A number of measures to help the fifth form students confidently practise english through songs and chants

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The reason for choosing the topic The goal of education is to train people develop a comprehensive and humane response to meet the technical requirements of the country today In which language is considered to be a powerful and effective tool in the process of integration and development with other countries in the world English is an international language , so the Party and State are particularly interested in the national foreign language project of the government until 2020 with the common goal: " Comprehensive renovation of the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the national education system " In which elementary students have to listen, understand, speak, read and write simple instructions on topics that are related to themselves and their school Primary English now also attaches great importance and interest Teaching English from small steps will help the children have a good start for the long journey later However, the children's language learning is completely different from adults, they are very playful, not respected to academic tasks To help students acquire good basic knowledge of elementary English program, toward active learning activities, against passive learning habits, creating a solid foundation of knowledge for children The teacher has to know how to inspire them learning by "Helping children confidently practice English through songs and chants" This is one of the important measures in improving the academic performance of students Hopefully this topic will contribute to reduce the difficulties and obstacles, as well as be small contribution to improving the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning English in primary schools With all above reasons, I choose the topic "A number of measures to help the fifth form students confidently practise English through songs and chants" 1.2.The purpose of research When I write the experienced initiative, I really wish my students will not only have more useful knowledge to reading and singing the chants and songs well but also give them the most effective methods to compose new or similar chant and song with high result Moreover overcoming the mistakes, difficulties which students meet in doing the chant and song mentioned in the topic will help them reduce difficulties and be more confident in doing chant and song 1.3 The objects of research - Students in grade at Yen Thai Primary School - Reading and singing the chants and songs in the textbook English 1.4 The method of research - Studying reasoning: reading newspaper, books, documents, lesson plan - Investigating the real situation - Counting figures and result of studying - Observing the reality: observing students when they read the chants and sing the songs - Experimenting the teaching methods - Summarizing the results, learning from the colleagues’ experiences THE CONTENT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL INITIATIVE 2.1.The rationale The views of the Party is to improve foreign language skills for the majority of the young generation of the country, and propose innovative solutions to address the pressing issues faced in the rapidly improving language resources for students So far English is considered as a subject to be focused and get a lot of attention at the primary level To meet the requirements of national renewal, each teacher must have completed myself teaching career To well the teaching and learning of foreign languages in elementary school , the teachers must understand clearly the children’s psychology in elementary school as well as their characteristics and abilities when learning language: + Children are very active so that they can not afford to sit obediently and listen to the teacher's lecture + In addition, children not have the ability to concentrate for a long time about 5-10 minutes to think and acquire knowledge So in the foreign language classroom, children have been involved in many different learning activities + Children need the repetitive elements I know that children absorb and imitate very fast but forget very quick, too Therefore, materials must be practised as much as possible In English classes, the teacher should create opportunities for the children to further practice through physical exercise (listen and repeat), replaced exercise To meet the specific characteristics of children in the process of learning a foreign language, we have used the techniques and forms of communicative exercises to facilitate formation of a language learning environment Also in these environments where students are exposed more Using visual items for children to be exposed to English native speakers through audio / DVD Students become active elements of lectures + Children learn through listening, watching, imitating Children acquire knowledge in a completely different way from adults Adults acquire knowledge in a sense, analysis, young acquire naturally through intuition So what exercises to strengthen the observation of children through the audio-visual and mechanical imitation as well as modeling activities of teachers to introduce the new materials must ensure the accuracy of the language, especially pronunciation + The ability of children are curious, energetic and creative in a very natural way Children always need to explore their surroundings and interact with people, so that children establish an understanding of the world children live + Children would love to communicate When we monitor children talk, we'll all enjoy the talk, though not as something important When we meet the children who we not know, through the first minute they might be shy, but after a few questions of our encouragement, they will tell us about their selves, their parents, interests, including saying bad things that their friends do, and would love to ask questions back With the above characteristics, we can see that, in order to help them get a better ability to practice languages well, we need to have a reasonable solution We can not teach children like to teach an adult This shows that the teacher must have a high technical level to enter the world of young children to eventually lead to new concepts, to a deeper understanding of concepts that children initially approached Children learn language depends heavily on incentives This totally depends on the style of the teacher If teachers encourage young children to create a good learning environment, children will learn a lot faster In many teaching methods to promote positive child, there are two methods which are consistent and favorite for all ages are songs and chants There are many English songs for children but there are not many chants Consequently, the teacher must know how to combine the use of all available ones and promote their abilities in self-composing songs and chants so that all class hours achieve the highest efficiency 2.2.The real situation before applying the experienced initiative: Through practical teaching in Yen thai primary school I see, there are some advantages following: Administrators are very interested in foreign language teaching The school has one teacher of English who always tries to self-learn, self- upgrade her skills, create and know how to apply the information technology in teaching, innovate teaching methods appropriate for each kind of students in order to help them quickly understand the lesson That is teacher who loves the teaching job, the kids and who is enthusiastic and responsible in the work, ready to complete all assigned tasks During the past school years, English teachers’ group ensures the quality of teaching and learning, ends the situation of letting students be in the class which is not appropriate with their language ability On the other hand, it also has a certain number of difficulties: + At my school, teaching aids are limited, especially the lack of audiovisual media to help students develop their listening and speaking skills + There is a number of hard students who are the children of the poor families or the families in which the parents are divorced Therefore, the education of the children in these families are little cared for, which affects the children’s learning outcomes + And what is equally important is that a lot of parents not know English, therefore, it is impossible for them to help their children to learn English + Some children have psychology of being shy when speaking in the public + Because of circumstances, many children not focus on learning foreign language, they learn how to cope and some are bored with studying English + They don’t speak English fluently because of no regular use *The survey results in early school year of grade Yen Thai Primary school Class Total 5A 24 5B 23 Quality Excellent Percent Good Percent Average Percent Weak 16,7 % 29,1 % 10 41,7 % 3 13,0 % 17,5 % 11 47,8 % Percent 12,5 % 21,7 % So how to help the teaching and learning English achieve high efficiency? Through teaching and research so I boldly launched "A number of measures to help the fifth form students confidently practise English through songs and chants." 2.3.The solutions of implementation Through practical teaching in Yen Thai primary school I have researched and used the following measures to help students improve their language learning in primary schools better: 2.3.1 Studying the textbooks: The purpose of this method is to help the teachers master the English program of grade 3,4,5 to find the most appropriate method for each particular lesson Currently the school is using the book English of Macmillan education publisher for grades 3,4,5 Through the book I find that the form of this book is suitable for primary school age: pictures are colorful and vivid, the characters are fun and accompany them from the first lesson for the rest of the books, give them the curiosity through each lesson, help them see the characters as their friends In terms of the content of this book revolves around the topic, the topic is very friendly, close to the lives of the children Each topic focuses on phonics, vocabulary and grammar with very short sentence patterns consistent with age The structure of all these books meets the aesthetic and content for elementary school children As we know, to study well, students need to have a good set of books and teachers have to know how to use the method correctly and flexibly to transmit knowledge to the children On the other hand, due to the requirements of society and the demands of educational strategies, each teacher must improve teaching skills that are suitable with school age It means that when teaching in the classroom we must take into account that: + Children not have the ability to understand the rules of grammar, not understand the explanation of rules of language Such rules on the use of the verb If we explain that: the present simple used to express repeated daily action, habits it is too abstract, children not have the ability to imagine the content of rules to understand, as well as remember sample sentences and grammatical rules, so they just learn the prefabricated phrases without being analyzed how to form these sentences + Children have the ability to imitate very quickly what adults so when learning new things they will absorb very fast but also be easy to forget + Children enjoyed singing and dancing as they enjoyed participating in activities not like to sit silently long So the teacher in the classroom is only the instructor, the students’ role as a positive factor, they voluntarily participate in activities that teacher provides in a natural way, these activities are songs and chants.In the program English of Macmillan education publisher, the songs also appear in units of lessons with a more frequency, Each unit of the English of Macmillan education publisher has three lessons so there are many chants and songs However, in order to make students love songs and chants in English lessons, the teacher has to master how to teach songs and chants, help students learn in the most effective way and create excitement for the English language So I boldly launch "A number of measures to help the fifth form students confidently practise English through songs and chants" to help children practice well the skills as well as use new words and modal sentences exactly and smoothly 2.3.2 Methods of teaching songs and chants for primary students The purpose of these methods is to create excitement for students, create a change in class activities, review the vocabulary and sentences, help students practice the pronunciation, intonation, stress…Besides, they are used to switch to a new or familiar topic, Specifically as follows: a Songs Most of children, especially the primary students like singing very much Through the study of teaching songs as a kind of lively and attractive exercises in order to teach children how to learn foreign languages I can give the benefits of teaching songs in a foreign language class + Help students improve memory , concentration, association + Help bring motivation for them + Help students relax after the stressful study + Help the children get along with other students in the class + Change the status of a classroom effectively, help the English lessons more interesting, balance energy level in the class + Especially, help students review as well as practice the materials such as vocabularies, modal sentences, pronunciation and intonation effectively Sometimes songs are used to teach new materials.They are really sticky, make children remember material very well However, in order to teach a song successfully, the teacher has to master the basic steps to teach it: * The process of teaching a song: + Review or introduce the main structure in the song using pictures/ objects when possible + Play the recording, let children hear the whole song once This step helps them have a chance to access the melody of songs , create emotion and curiosity for this tune This is also a step which creates excitement for the children so that they are ready to take part in + Let children read the lyrics line by line At this time, children have to pronounce exactly the lyrics They have to particularly pay attention to the sound of wind because Vietnamese also have negative wind but its position is not the same in English For example, the sound of wind in English appear a lot at the end of many words such as : Piece / pi : s / , wish / wi∫ / and wind sounds in English is difficult to pronounce, especially when they stand at the end such as: “chair / t∫eə /, watch / w ‫ ס‬t∫ / , village / vilid / Students often miss the sound when singing This makes our Vietnamese be turned , lack of tonal English + When reading vocabulary, we need drill the children to read the stress properly ('apple, 'every, 'beautiful) because in English songs, the word stress is very important However, the sentence stress doesn’t take any important roles because it is dominated by songs When training them to read the lyrics we should pay attention to interrupt as the way the song breaks, not interrupt as the grammartical request In this way, the children will be able to acsess the rythym easily For example: In the song “What you in your free time?” the following sentence is interrupted as the rythym below: Hello,my friend, how are you? What you in your free time? In my free time, I go camping I go camping with my friends So when practising the children to read, the teacher should teach them to interrupt in this way so that they can sing the song in the correct rythym In the process of teaching children to read, the teacher should explain to children the meaning, content of the song However the teacher only explains the common sense without teaching each sample sentences appearing in the song We still provide for them corpus in principle as they are prefabricated units For example: When teaching the song “Where will you be ?” we only teach them know the prepositions go with locations" in the mountains, in the countryside, at the seaside,at school " and know how to use prepositions with locations: Where will you be next weekend, In the mountains or the countryside? I think I'll be in the mountains Where will you be tomorrow, At the seaside or at school? I think I'll be at the seaside Where will you be next year, In Viet Nam or England? I think I'll be in England + Let children sing each verse, teacher composes the movements fit the lyrics This step children often imitate fast melody and lyrics Teachers can use CD or DVD, get the children repeat each sentence The reason for this requirement is that the songs in the disk are sung by British, American children The intervention of the teacher's voice isn’t often as positively effective as the young native voices + Open tapes for children to sing along and make movements When children have grasped the whole ways to sing each verse, children need to be connected to sing the complete song Again CD / DVD gives opportunities for children to adjust the sound and rythym + Have children sing in groups, combining both singing and making movements + Call on some students to perform before the class After finishing teaching a song, the children will be very excited and the lessons also become more interesting By the way teaching English through songs will be easier for the teacher to teach as well as for children to study These songs are often used in less controlled practice / Production, warm up or checking the previous lessons Along with songs, chants also play an important role in practising children new words, modal sentences, intonation and stress b Chants A chant is simply vocabulary spoken over a background of music or rhythm They are useful because something about the music energizes the students, and they have to pronounce the word in a rhythm I found that a chant is a lot easier to teach than a song However, I also use chants often in my regular weekly classes Also, if you are not comfortable with singing in front of your students, chants are useful In the process of learning a foreign language, we have used the nature of this type of chant to train the students ability to speak English correctly with the sentence stress and sentence rhythm as well as remind students the grammar that they were learned as sample sentences, vocabulary Teach students the language functions such as explanation, asking for information, developing listening and speaking skills, creating a fun atmosphere in the classroom appealing to help students learn to speak a foreign language easier The chants are all constructed on the basis of common everyday words, not poetry Rhythm, stress and intonation of the chant is a version of a natural language, a word of those who have studied in For example, when we read the chant “How you learn English?" How you practising speaking ? By speaking English every day How you practise reading?By reading comic books (chant) our reading must be the same as the words saying in the society, although it echoes the rhythm of poetry Chant for foreign language classes often serve the purpose of teaching, grammar (sample sentence), pronunciation (stress, rhythm sentence, consonant - vowel sounds) We call these kinds of chants as Vocabulary, Grammar chants or Phonics chants.To help the students study well, the teachers must master the process of teaching a chant: * The process of teaching a chant: - Have students listen to the teacher read the form once, the teacher says while clapping to the beat all Have students read new words Teachers explain the meaning of new words using pictures and illustrative movements without translation into Vietnamese Speaking content chant, teachers just explain to children of all common sense chant, through images, gestures, situations Not taught phrases appear in all chants We offer corpus for children in principle as they are prefabricated units - Teaching reading the post chants Teachers copied chants on the board then marked * or underlined sentence stress for students to read properly Read each statement of post chant and clap in accordance with the accent and rhythm of each sentence Note repeatedly until drill their students to memorize Teach student the movement in post chant - Divide the class into two groups A group repeats each sentence of the chant while other claps their hands in the correct rythym of the chant then switch roles to the steps above - Call a student reread chants - The class read the chant again to review the entire phonics of the chant * For example : Teaching a chant to practice the phrases and words in the English –Unit 8: What are you reading? – Lesson (part 3) Let's chant - Teacher shows some pictures and posts or writes the chant on the board What are you reading? What are you reading? I’m reading the Aladdin story What’s Aladdin like? What’s he like? He’s clever and he’s kind What are you reading? I’m reading the Cinderella story What’s Cinderella like? What’s she like? She’s beautiful and she’s kind + Listen though: Let students listen to the teacher reading the chant a few times to create the impression of rhythm + Teaching the meaning: Explain the main ideal of the whole chant, not translate each sentence Have pupils read the chant and check comprehension - Play the recording all the way through for the class to listen and follow in their books Play it again for them to choral and individual repetition Show pupils how to chant and actions Devide the class into two groups: one group says the questions and the other says the answers Invide two groups of four to the front of the class to chant The rest of the class claps their hands 2.3.3 Composing and guiding students to compose songs and chants: a Songs In the book English there is one song per each unit and one chants so the teachers change songs and chants matching the theme of the lesson But there are too many English songs so sometimes it seems difficult for the teachers to find a suitable song for their class The appropriate requires here involve many aspects: suitable for ages, suitable for the topics that they learning, suitable for to the ability to acquire, and suitable for children’s understanding Sometimes we find a good song which is suitable with the theme but its rythym is very difficult for the children to imitate To solve the above proble, the teacher must know how to compose a song at the request of her However, it’s impossible for teachers to compose the rythym of the songs because they are not musicians and not understand the basic music So teachers can use the melody of the songs that are familiar with the children, or the songs are taken from English books for primary students or the songs in the course of their own and then compose the new lysics However, to these the songwriting, the teacher needs to master the following steps: + Step1: Select the samlpe songs (with interesting melody but also easy to remember) + Step 2: Select the topic, theme matching the content that the teachers are teaching or teachers need to review + Step 3: Find words related to the topic chosen for replacement (to this step students have to find the words that are suitable for both content and number of syllables + Step 4: Merge the selected words in the lyrics to make a new song as the topics that teachers select * For example: To practice Ss the model sentence: “What’s the matter with you ?” and the vocabularies about the topic “ What's the matter with you ?” in Unit 11 English I have done the following: + Step1: Choose the song “What's the matter with you? ” for model This is an interesting song with familiar melody What's the matter with you? Come on,get up.get out of bed It's time to go to school I'm sorry,Mum, I don't feel well I have a headache and a fever,too What's wrong? What's wrong? What's the matter with you? I'm sorry, Mum I don't feel well I have a toothache and a sore throat,too (Teachers presents the song -> Let the Ss listen carefully to recognize the melody of the song) + Step 2: Provide training requirements for students is learning phrases "What's the matter wiyh you?" And the topic of vocabulary is "Physical states" + Step 3: Find the related topic to replace such as "sick, OK, hot, tired, stomach ache, earache, sore eyes ." + Step 4: Merge the selected word into the lyrics of a song to create new song For the teacher’s composing gets good effectiveness, the teacher also guides students how to compose songs in order to promote the knowledge they have learned Teacher brings the topics for the students to discuss and they compose the songs for themselves That's the next extremely important step for them to practice language effectively * Drill:Basing on the steps of composing a song and the sample song above Teacher gives a topic,some modal sentences and vocabularies, then asks Ss to make new lyrics with this melody * Here are some students’new lyrics : 10 + 1st song : Topic “ How you learn English ?” How you learn English ? How you learn English? How you practise speaking? I speak to my friends every day How you practise reading? I read English comic books How you practise writing? I write emails to my friends And how you practise listening? I watch English cartoons on TV (speak English everyday, read short story, ) + 2nd song: Topis “The weather song” The weather song What's the weather like? What's the weather like? What's the weather like today? It's sunny and it's windy And there be rain later What will the weather be like? What will the weather be liike? What will the weather be like tomorrow? It will be cold It will be wet And there will be snow as well Example 2: To train the students some phrases describing daily activities in "Unit 2: I always get up early How about you? the teacher guides students to use the melody of the song “ This is the way we things” and replace these phrases into it to make new lyrics +Teacher presents the song “ This is the way we things” : + Students make new lyrics This is the way we brush our teeth, Brush our teeth, brush our teeth This is the way we brush our teeth, 11 So early in the morning This is the way we wash our face, Wash our face, wash our face This is the way we wash our face, So early in the morning This is the way we eat our food, Eat our food, eat our food This is the way we eat our food, So early in the morning (New lyrics) This is the way we go to school, Go to school, go to school This is the way we go to school, So early in the morning + And other similar phrases can be replaced such as: “dress ourselves, comb our hair, carry our books…” Example 3: Teachers can take any songs in the textbooks and asks them to compose new lyrics as the topic that the teacher requires For example, basing on the song "What did you at the zoo?" in the unit of English students write more new lyrics about animals .Here is the students’lyrics that is composed basing on the sample song "What did you at the zoo?" What did you see at the zoo ? Where did you go yesterday? I went to the zoo Who did you go with? I went with my friend Sue What did you see at the zoo? We saw some peacocks They were very beautiful And we saw some kangaroos They were fast and funny,too Similarly, Ss can sing a lot of songs by replacing suitable words in above sample Through this part of composing songs I realize that students are really proactive and creative in the use of vocabulary, they can improve their vocabulary significantly, and especially remember phrases well One little more methods that students need to similarly is Chants 12 b Chants I know children would love to read poetry and singing So that teachers can avoid boring atmosphere when teaching children to learn words, phrases and pronunciations by using the above chants However, sometimes it is not easy for the teacher to find out the suitable chants with the requirement that the teacher is teaching For example, there are words that we need to teach for Vietnamese children such as “Chopsticks”, or difficult English sounds that Vietnamese Ss often make mistakes such as / s /, / ∫ /, / t∫ /, / δ /,/θ/ are difficult to find in the chants used to teach for the Western children So the challenge for teacher is to build himself/herself an ability of making chants Besides, an other reason is that we could not find many but could find only some chants with a theme, a sample sentence Capacity of making chants helps teachers enhance the number of chants in a topic, for a purpose The method is mainly based on an available chant and change its elements according to their own But the most important thing while composing chants is to keep the beat of the original chant To ensure this we need to note about the number of sounds ( not words because in English, there may be one or more sounds in each word) ->There is many chants in the book English so the teacher encourage pupils to make the same chants for the Ss to practice For example: The teachers can change its elements according to their own Original sentences Where you live? Where you live? I live in Quang Trung Street Where you live? I live in Green Avenue Where you live? I live in Green Tower What's Green Tower like? It's tall and quiet What's your flat like? It's big and pretty Compositions Where you live? Where you live? I live in Thanh Hoa Province Where you live? I live in Yen Dinh District Where you live? I live in FLC Tower What's FLC Tower like? It's modern and beautiful What's your house like? It's large and comfortable So from an original chants teachers themselves can compose a similar chants with slowly and humming rythym of reading that makes students very easy to remember For the teacher’s composing gets good effectiveness, the teacher also guides students how to compose chants in order to improve the knowledge they have learned Teacher brings the topics for the students to discuss and they compose the chants for themselves That's the next extremely important step for them to practice language effectively 13 *Here are some chants that the students compose basing on the teacher’s “original sentences” + 1st chant: Topic “ What you in the morning ?”: Original sentences What you in the morning ? I always brush my teeth What you after getting up? I usually go to school How often you go to the library? I go there once a week How often you play computer games? I play them every week! Compositions What you in the evening ? I always my homework What you before going bed? I usually drink a glass of milk How often you go to the zoo? I go there twice a year How often you play hide-andseek? I play it every school day! + 2nd chant: Topic: “Where will you be this weekend ?” Original sentences Where will you be this weekend? I think I'll be in the country side What will you there? I think I'll have a picnic Compositions Where will you be next weekend ? I think I'll be in Ha Noi Capital What will you there? I think I'll visit Thu Le Zoo Where will you be next weekend? I think we'll be at the seaside What will you there? I think we'll visit the islands Where will you be next summer? I think we'll be at Ha Long Bay What will you there? I think we'll explore the caves + 3rd chant: Topic: “ What's the matter with you ?” Original sentences What's the matter with you ? I have a toothache You should go to the dentist You shouldn't eat a lot of sweets Compositions What's the matter with you ? I have a backache You should go to the doctor You shouldn't carry heavy things What's the matter with you? I have a headache You should go to the doctor You shouldn't watch too much TV What's the matter with you? I have a stomach ache You should go to the doctor You shouldn't drink cold water 14 There are many chants that the students compose are very funny However they have known how to compose chants by themselves, this helps them develop language as well as be interested in the subject alot Through the application and composing chants and songs in the lesson in English classes I see a lot more efficient than the conventional practice, the children participate actively and lively in lessons, they self-promote the independence of their creativity in composing songs, chants and express themselves through their work The songs, chants are searched online and composed thematic requirements in accordance with their young age This measure helps them not boring in English classes This initiative also requires the flexibility of teachers in the use of teaching methods 2.3.4.The effect of the experienced initiative: Thanks to the combination of teaching methods and the organizational form of teaching, especially the type of teaching that students are center maximizes the capacity of each student So their ability to learn English is very good The children learn English with a passion, excitement * In the class, the majority of students participate in group activities, and build up the lessons excitedly * They read and speak English more naturally, they know how to use rising and falling intonation as well as to interrupt and break better than they used to before * Through songs and chants,they are practised four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing effectively * They are more fearless and self-confident in communication, dare to show their opinions before the crowd * Through the application songs and chants as well as teaching them how to compose songs in the process of teaching English for the students at Yen Thai primary school, I see a visible change in learning attitude of students in English classes Students are eager to prepare the lessons before class so that the quality of English has improved markedly The survey by the end of March 2018 Class Total 5A 24 5B 23 Quality Excellent Percent Good Percent Average Percent Weak 10 41,7 % 37,5 % 20,8 % 30,4% 10 43,5 % 26,1 % Percent 0 Looking at the statistics as a teacher I believe that: Measures to help students improve their ability to practice English through songs and chants, will help students develop the best language learning ability of themselves as well as raising the level of teachers who always try their best to find the best methods for teaching their students 15 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 3.1 Conclusion Through research and application topics: “Several measures to help students of grade improve their ability to practice English through songs and chants” I've learnt some lessons To improve the quality of teaching, the teacher must be dedicated to her craft, take responsibility for their lessons, take care of all students in the class and the quality of teaching to find flexible approaches towards experience initiative in line with her students - Prepare lesson plans thoughtfully, meticulously Increase use of available or homemade teaching aids practically and effectively - Using methods of teaching flexiblly in English lessons, especially using songs or chants that are available, composed or collected, combining with organizing games to enhance vocabulary and practice modal sentences in order to give students a keen subject Consolidate for Students simple centre knowledge which is easy to remember, easy to use - Encourage students to speak English more regularly in the class - Reward frequently gifted students who have progress and participation in building lessons In addition, regularly help and encourage the students who are weak and immediately correct their mistakes of the foreign language gently, so they are not guilt, shame, fear of failure leads to afraid to say or lazy learning With much effort, the heart of enthusiasm for the job, and I'm always striving to find new ways of teaching to engage students and help them love English language, learning English much better Above is amount of little experience that I have done and achieved positive results during the last teaching 3.2 Suggestions To improve the quality of teaching and learning of English in primary school I have some suggestions to management: + Request more on providing audiovisual equipment for effective school + Request more information on the subjects of English language for teachers have more conditions to learn from each other + Suggest superior rooms to facilitate the teaching and learning of foreign languages, audiovisual room and multimedia classrooms Above are some of the content and methods that I have drawn from actual teaching of myself in teaching and learning in Yen Thai Primary School But there are still certain restrictions so I look forward to the comments of colleagues and superiors’comments to the subject for more complete days Thank you for the attention! 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Composing and guiding students to compose songs and chants: a Songs In the book English there is one song per each unit and one chants so the teachers change songs and chants matching the theme of the. .. Topis The weather song” The weather song What's the weather like? What's the weather like? What's the weather like today? It's sunny and it's windy And there be rain later What will the weather... launch "A number of measures to help the fifth form students confidently practise English through songs and chants" to help children practice well the skills as well as use new words and modal