(SKKN HAY NHẤT) using pictures to motivate students study better in unit 13 films and cinema– part b speaking (english 10)

THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT HAU LOC HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE USING PICTURES TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS STUDY BETTER IN UNIT 13 : FILMS AND CINEMA PART B: SPEAKING (ENGLISH 10) Implementer: Nguyễn Minh Tâm Position: Teacher Experience initiavtive in the subject: English THANH HOA YEAR 2021 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CONTENTS PAGES INTRODUCTION 1.1 Reason selected theme 1.2 Research’s objectives 1.3 Reseach’s subject Reseach’s methods CONTENTS 2.1 Argument grounds Theoritical grounds Practical grounds 2.2 Real situations 2.2.1 Students 2.2.2 Teachers 2.2.3 Material facilities 2.2.4 Survey results before Unit 13 2.3 Some experience used to improve real situations 2.3.1 Basic steps of teaching a speaking lesson in English Pre - speaking While – speaking Post – speaking 2.3.2 Some experience applied in teaching the speaking skill in Unit 13 – Films and Cinema – Part B: Speaking (English 10) 2.3.2.1 Before the lesson 2.3.2.2 During the lesson Controlled practice Pair work Individual work Pair work Further practice 11 Evaluation 12 2.3.2.3 After the lesson 12 3.1 Games: Names of sports 12 3.2 Homework 12 2.4 Study results, experience lessons and measures 12 2.4.1 Study results 12 4.2 Experience lessons and measures 13 CONCLUSION AND PROPOSALS 13 Conclusion 13 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Proposals 13 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Reason selected theme With the speedy development of the world today, English is widely used in every field of life It is not only the native language of many countries but also the most popular communication language of people around the world In order to promote international integration, communication languages especially English have played an integral part in understanding and cooperation among nations Therefore, our Vietnamese education has paid special attention to teaching English at schools Among the skills, speaking is considered to be the most important one It helps us communicate, understand and cooperate with each other easily Learning a language without being able to speak it in specific situations of daily life is like having hands but using them for nothing It is no use learning a language without using it for oral communication purposes Moreover, English is an international language which is widely used in most international and regional events Speaking English fluently and confidently helps students a lot not only in their life but also in their future work With those practical goals, the English program at secondary school centres on forming and developing basic knowledge and skills to students about the English language and necessary intellectual qualities so that they can either continue further study or start their working life To meet these practical demands, each teacher should study and choose teaching methods which are suitable to both himself/herself and his/her students This is very important to achieve good teaching and learning results Actually, at most countryside schools in general and at Hau Loc High School in particular, the results of teaching and learning English have been better and better recently, but there exist many disadvantages The biggest difficulty here, I think, is how to help students speak English fluenty not only in class but also in real life With my experience in teaching English at Hau Loc High School, I have researched reference documents, learned from co-workers as well as applied many different teaching methods I have gained some first positive results, so I would like to choose the theme “Using pictures to motivate students study better in Unit 13 : Films and Cinema– Part B: Speaking (English 10)” 1.2 Research’s objectives - Analysing real situations of teaching the speaking skill - Presenting some experience in teaching the speaking skill to raise learning effects - Bettering the results of speaking lessons - Helping students feel confident when they present their ideas in English in front of other people 1.3 Research’s subject LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com - Real situations of teaching the speaking skill at Hau Loc High School - Unit 13: Films and Cinema – Part B: Speaking (English 10) 1.4 Research’s methods Exploiting the basic English textbook 10 and reference documents Exploiting teaching aids Exploiting the pictures on the internet Working positively individually and in small groups CONTENT 2.1 Argument grounds 2.1.1 Theoritical grounds Just when students start learning English, they get accustomed to four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing It is through these four skills that teachers pass knowledge to students and students gain their knowledge Among these four skills, speaking is an important skill to students It requires that teachers not only understand well effective teaching methods but also apply smoothly the principle “Learning parallels hands-on” Starting from the view of “Learners are the centre”, teaching and learning methods have changed greatly Teachers are not those who hold knowledge and pass it to students, but those who guide, support, consult and check students’ working Students not absorb knowledge passively Becoming the centre of the teaching-learning process, students are completely active and creative in study to achieve good learning results and know how to apply knowledge in real life From the grounds above, how to apply innovative methods of teaching the speaking skill is very important It helps students feel confident when they present their ideas in front of other people and communicate effectively in daily life 2.1.2 Practical grounds Most high schools have used new English teaching and learning materials, which ask students to develop equally all four skills, among which the speaking one requires that students have to spend much time practising not only in class time but also outside class so that they can communicate better in English In order to raise the effect of speaking lessons, teachers had better study each lesson carefully, ask students to prepare necessary things before the lessons, find out and apply a wide variety of practice forms which are suitable to material facilities of each school to improve students’ English When experimenting in some classes of grade 10 at my school, I have gained some encouraging results My periods of teaching speaking skill become more interesting, which makes students more active and betters their communication in English 2.2 Real situations 2.2.1 Students LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Generally, the level of students’ knowledge is quite low due to the difficult economic conditions Besides, the English knowledge of students is not equal in the same class and among classes in the same grade Besides, the number of students in a class is quite high (about 40-45 students) These result in difficulties when teachers decide to choose methods as well as control class activites during speaking lessons 2.2.2 Teachers After testing some teaching methods, teachers often feel discouraged because students not participate in activities actively Thus, the practical results are not as good as expected ones Gradually, teachers seem not to pay serious attention to speaking lessons They often use some simple traditional techniques to teach speaking tasks in each unit quickly Therefore, most of class time is spent on controlled tasks in textbook 2.2.3 Material facilities Due to the lack of essential material facilities especially projectors, most teachers not make full use of such document sources as the Internet, pictures, video clips,… With these limitations, the effect of speaking tasks is not good enough to satisfy the general purposes It is like a vicious circle which has no exit for quite a long time 2.2.4 Survey results before Unit 13 Class Student number 10A6 10A7 41 41 Dislike 11 12 Levels of interest Normal 12 10 Like 18 19 2.3 Some experience used to improve real situations 3.1 Basic steps of teaching a speaking lesson in English Pre - speaking - Warm students up before speaking lessons by some ways such as: games, pictures, videos,… - Introduce purposes and topics that students are going to talk about, help students recall related things they have gained to prepare for their speaking (This not only helps good students revise their knowledge but also helps other students have necessary materials before doing the required tasks) - Help students know some useful languages like vocabularies, structures that help them speak more effectively This part is very important because it helps prepare necessary things for the speaking lesson Thus, it is necessary that students know how to pronounce words and phrases correctly, understand how to use the structures effectively LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com While – speaking Depending on different speaking tasks, teachers may let students work in one of the following ways a) Working in pairs Basing on the requirements, students can ask and answer using the given suggestion They also role-play in conversations or talk about some other things b) Working in small groups Each group should appoint a secretary who selects and writes down other students’ ideas All group members take part in the group discussion on a specific topic by giving their own ideas and viewpoints Other members listen and express their opinions, add further information or give the opposite ideas….After finishing discussion, all group members check their discussion ideas again together and get ready to present their discussion While students are working, the teacher should go round to help them if they have difficulties in vocabulary, structures, idea expressions,… Post – speaking This is utmost importance In this step, students present their groups’ discussion in front of the whole class This helps students practice some important skills in speaking such as patience, confidence, concentration, reaction, persuasiveness, manner,… This is also a completion step of a speaking lesson Thus, teachers should pay serious attention and never pass it easily because it helps students a lot in completing, self-checking their own speaking skill and improving their language knowledge by themselves 2.3.2 Some experience applied in teaching the speaking skill in Unit 13 – Films and Cinema – Part B: Speaking (English 10) 2.3.2.1 Before the lesson - Divide students in each class into groups - Give each group a task for them to prepare at home: Students have to search the Internet for required information which they will use to present in the speaking lesson - Ask each group either to write their preparation on the A paper or present their preparation in powerpoint slides to display on the projector screen (Students may insert pictures, images to make their products more interesting) 2.3.2.2 During the lesson Controlled practice Unit 13: Films and Cinema - Part B: Speaking Ask students to read the information in the table - page 134 textbook English 10 and make sure they understand the given information Pair work - Ask students to work in pairs to ask and answer about the kind of films, using the information from the table LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Example: A: How much you like cartoon films? B: I like them very much Or:I don’t like them very much Or: I don’t like them at all - Call pairs of students to ask and answer similarly as the given example They replace the underlined information in the example with information from the table Individual work - Present some more useful phrases to help student talk individually: - Giving more structures: + find sb/ st + adj: to express one’s opinion about sth or sb Asking for opinions: What you think about ? What’Ss your opinion about…… How you feel about…? Do you like ? Expressing disagreement: - I don’t quite agree with you - I don’t think so - That’s not what I think Expressing agreement: - I agree with you - I think so,too - I can’t agree with you more LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com - Ask students to work individually to talk about the films using the information in the table and the suggestion above - Call students to talk (Each pair talks about each kinds of films) Pair work - Ask students to look at the table to practice in pairs Example: A Which you prefer , love story films or action films? B I prefer love story films to action films A What you think of love story films? B I find them very moving A I don’t think so I find them really boring - Teacher give some pictures about the films to ask students practice in pairs Picture 1: A Which film(s) you like best? B I like “Titanic” LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com A What kind of film is it? B It is a love story film A What is it about? B It is about the sinking of a luxury liner(ship) on its first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean A Who are the main characters? B They are Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater A Why you like it? B Because it is very romantic and interesting Picture 2: A Which film(s) you like best? B I like “HAI PHUONG” A What kind of film is it? B It is an action film A What is it about? B It is about a former gangster living a quiet life in the countryside with her daughter Things change when the girl is kidnapped and she begins a journey to save her daughter A Who are the main characters? B Her name is Phuong A Why you like it? B Because it is very interesting LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Picture 3: A Which film(s) you like best? B I like “SHERLOCK HOLMES” A What kind of film is it? B It is a detective film A What is it about? B It is about…… A Who are the main characters? B They are…………… A Why you like it? B Because it is very ……………… Picture 4: 10 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com A Which film(s) you like best? B I like “MR.BEAN’S HOLIDAY” A What kind of film is it? B It is a comedy film A What is it about? B It is about…… A Who are the main characters? B They are…………… A Why you like it? B Because it is very ……………… - Teacher walks around and helps if necessary Further practice: Talk about a film you have seen - Before students present their tasks, the teacher checks each group’s preparation to prepare some other necessary things to help students their tasks better such as magnet, laptop, projector,… Presentation - The order of presentation: Group Group Group - The way of presentation: + The representative of each group (one by one) goes to the board andpresent his/her group’s product basing on the information on A papersor slides + Other students listen to the presentation and take notes (if necessary) Group1: “ Full House (ngoi nha hanh phuc) is one of the films I like best it is a love story film The film tells us a story about a true and pure love The main characters are Minh Minh and Vuong Hoang Whenever I watch the film I find it really interesting because it’s very moving and amusing Group :  My favorite movie is cartoon “Tom and Jerry” Tom is a cat with blue and white color He keeps the house for a normal family and has a very free life His job is chasing Jerry day by day Jerry is a brown house mouse He usually lives in the deep cave behind the wall Although they hate each other so much and always find ways to hurt opponent but when Tom or Jerry falls into really dangerous situations, then both become another savior The film is an endless confrontation between Tom and Jerry, bring plenty of laughter for the audiences 11 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com I love this film because when I watch it I feel very glad, feeling like returned to childhood Group 3: Titanic is a romantic film, which was directed by James Cameron However, it's also about a disaster The film is about the sinking of the ship"Titanic" on its first voyage Jack saves Rose from killing herself during the journey on board the ship Although they are from different social classes, and Rose is already engaged, they fall in love The film has a sad ending: the :"Titanic"sinks and more than a thousand people die in the disaster, including Jack The story is moving and the acting is excellent The special effects, visuals, and music are also incredible "Titanic" is a very sad film 2.2.3 Evaluation - Students’ evaluation: Call students to give their remarks about each presentation (Good things and bad things) - Teacher’s evaluation: + Remark students’ work in general: preparation, presentation, manner, + Give detailed remarks to each group’s work on the ground of encouraging students’ participation After the lesson 3.1 Games: Names of films you have known a)Objectives: After the process of preparation and practice, students have already known many names of sports Being involved in the game, students will have a good chance to recall their vocabulary relating to films Besides, they can enrich their vocabulary naturally and actively b) Preparation: small gifts with different sizes (candies, snack, pens, pencils,…) c) Procedures: - Divide the board into equal parts - Call voluntary students to the board - Give students minutes to write down as many sport names as they can - Ask the whole class to check and decide the order of the participants - Let the winner choose his/her gift first, then the participants with numbers 2, and respectively 3.2 Homework: Write a paragraph about the film you like best Suggestions: - What is the name of the film? - What kind of film is it? - What is it about ? - Where is it made? - What is it based on? - Who is / are the main character(s) 12 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com - What you know about the character(s) - Did you enjoy it?Why/ Why not? If students want to have enough information, they may exploit sources in the Internet for their writing 2.4 Study results, experience lessons and measures 2.4.1 Study results Through the study and lesson which are designed and carried out according to the suggested ways, most students become more interested in the speaking lesson Besides, they take part in the speaking tasks more actively As a result, the quality of students’ participation has improved greatly Students who used to be afraid of speaking lessons have found it less difficult They can easily many simple tasks before doing the main tasks Gradually, their confidence and interest increase after each lesson This plays an important role in bettering students’ speaking Survey results after the lesson Class Student number 10A6 10A7 41 41 Dislike 02 03 Levels of interest Normal Like 32 32 2.4.2 Experience lessons and measures After studying and experimenting the lesson, attending co-workers’ periods, I find that in order to achieve high results in teaching English in general and teaching the speaking skill in particular, teachers must be enthusiastic and try to design the lesson suitably to each class basing on the main teaching contents Besides, they should understand their students, so they can know how to design each lesson effectively Teachers should define the objectives and core requirements of each lesson clearly They should also know how to use and combine different teaching methods flexibly and creatively so that they are suitable to contents of each lesson, students of each class As a result, students would become more eager when taking part in designed activites Besides, teachers should research seriously to change teaching techniques which are used repeatedly lesson by lesson in order to avoid boredom This is also a good way to promote students’ active participation in different activities This helps to bring positive learning results When designing each lesson in general and speaking lessons in particular, teachers should take into account many things such as the available material facility conditions of their school (projectors, pictures, real objects, video clips, …) Thus, teachers can decide the best ways to design and exploit each lesson as well as use teaching aids effectively All these things help teachers know how to 13 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com prepare and present the lesson actively and effectively This helps to gain educational purposes CONCLUSION AND PROPOSALS 3.1 Conclusion These are only some of the methods and teachniques which I have applied in teaching the speaking lesson of Unit 13 (English 10) They have helped to better students’ participation and speaking practice However, the most important thing that should be focused here is that teachers should highly concentrate on researching, designing and applying effective ways to achieve educational purposes: conveying knowledge and bettering students’ skills Besides, teachers should be friendly to students so that they can create the friendly class atmosphere, this is very useful especially to speaking periods The study theme cannot help having limitations I look forward to receiving remarks and contributions from other co-workers in order to better this study 3.2 Proposals I would like school leaders to create better conditions for teaching and learning activites such as installing projectors in classrooms, buying more reference books and documents I also expect to receive the understanding and sympathy from school’s leaders and other teachers because when students take part in group work in speaking lessons, it cannot help being noisy In order to avoid this disturbance to other classes, I would expect to have a separated area for speaking lessons LEADER’S CONFIRMATION I hereby declare this is my own experience initiative, not copy other people’s content I sincerely thank you! Thanh Hoa 2021 Writer Nguyễn Minh Tâm 14 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com REFERENCE DOCUMENTS 1.Textbook 10 (basic program) (Vietnam Education Publishing House) Teacher’s book 10 (basic program) (Vietnam Education Publishing House) English Dictionary – Advanced Learners (The Oxford Dictionary) Phương pháp giảng dạy tiếng Anh trường phổ thông (Nguyễn Hạnh Dung – Vietnam Education Publishing House) Teach English (Adrian Doff) Internet Source: www.voc.org.vn 15 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DANH MỤC CÁC ĐỀ TÀI SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM ĐÃ ĐƯỢC HỘI ĐỒNG ĐÁNH GIÁ XẾP LOẠI CẤP PHÒNG GD&ĐT, CẤP SỞ GD&ĐT VÀ CÁC CẤP CAO HƠN XẾP LOẠI TỪ C TRỞ LÊN Họ tên tác giả: Nguyễn Minh Tâm Chức vụ đơn vị công tác: Giáo viên, Trường THPT Hậu Lộc TT Tên đề tài SKKN Kết Cấp đánh đánh giá giá xếp loại xếp loại (Phòng, Sở, (A, B, Tỉnh ) C) “The research some methods of how to impove speaking Sở GD&ĐT lesson a teaching more Thanh Hóa effectively, English 10” C Năm học đánh giá xếp loại 2016- 2017 16 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ... teaching methods I have gained some first positive results, so I would like to choose the theme ? ?Using pictures to motivate students study better in Unit 13 : Films and Cinema– Part B: Speaking (English. .. 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