THEAPPLYING INTERDISCIPLINARY INTEGRATION TEACHING METHODS TO IMPROVE ENGLISH QUALITY AT DONG THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL

A INTRODUCTION I THE REASON FOR CHOOSING THE TOPIC Currently, teaching and learning English at secondary schools level have had major changes both in the content and teaching methods which are appropriate to the objectives and requirements of the subject With basic point of view is how to promote students’ positiveness, activeness, to develop the capacity of the learners; creating optimal conditions for them to develop the ability to practice using the language in communication purpose, not providing language knowledge only With social trends, fluency in English would be a huge advantage for students, they will take many business startup opportunities from the regional integration and globalization today To keep up with this general process, which requires every student who is at school age should have a certain level of English knowledge Curriculums and year or 10 years system textbooks associate with the practical topics (Family, School, People, Places, Health, Environment, Disasters, Energy, ) with the degree from low to high levels and especially with logic, the relationship between the different subjects If teachers only focus on equiping students with grammar and vocabulary that related to the topic and forget the interdisciplinary between subjects, it will make the lecture dry literary and less interesting Students always feel the heavy pressure and even tired after each Foreign language lesson As a direct teacher on the school podium, during the process of implementing English pilot curriculum, I can clearly see the advantages of this Interdisciplinary Integration teaching method The effectiveness of this method is clearly shown in the attitude, passion, receiving results of students in each lesson Therefore, I strongly implement this topic: "The applying interdisciplinary intergration teaching methods to improve English quality at Dong Thanh secondary school”, it is the experience which I myself have gained from the research process and experimental teaching for many years, especially in the academic schoolyear 2016 - 2017 II RESEARCH OBJECTIVES With the desire to help students know how to use English through the knowledge of different subjects such as: History, Geography, Literature, Civics, Music, Arts making lessons more abundant and attractive In addition, it also helps them have the ability to apply their knowledge from other subjects to expand their vocabulary and knowledge; have Synthetic thinking interdisciplinary knowledge, apply to problems solving; have the ability to develop thinking, inquiry and research; Creating good conditions for students to have initiativeness, activeness and creativity in learning; Train students in observation skills and relate lessons to everyday life Since then, students feel that studying English is charismatic, they have the opportunity to apply their knowledge in different subjects, their understanding in Foreign language learning This can help students absorb knowledge of the subject better, know how to apply knowledge to solve problems in learning and in life III THE OBJECT OF RESEARCH Students in classes: 7B, 9A at Dong Thanh Secondary School, Dong Son district, Thanh Hoa IV RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Using active teaching methods to focus on promoting positiveness to develop the capacity of students in English grade 7,9 - Education publishers, ten - year system (grade 7) and seven - year system (grade 9) B CONTENT I RATIONALE "Integration" is a concept whichs is used in many fields of work Especially in Education, integrating knowledge of diferent subjects to solve the problem in a lesson will help students understand the broader, deeper in that subject matter Integration of teaching will help students promote active thinking, creativity in learning and applying it in practice.[1] Integrated teaching is one of the important principles in teaching It is considered as a modern teaching concept, to promote students' positiveness, also improve the quality of education in schools Interdisciplinary Integration teaching is a form of searching crossed – subject content, the concepts, the general thought among the subjects which are related to each other These sections, parts can be in different subjects but they support each other to resolve the situation, the phenomenon of life From the above recognition, we can clearly see that integration ideology rooted in scientific bases and life At first, we can see that life is a great encyclopedia, is also a grand synthesis of knowledge, experience and methods All the situations that occur in life are always integrated situations We can not solve a problem and task of the theory and practice without using synthetic and coordinating experience interdisciplinary skills of many different fields of work Integration in schools will help students learn more intelligently and have creative application of knowledge, skills and methods of the comprehensive knowledge volumes, harmonious and reasonable in dealing with different situations and new in modern life II CURENT STATUS OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM Brief Outline of the lessons in the textbook The English pilot curriculum has 12 units in total, corresponding to 12 different topics In which, there are quite familiar and close themes to other subjects (Example topic: Hobbies, Health, Homes, Festivals, Films, Traffic, Sources of Energy, Travelling, Population ) And the English curriculum has 10 units in total, corresponding to 10 different topics In which, there are quite familiar and close themes to other subjects (Example topic: A visit from a pepal, Clothing, Media, Environment, Energy, Celabrations, Diasters, The Other Planets ) This is quite convenient for the teacher to apply interdisciplinary integration teaching method in order to improve the quality of their teaching The status of English teaching and learning in Dong Thanh Secondary School 2.1 To the Teachers’ side Teachers of Dong Thanh Secondary School have strong and good expertise, have B2 standard qualification, who are also enthusiastic in their work and eager to learn from each other However, sometimes they still have passive thought, they not dare to apply method innovation, not dare to change or redesign the textbook lesson (the old part, is no longer updated), not have the solution to refresh the lectures 2.2 To students’ side Firstly: Students in grade have access to the last four-year program with the secondary school level knowledge (Grade to grade 6) They are no longer feel strange, unfamiliar with the form of inspection and evaluation that teachers give Secondly: They have basic knowledge on issues of natural resources, environment, society and politics, economy inside and outside country through subjects such as Geography, History, Literature, Civic education Thirdly: In the subjects, the students have been learning about knowledge of subjects which is integrated in the unit So, when they need to combine knowledge of a certain subject in English class to solve a problem in the lesson, the students will not feel strange However, according to statistics from the survey before the start of school (Summer Review), 80% of students said that English is a difficult subject If they want to learn this subject well, they need to memorize a lot of words and structure and not need to integrate any subject This result have been positive improvements, because from myself in the last few years, especially in this academic year of 2016 – 2017, I boldly applied solutions integrated teaching, interdisciplinary in order to create excitement and help them know how to use English effectively through use knowledge of other subjects such as History, Geography, Civic education, Literature, Art in the foreign language lessons III IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS The purpose of the solution Research the theory of integrated teaching and practical teaching in secondary school, then it will be the scientific basis for integrated teaching use in English subjects for students in Dong Thanh secondary school What's the difference: Teaching foreign language through the integration of some background knowledge of subjects such as History, Geography, Civics, Fine Arts Novelty of the solution compared to the solution was implemented: Offering integrated activities, interdisciplinary for different type of lesson In fact, when using this method, students were very excited about the lesson content The synthesize knowledge of student is added soothing and nature but very effective On the other hand, the teaching method applies knowledge interdisciplinary through integrated forms also help myself to have more basis and foundation for understanding and passionating in my teaching career Here are some proofs in specific lessons using integrated teaching methods, interdisciplinary effective, I have adopted in recently years, especially in the academic year of 2016-2017 EXAMPLE ENGLISH (Pilot curriculum) [3] UNIT 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD A CLOSER LOOK 1+ SKILLS Using games The teacher gives the game Magic Conical to introduce the new topic with a question: Which festivals you know? Note to use their social knowledege, Literature and history subjects which they have learnt to find the names festivals Using Mindmap Talk about the festival you like best The teacher gives the list of festivals and the process of the mindmap for students to talk about the festival they like best Since then thay can write a paragraph about it What is the festival? Who celebrate it? NAME OF FESTIVAL Where is it held? When is it held? How is it held?/ What are the main activities? Why is it held? Why you like it? The students choose a festival then use the mindmap and talk about it Students are confidently talking about the festivals Students’ writing EXAMPLE ENGLISH (Pilot curriculum) [3] UNIT 4: MUSIC AND ARTS – A CLOSER LOOK In this lesson, the student have to know how to apply interdisciplinary knowledge of subjects such as Music, Fine Arts and the common knowledge, to perform the exercises by topic of lesson What music and arts are you interested in? dancing pop music painting rock and roll playing the guitar singing MUSIC AND ARTS MUSIC AND ARTS Students are talking about their hobbies For this way, the unit has become more flexible and dynamic Students interested in studying, exploring and discovering more knowledge and be more creative thinking and application of knowledge into practice better EXAMPLE ENGLISH (Seven - year system) [4] UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PENPAL Content: Learning about ASEAN countries Form: Language games For this lesson, it will help students to have the ability to use English to know about the member of ASEAN countries after learning; understanding the geographical location, history with the correct information such as: names of the capital, area, population, currency, weather characteristics, language, religion and the other relevant informations; knew how to apply interdisciplinary knowledge of subjects such as History, Music, Geography, Civic Education, to perform the exercises by topic of lesson [2] Game 1: Who faster? HÕt 10 giê 08 09 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 Association of Southeast Asian Nations 10 Teacher: Phạm Thị Trang Look at the map and work in teams to find out places of the countries on the map (1-10) Note to use the knowledege about Geography the students have learnt to find out places of the countries on the map Work in teams Game 2: What & When HÕt giê 10 07/01/1984,30/04/1999, 08/08/1967, 23/07/1997, 08/08/1967, 23/07/1997 08/08/1967, 08/08/1967, 08/08/1967 , 28/07/1995 Teacher: Phạm Thị Trang The teams look at the flags and the dates, make sure the words are matched Note to use the knowledege about Geography, History they have learnt to match the information exactly Game 3: Crossword 11 Countries of ASEAN 11 77 88 99 10 Countries of ASEAN T1: L A O S T2: C A M B O D I A T H A I L A N D P H I L I P P I N E S T3: I N D O N E S I A M Y A N M A R T4: B S V I E M A L A R I T Y U N N S N G A I E I A P O R E M A point 10 Teacher: Phạm Thị Trang 10 Teacher: Phạm Thị Trang Key Column Ask students to use the knowledege about Geography, History, Civic education they have learnt to guess names of the countries of ASEAN The students were really excited because of their geography knowledge is expressed then To avoid the repetitive and boring of knowledge, I designed lesson in the form of games under specific lesson In reality, when the unit has combined with the knowledge of other subjects, it will help teachers to have better access, better understanding and deeper the issues raised in textbooks or in the objectives of the lesson I boldly integrated new information (with updates, news ), removed old data and information that is not consistent with reality (as textbooks have been published since 2003) Since then, the unit has become more flexible and dynamic Students interested in studying, exploring and discovering more knowledge and be more creative thinking and application of knowledge into practice better EXAMPLE ENGLISH (Seven - year system) [4] UNIT CLOTHING – Period – Getting Started (The Ao dai – the Vietnamese Traditional Dress) Through the Unit 2: Clothing – Getting started, Listen and read, students have the ability to understand information about the Ao dai, the traditional dress of Vietnamese women today; learned about the Ao dai of Viet Nam through the development periods; knew how to apply interdisciplinary knowledge of subjects such as History, Fine Arts, Literature, Geography, to perform the exercises by topic of lesson; Review the use of present perfect to solve the exercises related to the topic Game: Crossword (Introdue the lesson) Note to use the knowledege about Geography, History, they have learnt to answer the questions ? Where are they from? ? What is he / she wearing? Game: Lucky numbers (1a,b) Ask the teams to answer the questions in two teams Note to use the text and their knowledege about Geography, History, they have learnt to answer the questions Speaking (Production) Suggest talking both traditional and modern and ask students to present their own ideas about the ao dai 10 Note to use the knowledege about History, Geography (being prepared) to present their ideas For this lesson, after learning, it will help students to have synthesize thinking interdisciplinary knowledge, applies to solve problems; Through the lesson, it helps the student to have the ability to develop thinking, inquiry and research; Creating conditions for students to be active, initiative, creativity in learning; Trainning student to have observation skill and relate lessons to daily life; Helping student to have better grasp of subject knowledge, know how to apply knowledge to solve problems in learning and in life IV EFECTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS After the lessons, students were able to understand the topic of lesson They can rely on the knowledge of learning and their understanding to confident present their thoughts in the discussion (Speaking) From here, they know how to apply interdisciplinary knowledge such as History, Geography, Fine Arts, Music, Civics to write the passage, under the topic of the lesson (Writing) This is lesson learn that student need to know after lessons 1.1 Quick test (Test results after lesson – Grade 9) Under mark Mark Mark 7.5 Mark 10 8HS 25 % 24 HS 75 % 2.2 Writing (Collection after marking exercies – Grade 7) Mark Mark students students 6,25 % 6,25 % Mark 11 students 34,375% Mark 11 students 34,375% Mark Mark 10 students 21,875% General results Through practice teaching in recent years, especially for grades and in the years from 2014- 2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, the use of active teaching methods is gave to me the unexpected results In the integrated lessons with incorporating many subjects combined with the use of information technology (computers, projector versatile, the other supported devices), students learned more exciting and interesting They always wait to the English lesson By its very nature, they are absorbing lessons in a gentle, non-restrictive The lesson can only participate in the competition is the game, while ensuring understand and apply practical knowledge content and especially the lesson brings classroom more fun, comfortable and meaningful The class is applied interdisciplinary knowledge as well as personal understanding to create for students active and creative learning habits and more importantly they are always waiting and ready to welcome the next class 11 Besides the quality of the subject is raised, what I fully agree is the favorite English student ratio has increased significantly through the results of the survey data before the academic year (15/8 /2016) and midterm II (02/03/2017) of year of 2016-2017 Especially for this school year, I have many good students who have been good at English in recent Exchange exam of Dong Son Dictrict (2 second prizes, third prize, consolation prizes) C CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION From practical teaching, I learned some experience on the application of interdisciplinary and integration in teaching the subjects in secondary school as follows: - Integrated Lesson Plan teaching hours is not a knowledge outline to teachers teach imposing for students in class, but it is a blueprint of activities, manipulation to organize for students carry out in class to acquire knowledge, develop capabilities and personality for the purposes of education and rehabilitation of Englichs department This design always consists of two parts: First, the system of teaching and learning situations posed by the objective content of the lesson, in accordance with the nature and level of the student reception Second, the activity and manipulation system corresponds to these situations sorted out by teachers in order to guide students step by step approach, taking up lessons in a positive and creative - Designing integrated lesson plans teaching hours must stick to the knowledge of the relevant subjects - Lesson plan must ensure the content and structural characteristics but without enforcement into a rigid mold On the basis of ensuring the purpose, general needs of lesson Lesson plan should make the search for creativity in for innovative alternatives reception of students - Integrated Lesson Plan teaching hours must focus on designing integrated situations and correspondance is complex activities for students to apply the knowledge and skills to handle different circumstances From that, students are not only acquire the knowledge and skills of each subjects separately but also occupy the knowledge and integrated capacity development of relevant subjects, to achieve the purpose, the general requirements of the class All these things are very important factors for the purpose of improving quality and efficiency of the teaching process However, to accomplish the goals of teaching in effectiveness and increasingly improve the quality as well as quantity, each school needs to add a projector (projector) or a width screens versatile television (which functions as a projector); an audio-visual classrooms which equipped infrastructure good Besides, the education management levels should also have the workshop sessions, ceminar to help teachers have the opportunity to meet and learn about the application of effective teaching 12 methods Since then, multipating and enabling teachers to exchange and learning experiences, improving professional qualifications I am a young teacher, teaching experience is not much, but with a passion to learn, I have applied a flexible way between the traditional approach and positive teaching method to give the better results From individual students are also encouraging changes in learning new words, practicing all the exercises or reinforcement lessons The level to acquire and understand of students is higher per year than traditional lessons without using integrate interdisciplinary knowledge in the previous year I hope that this small experience are exchanged with colleagues Because of time, experience and personal knowledge is limited, shortcoming is as inevitable I look forward to the assessment and suggestions of the members of the scientific community levels as well as colleagues to complete above solution and can be applied in practical teaching I sincerely thank! CONFIRMATION OF THE Thanh Hoa, April 25 th, 2017 HEADMASTER OF SCHOOL I pledge not to copy other people's content Author Phạm Thị Trang 13 APPENDIX Handout form at home before optional lesson Use your geography and history knowledge to complete this table about ASEAN How many countries? Where are they? What is the capital city/official religion/area/population/climate/unit of currency/nation language in each country? Area: Population: Climate: Capital City: Unit of currency: National language: Official Religion: Accession: Handout form at home after optional lesson Homework Write some information about our country and one of the countries in ASEAN which is related the knowlege you have learnt in this lesson Postschool hours learning Form – Quik test 14 Group exercise - Complete sentences Homework: Writing essays and draw the pictures of the Ao dai (grade 9); Write a passage about the festive you like best (grade 7) 15 Grade Grade 16 TÀI LIỆU THAM KHẢO [1] Một số vấn đề chung dạy học theo chủ đề tích hợp liên mơn - truonghocketnoi.edu.vn [2] Tham khảo số tài liệu mạng internet - Thông tin nước ASEAN Nguồn: www.baomoi.com › Xã hội › Thời - 12 lễ hội độc đáo năm giới Nguồn: www.baomoi.com › Văn hóa › Du lịch [3] Sách giáo khoa, Sách Giáo viên Tiếng Anh 7, thí điểm, Nhà xuất Giáo dục [4] Sách giáo khoa, Sách Giáo viên Tiếng Anh 9, Nhà xuất Giáo dục 17 DANH MỤC CÁC ĐỀ TÀI SKKN ĐÃ ĐƯỢC HỘI ĐỒNG ĐÁNH GIÁ XẾP LOẠI CẤP PHÒNG, CẤP SỞ GD&ĐT VÀ CÁC CẤP CAO HƠN Họ tên tác giả: Phạm Thị Trang Chức vụ: Giáo viên – THCS Đông Thanh – Đơng Sơn – Thanh Hóa TT Tên đề tài SKKN Kinh nghiệm dạy giới thiệu ngữ liệu thông qua hội thoại Một số biện pháp nâng cao hiệu dạy kĩ nghe cho học sinh lớp 8,9 Thiết kế số trò chơi Tiếng Anh thơng dụng Powerpoint Kinh nhiệm dạy từ vựng hiệu The experience of applying interdisciplinary intergration teaching method effectively, English grade condensed lesson, Dong Thanh Secondary School Kết Cấp đánh giá đánh Năm học xếp loại giá đánh giá xếp xếp loại loại Phòng C Năm học GD&ĐT 2006-2007 Sở GD&ĐT C 2008-2009 Sở GD&ĐT B 2011-2012 Phòng GD&ĐT B 2014-2015 Sở GD&ĐT C 2015-2016 18 ... integrated teaching and practical teaching in secondary school, then it will be the scientific basis for integrated teaching use in English subjects for students in Dong Thanh secondary school What's... of English teaching and learning in Dong Thanh Secondary School 2.1 To the Teachers’ side Teachers of Dong Thanh Secondary School have strong and good expertise, have B2 standard qualification,... principles in teaching It is considered as a modern teaching concept, to promote students' positiveness, also improve the quality of education in schools Interdisciplinary Integration teaching is