features highly realistic communication 3.2 SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Through practical teaching and performing this subject I would like to propose a number of the following: - The school should pay more attention to creating exciting learning the foreign language to students through extra-curricular activities, aimed at creating an environment for students to practice and raise awareness of learning - School Library to add more reference books for teachers and Ss - Regularly organize activities for teachers together to discuss and learn from experience in the teaching process as planned, the size of the district and cluster so teachers can learn from each other - Initiatives or so widespread to the school The headmaster’s identification: Vương Huy Dưỡng I sincerely thank you! Quang Xuong, April 20th 2018 I am sure that I myself have written this experiential initiative This document is not someone else’s copy Lê Thị Hạnh SangKienKinhNghiem.net 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGES 1.Introction 1.1 The reasons of choosing the topic 1-3 1.2 purpose of the study 1.3.Researched participants 1.4 Ways to conduct the theme Research Contents 2.1 The theoretical problem of size 3-6 2.2 The state of research issues: 2.3 The state of teaching "speaking skill" in an English class in Quang Long Junior High School The solutions 3.1 The Importance of Developing English Speaking Skills for Grade Students 6-7 3.2 Prepare and arrange the speaking topic 3.3 Form and organization of speaking 7-9 3.4 Example 10-16 4.Achievements and purposed recommendations 17 -18 REFERENCES ********* SangKienKinhNghiem.net 19 [1].Communicative Language Teaching (The Communicative Approach) BY MOHAMMED RHALMI : UPDATED MAY 18, 2017 [2] - English language teaching in upper secondary schools for Methodology (Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training) - Trần Bá Hoành, Dạy học lấy người học làm trung tâm, Thông tin khoa học giáo dục số 96, 2003 [3] Documents innovative teaching methods (Ministry of Education and Training) [4] Tâm lý học lứa tuổi tâm lý học sư phạm-Phan Trọng Ngọ, NXB Đại học sư phạm Hà Nội [5] Teach English- A teacher- training coure for Cambridge [6] - Design Lectures English 8- Publisher education - Bộ Giáo dục Đào tạo, tài liệu Phương pháp kĩ thuật tổ chức hoạt động học theo nhóm hướng dẫn học sinh tự học, 2016 (Vụ Giáo dục Trung học) [7] The sources of information from the Internet - Nguồn: Tienganh123.com.vn - Nguồn: http://SKKN.vn [8] Các phuương pháp dạy học, kỹ thuật dạy học tích cực sử dụng nhà trường THCS.( Nguồn: http://www.sach.vn/ ) DANH MỤC SangKienKinhNghiem.net Mẫu (2) 20 ... writing experience initiativesSo in this article, I would like to present the theme: Experiences in guiding graders 8th participate in practicing speaking skill according to the specific topic in. .. student's skills Having a good speaking practice will help overcome these limitations Speaking skills help students to have more training in a lesson .Guiding the principle in every hour learning foreign... what to in the speaking activities: 38,7% SangKienKinhNghiem.net Morever, through observing students'participating in practicing speaking English in the lesons, some students say more than other