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SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” DONG NAI EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT NAM HA HIGH SCHOOL Code : THE INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’MASTERING” VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON Teacher : DUONG LE THANH THUY Research field : Education management : …………… Teaching method : English ……………… Methodology : ……………… Other fields : ………………… Attachments :  Object  Software  Film  Other things School year: 2012 – 2013 CURRICULUM VITAE School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” I PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: DUONG LE THANH THUY Date of birth: February 20th, 1977 Sex: Female Address: 141/ 114 – Tan Phong – Bien Hoa – Dong Nai Telephone number: 0918090244 Fax: E-mail : huytcoi@gmail.com.vn Work: Teacher Place of work: Nam Ha high school II TRAINING STANDARD - Diploma: Bachelor - Graduation year: 1998 - Major in: Teaching III SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE - Major in: teaching - The length of service: 14 years - The initiative experience: Combination of various skills in teaching “Word study” (2006 – 2007) Teaching Speaking in a Reading period (2007 -2008) How to check the previous lesson effectively (2008 – 2009) Raising the effect of using English (2009 – 2010) Developing students’ listening skill by varifying exercises (2010 -2011) Applying games to an English class (2011 – 2012) Index I The purpose of the chosen subject School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” A The purpose of the subject chosen B The foundation from the fact II Advantages and Disadvantages A Advantages B Disadvantages C Objects and Researching methods III The content of the subject IV The sample of teaching lesson V Effect of application VI Requirements VII Conclusion VIII Reference data School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” A The purpose of the subject chosen Nowadays teaching as well as learning English is compulsory for all grades (from the primary school to the university or especially after the university) because it plays an important role in communicating, updating the information or doing researches To teachers, how to teach effectively, applicably and attractively? School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” To students, how to learn the lessons by heart fast and easily as well as use them correctly? This is always a big question for teachers before each teaching period and for students when studying a foreign language (especially English) Basically, there have been many changes in content and the methods of teaching foreign languages (in general), English (in particular) To be successful in each period, teachers are always creative to make lessons more perfect and more interesting To help students learn vocabulary effectively and remember them as much as possible is considered not only important but also urgent because vocabulary is known as “a brick” and other language factors “glue” to build “ a language house” In fact, to find out the best solutions to the problems teachers often meet while teaching and studying foreign languages, all groups and departments related to education usually carry out the movements, the contests or the discussions which help teachers have opportunities to learn experiences from each other Realizing the characteristics of the subject, I have always studied and learnt the best teaching methods to help students improve their vocabulary With the 13-year teaching experience, I have had an idea and applied it to the fact That idea is named: SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON B The foundation from the fact: - The role and steps in teaching and studying vocabulary - The skills in introducing and reinforcing vocabulary - The result of using those skills C Objects and the methods of doing the research: - Objects: students at Nam Ha high school (class 12C2 – C10 and 11C1 – C2 – C6) School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” - The methods of doing the research: + Read books as well as other documents + Learn experience from the colleagues + Do some experiments – make statistics – consider the results ADVANTAGES School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” AND DISADVANTAGES A Advantages: - When realizing the importance of studying foreign languages, many parents have paid more attention to their children’s studying - More and more students are interested in learning English - Teachers are always enthusiastic and creative in teaching School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” - There are various teaching techniques supporting an English class (computer, screen and flash light…) - The head-staff board always supports and helps teachers during the teaching period - There are many experienced teachers in the Foreign language group - Many teachers who are good at the I.T help us design games B Disadvantages: - Students’ capacity is much limited and at different levels Some of them are quite deficient in the base of learning English - Some students pronounce habitually wrongly and the teachers feel in vain in correction Moreover, they transcribe English into Vietnamese without using the International Phonetic Alphabet This wrong study leads to their lack of English knowledge The teachers must face this problem – A great difficulty in our teaching - The majority of students have lack of self-confidence in listening to teachers’ explanation in English - Most students, for the sake of the university entrance examinations, consider some other subjects, such as: maths, physics, chemistry, even biology more important than English As the result, they learn English with a rather ignorant attitude - Length of time for a teaching period is relatively short - In Bien Hoa city, there aren’t many opportunities for students to communicate in English - Students fail to study properly and not have enough time to take part in the English speaking clubs School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” CONTENT In order to help students have confidence in communication skills, teachers need to make use of every opportunity to enlarge their vocabulary Length of time for a teaching period is relatively short, so how can a teacher help his/her students “know” new words and use them properly in context? School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” I think some following ways can help to check how well students master vocabulary they have just learnt Note: Teachers should choose the suitable games for the different classes with the different grades as well as encourage students to use dictionaries while studying Matching Preparation: Teacher prepares some devices for the game (some sheets of paper with new words, Vietnamese meanings and explanations on) Performance: - Teacher divides a class into groups Teacher chooses members for each group (one for English meanings, one for Vietnamese meanings and the other for synonyms) - The students have to finish the game with the limited time If a group finishes the game within the limited time and has the best result, that one will be the winner Ex :Unit 2- READING (grade 11) School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” teaching – teacher Employees crowded 12 Ex: UNIT 6: READING (GRADE 11) Write the correct forms of the given word “compete” to fill in the blanks: There are 20 _ in this game Nowadays, the business market seems to be more _ than it was To win the gold medal is a hard _ Last year, these two families _ to buy this piece of land Answer: Competitors Competitive Competition Competed Rub out and remember Preparation: Teacher prepares some sentences with blanks and some given words Performance: - Students can this exercise individually, in pairs or in small groups - Students recall the information of the passage to fill in the blanks - If any group finishes the game within the limited time and has the best result, that one will be the winner Or if time is over, any group having more right answers will be the winner School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” 13 Ex: UNIT 3: READING (GRADE 11) The 50th wedding anniversary is called the “ anniversary” The 25th wedding anniversary is called the “ anniversary” She _out the candles on the birthday cake Some people _about their age every year Laura is 15 years old today, and her family and friends are at her party The noun of “ Celebrate” is _ People remember their wedding day at their wedding party People can celebrate their wedding anniversary at a _ Answer: golden birthday silver blows joke celebration anniversary restaurant Crossword Preparation: Teacher gives students some cues and a frame Performance: - Teacher divides a class into groups - Thanks to the given cues, students can guess the answers to fill in the frame - When time is over, the group representative writes the answers on the board If any group has more right answers, that one will be the winner Teacher should prepare some presents for the winners to stimulate students’ studying spirit School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” 14 Ex: Unit Reading (Grade 12) Who’s responsible for doing the chores? He wants to attend the of Training and Education after graduating from high school Nowadays children need better from both parents and schools Americans and Asians have many different _ about love and marriage John is going to get to Mary at the beginning of next month The antonym of “polite” is _ The antonym of “easy” is _ What will you have to say when you bother someone or make someone sad/ angry…… The antonym of “married” is _ h o u s e h o l d c o l l e g e u p c i a n t i i o o n n s m a r r i e d o l i t e f i c u l t s o r r y e d o i m p d i f s i n g l e School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” 15 Brainstorming Preparation: Teacher gives a frame and a requirement Performance: - Students have to grasp teacher’s requirement Students list all the information related to the topic which the teacher provides Ex: Unit Reading (Grade 12) STRONG POINTS Thanks to the games and exercises above, we can help students: Learn vocabulary by heart after the lesson Know how to use word family and on what occasions Get some ways to learn vocabulay individually, in pairs or in groups at home Cảm thấy tiết học “Reading” không khô cứng School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” 16 The example lesson: Unit - “Reading” - Grade 12 WARM UP: Teacher gives some pictures of the ways in greeting in some countries in the world and then asks students what countries those pictues show: In Thailand (bowing and clasping hands) In Japan (bending back) 17 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” In France (kissing one’s cheeks) In Viet nam (shaking hands) 18 Then teacher introduces the new lesson: School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” WAYS OF SOCIALISING Before you read Vocabulary: Teacher Students - Teacher gives students some key words - Students fulfill teacher’s requirements of the lesson and asks them to look up their meanings, kinds of words as well as their synonym if possible.(students can it at home ) socialise (v) xã hội hóa  (n)socialization verbal (a) lời # non-verbal wave (v/n) vẫy tay signal appropriate (n) dấu hiệu, tín hiệu (v) sign (n)signuture (a/ v) thích hợp rude (a) vô lễ, thô lỗ = impolite approach (v) tiến tới gần = to come near slightly (a) nhỏ nhẹ whistle (n/v) huýt sáo 10.assitance 12.nod (n) giúp đỡ = help, support  (v) assist (v) vỗ tay = beat two hands together to make sound (n/v) gật đầu 13.point (v) trỏ 11.clap one’s hands 19 While you read School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Reading comprehension Teacher Students - Teacher asks students to read- Students to read-comprehend the comprehend the passage individually or in passage individually or in groups groups - Teacher observes students and answers their questions - Students can ask teacher all what they not understand - Teacher asks students to all tasks in the book or gives them some other equivalent exercises - Students all the exercises teacher gives Task 1: Answer the questions: 1.What signals in this passage can we use when we want to attract someone’s attention?  Waving When might we raise our hand and use waving as a signal?  At a noisy party In what case might we use big and obvious nonverbal signals?  When we meet someone at the airport What can we to attract the waiter’s attention?  Wait until he passes near us, catch his eye and nod slightly to let him know we would like him to come to our table Or raise our hand lightly to show that we need assistance How about attracting a teacher’s attention in the school yard?  A brief raise of the hand and a small wave is fine What should we when we want someone to look at another person or something?  A slight nod will What is pointing someone or something  It is rude considered? Task 2: Sumarize the passage School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School Students lists what teacher asks written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Teacher gives some requirement Forms of communication Verbal Non – verbal (using words) (using signals) After you read Task 1: Match the given words in colunms below Words in English Verbal Assistance Rude Approach Whistle Nod Clap one’s hands Words in Vietnamese Sự giúp đỡ Thô lỗ, cộc cằn Vỗ tay Bằng lời Cúi đầu Tiến tới gần Huýt sáo The same meaning Impolite Make sound with mouth Bend your head Beat two hands together to make sound Spoken Help come near 21 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Task 1: Discuss the meaning of whistling and hand-clapping in Vietnamese culture Teacher can give some questions as cues: In what cases can we whistle or hand-clap? What those signals mean? ……………………… 22 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Effect of application (school year:2011 - 2012) Class A number of students are interested in English before applying to the new method A number of students are interested in English after applying to the new method 11A1 (42) 11A2 (43) 11A3 (43) 11C2 (40) 25 students 25 students 15 students 10 students 40 students 40 students 35 students 25 students 23 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Suggestions Because of the characteristics of the subject, we need the help of the modern techniques, some specialized knowledge in computer as well as the information technology and the infrastructure So, through my writing, I hope that the head-staff board of Nam Ha high school as well as Dong Nai Education and Training Department will supply us with some things below: - More labs for teachers to apply the new teaching methods to an English period effectively - Improving the internet system and the programs related to the information technology in teaching - More I.T courses for teachers at every level - Popularizing the most creative teaching experiences with all other teachers to raise their profession That’s also the way to learn, exchange as well as apply the new methods to teaching with each other 24 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Conclusion - Improving teaching and studying methods is a very important step in the reforming strategy of the Education & Training Department Especially in studying and in teaching English, this idea helps students study more effectively as well as more creatively In addition, students themselves can study the lessons more logically - Being a teacher, I always try my best to have more and more interesting lectures and help students study better and better I think that this is the best way to improve the quality of the subject more - In my opinion, in order to make full use of it, teachers must make some efforts for the following reasons: + Firstly, the allotted time for a teaching period is relatively short + Secondly, it can take teachers a lot of time to design a lesson solution for each lesson Besides, choosing what words to teach, the way to distribute time reasonably is also very essential With this method, teachers play the role of activators - All above are about my thoughts as well as my activities during the 13-year teaching experience I know that my initiative experience still has many weak points, so I believe that all contributions from my colleagues will make it more perfect 25 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” REFERENCE Broughton Get all- teaching English as a foreign language Documents of ELTTP methodology course skills English online Guidelines June 1984 David Crable Hutchinson J (1994) hotlineseries, OXFORD :OUP Language teaching issues in Mutilingual environment in South East Asia Teaching methodolagy - Nguyen Hanh Dung Textbook: English 10,11 and 12 Teacher’s books English 10,11 and 12 10 Web: violet.com.vn SỞ GD & ĐT ĐỒNG NAI Đơn vị : Trường THPT Nam Hà School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School 26 CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự - Hạnh phúc written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Biên Hòa , ngày 03 tháng 01 năm 2013 PHIẾU NHẬN XÉT, ĐÁNH GIÁ SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM Năm học : 2012– 2013 Tên sáng kiến kinh nghiệm : “SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON” Họ tên tác giả : DƯƠNG LÊ THANH THÚY Đơn vị ( Tổ ) : Ngoại ngữ Lĩnh vực : Quản lý giáo dục  Phương pháp dạy học môn :  Phương pháp giáo dục  Lĩnh vực khác :  Tính - Có giải pháp hoàn toàn  - Có giải pháp cải tiến , đổi từ giải pháp có  Hiệu - Hoàn toàn triển khai áp dụng toàn ngành có hiệu cao  Có tính cải tiến đổi từ giải pháp có triển khai áp dụng đơn vị có hiệu  Khả áp dụng - Cung cấp luận khoa học cho việc hoạch định đường lối , sách : Tốt  Khá  Đạt  - Đưa giải pháp khuyến nghị có khả ứng dụng thực tiễn , dễ thực dễ vào sống : Tốt  Khá  Đạt  - Đã áp dụng thực tế đạt hiệu có khả áp dụng đạt hiệu phạm vi rộng : Tốt  Khá  Đạt  XÁC NHẬN CỦA TỔ CHUYÊN MÔN ( Ký tên ghi rõ họ tên ) School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School THỦ TRƯỞNG ĐƠN VỊ ( Ký tên , ghi rõ họ tên đóng dấu ) written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY [...]... THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON 15 6 Brainstorming Preparation: Teacher gives a frame and a requirement Performance: - Students have to grasp teacher’s requirement Students list all the information related to the topic which the teacher provides Ex: Unit 2 Reading (Grade 12) STRONG POINTS Thanks to the games and exercises above, we can... students: Learn vocabulary by heart after the lesson Know how to use word family and on what occasions Get some ways to learn vocabulay individually, in pairs or in groups at home Cảm thấy tiết học Reading không quá khô cứng School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON 16 The example lesson: ... Reading - Grade 12 WARM UP: Teacher gives some pictures of the ways in greeting in some countries in the world and then asks students what countries those pictues show: In Thailand (bowing and clasping hands) In Japan (bending back) 17 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON In. .. MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON 14 Ex: Unit 4 Reading (Grade 12) 1 Who’s responsible for doing the chores? 2 He wants to attend the of Training and Education after graduating from high school 3 Nowadays children need better from both parents and schools 4 Americans and Asians have many different _ about love and marriage 5 John is going to get to Mary at the beginning of next... CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON 13 Ex: UNIT 3: READING (GRADE 11) 1 The 50th wedding anniversary is called the “ anniversary” 2 The 25th wedding anniversary is called the “ anniversary” 3 She _out the candles on the birthday cake 4 Some people _about their age every year 5 Laura is 15 years old today, and her family and friends are at her party... exercises teacher gives Task 1: Answer the questions: 1.What signals in this passage can we use when we want to attract someone’s attention?  Waving 2 When might we raise our hand and use waving as a signal?  At a noisy party 3 In what case might we use big and obvious nonverbal signals?  When we meet someone at the airport 4 What can we do to attract the waiter’s attention?  Wait until he passes near us,... DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON Task 1: Discuss the meaning of whistling and hand-clapping in Vietnamese culture Teacher can give some questions as cues: 1 In what cases can we whistle or hand-clap? 2 What do those signals mean? 3 ……………………… 22 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’... teaching experiences with all other teachers to raise their profession That’s also the way to learn, exchange as well as apply the new methods to teaching with each other 24 School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON Conclusion - Improving teaching and studying methods is a very important... DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON REFERENCE Broughton Get all- teaching English as a foreign language Documents of ELTTP methodology course skills English online Guidelines June 1984 David Crable Hutchinson J (1994) hotlineseries, OXFORD :OUP Language teaching issues in Mutilingual environment in South East Asia 7 Teaching methodolagy - Nguyen Hanh Dung 8... LESSON In France (kissing one’s cheeks) In Viet nam (shaking hands) 18 Then teacher introduces the new lesson: School year: 2012 – 2013 Nam Ha High School written by: DUONG LE THANH THUY SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK “THE STUDENTS’ MASTERING VOCABULARY IN A READING LESSON WAYS OF SOCIALISING Before you read Vocabulary: Teacher Students - Teacher gives students some key words - Students fulfill teacher’s