The detail of this is that students need to be able to communicate in English in the classroom, present their ideas in English through talking with teachers, friends, and especially spea
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1 Reason for choosing the topic.
In carrying out the current teaching task under the Ministry of Education and Training's foreign language teaching project to 2020, one of the key tasks that teachers need to achieve is that students can use English in communication The detail of this is that students need to be able to communicate in English in the classroom, present their ideas in English through talking with teachers, friends, and especially speaking ideas I thought about each of the Speaking topics for each Unit, but they were learning about the specific content of each class level, especially English classes under the new 10-year textbook program
In fact, many teachers and students are still confused in this issue when speaking Knowing this problem, in practice teaching at Nhu Ba Sy Secondary School, I have found a way to support my students to be able to get high scores for the Speaking test according to the topics of each unit that you have learnt After a few years of teaching the pilot English program, I would like to present the ideas that I have applied and brought quite satisfactory results I developed
an Experience Initiative with the content: "Some experiences to help grade 7th students at Nhu Ba Sy school improve their English speaking skill "
2 Subjects and time of application of measures.
Students in class 7C at Nhu Ba Sy Secondary School – Hoang Hoa in the school year 2023-2024
3 Purpose and scope of research.
With the aim of addressing the issues of reality, linking learning content with real life Develop students' problem-solving skills; higher-order thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation) Educate students on multiple skills (knowledge organization, life skills, teamwork skills, communication skills, etc.) Allows students to "work independently" to form their knowledge and produce real results
The project also aims to study and understand systematically the theory of project teaching, exploration, creation and collection of project implementation forms to help students in grade 7 to learn the syllabus He piloted to promote positive, self-awareness in learning in accordance with the spirit of teaching innovation, test evaluation, that is: students play the active role, thinking, creative, open teacher Encourages creative initiative of students From that evaluation, to draw lessons learned to continue in the next stages as well as exchange materials among colleagues
PART 2: PROBLEM SOLUTION
1 Initial situation before applying the initiative
Trang 2In fact, teaching at Nhu Ba Sy Secondary School, I was assigned to teach English for class 7C The knowledge for each lesson is extremely rich and one
of the compulsory contents of Speaking skills must be tested at the end of each semester to contribute to assessing grading subjects along with a written test
As a passionate and passionate English teacher in my career, I have many times pondered when they speak English so weak, so how can you get good grades in the Speaking tests? I have studied, learned the methods and found many methods to apply and in teaching to help them improve their Speaking skills but have not achieved the desired results until the following content If this article is applied, the students will have improved their English skills in Speaking and their scores on the final first term and second term tests of the 2023-2024 school year are good
2 Solution content (implementation process, implementation time, organizational measures )
At the early stage of receiving students to teach, I found that their level and ability to enjoy learning with English was extremely high and vibrant I think it is not difficult for them to present the Speaking ideas for each topic in the lesson However, I was disillusioned when many students were very good, wanted to talk about what I needed to say, even the need to speak English in them was so high that it was frustrating but they could not speak I had to work very hard to help the children present their issues And I asked myself many times, “What's wrong, my students really like to speak English, why can't they speak? So what is the cause? ” So many times like that, and many times when I was exposed to the problem of my students not presenting what they needed to say in Speaking, I also found the answer for myself, but I was able to say the sentence This answer has helped me to create a lot of achievements for the children The answer that I want to mention is only encapsulated in four words, four words are: FORMING IDEAS Yes, reality has proven that the idea formed within each individual is very important When we have an idea, we can do everything we want with knowledge and enthusiasm The right idea will guide
us to perform the right action and the idea is like a light lit up At the destination, we are destined to succeed in life Therefore, the idea of a Speaking topic is extremely important, it will help us to keep abreast of the topic to be presented and will present the purpose of the presentation After sharing the afore mentioned ideas with the students, they developed their own learning strategy through forming the ideas before presenting a problem
Since then, each time they encounter a topic or problem they need to present, they do not rush to present it immediately, but let their ideas work before they speak So how can students form ideas for a Speaking presentation? In any cases, it is not an easy problem that requires each student to have a serious working attitude and must follow what the instructor instructs In order to get the idea to present to a topic in Speaking, students must ask their own questions for each topic and at least the students themselves must be able to answer those
Trang 3questions in short answer form or if they study If students are not able to ask questions to formulate ideas for each topic, teachers will help them at this stage Moreover, when they have difficulty writing answers in the form of short answers, the teacher can have them work in groups to exchange ideas with each other The groups then present their replies and the teacher will help them complete the ideas Here are some specific examples for some topics that I helped the Year 7th students in the 2023-2024 school year to formulate ideas for each topic according to each Unit After the idea is formed and completed, they need to have a strategy that is to create an outline
3) Building outlines
Outline is an essential weapon of any author who wants to write or present his topic successfully Outlines are considered torches that make it easy for us to reach the finish line of success If there is no outline, then the writer or the speaker will easily get lost in the problem and need to lead to vicious escape, the idea of winning will be constantly incoherent, unclear, making the article or say become ruffled and disorderly
So, what is an outline and what is said in each part of that outline?
-Introduction of outline should have:
+ Lead in + Opening + Body + Closing + Ending
- What students say in the Lead in: Any Speaking will need a Lead in because it will guide the listener (teacher) on the issues they need to present This is considered an essential part of any Speaking topic The Lead in section is also very easy to set up and can be considered the most mechanical part of every Speaking topic so it is easy for the students to form a habit and always include the Lead in part in the presentation When talking about the topic "What do you think about community service?", The Lead in sentence will be: Today, I would like to talk about my ideas about community service And when talking about the topic "What do you think about music and arts? ” the Lead in sentence will apply: Today, I would like to talk about community service
In this way, it will be easier for them to form a habit of putting Lead in into Speaking and make listeners feel comfortable when they are oriented to the problem From there, the effectiveness of their Speaking scores will be improved and the students' skills will become more and more solid in presenting the Lead in part of a Speaking presentation
- What students say in the Opening: The opening will open the right and important orientation for a Speaking test This is considered as a guideline to create a breakthrough for the entire topic to be presented in a Speaking topic The Opening part will help the speaker to open up the ideas that need to be presented in the Body, and the opening section will change according to the
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- What students say in the Body part: The Body part can be considered as the lifeblood of a Speaking test because it is an integral part, without which it cannot be considered a Speaking and what has been formed in the idea, or Lead
in and Opening are gone The Body part determines the value of a Speaking test
so it requires students to reflect knowledge of vocabulary about sentence structure and sometimes requires practical knowledge of the problem they need
to present If you are not well-prepared, the body part will be incomplete, without the vocabulary, you will not be able to present your ideas in words but also the secret cherished in your head, no sentence structure then the words are also just fragments scattered side by side incompletely So providing students with vocabulary to turn ideas into words and provide sentence structure so that they can put words together into words is an important stage in the teaching process
- What students say in Closing: Closing is the closure of what the speaker has said, in order to bring the listener to satisfaction, the unity of the issues presented throughout from the top to the bottom a Speaking
Whether or not Closing is good or not depends on vocabulary knowledge and knowledge of sentence structure that teachers have conveyed to students in the teaching process and depending on the comprehension of students in the learning process The Closing section contributes equally to the assessment of students' English proficiency, although this is a part that does not require much talk but requires students to know the appropriate vocabulary selection and logical sentence structure
At this point, the speaker must use synonyms, synonyms, other words or summarize the parts presented above but must not duplicate the ideas presented above In short, Closing is a different way of saying the Opening to close the problem with many different tricks
Example: When talking about the Community Service topic Presented in the Opening and Closing section as follows:
+ Opening: I think music and arts are helpful because they can help people relax and bring people together
+ Closing: In short, music and arts connect people together and give them happy time for entertainment
+ In Opening we have "help people relax" rewritten to "give them happy time for entertainment" in Closing, use synonyms
+ In Opening we have "bring people together" which is restated as
"connect people together" in the Closing section, use synonyms
- What to say in the Ending: This section tells the listener that the problem
we need to present has ended and shows the delicacy and politeness of the speaker to the listener The Ending also has a simple structure that is easy to say
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in using polite and polite language according to the audience as a teacher and examiner) so I provided the students with a structure: "That's all about my Thank you for your attention!" Students may not use "Thanks for" because this
is a tactless way of saying that they are older than themselves or that they are not allowed to just say "That's all." And skip "Thank you for your attention," as this
is extremely delicate to listeners especially judges of competitions
So for this Ending, students only replace words or phrases that match the topic they are talking about in the form of the instructor sentence, so they have a complete Ending
Example:
+ Topic: What is your hobby? Ending can be That’s all about my hobby Thank you for your attention!
+ Topic: What should we do to keep healthy? Ending can be : That’s all about the things we should do to keep healthy Thank you for your attention!
+ Topic: What do you think about community service? Ending can be : That’s all about my ideas about community service Thank you for your attention!
4) Provide necessary vocabulary
As mentioned above, vocabulary is indispensable for each topic, which is an extremely crucial component for a Speaking Without vocabulary, you cannot turn ideas into words Vocabulary will help make a difference between one person and another because at the same time, a problem, an idea but each person's vocabulary will make a difference for each individual For example, when talking about hobby, there are many vocabulary words to choose from We can talk about hobby in several ways:
+ My hobby is listening to music
+ My favorite thing is listening to music
+ My favorite thing to do in my free time is listening to music + I enjoy listening to music
+ I am interested in listening to music
+ I am keen on listening to music
+ I am fond of listening to music
+ I am a big fan of music in general
+ Listening to music is one of my favorite free time activities
+ Listening to music is the thing I often do in my free time
Applying a rich vocabulary to the Speaking test will help listeners assess the speaker's proficiency more accurately and the requirement for Speaking in communication, tests and examinations is also easier to achieve
Therefore, providing the necessary vocabulary for a lesson topic is a necessary and extremely important task that requires the teacher to deepen the research and find the appropriate form to convey to the learner Therefore, in every topic that
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Example: When teaching Unit 1: My hobbies
- After completing this lesson, students should present the topic "What is your hobby?"
- So the essential vocabulary provided for this topic is about hobby I have applied many specialized tricks to get the kids moving their brains that set up vocabulary on hobby topics These tactics can be Brainstorming, Matching, Bingo !, Lucky Number,
The vocabulary used in this topic presentation may be related to another topic, and the vocabulary between the lessons is closely related So, when presenting this topic, knowing how to apply vocabulary related to other issues will help to speak more richly and attract listeners and also demonstrate students' knowledge
of the issues that they need to present
Therefore, during the teaching process, teachers need to constantly teach new words and reinforce old vocabulary for them so that they can apply effectively
in learning, especially in Speaking
Let's analyze a Speaking of a 7C student when talking about hobby to see the importance and effectiveness of applying vocabulary to presenting Speaking problem
“Firstly, making models can help me relax after studying hard because I can play with them and I sometimes make models with my parents, brothers, sisters,
my friends and my classmates and so on We really have good fun together when we make models Therefore, making models brings me a lot of happiness
I feel really relaxing when I make models
Secondly, making models is not difficult because there are a lot of easy models for me to make such as pot, teapot, pan, bike and so on I can easily choose a topic to make the models because there are a lot of normal things around me For example, one day, on the way to my school I saw cat eating a fish I like this view very much, so I make a model of a cat, a model of a fish I put the fish in the cat’s mouth That helps me remember about the day I saw them
Finally, making models is cheap because the materials for making them are not very expensive We can use many kinds of materials to make models They can
be clay, stones, tree leaves, tree branches, paper and so on I can collect them every where around me
I don’t pay a lot of money for buying the materials Moreover, using recycled things to make models is one of the best way to keep our environment clean and healthy ”
+ This is a Speaking about hobby but I have put a lot of vocabulary related to other topics that I have learned from 7th grade in my Speaking
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As mentioned above, sentence structures are like strings through string beads (vocabulary) to connect them together into a beautiful circle (a complete sentence)
Each topic to be talked about can be presented through a variety of forms using
a variety of diverse sentence patterns and each individual student will bring us different sentence patterns according to interests and knowledge and the teachers' communication to them
Teachers must orient which structure is necessary for students to apply in presenting their Speaking topic
In the early stages of learning, they may apply the machine according to the structure that the teacher provides but over the time they are used and trained regularly, their knowledge will be increasingly advanced and each child will have a separate selection of sentence patterns that are appropriate for you to present what needs to be said in each Speaking topic
For example, when talking about hobby, to introduce about their hobbies, they can apply a variety of sentence patterns in combination with vocabulary to present as mentioned in the example above Please be mentioned again below:
+ My hobby is listening to music
+ My interest is listening to music
+ My favorite thing is listening to music
+ My favorite thing to do in my free time is listening to music + I am into listening to music
+ I enjoy listening to music
+ I like listening to music
+ I am interested in listening to music
+ I am keen on listening to music
+ I am fond of listening to music
+ I am a big fan of music in general
+ Listening to music is one of my favorite free time activities
+ Listening to music is the thing I often do in my free time
Therefore, it is very important to train students to understand sentence structure
in English and apply sentence structure to present problem in Speaking and it will determine the success and difference of each student in learning English
6) Apply link words to link ideas between sentences:
Word linking is essential in presenting any problem Word bonding can
be seen as a glue to attach parts of the sentence together or to link the sentences together systematically and help listeners understand what the speaker presents logically Best
Word links in English are extremely rich (see appendix 13) They can be prepositions, adverbs, require teachers to clearly and specifically guide them
so that they can grasp these link words and apply them in learning and speaking Speaking words in Speaking need to be improved over the years and must be
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I myself have helped them apply basic words like "and, so, because, but, firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally, in short, ." in presenting their Speaking problem through Each lesson and in the process of guiding the students to present their topic to present their Speaking is richer and better
For example, in an article about "My hobby" by a student of class 7C, I have applied extremely richly and a variety of linked words Let's look back at this article
“Firstly, making models can help me relax after studying hard because I can play with them and I sometimes make models with my parents, brothers, sisters,
my friends and my classmates and so on We really have good fun together when we make models Therefore, making models brings me a lot of happiness
I feel really relaxing when I make models
Secondly, making models is not difficult because there are a lot of easy models for me to make such as pot, teapot, pan, bike and so on I can easily choose a topic to make the models because there are a lot of normal things around me For example, one day, on the way to my school I saw cat eating a fish I like this view very much, so I make a model of a cat, a model of a fish I put the fish in the cat’s mouth That helps me remember about the day I saw them
Finally, making models is cheap because the materials for making them are not very expensive We can use many kinds of materials to make models They can
be clay, stones, tree leaves, tree branches, paper and so on I can collect them every where around me
“I don’t pay a lot of money for buying the materials Moreover, using recycled things to make models is one of the best way to keep our environment clean and healthy ”
+ To link the ideas between the paragraphs together, this student has applied the words "Firstly, Secondly, Finally"
+ To expand the idea of a problem in a sentence, this student has applied the words "so, and, because, but, with, when"
+ To expand the idea for the previous sentence, this student has used the word
"Moreover, For example"
+ To give an example, this student has applied the words "such as, For example
7) Actual presentation:
Presenting ideas in front of others is the best way to turn ideas into reality Therefore, I have created many conditions for students to have the opportunity
to present their Speaking in reality through the following forms:
-Show with partner:
+ Partner is an available resource besides a student, partner is always beside me
to listen and share related learning issues and can say that partner is the one who understands me the most in a classroom Therefore, sharing ideas with partners will not be a problem for a student
Trang 9+ Understanding this, I always create conditions for my students to present ideas with partners through the form of "work in pairs" Students are psychologically comfortable to share their ideas with partners They may be right, may be wrong but still not shy because partners are people of the same level and the same level with them, and sometimes partners will help each other overcome the points in the process of “work in pairs ”
- Presentation with group mate:
+ Group mate: An opportunity for students to work in friendliness, harmony and expand the information to be exchanged The group friends will be able to differ
on the ideas to present Therefore, when working in groups, they will be able to accumulate more ideas to supplement their speech
- Presenting to classmate:
+ In the learning process, the classroom environment is an ideal and friendly environment for students to practice without hesitation and apprehension Classmate will be the same level friends, the same school of thought so that they can support each other to study and help each other complete the shortcomings
in the learning process
+ Presenting a topic in front of classmates will help them feel more confident in the learning process, they will not have strange expressions about the environment and feel comfortable to present their ideas
+ Therefore, in the process of teaching, I always encourage students to boldly present with classmate because this will be a good condition for them to show their own bravery and take this opportunity to forge more confidence in front of the crowd so that you can become stronger in real communication
+ Presenting with classmate and helping classmate to overcome errors are also a good opportunity for students to improve themselves From the speeches and ideas of classmates, they can improve and revise their speech more completely + Presenting to teachers:
+ The teacher will be the one to help you more complete the ideas they have applied in their speech
+ Teachers will help them improve their vocabulary selection and grammar structure so that they will improve in the process of expressing their ideas in Speaking with correct vocabulary and vocabulary structure France
8) Forming skills
Form creating a lot of learning and practice environment for students to improve their Speaking ability, they will help them develop increasingly solid skills Therefore, whenever you encounter a problem or topic that belongs to your school of knowledge, your vocabulary, you will be able to formulate ideas to present through:
Forming ideas Setting outlines Selecting necessary vocabulary Using appropriate structure Using link words Practicing with friends and teachers through practice Go to perfect the topic
Skills are essential in Speaking: Requiring them to constantly practice non-stop
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of each learner and of many objective conditions affecting the learning process
of learners
But for whatever reason, the prerequisite required to form the skill requires learners in general and junior high school students in particular to go through the above steps to get a complete Speaking
Appendix 1: Building ideas for each topic by unit of textbooks of English programs (Some typical examples)
TOPIC 1: MY NEW SCHOOL
1) What is your new school's name?
2) Is it in the country or in the city?
3) It is big or small?
4) Are there any trees in your new school?
5) Are there any flowers in your new school?
6) Is the school yard big or small?
7) How many teachers are there in your new school?
8) How many classes are there in your new school?
9) How many students are there in your new school?
10) Do you love your new school?
TOPIC 2: MY NEW FRIEND
1) What is your new friend?
2) How old is he?
3) Is he in your classmate?
4) Does he sit next to you?
5) What is his favorite subject?
6) Do you have the same favorite subject as you?
7) Do you go to school with him every day?
8) Are you best friends together?
9) Do you help together study well?
10) What do you and he do together in your free time?
TOPIC 3: MY HOME (MY FAMILY)
1) Where do you live?
2) Is your house in the country or in the city?
3) Is your house big or small?
4) Is your house old or new?
5) How many people are there in your family?
6) Who are they?
7) How old is your father?
8) What is your father's job?
9) Where does your father work?
10) Do you love your family?
Appendix 2: Content needed in the Opening section (Some typical examples of some topics in the program of English textbooks for 7 years and 10 years)