Improving gade 7 students’ pronounciation of english pilot program at thuong xuan town secondary school THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT THUONG XUAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIVISION EXPERIEN[.]
THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT THUONG XUAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIVISION EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE IMPROVING GADE STUDENTS’ PRONOUNCIATION OF ENGLISH PILOT PROGRAM AT THUONG XUAN TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL The writer: Hoang Thi Nga Position: Teacher- Thuong Xuan Town Secondary school Experience initiative: Enghlish THANH HOA, 2017 SangKienKinhNghiem.net INDEX CONTENTS PAGE Index Page 1 Introduction 1.1 Reasons for choosing the theme Page 1.2 The purpose of research Page 1.3 Object of research Page 1.4 Research methodology Page Contents 2.1 Theoretical background Page 2.2 The status of the problem Page 2.3 The solutions and implementation Page 2.3.1 Learning about phonetic English Page 2.3.2 Learning the phonetic symbols Page 2.3.3 Organization of implementation Page 2.4 The effects of experience initiative Page 16 Conclusions and recommendations 3.1 Conclusions Page 16 3.2 recommendations Page 17 LIST OF REFERENCES Page 18 LISTS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE Page 19 SangKienKinhNghiem.net -1- INTRODUCTION 1.1 Reasons for choosing the theme Education and training play an important role in the development process of the country In the current period, the country is on the path of reform, opening-up policy relations with the countries of the world increased significantly Extensive communication with the countries in the world in English , the international language , has become more more and common and attention In teaching English I have noticed that practicing English pronunciation is the misery of our students, especially students in grade and grade whether they have been studying for years at the elementary level, and in the end they still not get the standard English pronunciation Is learning to pronounce so difficult that can not be learned? or inappropriate teaching methods? Is textbook structure irrational? or Don’t they know how to learn? According to the old textbook program, the students did not learn about pronunciation so their spelling good or bad depends on the teachers.They leant Enlish pronounciation without rules and methods That is why after or 10 years learning English, they still find difficulties in speaking and communicating even they can speak fluently, Others can’t understand what they are expressing beacause of the mistakes Besides, the pilot program presents the vocabulary, the grammar items tobe leaned and practised through the skills and activities of the unit, it also focuses on pronunciation Two or three sounds,which frequently appear in the unit are targeted and practised in isolation and in context of “ A closer look 1” To help students participate in the English pilot program and overcome this obstacle, I choose content " Improving gade students’ pronunciation of English pilot program at Thuong Xuan Town Secondary School" 1.2 The purpose of research In order to help students in grade of pilot program at Town Secondary School, Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province understand the sound system in English, especially those sounds are enrolled at the first semester in the textbook Thereby, the students have aware of the importance of phonetics in learning English in general and in particular to communicate in English so they can understand what other people say and what they say that others can understand 1.3 Object of research Students in class 7A: 35 students School: Thuong Xuan Town secondary school SangKienKinhNghiem.net -2- The sound system in the lessons of the first semester textbook of the pilot program, including sounds: Sounds ə/; /ɜ:/ /f/; /v/ /k/; /g/ /ʃ/; /ʒ/ /ɒ/; /ɔ:/ Belong to Units Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit /ʧ/; /ʤ / 1.4 Research methodology To complete this experience initiative, I have thought and practiced and have chosen several methods: - Investigating the reality - Read documents that related to research - Using opinion surveys - Getting to know phonetic English - Introducing phonetic symbols in the units - Organizing to practice pronunciation with these audio visual media - Summarizing, comparing, drawing lessons CONTENTS 2.1 Theoretical background English is an important subject in the general education program in schools in Vietnam Basically, students start learning from grade 3, but the reading and speaking English standard has also been faced many difficulties To improve this requires a huge effort by a team of teachers and students 10-year language program is a breakthrough in the implementation of the Scheme language 2020 Structure of book focus part of pronouncing on teaching and learning English more comprehensively 2.2 The status of the problem before applying teaching experience For students in grade at Thuong XuanTown Secondary School, Thuong Xuan district, they have learned English pilot program for years but their pronunciation still has many difficulties The pronunciation of the children are forced, many students are not willing to speak for fear of making errors that always leads to false in reading, speaking and recognizing the sound of the words when making phonetic exercises Through the survey to identify exercises sound / ə / and / ɜ: / ( English 7, page 9) SangKienKinhNghiem.net -3- Exercise: Listen and put the words in the correct column /ə/ or /ɜ:/ answer - burn - birth - away - hurt - common - neighbour - heard * The correct answer: /ə/ /ɜ:/ answer burn away birth common hurt neighbour heard * The results Class Correct Correct Correct Correct Correct Correct from to words words words words Num words words Num % Num % Num % Num % Num % Num % 7A 35 11,4 14,3 11,4 20 25,7 17,2 The surveys of students’feelings when they have learned phonetics I obtained the following results: Class 7A Num 35 Very difficult Num % 17 48,6 Difficult Num % 15 42,8 Easy Num % 8,6 Very easy Note Num % 0 The above results inspired me to something to help them improve this difficulty, or at least help them not to feel afraid, find it less difficult to learn pronounciation 2.3 The solutions and implementation 2.3.1 Learning about phonetic English So what is phonetic? It is intonation and sound Any language has its own intonation and sound In Vietnam, in particular, and many countries in the world people find it difficult to learn English pronunciation like a native standard for sound and intonation The main factors cause this problem may be mentioned Firstly, new sounds appear in English that not appear in Vietnamese , and they make the students feel hard to be accurate pronunciation Take for example: with audio /ʤ / When listening through the spelling of this consonant, the student think that it is simple, but the reality is quite different Many students can not pronounce properly and easily frustrate with the way of pronoucing, not to mention the other sounds Secondly, The students have already been accustomed to the sounds in Vietnamese, the parts make up the sound, especially as the tongue, lips, teeth are very difficult to adjust to the correct pronunciation in English Students find themselves powerless to control them according to his will When you want to SangKienKinhNghiem.net -4- put a tip of the tongue between the teeth to pronounce sound / ð /, the teeth firmly are bited and the tongue dropped behind Thirdly, the word stress in English The words that have two syllables or more are received the accent Word stress will fall into one of certain syllables, and syllables that will be stressed more than the rest while Vietnamese has one syllable, no word stress This is further difficulty with the students Finally, the intonation of sentences in English varied and plentiful Maybe the same sentence, but we can raise our voice, or down at the end of a sentence to convey different information to the listeners,Vietnamese too But the similarity makes the students feel confused They were familiar with the up and down of the sentence in Vietnamese, so the switch to English, more or less, the intonation of sentences in Vietnamese into English will be affected, or if not, it will take a lot of time to study and modify In general, when learning phonetic of a foreign language, students see eye to eye with difficulties of intonation and sounds.So the important thing is how to overcome them and achieve the ultimate goal to use that language as a second language Effortly, perseverance and impatience have helped many people succeed in learning foreign languages 2.3.2 Learning the phonetic symbols used in the lessons of practising phonetic in English Everyone who starts learning a foreign language must learn the rules of pronunciation because it is very important to correctly pronounce The main purpose of language learning is to be able to communicate with people, but bad pronunciation can cause unnecessary misunderstandings Therefore, the rules of pronounciation is important for foreign language learners From the first period of the program in English (an introduction), I spent a lot of time to introduce the students to pass on the international phonetic symbols that they will have to get used to in the process of studying English At first, they might not understand and know nothing about it But that does not mean that later they will not understand anything about it In introducing the symbols table, there is the International Phonetic symbols and its corresponding sounds in Vietnamese to make students easy to imagine Even though, getting to know deeply about International Phonetic symbols helps the students pronoun correctly every word they meet in the dictionary Here is the table of the international phonetic symbols at the first semester of English A Vowels Sounds In words Transcription Illustration /ə/ about / ə’baʊt / today, connect, elephant SangKienKinhNghiem.net Unit Unit -5- /ɜ:/ fur / fɜ:(r) / /ɒ/ got /ɔ:/ saw stir, nurse, shirt, skirt Unit / gɒt / hot, cod, spot, cock, slot Unit / s ɔ: / more, course, store Unit B Consonants Illustration Sounds In words Transcription Unit /f/ fall / fɔ:l / photo, finish, fat, cough Unit /v/ van / væn / voice, very, violent, move Unit /k/ cat / kæt / cow, copy, skull, thank Unit /g/ /ʃ/ get / get / game, bag, gather, guide, gun Unit shoe / ʃu: / show, sheep, wash, sheet Unit /ʒ/ vision / ‘viʒn/ measure, decision, usually Unit /ʧ/ chain / ʧein / chip, choice, teach, cheers Unit /ʤ/ jam / ʤæm / bridge, village, join, jam Unit Once the students have transliteration table, with the help of the teachers, they are guided to pronounce the words that they often mispronounce Encouraging them to memorize each day at least 2-3 words with symbols of pronunciation 2.3.3 Organization of implementation To help the students excting and not feel stressed during school hours ,I personally have taken advantages of the infrastructure of the university such as radio, interactive panel power mail, Internet connection service of teaching and learning.By collecting English pages about teaching pronounciation to illustrate such as: http://www.tienganh123.com/phat-am-tieng-anh-co-ban In addition, organizing for the students and training with the visual media to know the extent of their progress, so that teachers and students have the correction.The training mainly focuses on reinforcement learning lessons The solution that I have personally applied to my students may be also used in other schools However, this is the first time I have applied and initially brought excitement for students.The sounds in the English textbook of the pilot program will be introduce the students in each unit of study with the process: the students observe image export, find out how it formed, understand SangKienKinhNghiem.net -6- single words containing sounds, learn the sentences with examples and finally apply UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES In this unit, the students are gained two vowels /ə/ and /ɜ:/ a) Short vowel /ə/ - /ə/ is a short vowel sound - Open your mouth very slightly and simply - The lips and tongue are relaxed - It's pronounced /ə/ /ə/ ago/əˈɡəʊ/ mother/ˈmʌðər/ open /ˈəʊpən/ picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ I suppose it's possible /aɪ səˈpəʊz ɪts ˈpɒsəbl/ That's an excellent question /ðæts ən ˈeksələnt ˈkwestʃən/ "a" is pronounced as / ə / Examples Transcription Meaning banana /bəˈnỉnə/ chuối national /ˈnỉʃnəl/ Có tính quốc gia "e" is pronounced as / ə / Examples Transcription Meaning answer /ˈænsər/ trả lời silent /ˈsailənt/ Im lặng "o" is pronounced as / ə / Examples Transcription Meaning compare /kəmˈpeə(r)/ so sánh control /kənˈtrəʊl/ kiểm soát "u" is pronounced as / ə / Examples Transcription Meaning survey /səˈvei/ khảo sát suggest /səˈdʒest/ gợi ý "ou" is pronounced as / ə / Examples Transcription Meaning famous /ˈfeɪməs/ tiếng dangerous /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/ nguy hiểm b) Long vowel /ɜ:/ SangKienKinhNghiem.net -7- - /ɜː/ is a long vowel sound - Your mouth and tongue should be relaxed - It’s pronounced /ɜː/ /ɜː/ bird /bɜːrd/ turn /tɜːrn/ The girl saw the circus first That is the worst journey in the world occur /əˈkɜːr/ early /ˈɜːrli/ /ðə ɡɜːrl sɔː ðə ˈsɜːrkəs fɜːrst/ /ðæt ɪz ðə wɜːrst ˈdʒɜːrni ɪn ðə wɜːrld/ Identify the vowels which are pronounced /ɜː/ "o" is pronounced as /ɜː/ Examples Transcription Meaning worse /wɜːs/ xấu world /wɜːld/ giới "u" is pronounced as /ɜː/ Examples Transcription hurt /hɜːt/ fur /fɜː/ Meaning làm đau lông da thú "i", "e", "ea" and "ou" are sometimes pronounced as /ɜː/ when stress is on these Examples Transcription Meaning bird /bɜːd/ chim girl /gɜːl/ cô gái UNIT 2: HEALTH In this unit, the students are gained two consonants /f/ and /v/ a) Consonant /f/ - /f/ is the voiceless consonant sound - To make this sound, touch your top teeth with the bottom lip - Blow out air between your lip and teeth and don't use your voice - It's pronounced /f/ /f/ five /faɪv/ half /hæf/ This is my family photo coffee /ˈkɔːfi/ photo /ˈfəʊtəʊ/ /ðɪs ɪz maɪ ˈfæməli ˈfəʊtəʊ/ SangKienKinhNghiem.net -8- Ralph’s life is tough, but he laughs fan feel /rɑːfs laɪf ɪz tʌf bʌt hi læfs/ Identify the letters which are pronounced /f/ "f" is pronounced as /f/ Examples Transcription /fæn/ /fiːl/ Meaning quạt cảm thấy "ph" "gh" is pronounced as /f/ in every siuation Examples Transcription Meaning photo /ˈfəʊtəʊ/ ảnh rough /rʌf/ nhám b) Consonant /v/ - /v/ is the voiced consonant sound - To make this sound, practise this sound /f/ first, then use your voice to say /v/ ./v/ live/lɪv/ have /hæv/ Steven lives in a village We’re leaving at five past seven very/ˈveri/ Invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/ /stivn lɪvz ɪn əˈvɪlɪdʒ/ /wɪr liːvɪŋ ət faiv paːst 'sevən/ Identify: Only "v" is pronounced as /v/ Examples Transcription view heavy /vjuː/ /ˈhevi/ Meaning nhìn, quan sát nặng UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE In this unit, the students are gained two consonants /k/ and /g/ a) Consonant /k/ - /k/ is a voiceless consonant sound -To make this sound: - Stop the air with the back of your tongue - Then move your tongue to release the air and don’t use your voice - It’s pronounced /k/…/k/ car/kɑːr/ key /kiː/ I’ll make a cake for Mike kitchen/ˈkɪtʃɪn/ karefully /ˈkerfəli/ /aɪl meɪk ə keɪk fər maɪk/ SangKienKinhNghiem.net -9- Pick the music up tomorrow /pɪk ðə ˈmjuːzɪk ʌp təˈmɔːrəʊ/ Identify the letters which are pronounced /k/ "k" is pronounced as /k/ Examples Transcription look /lʊk/ milk /mɪlk/ Meaning Nhìn sữa "c" is pronounced as /k/ when it is in front of “ a, u, o, r l” Examples Transcription Meaning can /kæn/ carrot /ˈkỉrət/ cà rốt "qu" is pronounced as /k/ Examples Transcription quay /kiː/ quarel /ˈkwɔrəl/ Meaning bến cảng cãi Note: "qu" is pronounced as /kw/ Examples Transcription quality /ˈkwɒlɪti/ quiet /ˈkwaiət/ Meaning chất lượng yên tĩnh "x" is pronounced as /ks/ and /kʃ/ Examples Transcription mix /mɪks/ luxury /ˈlʌkʃəri/ pha trộn xa hoa "ch" is pronounced as /k/ Examples Transcription scheme /skiːm/ chemistry /ˈkemɪstri/ Meaning kế hoạch hóa học Meaning b) Consonant /g/ - /g/ is a voiced consonant sound - To make this sound: - Practice the sound /k/ first, then use the voice to say /g/ /g/ girl/ɡɜːrl/ big /bɪɡ/ Go get your mother’s glasses Peggy begged to go to the art gallery begin/bɪˈɡɪn/ again /əˈɡen/ /ɡəʊ get jər ˈmʌðər ɡlæsɪz/ /'pegi begd tə ɡəʊ tə ði ɑːrt ˈɡæləri/ Identify: Only "g" is pronounced as /g/ SangKienKinhNghiem.net - 10 - Examples guess game Transcription Meaning đốn trị chơi /ges/ /geim/ UNIT 4: MUSIC AND ARTS In this unit, the students are gained two consonants /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ a) Consonant /ʃ/ - /ʃ/ is a voiceless consonant sound - To make this sound: - Put your tongue up and back a little - Push your lip forward into a circle - It’s pronounced /ʃ/ /ʃ/ she/ʃi/ sure /ʃʊər/ ocean/ˈəʊʃn/ nation /ˈneɪʃn/ Share the sugar with Charlotte /ʃeər ðə ˈʃʊɡər wɪð ˈʃɑːrlət/ She wished she had gone shopping / ʃi wɪʃt ʃi həd ɡɔːn ˈʃɑːpɪŋ/ Identify the letters which are pronounced /ʃ/ "c" is pronounced as /ʃ/ when it is in front of “ ia, ie, io, iu, ea” Examples Transcription Meaning social /ˈsouʃl/ mang tính xã hội musician /mjuːˈzɪʃən/ nhạc sĩ "s" is pronounced as /ʃ/ Examples Transcription Meaning pressure /ˈpreʃə/ sức ép insure /ɪnˈʃɔː(r)/ bảo hiểm "t" is pronounced as /ʃ/ when it is inside a word and before “ ia, io” Examples Transcription Meaning ambitious /æmˈbiʃəs/ tham vọng intention /ɪnˈtenʃn/ ý định Note: "x" is pronounced as /kʃ/ Examples Transcription anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ luxury /ˈlʌkʃəri/ "ch" is pronounced as /ʃ/ Examples Transcription SangKienKinhNghiem.net Meaning lo âu xa xỉ Meaning - 11 - machine chassis /mə'ʃɪːn/ /ˈʃỉsi/ máy móc khung xe "sh" is pronounced as /ʃ/ Examples Transcription shall /ʃæl/ sheet /ʃiːt/ Meaning sẽ, phải lá, tờ b) Consonant /ʒ/ - /ʒ/ is a voiced consonant sound - To make this sound: - Practice the sound /ʃ/ first -then use the voice to say /ʒ/ /ʒ/ Asia /ˈeɪʒə/ Usual /ˈjuːʒuəl/ Take the usual measurements They found the treasure in Asia Measure /ˈmeʒər/ Television /ˈtelɪvɪʒn/ /teɪk ðə ˈjuːʒuəl ˈmeʒərmənts/ /ðeɪ faʊnd ðə ˈtreʒər ɪn ˈeɪʒə/ Identify the letters which are pronounced /ʒ/ "g" is pronounced as /ʒ/ Examples Transcription massage /məˈsɑːʒ/ mirage /məˈrɑːʒ/ xoa bóp ảo tưởng "s" is pronounced as /ʒ/ Examples Transcription division /diˈviʒn/ measure /ˈmeʒə/ Meaning phân chia đo lường "t" is pronounced as /ʒ/ Examples Transcription equation /ɪˈkweɪʒən/ Meaning phương trình Meaning UNIT 5: VIETNAMESE FOOD AND DRINK In this unit, the students are gained two vowels /ɒ/ and /ɔː/ a) Short vowel /ɒ/ SangKienKinhNghiem.net - 12 - - /ɒ/ is a short vowel sound - To make this sound, round your lips a little - The front of your tongue is low and towards the back of your mouth - It's pronounced /ɒ/ /ɒ/ Dog/dɒg/ Box /bɒks/ John’s gone to the shops Have you got a lot of shopping? Hobby/'hɒbi/ Coffee /'kɒfi/ /dʒɒnz gɒn tə ðə ʃɒps/ /hæv ju gɒt ə lɒt əvˈʃɒpɪŋ/ Identify the vowels which are pronounced /ɒ/ "o" is pronounced as /ɒ/ Examples Transcription Meaning dog /dɒg/ chó stop /stɒp/ dừng lại b) Long vowel /ɔː/ - /ɔː/ is a long vowel sound - Put the front of your tongue down - Round your lips - It’s pronounced /ɔː/ /ɔː/ ball /bɔːl/ saw /sɔː/ It's all wrong How much does coffee cost? water /ˈwɔːtər/ daughter /ˈdɔːtər/ /ɪts ɔːl rɔːŋ/ /haʊ mʌtʃ dəz ˈkɔːfi kɔːst/ Identify the vowels which are pronounced /ɔː/ "a" is pronounced as /ɔː/ in one syllable words that end in "ll" Examples Transcription Meaning tall /tɔːl/ cao call /kɔːl/ gọi Exception: shall /ʃæl/ "o" is pronounced as /ɔː/ in groups of words: “ or+consonant” Examples Transcription Meaning pork /pɔːk/ thịt lợn corn /kɔːn/ hạt ngũ cốc "au" is pronounced as /ɔː/ Examples Transcription fault /fɔːlt/ SangKienKinhNghiem.net Meaning lỗi lầm - 13 - audience /'ɔːdiəns/ thính giả "aw" is pronounced as /ɔː/ when in a word ending with aw or aw+ consonant Examples draw awful Transcription /drɔː/ /ˈɔːfl/ Meaning kéo, lôi khủng khiếp, hãi hùng "oa" is pronounced as /ɔː/ đứng trước "r" Examples Transcription Meaning board /bɔːd/ ván oar /ɔː/ mái chèo UNIT 6: THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN VIET NAM In this unit, the students are gained two consonants /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ a) Consonant /tʃ/ - /tʃ/ is the voiceless consonant sound - To make this sound, begin to make /t/, then move your tongue back and away from the roof of the mouth as you say /ʃ/ - Don't use your voice to say /tʃ/ ./tʃ/ child/tʃaɪld/ chips /tʃɪps/ Why don't you sit the chair? I’ll have a cheese sandwich chicken/ˈtʃɪkɪn/ question/ˈkwestʃən/ /waɪ dəʊnt juː sɪt ɪn ðə tʃer/ /aɪl həv ə tʃiːz ˈsænwɪtʃ/ Identify the letters which are pronounced /tʃ/ "c" is pronounced as /tʃ/ Examples Transcription cello /ˈtʃeləʊ/ concerto /kənˈtʃɜːtəʊ/ Meaning đàn viơlơng hịa tấu "t" is pronounced as /tʃ/ Examples Transcription century /ˈsentʃəri/ natural /ˈnætʃərəl/ kỷ thuộc tự nhiên "ch" is pronounced as /tʃ/ Examples Transcription chat /tʃỉt/ Meaning nói chuyện phiếm SangKienKinhNghiem.net Meaning - 14 - /ˈtʃænl/ channel eo biển b) Consonant /dʒ/ - /dʒ/ is a voiced consonant sound - To make this sound: - Practice the sound /tʃ/ first - then use the voice to say /dʒ/ /dʒ/ age/eɪdʒ/ joke /dʒəʊk/ What did you major in? Would you arrange travel? enjoy/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/ college /ˈkɑːlɪdʒ/ /wʌt dɪd juː ˈmeɪdʒər ɪn/ /wʊd juː əˈreɪndʒ ˈtrævl/ Identify the letters which are pronounced /dʒ/ "d" is pronounced as /dʒ/ Examples Transcription Meaning soldier /ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/ binh lính schedule /ˈskedʒuːl/ lịch trình "g" is pronounced as /dʒ/ standing before e, i, y, and if a word ending in the form "ge" Examples Transcription Meaning cage /keɪdʒ/ lồng village /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ làng 2.4 The effects of my experience initiative I got positive results than before applying the new methods After one semester to organize, the results initially obtained as follows: Results of tests through the phonetics that students have already studied Applying for 35 students in class 7A, the first semester, shool year: 2016-2017 Excellent Good Fair Poor Fail Class Total (8 -10) (6,5 -7,5) (5- 6) (3,5- 4,5) (0-3) 7A 35 num 20 % 57,1 num 10 % 28,6 num % 14,3 num % num % After the first semester, I issued polls about students’opinion of learning pronunciation and got the results Class 7A 7A Total 35 35 Very difficult Num % 17 48,6 0 Difficult Num 15 % 42,8 22,9 Easy Num 19 SangKienKinhNghiem.net % 8,6 54,2 Very easy Num % 22,9 Note Before After - 15 - This experience initiative has been put into practice in my first semester of the school year 2016-2017 for students in grade of pilot program The colleagues visited and expressed their sympathy with this approach and have introduced for grades CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 Conclusions Through teaching practice, I personally discovered the problems that students have been having difficulty in learning a forein language, especially the phonetics even though some teachers find it embarrassed during teaching After applying these methods into teaching phonetics, the results are much higher than when I didn’t improve teaching methods, it has motivated me to constantly strive to achieve results further in teaching.With the adoption of initiatives to teach,the first step has been achieved certain successes A number of students pronunced incorecctly during class hours have dropped a lot, and especially the children no longer feel afraid, bored with phonetic learning, communicating their English was upwards confident than before Therefore, the English classes are now more exciting I have had my small contribution to the achievements of my school, put my school gets the targets that we had set I will try to maintain the aforementioned methods and constantly learn and exchange with colleagues to take time to teach more effectively In this project I tried to exploit and explore methods of teaching a part of pronunciation in secondary school and go on analyzing the causes, factors affecting the method to find out specific measures, so that given the specific methods to students However, the restriction is inevitable 3.2 Recommendations The education and training office should establish forums for teachers to share their experience initiative in order to improve the quality of teaching English at schools Thuong Xuan eduaction and training division should organize English Speaking clubs by school groups so as to create a useful language playground for students Above is a subjective opinion of my own on improving pronunciation in English for Thuong Xuan Town Secondary school’s students With my limited knowledge, I am surely have a flaw in my experience initiative I sincerely hope the leaders, the experts of division and colleagues comment on my observation to achieve better efficiency in teaching THE CONFIRMATION OF THE PRINCIPAL Thanh Hoa, March 15, 2017 I assure this is my experience initiative, not SangKienKinhNghiem.net - 16 - coppying the contents of other people The writer Hoang Thi Nga LIST OF REFERENCES Complete pronunciation tress in English (written by Quynh Nhu- The publisher of Hanoi National University- 2016.) Learn english spelling( written by Nguyen Ngoc Nam- The publisher of National University- 2015.) The Student’s Book English 7( pilot program ) and the CD Website: http://www.tienganh123.com/phat-am-tieng-anh-co-ban Website: http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus SangKienKinhNghiem.net - 17 - A LIST OF EXPERIENCE INITIATIVES THAT WERE ASSESSED BY THE SCIENCE COUCIL OFTHUONG XUAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIVISION NAME Some experience in training to set and answer “Yes- No” question for students in grade Some experience in training communication skills for students in gade LEVEL A DATE 26/4/2010 NUMBER 139/SKKN2010 B 5/7/2015 52/QĐ-PGDĐT SangKienKinhNghiem.net - 18 - ... Improving gade students’ pronunciation of English pilot program at Thuong Xuan Town Secondary School" 1.2 The purpose of research In order to help students in grade of pilot program at Town Secondary. .. grade at Thuong XuanTown Secondary School, Thuong Xuan district, they have learned English pilot program for years but their pronunciation still has many difficulties The pronunciation of the... Students in class 7A: 35 students School: Thuong Xuan Town secondary school SangKienKinhNghiem.net -2- The sound system in the lessons of the first semester textbook of the pilot program, including