Applying mindmap to teaching and learning english vocabularies in reading lessons grade 10

From the fact that, I have researched and applied the theme “Applying Mindmap to teaching and learning English vocabularies in reading lessons - grade 10” with the purpose of improving t

I INTRODUCTION: 2

1 The reason to choose the theme 2

2 The purpose of choosing the theme 2

3 Object of the research 3

4 Methods of the reseach 3

II.CONTENTS: 4

1 Theotical bases: 4

2 Practical bases: 4

a Toward teachers: 4

b Toward students: 4

3 Solution: 4

* Preparation: 4

a Toward students: 4

b Toward teacher: 4

* Measures to create a Mindmap successfully * Procedure: 7

4 Effects of application: 14

III : CONCLUSION: 15

IV REFERENCES: 16

I INTRODUCTION

1 The reason to choose the theme

English is an extremely important tool in modern social life Moreover,

it is also a tool to facilitate integration with the international and regional community It helps us to access international information about science and technology, cultural, medical, industrial and agricultural education which is changing every hour It also helps us to access advanced cultures as well as important international events Therefore, studying English as a foreign language is an indispensable basic culture in the educational program Common Currently studying English asks students to develop all 4 skills of listening - speaking - reading - writing One of the factors for learning skills well, especially reading skills, is vocabulary Vocabulary is the most important part in all languages So, to learn a language, speak a language, use

a language, everyone must learn vocabularies

Learning English vocabulary in a traditional way does not make you feel happy while studying As soon as you look at the words, the students are tired and depressed Long vocabulary They often have a feeling of remembering a lot of words in a short time, especially before the test But the words they just learned are only "temporary" in the brain for a short time then will forget immediately This not only affects the academic results but also discourages many students, even hating English

Therefore, building a systematic image, showing the relationship between knowledge will bring many advantages in terms of remembering, developing awareness, thinking, imagination and ability High creativity is

important Mind map is known as the method of clever vocabularies learning

mentioned in the book "I'm good, you too" It is an interesting way to learn English vocabularies, which helps students learn them quickly and remember them for a long time

From the fact that, I have researched and applied the theme “Applying

Mindmap to teaching and learning English vocabularies in reading lessons - grade 10”

with the purpose of improving the effectiveness of learning vocabularies in English reading skills for grade 10 students in highschool This is the main reason that I choose this theme

2 The purpose of choosing the theme

English is one of the relatively difficult subjects for students in getting new knowledge, understanding and master content of the reading text They also find it difficult to memorize the vocabulary in the form of notes Therfore, many students are less interested and passive during the class

There are many teaching methods performed annually to improve the quality of learning English for students but perhaps, the active teaching

method by using Mindmap makes me interested most In lesson, all students

participate in activities motivated students’ thought, curiosity and ability to explore and broaden their vocabularies Because "Do not teach children what they must think, but teach them how to think" (Margaret Mead).Teachers should actively take initiative in using this teaching method to make English gradually became a close friend of every student, first of all the vocabulary that they learned and memorized daily

3 Object of the research

- Students from class 10 A, D, school year: 2018 - 2019

4 Methods of the reseach

- Get experience from colleagues through their teaching

- Search information to the website, articles or reference books

- Using methods of observing, evaluating, comparing and synthesizing the situation and learning results of students after the periods using mind maps

II CONTENTS

1 Theotical bases

“Mind mapping is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain Mind mapping is a creative and logical means of note-taking and note-making that literally "maps out" your ideas.Mind map for you

"a total view about an issue or a large field ” according to Tony's research Buzan and Barry Buzan are written in "The Mind Map Book" (Vietnamese translation version - Le Huy Lam) nowadays, we often record information in the passive way (Way to use sentences or narratives, enumeration, the outline

of the idea is to beat the mansion with numbers or patterns.)

The vocabularies have on relationship with each other Using mind

maps, students will find a relationship between them Mind map supports

teaching new words, reviewing learned words, usinging it easily and saving time In addition, when applying the technique of teaching English vocabulary with mind map, students can not only show their creativity, flexibility and imagination but also memorize vocabulary faster and learn more new words

at the same time

(Source: tulieu.violet.vn)

2 Practical bases

a Toward teacher:

According to the traditional method, the teacher instructs the students

to draw a 3-column board, and then write the new word in the first column, the meaning of each word in the last column and the middle column is

wordform, as well as pronunciation of words But teaching vocabulary on word tables or similar forms often makes students bored because they can not only concentrate a wordboard without images and color

b Toward students:

Many students always learn only the vocabularies and meaning of the words, or learn to cope in the old lesson tests It is the learning method that is not used because without regular and continuous vocabulary consolidation, they will quickly forget and feel discouraged in memorizing wods

3 Solution

* Preparation:

a Toward students:

- Students are expected to prepare necessary equipments for drawing mindmap (A4, A3 or take use the back of pictures, photos, Tet calendar; pencil, color pen, ruler guys, ) They also can draw ideas at home before class

b Toward teacher:

- Prepare lesson content so that it is most logical

- Requires students to prepare the necessary equipment for class with mind map (A4, A3 or take use the back of pictures, photos, Tet calendar; pencils, crayons, rulers, )

- Prepare some sample mindmaps and ask students if they understand

anything from those mindmaps

* Measures to create a Mindmap successfully

- Think of the general main topic and write that down in the center of the page

- Figure out sub-topics of your main concept and draw branches to them from the center, beginning to look like a spider web

- Make sure to use very short phrases or even single words

- Add images to invoke thought or get the message across better

- Try to think of at least two main points for each sub-theme you created and create branches out to those

Samples of Mindmap

Sample 1:

Sample 2:

Sample 3:

Sample 4

( Source: how to draw a mindmap.com)

* Procedures:

a Some activities in applying Mindmap.

Over the years teaching reform program- English 10 - standard program - I have redesigned some activities in applying Mindmap as follows:

Activity 1: Student establishes a mindmap in groups or individuals with

suggestions of teacher

Activity 2: Students or representatives of student groups to report and explain

about the mindmap that my group has set up

Activity 3: Students discuss, modify and edit to complete the information in

the mindmap Teacher will be a mentor, a referee to help students complete

it, thereby leading to lesson knowledge

Activity 4: Teacher give consolidation the knowledge in a mindmap that

teacher has prepared or that the whole class participated in complete editing, ask students to present and explain that knowledge

b Applying mindmap to teaching anh leaning vocabularies some reading periods

I have designed some mindmap related to vocabulary in the "Lead-in" section, "Warm-up" or "Consolidation" in some reading lessons that I find most relevant I have designed them based on the content of English class 10 textbooks by using iMindmap, Edraw MindMap software Here are some teaching English vocabularies activities in Reading lesons that I have completed effectivelyin my highschool

Unit 3: PEOPLE’ BACKGROUND

Content : Marie Curie’s background

Time: 7 mins

Activities: While - reading or Consolidation

Aim: The Mindmap helps students to grasp the vocabulary in While-Reading

and Consolidation activity to understand the content of the reading in a more logical, understandable manner, from which students can get the main information about Marie Curie’s background

Minmap

Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

Content : An excursion

Time: 7 mins

Activities: Warm - up or lead - in

Aim: This Mindmap provides an overview of excursions to several locations

in Vietnam Teachers help students rewiew vocabularies related to Excursion topic

Minmap

Unit 7: THE MASS MEDIA

Content : Channels

Time: 7 mins

Activities: While - reading

Aim: This Mindmap helps students to grasp a number of vocabularies related

to programs on VTV1, VTV2, VTV3 in textbooks, so students can remember the program names and do exercises easily

Mindmap

Unit 8 : THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

Content : Changes of the village

Time: 7 mins

Activities: Warm - up or lead - in

Aim: This Mindmap provides students with the necessary vocabularies to

understand the changes of the village in the lesson, so

I can apply to talk about the changes of their villages where they live

Mindmap

( Source: tulieu.violet.vn)

Below are some using mindmap activities performed by students in the class - Nga son high school

Students work in groups

Students present their ideas

Some students’ products:

Mindmap shows vocabularies in reading lesson - Unit 4 - People’

backgound ( grade 10 ) - by students class 10D

Mindmap shows vocabularies in reading lesson - Unit 5 - Technology and

you ( grade 10 ) - by students class 10A

Mindmap shows vocabularies in Unit 13 - Films and cinema ( grade 10 )

by students class 10A

4 Effects of application:

By applying mindmaps to teaching vocabularies for students in Nga Son high school,I have got some achievements as follows:

- During activities,students practice more in groupworks

- Students are excited in learning English vocabularies They can memorize quickly and apply in different contexts

- Students develop extra skills: draw a mindmap, logical thinking

The relsult in detail: The result of two tests made before ( the 1st ) and after ( the 2nd )the application from 2 class: 10A and 10D I have taught

average students (%)

average students(

%)

Goodstudents (%)

Excellenstude ntst (%)

1st 10A: 40 12 68 20 0

10D: 40 20 60 20 0

2nd 10A: 40 7 45 40 8

10D: 40 25 40 30 5

III CONCLUSION

Over the years teaching myself, I found that the application of Mindmap in teaching and learning vocabularies " brought about very positive results: students has made remarkable progress, they know and remember more vocabularies They are confident to report in front of the class Besides, other skills such as speaking, listening and writing are also improved They are really interested in learning the lessons

These are the small experiences that I have picked up in the classroom teaching English 11 in my school, of course I can not avoid certain shortcomings I hope I can build up ideas and learn more experiences of colleagues to complete my theme

I would like to thank.

The confirmation of the principle Thanh Hoa, May 25th 2019

I promise not to have copied Signature

Trinh Thu Hanh

1 The English textbook – grade 10,11,12 – Education and training publisher

2 Methodology handbook for English teachers in Viet Nam

3 Introduction to linguistic and the English language - Nguyễn Thanh Bình

4 Teaching method by Mindmap

4 Intel teach getting started 2006

5 Intel teach to the future 2006

6 Webside Google.com

7 IMindmap, Edraw MindMap software

DANH MỤC

SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM ĐÃ ĐƯỢC HỘI ĐỒNG SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM NGÀNH GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH XẾP

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Họ và tên tác giả: Trịnh Thu Hạnh

Chức vụ và đơn vị công tác: Giáo viên môn Tiếng Anh - Trường THPT Nga Sơn - Thanh Hóa

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1 Dạy phần Warm up bằng các trò

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lớp 10

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2 Extra -curricular activities to

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3 Some activities in post listening

-grade 11

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