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- - MOTIVATING STUDENTS IN ENGLISH CLASS WITH THE HELP OF ENGLISH SHORT CLIPS n: PHAN Mơ hình t khác 6- 2017 - - I tên: 7- 09 - 1982 : 100/1c Hà Huy Giáp, Biên Hòa, T i: 0918539309 E-mail: sn10_07@yahoo.com ng THPT c II - o: III - Khơng có CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION II RESEARCH QUESTION III IMPLEMENTATION IV LITERATURE REVIEW, FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION V CONCLUSION I INTRODUCTION As a teacher of Luong The Vinh High School for the Gifted and having taught different classes for the past few years, I the majority of the students of the school just focus on their major subjects This means only students of English classes really have strong motivation to study English while those in other classes such as Math, he subject There are many reasons accounting for this, but one of them can be narrowed down to the fact that From my own observation, the students get fed up with the amount of excessive grammar in each unit Furthermore, although there have been revisions and updating, the lessons in their course books, somehow, lack authenticity, or in other words, fail to stimulate them Having identified the problem, I have tried showing some English clips in my classes The result is quite promising- the students did show more enthusiasm and excitement in engaging in the lessons II RESEARCH QUESTION This mini paper aims to clarify the following identified issue among students of Luong The Vinh High School for The Gifted: - The possibility of using English clips in the classroom as an effective way to motivate students in English class III IMPLEMENTATION Step Define the theme/main topic of each lesson in the course book Step Search for appropriate clips I mean the teacher should search for a clip that has a similar content with the topic of the lesson In addition, the language used in the clip should not be too important thing to be taken into consideration when searching for a clip to show in class is that the teacher is expected to make sure there is no offensive school students Step Show clips Once the teacher has found the appropriate clip to show in front of the class, he or she should decide the right time to this- whether before the lesson as a warm-up activity, in the middle of the lesson as a listening task, or as a sum-up activity at the end of each unit This depends as whether the teacher wants to use the clip as a catchy introduction to a new lesson, as a part clarifying an important point in a lesson, or as a wrap-up for a lesson In addition, since pressure for both teachers and students, it should be up to the teacher in charge to decide when and how to include video clips in her/his teaching Here is an example of one of the lessons I teach using clips as visual aids: ENGLISH 10 UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_uj7mom1Q Before showing the clip to the class, the teacher writes a few questions on the board: What is special about this dancer? How old was he when he started tap dancing? How old was he when he figured a problem with a part of his body? What was actually the problem? How many surgeries did he have totally? What we learn from this dancer? After showing the clip for the first time, the teacher write some key new words on the board to help the students understand the clip better New words: - tumor (n) - amputate (v) - chemo (n) = chemotherapy After the students have understood the clip and are able to answer all the given questions, the teacher can lead in the topic of the unit which is teaching children with special needs: SPECIAL EDUCATION IV LITERATURE REVIEW, FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION The recent years have witnessed a shift in English teaching approaches To be more specific, it has been clearly stated by the Ministry of Education that English teachers should now pay more attention to communicative skills when teaching English as a compulsory subject in schools For the past few years speaking and listening skills have been put into official assessment scale for 10 th graders nationwide At Luong The Vinh High School, 10 graders and 11 graders have oral final exams together with paper-based exams which include listening tasks Therefore, I believe it is high time English teachers put more emphasis on bringing more listening and speaking tasks into the classroom One of the most possible and effective ways, in my own opinion, is to introduce English clips to our students the advantages of using English clips as teaching material in the those which have been produced for purposes other than to teach language" (Nunan 1988, p 99) As for me, I usually download short clips from some talk shows hosted by famous people such as Ellen DeGeneres, or sometimes short inspirational clips for some advertising campaigns The point is these clips, since not made for the purpose of teaching, are , and are therefore, natural in terms of real life and meaningful communication (Rogers, 1988) When it comes to the benefits of using authentic materials in the classroom, according to Philip, Shettlesworth, and Clarke (as cited in Richards, hey [authentic materials] have a 2001), there are a few that are positive effect on learner motivation, provide authentic cultural information and exposure to real language, relate more closely to learners ' needs, and support a more creative approach to tea use in my classroom, as authentic materials, are really helpful in my teaching I have been showing several clips for my students in different classes and their feedbacks are, to a certain extent, positive The students all agree that with the audio and visual effects, these clips can instantly grab their attention In addition, to make sure that students are engaged in the activity, I try to choose clips of interviews with celebrities or about popular issues everyone knows of (see attached clips for reference) One good point about this new material is that although the students always understand all the words and phrases, they still can have a general idea of what the whole clip is about And this is of no doubt very close to the well-known communicative approach As a result, all of the students show great enthusiasm and engagement Even for those who admit that they understand the whole content of a clip express their eagerness for more clips Besides that, Brown, 2000) When students sit in the classroom, ready for a new lesson or task with positive attitudes, they are likely to experience success, or at least, to produce better performance of their language ability So as to illustrate the points I made above, lt of a survey I conducted among 100 random students I was teaching last year The questionnaire consisted of different questions asking for their opinions about the importance of Speaking and Listening skills as well as about the English clips I showed to them Statement Strongly Disagree Neither Disagree (2) Agree nor (4) Agree Disagree (5) (1) Agree Strongly (3) Speaking and 82 10 71 20 18 82 15 85 10 89 11 45 40 Listening are not as important as Grammar Speaking Listening and skills are difficult to improve I wish that I could speak fluent and accurate English I wish that the teacher could give more speaking and listening tasks in class English speaking 70 14 clips shown in class are too difficult for me to understand I enjoy watching English speaking clips clips English are speaking 22 helpful 78 in improving my listening and speaking skills Other than improving 15 speaking and listening skills, English clips give a lot of useful and interesting information Drawbacks: Nevertheless, it is undeniable that teachers are likely to experience difficulties of using English clips as teaching materials In terms of outside factors, first and foremost, not all classrooms are equipped with suitable devices for showing clips As the case of my school, we have to register the media room in advance whenever we need to use the projector This could be a problem if other teachers also need the media room for their classes on the same date as we choose Also, the fact that students have to move around from their own class to the media room and then back to their classroom for the next subject may take some time off their time for the lesson Secondly, as I earlier mentioned, it may be time-consuming for the teacher to choose a suitable clip to show to the students Searching for a clip that suits the content of a unit in the course book, or one with enough entertaining factors but without exceeding the limit eresting message but still within st a lot of time Given that a teacher has already a great deal of work to and a number of different classes to teach, this may be an unreasonable request to make That is not to say even when the teacher is willing to go all the way to find the best clips for his or her students, he or she has another obstacle to deal with: the restricted time for each unit that standardized English tests still put a lot of emphasis on grammar and structures, meaning that the teacher has to make sure the students master all grammar points with enough exercises to practice This leaves little time for activities to improve speaking and listening skills In terms of subjective difficulties, although in the same class, students have various levels of English competence This is definitely something to take into consideration when should be thoughtful and flexible enough when it comes to using it as a teaching aid On saying this, I mean the teacher may need to pause a clip several times to help with some vocabulary, or to make questions to make sure that all students understand what is going on Definitely, a good teacher should never leave any student feeling lost in this additional activity V CONCLUSION Being well aware of this, teachers all over the world have been trying to put more effort in choosing suitable approaches and teaching styles to help their students achieve the best results out of school Each and every approach and technique has their own effects and choices for his or her students Using English short clips in classroom as a way to worth a try 10 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ... tasks into 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