The effect of warm up activities on the grade 10 students’ motivation in listening lessons

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HOÁ TRƯỜNG THPT NGA SƠN SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM TÊN ĐỀ TÀI THE EFFECT OF WARM UP ACTIVITIES ON THE GRADE 10 STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LISTENING LESSONS Người thực hiện: Nguyễn Thị Tuyến Chức vụ: Giáo viên SKKN thuộc môn: Tiếng Anh THANH HOÁ NĂM 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………… PART II CONTENTS ……………………………………………………………2 Teacher’s teaching methods ……………………………………………… 2 Types of warm up activities ………………………………………………….2 2.1.Using pictures ………………………………………………………….2 2.2.Telling a short story…………………………………………………… 2.3.Jumbled words………………………………………………………… 2.4 Word formation ……………………………………………………… 2.5.Guess the missing letters……………………………………………….5 2.6.Asking and anwering ………………………………………………… 2.7 False statement prediction …………………………………………….7 2.8 Open prediction ……………………………………………………….7 2.9 Eliciting……………………………………………………………… 2.10 Matching …………………………………………………………… PART III : CONCLUSION…………………………………………………… 10 PART IV: REFERENCES .………………………………………………… 11 PART I: INTRODUCTION *************** We all know that warm up activities are used to make our classes more fun and exciting, warm up strategies for our classroom are an excellent teaching tool, starting the lesson with a good hook activity sets us up for a better chance of success It captivates the students and draws them into the lesson - giving us the opportunity to "do our thing" In my opinion, warm-up activities in listening lessons has significant effects on the students’ motivation during the lesson because listening is vital not only in language learning but also in daily communication We cannot develop speaking skill unless we also develop listening skill To have a successful conservation,students must understand what is said to them later,the ability to understand spoken English may become very important To develop this ability,students need plenty of practice in listening to English spoken at nomal speed In fact, listening skill seems to be ignored by most students,It is also harder to concentrate on listening if students have little interest in a topic or situation.Our students have to deal with unfamiliar sounds, new vocabulary, and complex sentences.Moreover, listening activities often create high levels of anxiety and stress among learners that can interfere with comprehension.Therefore, with designing the right warm up activities in listening lessons, teachers put their students into “English mode”; attentive, interested, ready to participate,produce relaxed and less inhibited students They also create a positive atmosphere to practice and experiment with the new language Being a teacher,through the years of teaching in the new method, I have learned from myself; Designing warm up activities in the beginning of a new lesson is one of the most important steps in a focused session and it could make students' learning more stimulating This will achieve good result in listening lessons.Moreover, from the very beginning students understand a lot about the new lesson they are about to learn Starting from the theoretical and practical premise, I decided to choose the topic: “The effect of warm up activities on the grade 10 students’ motivation in listening lessons at Nga Son High school” Hopefully, with a range of suggestions of how to make warm up activitieseffectively in listening lessons introduced in this research, it will be more motivating for the teachers to teach and make progress in teaching listening.Therefore, students will be interested in listening lessons ( From “ The method of teaching English in high school ” – Nguyen Hanh Dung – The publisher of education) PART II CONTENT *************** 1.Teachers’ teaching methods Now the requirement of innovation teaching method is to promote the positive of students, students must know self-initiative and creative, occupy the master of knowledge To fulfill this requirement, the teacher must be the person who has the role of guiding, directing and organizing the activity of the student Therefore, the exploration and use of new methods always requires each teacher to have In warm up stage, teachers’ teaching methods are focused on the ways teacher design appropriate activities to motivate students to listen as well as the ways that the teacher elicits pre – lesson activities In order to have a suitable method, the teacher should briefly design types of warm up activities for a limited period, related to the topic, useful to continue later activities, interesting and enjoyable Moreover,teachers take some of the factors into consideration including learners, teaching purposes, other available classroom conditions and students work in pairs or groups Choosing an inappropriate or not being flexible in applying methods to a certain class may have negative effects on students’ participation Therefore, the warm-up design part is based on the following activities The types of warm up activities 2.1 Using pictures “A picture is worth a thousand words", the picture will stimulate their interest.So with this strategy teachers ask the students to draw a diagram of what they currently understand about the subject or concept Example Part C-Listening English 10: Unit People’s background Aim:- Helping students to listen for specific information about an Olympic champion - Teachers can show students a poster of Nellie Kim INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.nelliekim.com/nel6.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.nelliekim.com/nel6.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.nelliekim.com/ nel6.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET From “ English 10- The publisher of education , “ Design class 10 English lessons”Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi , “ Lesson plan” ) - Teachers let students observe the poster, then work in pairs and ask and answer the questions: Who is in the poster ? 2.When was she born ? Where does she come from? 4.What does she like to in her free time ? Which sports does she play? How many time Olympic Champions did she win? - After looking at the poster , students give the answers -Teachers gather the answers that students discuss and lead in the new lesson: Example Part C-Listening English 10: Unit 10 – Conservation Aim: Helping students to listen to get specific information about forest fires and ways to prevent them -With the pictures are forest fires ,teachers let students observe and give the following questions : 1.What you see in the pictures ? What can cause a forest fire? From “ English 10- The publisher of education , “ Design class 10 English lessons”Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi , “ Lesson plan” ) How destructive can a forest fire be? Do you know any famous forest fire? Are there any forest fires in Vietnam? Which forests have many forest fires every year? - Finally, the teacher will lead to the new lesson 2.2.Telling a short story Short stories are an ideal tool in teaching language.Good stories can attract students’ attention, because they provide topics based on their everyday interests.So teacher should tell a short story slowly and the content of the story is simple and easy for students to understand,especially it has to be related to the new lesson.Teachers give the students some questions to answer after they have finished telling the story or teachers only tell a part of the story,then they ask students to discuss and predict what might happen after the story ends.This way will make students motivate because they are given their own ideas Example Part C- Listening English 10: Unit 14 – The World Cup Aim:- Students know some information about Pele, the most famous footballer in the world In order to lead in the new leson,teachers can tell a fun and short story : The young wife moved by her football player husband, said:Last night you held my head in your hands and fondled me I didn't know that you were so much in love with me that you think of me even while you sleep The player was surprised Oh, was that your head? I was dreaming and was surprised that my ball had suddenly grown such long hair 2.3.Jumbled words The purpose is to improve vocabulary There can be two or more than two meaningful words of one jumbled word We have included only one word Example Part C- Listening English 10: Unit – A day in the life of Teachers write some words on the board and ask students to rearrange them to make meaningful words - CCLOY CYCLO - RIEDV DRIVE - NSSEGERPA PASSENGERS - DOFO SALLT FOOD STALL From “ English 10- The publisher of education , “ Design class 10 English lessons”Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi , “ Lesson plan” ) - After completing those words ,teachers will check and introduce the game : “ Who is he ?” + He gets up very early + He has a cyclo +He drives passengers to everywhere they want everyday + He usually has meals at a food stall *Answer: HE IS A CYCLO DRIVER =>Lead in the new lesson : If we want to know more details about daily activities of a cyclo driver, we will go to Unit 1- part C- Listening 2.4.Word formation The aim of this word formation game is for students to play in pairs and form nouns /verbs /adjectives /adverbs It is perfect for students to get more vocabulary Example Part C- Listening English 10: Unit – Special education Aim : Teachers help students listen for specific information about a special class for disabled children Teachers ask students to work in groups and find which words can be derived from the word photo ? Example : photograph Suggested answers: photographic (a) photography(n) photographer(n) photograph (n) photogenic (a) -After that teachers can help students explain the meaning of the words -Teachers lead to the new lesson 2.5.Guess the missing letters Guess the missing letters helps students learn to use meaning, word length, onsets and word chunks to help them decode words while listening This activity helps them to consolidate their vocabulary Example Part C- Listening English 10 Unit –An excursion - Teachers write a word with six letters on the board , teachers only write the first and the last letter - Ask students to guess the missing letters and fill them in the blanks to have a meaningful word P C *Answer: PICNIC - When finding the keyword teacher introduces the topic of the new lesson by giving some questions: 1.Where you often go for a picnic? 2.When you often have a picnic? 3.What you often at a picnic? - Teacher divides the class into groups Where? When? What? ( Activities) Park Sunday Play games =>Lead in the new lesson Example Part C- Listening English 10 Unit 16 -Historical places -Teachers can let students guess the word with the following suggests : + This word has 11 letters + It begins with D + It ends woth the suffix ION + some words are given in the table D E I N I ON *Answer: DESTINATION - After that teacher gives some questions: Do you know about the world cultural heritage sites in Vietnam? Can you name the one in Middle Vietnam its name begins with an H and ends with an N ? ( Hoi An) =>Lead in the new lesson 2.6 Asking and anwering Ask some questions about a particular subject through specific pictures or objects, asking the students to give their personal opinion The questions are simple, easy to understand to avoid the psychology "see fear of false" Encourage students to raise questions regarding the topic raise Example Part C- Listening English 10 Unit - Technology and you Teachers can give some questions to ask students with the topic : "talking about your experience of learning how to use a computer" 1- Can you use a computer? 2- Who teaches you how to use a computer ? 3- Is this difficult to learn how to use it? 4- What will you if you can’t understand the computer ? -Now, we are going to listen to a passage, which tells us about an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer From “ English 10- The publisher of education , “ Design class 10 English lessons”Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi , “ Lesson plan” ) 2.7 True - False statement prediction -Teachers give some sentences related to the topic of the lesson,students guess if they are true or false based on their knowledge or their own experieces - Teachers asks students to work in pairs to exchange answers before teachers check their answers Example Part C- Listening English 10 Unit 14- The World Cup -Teachers can give some suggested sentences : 1.Pele was born in America 2.He was good at kicking and controlling the ball 3.He was an ambassador for the sport 4.He scored 1300 goals and he become a national hero - Expected answer: 1.F (Brazil) T 3.T 4.F (1200) When discussing those statements ,students will pay attention to the contents of the next lesson and they also want to know their prediction is true or false Teachers make them more interested as soon as the lesson begins 2.8 Open prediction or Brainstorming Give students a keyword, asking students to work out as many relevant words as possible within a certain time limit This activity helps them to revise their vocabulary Example Part C- Listening English 10 Unit - Undersea world Teachers write the word Whale on the board and asks students to make a list of words related to the “Whale” WHALE migrate mammal krill whaling conservationn - Lead in the new lesson : Today we will listen to get specific information about the whales: how large they are, what they eat, where they live, and if they are in danger - When discussing those statements ,students will pay attention to the contents of the next lesson and they also want to know their prediction is true or false Teachers make them more interested as soon as the lesson begins 2.9 Eliciting Eliciting is a basic technique and should be used regularly, not only at the beginning of a lesson but whenever it is necessary and appropriate This is a simple and effective way of getting good results in listening lesson.Therefore, before starting a new lesson teachers can ask and students answer some questions related to the topic of the lesson Students answers base on their knowledge or teachers use the pictures and can aslo directly ask students questions to lead in the new lesson Example Part C- Listening English 10 Unit 12- Music - In order to help students listen for more information about Van Cao and his music.Teachers can apply warming up by asking questions like : 1.What song all students always sing on every Monday morning? Tien Quan Ca 2.Do you know who the composer was? Van Cao 3.When and where was he born? 1923- Nam Ha 4.Is he still alive? No 5.When did he die? 1995 6.What was his first song? Suoi mo 7.What were some of his other songs that you know? Truong ca song Lo, Lang toi, Truong Chi, Ngay mua =>Lead in the new lesson 2.10 Matching - Teachers can lead students to the new leson: Part C- Listening English 10 Unit 11- National Parks - To help them get more information about Cuc Phuong National Park by asking them to match the name of each National Park with their suitable description INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.amthuc365.vn/forums/imagehosting/5482276537bae6.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.amthuc365.vn/forums/imagehosting/5482276537bae6.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.amthuc365.vn/forums/imagehosting/5482276537bae6.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1599/cattien4.jpg" MERGEFORMATINET \* INCLUDEPICTURE "http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1599/cattien4.jpg" MERGEFORMATINET \* INCLUDEPICTURE "http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1599/cattien4.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://keytovietnam.com/images/tours/2009_01/164/cucphuongto.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://keytovietnam.com/images/ tours/2009_01/164/cucphuongto.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://keytovietnam.com/images/tours/2009_01/164/cucphuongto.jpg" \* 10 MERGEFORMATINET *Answwer: Cát Bà National Park Cát Tiên National Park Cúc Phương National Park - After that teachers ask some questions about those National Parks like: 1- Have you ever visited these places? 2- Which place would you like to visit? Why? =>Lead in the new lesson ( From “ English 10- The publisher of education , “ Design class 10 English lessons”- Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi , “ Lesson plan” ) PART III : CONCLUSION ************** Through the process of applying the above method I realize that students are more eager, more flexible in practice, mastered the way of studying and doing effectively; Students are more excited with school hours, more active hours, and the quality of listening lessons has increased Real numbers are shown by the two following tables Acadamic year 2016 - 2017 11 Acadamic year 2017 - 2018 As can be seen from the tables, the number of students achieving excellent and good grade increases considerably while the ones having below average grade decrease dramatically It means that these warm up activities are very helpful to the teacher as well as students in a listening lesson Although I have made a lot of effort to carry out the work, I myself feel that I cannot have more creation, give out more new and interesting techniques and can’t help having mistakes.I’d like you to give frank comments and help me to have more interesting things about this subject I hope that this theme would be of some value to both teachers and students in their language teaching and learning process I would like to thank The confirmation of the principle Thanh Hoa, May 25th 2018 I promise not to have copied Signature Nguyễn Thị Tuyến PART IV REFERENCES ************** 1.“ English 10- The publisher of education 2.“ Design class 10 English lessons”- Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi ) “ The method of teaching English in high school ” – Nguyen Hanh Dung – The publisher of education) 12 Warm up activities.(2003).Gareth Rees Listening strategy guide (2003) Berman 3.Teaching and studying online: best practices, resources and activities for developing listening skills.(2015).Ene Peterson A course in English language teaching On the internet 13 14 ... draws them into the lesson - giving us the opportunity to "do our thing" In my opinion, warm- up activities in listening lessons has significant effects on the students’ motivation during the lesson... students’ motivation in listening lessons at Nga Son High school” Hopefully, with a range of suggestions of how to make warm up activitieseffectively in listening lessons introduced in this research,... with the new language Being a teacher,through the years of teaching in the new method, I have learned from myself; Designing warm up activities in the beginning of a new lesson is one of the most