Integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms in unit 1 home life of basic english 12 and designing some synonym and antonym exercises

THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT HOANG HOA HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE INTEGRATING TEACHING SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS IN UNIT – “HOME LIFE” OF BASIC ENGLISH 12 AND DESIGNING SOME SYNONYM AND ANTONYM EXERCISES Implementer: Lê Thị Gấm Position: Teacher Experience initiative in the subject: English THANH HOA YEAR 2021 CONTENT TABLE CONTENTS PART I: OPENING I Reasons for choosing the theme II Study purposes III Study objects IV Study methods V Some innovations of the theme PART II: STUDY CONTENTS Chapter I: Argument grounds Theoritical grounds Practical grounds Chapter II: Real situations Students Teachers Material facilities Survey results before integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms Chapter III: Some experience used to improve real situations I General understanding of using Synonyms and Antonyms What is "Synonym”? What is "Antonym”? II Some principles when teaching synonyms and antonyms III Experience of integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms in Unit of basic English 12 and designing some synonym and antonym exercises Some experience of integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms in Unit of basic English 12 1.1 Assigning tasks for students to prepare before the lesson 1.2 Getting students’ results 1.3 Having students present their preparations 1.4 Commenting and evaluating students’ result 1.5 Compiling and returning the final list to students Designing some exercises about synonyms and antonyms Chapter IV: Study results, experience lessons and measures Study results Experience lessons and measures PART III: CONCLUSION AND PROPOSALS Conclusion Proposals PAGES 3 3 4 5 5 7 7 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 15 18 18 18 20 20 20 PART I: OPENING I REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE THEME Vocabulary plays an indispensable role in every language It is vocabulay that helps speakers and writers convey almost everything they would like to express The more vocabulary you master, the more effectively you express your thoughts and feelings To students, beside the effectiveness of communication, gaining a wide variety of vocabulary, specially synonyms and antonyms supports students a lot in reading comprehension and answering the questions relating to closest and opposite meaning According to the rate in the matrix of English test in the GCSE in recent years, the percentage of questions relating to vocabulary accounts for almost 30 percent Therefore, the more words and expressions students know, the better their answers to vocabulary questions are In my teaching periods, I have paid special attention to presenting synonyms and antonyms with the hope that students can enrich their vocabulary as much as possible Until now, my efforts have brought some positive results First, students take more notice of synonyms and antonyms in each lesson They try to find out words or phrases which have similar or opposite meaning to the words they have just learnt Second, students’ vocabulary is getting better and better Third, students give better answers to questions relating to closest and opposite meaning in the tests they have done recently With my experience in teaching English at Hoang Hoa High School, I have researched reference documents, learned from co-workers as well as applied many different teaching methods I have gained some first positive results However, due to the limitation of the thesis, I just present my initiative applied in Unit 1: HOME LIFE – Basic English 12 I would like to choose the theme “Integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms in Unit – “Home life” of basic English 12 and designing some synonym and antonym excercises” II STUDY PURPOSES - Analysing real situations of teaching vocabulary - Presenting some experience in integrating teaching synomyms and antonyms in Unit “Home Life”– Basic English 12 to raise general learning effects - Designing some exercises that help students revise and remember vocabulary as easily and quickly as possible - Helping students give better answers to questions relating vocabulary especially the ones about synomyms and antonyms in study tasks III STUDY OBJECTS - Real situations of teaching and learning vocabulary at Hoang Hoa High School - Unit 1- “Home life” in basic English 12 IV STUDY METHODS Exploiting the basic English textbook 12 – Unit 1: “Home life” and reference documents Exploiting teaching aids Exploiting students’ synthetic ability Working positively individually and in small groups V SOME INNOVATIONS OF THE THEME - Helping enrich students’ vocabulary about the topic “Home life” - Emphasizing antonyms and synonyms of words students have learnt - Providing students with chances to recall their vocabulary to relating exercises after the lesson - Bettering students’ effectiveness in learning vocabulary and applying words/phrases they have learnt to required tasks PART II: STUDY CONTENTS CHAPTER I: ARGUMENT GROUNDS Theoritical grounds Just when students start learning English, they get accustomed to four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing It is through these four skills that teachers pass knowledge to students and students gain their knowledge In order to improve these four skills, students need enrich their vocabulary particularly through lessons It requires that teachers not only understand well effective teaching methods but also apply smoothly the principle “Learning parallels hands-on” [4] Starting from the view of “Learners are the centre”, teaching and learning methods have changed greatly Teachers are not those who hold knowledge and pass it to students, but those who guide, support, consult and check students’ working Students not absorb knowledge passively Becoming the centre of the teaching-learning process, students are completely active and creative in study to achieve good learning results and know how to apply knowledge in real life as well as doing tasks required in tests and exams [3] From the grounds above, how to apply innovative methods of teaching vocabulary in general and synonyms and antonyms about the topic “HOME LIFE” in particular is very important It helps students improve their basic language skills and better exercises which focus on vocabulary meaning This meets some real demands of learning a language Practical grounds All high schools have used English teaching and learning materials, which ask students to develop equally all four skills, which cannot ignore the integral roles of vocabulary Mastering a wide range of words and phrases, students will feel easier and more confident in choosing suitable words to express their ideas more effectively Furthermore, in terms of lexical meaning, students will reinforce the use of words so that they can comprehense better the reading texts and improve their correctness in choosing options when answering questions relating to vocabulary as well as synonyms and antonyms In order to raise students’ vocabulary, both teachers and students need to make efforts in each lesson For teachers, they had better study each lesson carefully, choose suitable teaching methods to students’ levels, design proper teaching steps and use teaching aids to achieve the aims Besides, teachers should also ask students to participate actively in each study activity in order to recall the words and phrases they have known as well as absorb new ones, copy them carefully, try to learn by heart as many as possible and specially try to use them frequently to remember At Hoang Hoa high school, students’ vocabulary is really limited Therefore, they have difficulty in understanding passages and express their thoughts in English Trying to enrich students’ vocabulary is a necessary step to improve four skills in learning English generally and doing exercises relating to lexical meaning particularly When experimenting in some classes of grade 12 at my school, I have gained some encouraging results My periods of teaching become more interesting with students’ participation before after each lesson, which makes students more active and betters their vocabulary Little by little, their English knowledge is improved and their answers to questions relating to vocabulary are more and more correct With some experience of helping students better their vocabulary applied to Unit – HOME LIFE through the techniques of integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms, I have realized that students’ vocabulary is better after the lesson CHAPTER II: REAL SITUATIONS Students Generally, the level of students’ knowledge is quite low due to the difficult economic conditions in the poor countryside and little contact with situations in which they use English Besides, the English knowledge of students is not equal in the same class and among classes in the same grade Moreover, the number of students in a class is quite high (about 40-45 students) These result in difficulties when teachers decide to choose methods as well as control class activities during lessons Generally, students’ vocabulary is quite limited, which affects negatively their results when they tasks requiring a variety of word uses Teachers After testing some teaching methods, teachers often feel discouraged because students not participate in activities actively Thus, the practical results are not as good as expected ones Gradually, teachers seem not to pay serious attention to promoting students to learn synonyms and antonyms in order to enrich their vocabulary little by little They often teach each lesson separately with a view to completing required tasks without widening vocabulary especially synonyms and antonyms Material facilities Due to the lack of essential material facilities especially reference documents such as English story books, novels, magazines, newspapers, Thus, students’ vocabulary is mainly gained from lessons in class and textbooks However, the amount of vocabulary in textbooks is quite limited, and the number of synonyms and antonyms in textbooks is not large enough to help students meet the requirements of tasks focusing on vocabulary With these limitations, the results of students’ tasks relating vocabulary seem difficult to be improved It is like a challenge which has no exit for quite a long time Survey results before integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms (Average percentage on completing tasks which focus on vocabulary) Class 12A1 12A6 Student number 38 45 Levels of task completion Under 50% 50% - 80% Over 80% 20 52,6% 14 36,9% 10,5% 23 51,1% 18 40,0% 8,9% Class 12A1 is chosen to become the experimental class and 12A6 is the control class in my study CHAPTER III: SOME EXPERIENCE USED TO IMPROVE REAL SITUATIONS I General understanding of Synonyms and Antonyms [5] What is “Synonym”? A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another; they are synonymous The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be replaced by another in a sentence without changing its meaning Near synonyms are words considered synonymous in only one particular sense: for example, long and extended in the context long time or extended time are synonymous, but long cannot be used in the phrase extended family What is “Antonym”? Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other A word may have more than one antonym Similar to synonyms, antonyms also have two types: complete antonyms such as good - bad, happy sad and incomplete antonyms such as fat– slim, hot – cool From the above concepts, there are some points we need to keep in mind: Whether words are considered complete synonyms or antonyms, there are differences between them so that they cannot be used interchangeably in all cases Therefore, besides teaching and learning the meaning of words, we need to pay attention to the context in which synonyms and antonyms can be used II Some principles when teaching synonyms and antonyms - Principle 1: Clear instructions All teachers' instructions must be detailed, clear, and have a specific purpose If instructions are general, students will not know clearly how to perform their tasks and the tasks easily come to nothing The most important part in this section is to guide students to find reliable resources to look up synonyms, antonyms as well as quick and effective ways of looking up Reliable resources for looking up synonyms and antonyms are the English-English dictionaries and specialized dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms Students can look up with a printed dictionary or an Internet dictionary A quick lookup for compound words that are not in the dictionary is to look up the original word and then determine the meaning of the word basing on its prefixes and suffixes - Principle 2: Students as the centre Regarding students as the center, teachers assign work to groups of students to find out synonyms and antonyms in specific lessons This principle helps students to actively and actively participate in lessons while helping to develop students' teamwork and presentation skills Assigning the task of finding out synonyms and antonyms in a certain lesson to students makes them brainstorm, perform their task actively, and thus they actively memorize vocabulary Assigning work to groups of students will help reduce pressure Besides, students can also help each other to complete the task The presentation can be given in Vietnamese or English, both of which help to develop students' presentation skills - Principle 3: Follow - up, comparison, contrast and evaluation Paying serious attention to the work progress of the groups helps teachers compare, contrast and evaluate students’ results better Following the work progress of each group will help teachers evaluate and comment more accurately on the results of each group In addition, teachers can promptly give appropriate help to groups facing difficulty Comparing, contrasting and evaluating the results of each group of students even of each student in the group will create more motivation for them to try to complete their tasks - Principle 4: Correction and supplement Teachers play the main role in synthesizing, editing and supplementing the results of the groups After the results of the groups have been evaluated, they need to be fully compiled, edited and supplemented before teachers return the final product to the students This is the stage where teachers play the main role to ensure that they provide complete and accurate knowledge to their students - Principle 5: Regular check and evaluation Teachers should regularly check, comment and evaluate students’ use of the knowledge of synonyms and antonyms they have learned in doing tasks focusing on vocabulary use This is the principle of "Learning parallels hands-on" It encourages students to use their learned knowledge in performing language production skills such as speaking and writing It also creates the habit of using foreign language for students III Experience of integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms in Unit of basic English 12 and designing some synonym and antonym exercises [5] Some experience of integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms in Unit of basic English 12 1.1 Assigning tasks for students to prepare before the lesson Divide students into four groups, each group is assigned a specific task: Group 1: Finding synonyms and antonyms of the following words and phrases Words and phrases attempt (v/n) pressure (n) look after (phr.) rush (v/n) support (v/n) come up (phr.) Synonyms Antonyms Group 2: Finding synonyms and antonyms of the following words and phrases Words and phrases be responsible for (phr.) household chores (phr.) willing (a) give a hand (phr.) obedient (a) mischievous (a) Synonyms Antonyms Group 3: Finding synonyms and antonyms of the following words and phrases Words and phrases Synonyms Antonyms frank (a) join hands (phr.) safe (a) hard-working (a) interest (n) make a decision (phr.) Group 4: Finding synonyms and antonyms of the following words and phrases Words and phrases wash the dishes (phr.) share one’s secrects (phr.) get together (phr.) rarely (adv) reserve (v) allow (v) Synonyms Antonyms Getting students’ results Expected results: 10 Group 1: Words and phrases attempt (v/n) pressure (n) look after (phr.) rush (v/n) support (v/n) come up (phr.) Synonyms try, effort, strive, endeavor, bid, have a go,… stress, tension, strain, force, burden,… care, take care of, nurture,… hurry, haste, urgency, speed,… aid, help, assist, encourage, defend, reinforce,… appear, arise, occur, happen, come about, … Antonyms neglect, ignore, retreat, surrender,… ease, relaxation, pleasure, comfort,… neglect, ignore, leave, abandon,… dawdle, be unhurried, be at leisure, be deliberate,… hinder, prevent, discourage, block, obstruct,… disappear, dissolve, dissipate, fade away, … Group 2: Words and phrases Synonyms hold responsible for, be responsible for take/bear (phr.) responsibility for, be in charge of,… housework, household household chores (phr.) duties, household tasks, domestic work, ready, eager, keen, willing (a) enthusiastic, … help, support, aid, give a hand (phr.) advocate,… dutiful, compliant, obedient (a) submissive, respectful, … naughty, impish, mischievous (a) tricksy, wicked,… Group 3: Words and phrases frank (a) Synonyms honest, forthright, open, sincere, Antonyms be irresponsible for, be carefree about, ignore, neglect,… unwilling, unready, reluctant,… prevent, hinder, black, obstruct,… disobedient, stubborn, obstinate, willful, pigheaded, … well-behaved, obedient, dutiful,… Antonyms insincere, dishonest, secretive, cautious, 11 join hands (phr.) safe (a) hard-working (a) interest (n) make a decision (phr.) straighforward,… work together, cooperate, collaborate, … secure, innocent, harmless,… studious, industrious, diligent, a live wire, attention, notice, awareness, concern, hobby, pursuit, taste, pastime, leisure activity,… decide, make up one’s mind, … vague, … work individually, work separately, work alone, split,… dangerous, unsafe, insecure, lazy, idle, indolent, a couch potato,… Synonyms the washing-up,… confide in, reveal one’s secrets,… reunite, join up, … seldom, hardly, once in a while,… save, keep back, hold back, preserve, store, book,… Antonyms boredom, apathy, disinterest, indifference,… change one’s mind, Group 4: Words and phrases wash the dishes (phr.) share one’s secrects (phr.) get together (phr.) rarely (adv) reserve (v) allow (v) permit, let, … keep/hide one’s secrets,… separate, spreadout, often, usually, regularly,… use, exploit, cancel, prevent, hinder, ban, prohibit, forbid,… 1.3 Having students present their preparations Each group appoint a representative to present their results in front of the class The presenter should read aloud English words or phrases assigned of their group and then he/she reads aloud the synonyms as well as antonyms which they have found out 1.4 Commenting and evaluating students’ result The teacher comments, evaluates each group’s results and then gives supplements if necessary 1.5 Compiling and returning the final list to students After students’ presentation with the teacher’s comments and supplements, the teacher compiles, edits and returns the final product to the 12 students so that students can have a correct list of useful vocabulary of unit to serve their study FEEDBACK USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR UNIT – HOME LIFE Words and phrases Meaning attempt (v/n) cố gắng, nỗ lực pressure (n) áp lực look after (phr.) chăm sóc rush (v/n) vội vã support (v/n) hỗ trợ come up (phr.) sảy sinh be responsible for (phr.) chịu trách nhiệm household chores (phr.) việc nhà willing (a) sẵn lòng 10 give a hand (phr.) giúp tay 11 obedient (a) lời Synonyms try, effort, strive, endeavor, bid, have a go,… stress, tension, strain, force, burden,… Antonyms neglect, ignore, retreat, surrender,… ease, relaxation, pleasure, comfort,… neglect, ignore, care, take care of, leave, abandon, nurture,… … dawdle, be hurry, haste, unhurried, be at urgency, speed, leisure, be … deliberate,… aid, help, assist, hinder, prevent, encourage, discourage, defend, reinforce, block, obstruct, … … disappear, appear, arise, dissolve, occur, happen, dissipate, fade come about,… away,… hold responsible be irresponsible for, take/bear for, be carefree responsibility for, about, ignore, be in charge of, neglect,… … housework, household duties, household tasks, domestic work, ready,eager, unwilling, keen, unready, enthusiastic, … reluctant,… prevent, hinder, help, support, black, obstruct, aid, advocate,… … dutiful, disobedient, 13 stubborn, obstinate, willful, pigheaded, … naughty, impish, well-behaved, tricksy, wicked, obedient, … dutiful,… insincere, honest, dishonest, forthright, open, secretive, sincere, cautious, vague, straighforward,… … work work together, individually, cooperate, work separately, collaborate,… work alone, split,… dangerous, secure, innocent, unsafe, harmless,… insecure, studious, lazy, idle, industrious, indolent, a diligent, a live couch potato,… wire, attention, notice, awareness, boredom, concern,… apathy, disinterest, hobby, taste, pursuit, pastime, indifference,… leisure activity, decide, make up change one’s one’s mind, … mind, the washingup, confide in, reveal keep/hide one’s one’s secrets,… secrets,… reunite, join up, separate, … spreadout, seldom, hardly, often, usually, once in a while, regularly,… … save, keep back, use, exploit, hold back, compliant, submissive, respectful, … 12 mischievous (a) tinh nghịch, láu lỉnh 13 frank (a) thẳng thắn 14 join hands (phr.) chung tay 15 safe (a) an toàn 16 hard-working (a) chăm quan tâm 17 interest (n) sở thích 18 19 20 21 make a decision (phr.) wash the dishes (phr.) share one’s secrects (phr.) get together (phr.) 22 rarely (adv) 23 reserve (v) định rửa bát đĩa chia sẻ bí mật sum vầy bảo tồn 14 24 allow (v) đặt trước preserve, store, book cho phép permit, let, … cancel prevent, hinder, ban, prohibit, forbid,… Designing some exercises about synonyms and antonyms Exercise 1: SYNONYMS Match a word or phrase in column A with its synonym in column B A sisters / brothers rule interest attempt secure be responsible for support willing pressure 10 join hands KEY: 1.e 2.b 3.h 4.i B a work together b regulation c be in charge of d assist e siblings f keen g strain h pursuit i effort k safe 5.k 6.c 7.d 8.f 9.g 10.a Exercise 2: ANTONYMS Match a word or phrase in column A with its antonym in column B A B supportive willing obedient reunite close-knit hard-working frankly give a hand come up 10 solution KEY: 1.b 2.a 3.i 4.f a reluctant b critical c loose d idle e hinder f split g problem h disappear i stubborn k secretively 5.c 6.d 7.k 8.e 9.h 10.g Exercise 3: ODD ONE OUT Find one word that is different in meaning from the others in each group A housework B routine C domestic tasks D household chores 15 10 KEY: A support A disclose A build A child A space A important A hobby A task A idle 1.B 2.D 3.A B assist B attempt B construct B kid B place B vital B taste B complement B diligent 4.C 5.D 6.A C give a hand C make an effort C ruin C offspring C site C creative C purpose C duty C hard-working 7.C 8.C 9.B D owe D strive D erect D gentleman D spot D significant D interest D mission D industrious 10.A Exercise 4: REPLACEMENT Replace the underlined word or phrase in each sentence with its synonym in the box rarely looks forward to our share of work together joint family get on very well under the same roof keep an eye on in charge of In my family, I am responsible for doing the washing-up after meals Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home Members of my family share the household chores Andrea is so excited about coming home that she can’t wait for her flight In an extended family, three or even four generations live in one home Members in my family have very close-knit relationships with each other Could you please look after the baby while I’m away? My parents seldom allow telling lies in my family KEY: in charge of work together our share of looks forward to joint family / under the same roof get on very well keep an eye on Rarely Exercise 5: MULTIPLE CHOISES - SYNONYMS Choose the best word/phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking A help B prepared C be busy D attempt Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly A encounter B happen C arrive D clean Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home A deal with B work together C help together D manage We enjoy spending time together in the evening when the family members assemble in the living room after a day of hard work A get together B watch TV C chat D tell jokes 16 In many cultures, the mother is usually the homemaker while the father is the breadwinner in the family A the family member who is willing to share the domestic chores B the family member who likes bread C the family member who is responsible for childcare D the family member who earns money to support the family KEY: 1.A 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D Exercise 6: MULTIPLE CHOISES - ANTONYMS Choose the best word/phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions Mark enjoys having fun by causing trouble He’s very mischievous boy A stubborn B spoiled C well-behaved D bright She got up late and rushed to the bus stop A came into B went leisurely C went quickly D dropped by My daughter was very supportive during my illness, so I felt proud of her A helpful B useful C critical D willing When you are in a restaurant, you can raise your hand slightly to show that you need assistance A support B aid C help D hindrance I am now in my final yesr at the secondary school, so I am under a lot of study pressure A relaxation B stress C task D strain KEY: 1.C 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.A 17 CHAPTER IV: STUDY RESULTS, EXPERIENCE LESSONS AND MEASURES Study results Through the study and application of integrating teaching synonyms and antonyms in unit of basic English 12, most students become more interested in doing the required learning tasks such as finding out and remembering important words and phrases in the lesson Besides, they can easily keep in their mind useful vocabulary relating to the theme “Home life” through taking part in study activities the teacher has designed As a result, the quality of students’ participation has improved greatly Students who used to feel bored with learning vocabulary have found it less challenging They take part in group work and individual work more actively This is a good chance for students to revise their lessons, recall what they have learnt to carry out tasks Gradually, their involment and interest increase after each part This plays an important role in bettering students’ vocabulary which is indispensable in learning a foreign language Survey results after application (Average percentage on completing tasks which focus on vocabulary) Class Experimental class 12A1 Control class 12A6 Student number Levels of task completion Under 50% 50% - 80% Over 80% 38 10 26,3% 18 47,4% 10 26,3% 45 20 44,4% 19 42,2% 13,4% Experience lessons and measures After studying and experimenting the lessons, attending co-workers’ periods, I find that in order to achieve high results in teaching English in general and enrich students’ vocabulary in particular, teachers must be enthusiastic and try to design the lesson suitably to each class basing on the main teaching contents Besides, they should understand their students, so they can know how to design each lesson effectively Teachers should define the objectives and core requirements of each lesson clearly They should also know how to use and combine different teaching methods flexibly and creatively so that they are suitable to contents of each lesson, students of each class As a result, students would become more eager when taking part in designed activites, specially tasks focusing on using vocabulary 18 Besides, teachers should research seriously to change teaching techniques which are used repeatedly lesson by lesson in order to avoid boredom This is also a good way to promote students’ active participation in different activities This helps to bring positive learning results When designing each lesson in general and tasks relating to vocabulary in particular, teachers should take into account many things such as the available material facility conditions of their school (projectors, pictures, real objects, video clips,…) Thus, teachers can decide the best ways to design and exploit each lesson as well as use teaching aids effectively All these things help teachers know how to prepare and present the lesson actively and effectively In order to have enough time for vocabulary tasks, teachers should design the lessons scientifically Important parts should be paid special attention and exploited thoroughly so that students will catch the key vocabulary and word using For other parts of the lessons, teachers can go through them quickly or guide students to them at home as homework If there is not enough time for students to the tasks in class, this can be considered a good form of homework Teachers can prepare handouts of exercises and deliver them to students as a kind of assingment These exercises can be used to check up for the next period Synonyms and antonyms are crucial to help students remember and recall vocabulary effectively They also help students to keep in mind words and phrases for a longer time, so they can the tasks of reading, listening, speaking and writing better Moreover, it is a good way for students to practice their reponsibility and active participation in teamwork, which makes students more active in life This helps to gain educational purposes 19 PART III: CONCLUSION AND PROPOSALS Conclusion This is the only lesson which I present in my initiative because of the limitation of the thesis I have applied some tecniques in order to better students’ learning and using vocabulary They have helped to better students’ participation in study tasks However, the most important thing that should be focused here is that teachers should highly concentrate on researching, designing and applying effective ways to achieve educational purposes: conveying knowledge and bettering students’ skills Besides, teachers should be friendly to students so that they can create the friendly class atmosphere, this is very useful especially to tasks relating vacabulary The study theme cannot help having limitations I look forward to receiving remarks and contributions from other co-workers in order to better this study Proposals I would like school leaders to create better conditions for teaching and learning activites such as installing projectors in classrooms, buying more reference books and documents I also expect to receive the understanding and sympathy from school’s leaders and other teachers because when students take part in group work, it cannot help being noisy In order to avoid this disturbance to other classes, I would expect to have a separated area for English lessons with group work LEADER’S CONFIRMATION Thanh Hóa, May 10th 2021 I assure this is my own experience initiative, not copying the contents of other people The author Lê Thị Gấm 20 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS Notes: - 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