teaching experience improving efl high school students public speaking skills through supplementary peer interviewing activities

NGHE AN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HOANG MAI HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE IMPROVING EFL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH SUPPLEMENTARY PEER INTERVIEWING ACTIVITIES SUBJECT: ENGLISH AUTHOR: NGUYEN TRUONG THAI NGUYEN THI HANG PHONE NUMBER: 0915038720 Nghệ An, 2021 A.THE REASON FOR CHOOSING THE TOPIC Years ago students in our school did not pay much attention to speaking English they spent most of time studying reading and writing skill to past the final exam and university entrance exam Therefore they didn‟t speak English Well However now in our school students have learned English since they were in grade or even earlier but only some of them can have a small talk in front of their classes They rarely speak in English to each other They only speak in English when they are forced to the tasks in class with the teachers'observation In the written exams, they can even some can well but when they are in front of crowds they can't have a talk Some of my students told me that " Sometimes we meet foreigners, however, we don't know how to start talking, or even we are shy We think that it is a good chance to practise speaking in English but we lose" While teaching my students, I always think of the ways to help my students talk themselves and create english speaking environment for them to pratise independently There is no debate that being in a real English language environment will help anyone to master the language in the fastest and most effective way Many international students would prefer to go to English-speaking countries to study and learn the international language How is an English-speaking country? It is not only England, America……We think any countries in the world that help students speak English at school publicly will be English-speaking ones Nowadays, students have learned English at school since they were at the age of or even earlier However, at school, they rarely speak to their friends in English Our school is a high school it means students here have learned English at least years before being students in our school but they only use English when they are in English lessons At break time in the schoolyard, they talk too much How to inspire them to talk to each other in English at school during break time is an issue that we bear in mind The students are now very busy studying with much homework They not have time to go out to look for foreigners to practice speaking with them Even sometimes students meet foreigners by accident, they are not available to talk or they not know how to have a talk with them Being teachers of English in a high school we always think of this problem and our solution is that we use what they have learned in their lessons to form some models of normal interviews after that we introduce the models to students then ask them to find students in other classes to interview during the break time at school The break time at school which they used to speak in Vietnamese will be an ideal environment for them to practice speaking English B CONTENT Theoretical basis 1.1 Teaching oriented capacity development 1.1.1: Concept Changing new teaching methods requires appropriate conditions in terms of facilities, organization of teaching, and conditions for organization and management In addition, the teaching method is also of a managerial nature Each teacher with his or her own experience needs to identify their own methods to improve their teaching methods and their own experiences One of the guiding bases of educational innovation is to move from academic, far-reaching education to an education that focuses on building operational capacity and promoting proactivity, the creativity of learners The important orientation in changing the new teaching method in general and changing the teaching method in high schools, in particular, is promoting activeness, self-reliance, and creativity, developing the capacity of the student's activities and synergistic work That is also the main trend in improved teaching methods in each school Resolution of the Central Conference session XI on the fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training stated: “We continue to strongly innovate teaching and learning methods in the modern directions: promoting positively, proactively, creatively and applying knowledge and skills of learners, overcoming feedback one-way method and mechanical recording The teaches pay attention to helping students how to learn, how to think, to encourage self-study, to create a basis for learners to update and change new knowledge, skills, and capacity development, to move from mainly learning in class to a diverse organization, annotating social activities, extracurricular activities and scientific research, to promote the application of information technology and communication in teaching and learning” To the best items about to change new base, the global interface of Education and Training according to Resolution No 29-NQ / TW, it is necessary to be aware of the quality of the new change in teaching methods towards human development - Innovating teaching methods to develop students' competencies Teaching method innovation is making the transition from contentaccessible education to learners' competency, it means from paying attention to what students learn to paying attention to interest what and how students can apply, something through learning To ensure that, it is necessary to switch from teaching methods in the "one-way transmission" way to teaching how to learn, how to apply knowledge, practice skills, and form competencies and qualities, enhancing group learning, renewing teacher-student relations towards cooperation that has important implications for the development of social capacity In addition to learning the individual knowledge and skills of the specialized subjects, it is necessary to supplement interdisciplinary integrated learning topics in order to develop the capacity to solve complex problems - Some methods to renovate teaching methods: Improve traditional teaching methods Innovating teaching methods does not mean removing traditional teaching methods such as presentations, conversations, and practice, but starting with improving their effectiveness and limiting their shortcomings In order to improve the effectiveness of these teaching methods, the teacher first needs to master the requirements and use their techniques proficiently in preparing and conducting lessons in class, the technique of making sentences, asking and processing answers in conversation, or model techniques in practice However, traditional teaching methods have inevitable limitations, so besides traditional teaching methods, it is necessary to combine the use of new teaching methods, which can enhance the cognitive activeness of students in presentations, conversations with perspectives on problem-solving teaching Combining a variety of teaching methods The combination of diverse teaching methods and forms in the entire teaching process is an important direction to promote positivity and improve teaching quality Classroom teaching, group teaching, group teaching, and individual teaching are social forms of teaching that need to be combined with each other, each with its own functions The monopoly of classroom teaching and the abuse of presentation methods need to be overcome, especially through group work In the current high school teaching practice, many teachers have improved their lessons in the direction of combining teacher presentations with group work, contributing to positively the cognitive activities of students The form of teamwork is very diverse It does not only solve small learning tasks alternating in presentations, but also deal with complex tasks The form can take up one or more lessons, using specialized methods such as role-play, case studies, and projects On the other hand, the addition of class-wide teaching by working in a group session has only clearly shown the “outside” positivity of the students To ensure the "inner" positive, attention should be paid to the inner side of the teaching method, applying problem-solving teaching and other active teaching methods - Applying problem solving teaching Problem-solving teaching (problem-solving teaching, teaching problemsolving, and awareness) is a teaching perspective aimed at developing thinking capacity, awareness, and problem-solving Learning is placed in a problem situation which contains cognitive conflict, through problem-solving It helps students acquire cognitive knowledge, skills, and methods Problem-solving teaching is a fundamental pathway to promote students' cognitive positivity, which can be applied in many forms of teaching with different levels of self-reliance of students Problem situations are specialized scientific situations, which can also be situations associated with reality In today's teaching practice, problem-solving teaching often pays attention to specialized scientific problems but less attention to problems associated with the practice However, if students only focus on solving cognitive problems in specialized sciences, students are not well prepared for practical situations Therefore, besides problem-solving teaching, teaching reasoning also builds a case-based teaching perspective -Apply situational teaching Situational teaching is a teaching perspective, in which teaching is organized according to a complex theme associated with real-life and professional situations The learning process is organized in a learning environment that enables students to build knowledge individually and in the social interaction of learning Complex teaching topics are topics related to many different subjects or areas of knowledge, associated with the practice In schools, subjects are classified according to specialized sciences, and life always happens in complex relationships Therefore, using complex teaching topics contributes to overcoming the detachment from the practice of specialized sciences, training students the ability to solve complex and interdisciplinary problems The case study method is a typical teaching method of situational teaching, in which students solve a typical situation by themselves, associated with practice through teamwork Applying teaching in real-world situations is an important way to associate training in schools with real life, contributing to overcome the situation of academic education, away from the current practice of the high school However, if the situations taught are simulated situations, they are not real situations If they only solve problems in theoretical classrooms, students not have real practical activities, and there is no combination between theory and practice - Apply action-oriented teaching Action-oriented teaching is a teaching perspective that aims to make mental and physical activities work closely together During the learning process, students perform learning tasks and complete action products, with a flexible combination of intellectual and physical activity This is a holistic approach to active teaching and teaching Action-oriented teaching has important implications for the implementation of educational principles combining theory with practice, thinking, and action, school and society Project-based teaching is a typical form of actionoriented teaching, in which students perform in groups a complex learning task, linked with practical problems, combining theory and practice, have created publishable products In project-based teaching, many modern teaching theories and perspectives can be applied such as constructivist theory, student-oriented teaching, collaborative teaching, integrated teaching, discovery teaching, and creativity, case-based teaching and action-oriented teaching - Increase the rational use of teaching facilities and information technology to support teaching The important teaching method in the natural sciences; Teaching methods such as demonstration of technical articles, modeling operations, analysis of technical products, technical design, model assembly, and projects are the key methods in technical teaching; The "Hand squeezing dough" method is highly effective in teaching science subjects -Fostering positive learning methods for students Self-reliant learning methods play an important role in actively promoting and promoting students' creativity There are common cognitive methods such as methods of gathering, processing, teaching facilities play an important role in innovating teaching methods in order to enhance the visualization, experimentation, and practice in teaching Currently, equipping with new teaching facilities for high schools has been gradually strengthened However, self-made teaching facilities of teachers always have an important meaning and should be promoted Multimedia and information technology are both teaching content and teaching mediums in modern teaching In addition to the use of multimedia as a means of demonstration, it is necessary to increase the use of teaching software as well as teaching methods using electronic networks (E-Learning), connected schools, schools Big School (Big School) -Use positive and creative teaching techniques Teaching techniques are the ways teachers and students act in small action situations to implement and control the teaching process Teaching techniques are the smallest units of a teaching method There are both general teaching techniques and specific techniques to each teaching method, for example, the questioning technique in conversation Today, people focus on developing and using teaching techniques that promote students' positivity and creativity such as "brainstorming", "lightning", "fish tank", mind maps, techniques, tablecloths -Focusing on specific teaching methods of the subject Teaching methods have a dialectic relationship with teaching content The use of specific teaching methods plays an important role in teaching the subject Subject-specific teaching methods are built on the basis of subject teaching theory Example: Experimentation is particularly evaluating information, methods of organizing work, methods of teamwork, and there are specialized learning methods for each subject In many different ways, it is necessary to practice students with common learning methods and learning methods in the subject In short, there are many innovative teaching methods with different approaches, above are just some general directions The innovation of teaching methods requires appropriate conditions in terms of facilities, facilities, techniques, and forms of teaching organization, conditions for organization, and management of classes In addition, teaching methods are still subjective Each teacher with his or her own experience needs to identify individual directions for improving teaching methods and personal experiences 1.1.2 The role and significance of teaching based on capacity development Teaching method from the perspective of capacity development not only pays positive attention to students on operational intelligence but also pays attention to training problem-solving capacity associated with life and career situations, and at the same time intelligence works with execution Enhancing learning in the group, changing the system of teachers and students according to the orientation system has important significance in order to develop social capacity In addition to learning the knowledge and skills of specialized subjects, it is necessary to supplement learning topics in order to develop the capacity to solve problems From the perspective of capacity development, the assessment of learning results does not take the test of the ability to reproduce knowledge learned in the assessment center The assessment of learning results is important to the creative application of knowledge in different contextual applications 1.1.3 The role of the teacher of teaching based on capacity development To innovate effective teaching methods, teachers are the first decisive factor in implementing innovative teaching methods With the right understanding, with a sense of responsibility and determination, the skills to use teaching equipment and organize to guide students to learn well are essential qualities of teachers in the school Teachers' knowledge is an important feature in education Teachers with any class must meet the requirements of knowledge, effective teaching ability, enthusiasm, and intimacy In addition, teachers must have organizational skills to guide students in the classroom, have skills to use teaching aids, and have the ability to self-collect rich information of the era to serve teaching requirements -Teachers must have diverse knowledge Teachers need not only profound knowledge,but also pedagogical knowledge about teaching topics, and must be able to convey the knowledge into the curriculum, into the lesson, into a simple, clear presentation and apply to assignments, reviews, assessments as well as other teaching activities Teachers who are knowledgeable, have many ways to organize and present concise, clear, and enthusiasm in teaching will surely impart knowledge to students more effectively and successfully -Teachers must identify issues that need innovation Teachers who want to renovate teaching methods must define in advance the innovative educational objectives, educational contents, teaching facilities, forms of organization, and methods of educational evaluation that must meet the needs of new change Trying to define the purpose, building goals to develop the lesson in the direction of reducing the theory and increasing practice is a necessary innovation for the innovation process of teaching methods -It is important to note some of the practical areas of teaching Planning and preparing classroom environments, paying attention to professional accountability, promoting the most effective use of time and engage the whole class and appropriate input or model to disseminate new materials, testing understanding, and changing the teaching schedule accordingly to create an independent, guided use of knowledge -Teachers must master the skills of imparting knowledge Teachers must master the requirements of educational content, master the knowledge and skills that need to be imparted to students in order to design to lead students from easy to difficult, from a little to a lot The teacher's talent in teaching is just as necessary as any other creative field This work can become the most creative form of work If the teacher skillfully promotes the activeness and initiative of the students, the person who is under the impact of education will become the subject of education The learning process is more important than the subject, the learning process creates intellectual habits, problem analysis skills, the ability to absorb, express, and process information.The current teacher is no longer the impactor of knowledge but the person assisting students in searching, selecting, and processing information The teacher's position is not determined by the monopoly of information and class intelligence, but by his intellect and experience in leading students to self-study Teaching how to learn, learning how to learn, or focusing on learners to promote the activeness of learners Innovating teaching methods depends on subjects, conditions, and circumstances, so teachers need to be proactive and innovative, make students learn and self-apply, stay in touch with changing practices, cooperate and share, take advantage of the support of teaching facilities, learn how to come to understanding, appreciate academic discovery and exploration, learn practical skills and attitudes in the profession.To innovate teaching methods is not to create a different method from the old, to eliminate the old The development or a revolution in the science of education is essentially creating a premise for the positive elements of the old to still have the opportunity to develop stronger At the same time creating something new, more progressive, better than the existing one That said, we are not reconciling to "slightly different or similar to what already exists" But there must be a real new thing to meet the demands of progress If the old teaching method has a great advantage of promoting memory, training students to something, then the new method still needs the above advantages But the fundamental difference here is that the old teaching methods have largely "neglected the students" So normally, students are passive in receiving The new teaching method must promote students' activeness, initiative, and creativity Promoting students' positivity through a variety of teacher's actions is the essence of a new teaching method When it comes to positivity, we conceive of the desire to act arising from the student's side, being expressed outwardly or internally of the activity Thanks to promoting positivity, students are no longer passive Students become individuals in a collective aspiration to explore and understand To so, the most difficult thing for a teacher is: In an hour of class, to make sure that the best students can also satisfy their knowledge needs, see knowledge as a new horizon And the weakest students are also not found abandoned, they also participate in the process of discovering new things This is especially necessary because students will be excited to seek knowledge, not passively or crammed Thus, the aspiration to act like this or that is the result of our desires.When innovating teaching methods, it is necessary to avoid the trend of simplicity or extreme simplicity There are teachers and teachers who replace "reading and writing" by asking too many questions but many of these questions not create "problem situations" Maybe they thought that using the new teaching method was the practice of reading and writing by asking questions and answers The more questions and answers, the more innovative students are 1.2 Improving EFL high school students' public speaking skills through supplementary peer interviewing activities 1.2.1.The concept of an interview 1.2.1.1 Concept: An interview is a conversation aimed at earning or providing information on a topic of interest 1.2.1.2 Formal interviews: There are a number of formal interviews They are face-to-face interviews, questionnaires, phone calls, texting, or by the Internet However, the most common form is face-to-face interviews 1.2.1.3 Requirements for interviewers: - Determine interview goals; understanding of the topic, interviewing subjects to prepare questions -When interviewing must respect everyone interviewed and communication rules - Avoid questions that are too difficult, in general Need to know how to listen, analyze answers to develop circuit problems - Editing of objective issues (besides rewriting words, needing notes on eyes, gestures, the person with the attitude of being interviewed to increase the reliability of the post) 1.2.1.4 Requirements for interviewees: - Be responsible for the information that you provide - Only answer what you know - Have the right to answer or not to answer interview questions, but you must have an open and cooperative mode in dialogue - Have quick reflexes with love posed, avoid rambling replies, long lines 1.2.2 The concept of public speaking skills 1.2.2.1 What is public speaking skill? Public speaking is a special form of communication aimed at conveying information, affecting the listener's emotions, from which the listener has the direction of action Students speaking opinions, speakers in the hall, scientists presenting research, students presenting are all situations where you need to have public speaking skills 1.2.2.2 How important is public speaking skill? Public speaking skills play an important role in today's life For example, when students make group presentations, when students go for job interviews, when we speak before conferences, and especially in the 4.0 era, many people making online presentations also need this skill 1.2.2.3 Factors that help you communicate engaging - Confidence This is the top factor determining whether or not your presentation will be successful or not You need to confidently show your audience what you are saying and express them fluently When giving a presentation, you must be the boss of the conversation if you use a question-and-answer format in your speech If you show yourself anxiety, suspense, or even trembling, this will only make your presentation less attractive and your audience less trust in your presentation - Using body language Using body language in public speaking makes your presentation more persuasive The listener will directly feel each gesture, gesture that you use in your speech In particular, eye contact is one of the keys to help you connect with your listeners and get their attention Instead of looking at the ceiling or staring blankly, you can confidently look into the other person's eyes to deliver your best presentation - Voice, intonation One of the keys to help your presentation attract listeners is voice and intonation You can not use the same tone when presenting a presentation, it bored listeners So, you can use the voice up and down flexibly with the appropriate accents STAGE 2: ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE Performance Tasks Performance products Assessment tools Look at pieces of a picture and Students‟ puzzle them into the picture answers Possible answer Give the correct form of the words, Students‟ answer match them with the suitable pictures Answer key Watch the clip then answer the Students‟ answer questions Answer key Observation Peer correction Observation Peer correction Discuss the interview Practice and prepare for their duty Students‟ talks Observation Students‟ talks Observation 29 STAGE 3: TEACHING PROCEDURE/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES Activity 1: Warm-up: Ask students to look at pieces of the picture and puzzle them into the picture Good classes: Ask students: one takes a piece of the picture and standing apart from each other One student looks at the piece of the picture on the hand, shows it by verbal form or non-verbal form and the others puzzle them into the picture by listening and watching one by one until they have the original picture 30 Check and confirm the answers - Ask students to look at the picture again and guess What are the two students on right talking about? Answer key: Write some of students‟ answers on the board The teacher doesn‟t write the teacher‟s answer on the board Lead students to the lesson Lead-in: “Today, we will watch clips our friends made Watch and check whether your guessing answers are right or wrong.” Activity 2: Vocabulary Close, little, joke What does the word “close” mean in Vietnamese? Suggestion answer: đóng close (v) 31 What does the word “close” mean in Vietnamese in this situation? Suggestion answer: gần gũi … Close (adj) Little (translating) nhỏ: This is a little house Ít (Khơng đủ): I have little money I will not go to market Alittle Ít (Tạm đủ): I have alittle money Let‟s go to drink coffee with me 1th April is a joking day when people can joke with everyone What does the word “joke” mean in Vietnamese? Close, little, joke Matching (Work in pairs) - Ask students to match the pictures with suitable sentences Joking makes him happy The little girl is playing with her father A He is joking B This is a little boy He is close to his daughter The little boy looks happy C 32 Key: answer key: The little boy looks happy This is a little boy A He is close to his daughter B The little girl is playing with her father Joking makes him happy He is joking C Activity 3: Watch the interview clip and answer questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AII_Dr86_2Q 3.1 Ask students to watch the clip two times Which is the picture relating to the interview? A B 33 C D Answer key: A 3.2: Ask students to watch again and answer the questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AII_Dr86_2Q Questions for Interview Where is Khanh Vinh? What‟s she doing? Is Phuong waiting for her father? What are they going to talk about? How many people are there in Khanh Vinh‟s family? How does she feel about her family? What does her father do? What is her mother‟s job? How is her mother? 10 Does she have a sister or a brother? Questions and suggestion answers for Interview (11A10) Where is Khanh Vinh? She‟s at the schoolyard What‟s Khanh Vinh doing? She‟s waiting for her father Is Phuong waiting for her father, too? Yes, she is 34 What are they going to talk about? They are going to talk about family How many people are there in Khanh Vinh‟s family? There are members How does she feel about her family? She has a happy and dream family What does her father do? He‟s a worker What is her mother‟s job? She‟s a worker, too How is her mother? She‟s a loving and caring person 10 Does she have a sister or a brother? She has a little sister Activity 4: Discussion Ask students to work in pairs and talk about the ways to make good interviews (Both interviewers and interviewees) Paying attention to: face to face body languages gestures eye‟s contact …………… 4.1 About the interview and you Questions and answers What you should What you shouldn’t Does the interview introduce herself? - …………………… What does her face tell you when she is asking? ……………………… What is Phuong doing when Khanh Vinh is answering? ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… 35 Did Phuong prepare ……………………… carefully before the ……………………… interview? ……………………… ……………………… Does Phuong pay ……………………… attention to the ……………………… information she gets? ……………………… ……………………… Do Phuong and Khanh ……………………… Vinh use non-verbal ……………………… forms of ……………………… communications? What are they? ……………………… How many people take ……………………… part in the interview? ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… What tools they use ……………………… to make the interview? ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… Suggestion answers: Questions and answers What you should Does the interview Introduce yourself introduce herself? - No ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… What the you shouldn’t Keep your eyes to the paper much What does her face tell Face to the student Keep your face to other you when she is asking? answering the question places - She learns by heart the questions What is Phuong doing when Khanh Vinh is answering? - She is listening to the Khanh Vinh Analyze some answer, Keep your eyes to the pay attention to what paper much the interviewee is answering 36 Did Phuong prepare Prepare carefully Prepare only questions carefully before the Answer the questions interview? before - Yes, she did But she forgot some questions in the interview form Does Phuong pay attention to the information she gets? Yes, Express the satisfaction Ignore the information 6.Do Phuong and Vinh Use more non-verbal Talk only use non-verbal forms of forms while speaking communications? What are they? Yes Body language, facial expression, eye contact… How many students Study the way to make Ignore what take part in the a good video clip happening interview? More than is What tools they use Test the tools before Use the only one smart to make the interview? Divide the job for phone smartphones: one is everyone in the group used to record clip, the other is used to record sound, and a computer is used to make the final video clip with good sound 37 4.2 About yourselves What you think about your family? ……………………………………………………………………………… Good classes: What you think about your family in the future? ……………………………………………………………………………… Suggestion answers (Depend on the students’ knowledge) What you think about your family? (Ask students to think about parents/ brother/sister…people in the family How people behave to each other….) My family is …………… Good classes: What you think about your family in the future? (Ask students to think about a future family with wife/husband/ children/job/…) Activity 5: Product 5.1: Practice: Give students the form of the interview used in the clip and ask them to make interviews like this with the partner in class 5.2 Product Good classes, good students Ask students to make other interviews like this with the other students in other classes then make a presentation about this in front of the class next lesson or in 15 class meeting Students may work in groups of or Activity 5: Wrap-up - Have students review the lesson by answering the following questions What have you learned from the lesson today? What core values you get from the lesson in your life? Homework: Watch the next interview at : and answer these questions Questions for Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cniy9o6D_s Where are these students? What are their names? Which class are they in? 38 How long have Bao and Anh been learning English? How will they keep learning English? Why are they learning English? Do they think English is useful or a waste of time? According to them, Is it more important to speak English more accurately or fluently? Activity 5: Product (Presentation) After two interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ybmkXLDfk PHUONG’S PRENTATION Hi guys, today I will tell you about my interview I conducted last Monday I asked some students in our school about their family I had a memorable interview and received a lot of positive responses You can see On average, a modern family in our hometown has to members including parents and their children And here are two typical friends that I interviewed At first, I met a nice girl whose name is Thanh Vinh She is quite funny and friendly She shared very openly with me about her family She has a happy and dream family with four members Her father is a worker He is the hero in her heart Her mom is a worker too and works in the same factory with her father She is a caring and loving person and she is like best friend in Vinh‟s life, and then when I asked Vinh if she had some brothers or sisters, she said: Yes, the most wonderful present of her family is a little sister who is cute and years old, she has a sunny smile Moreover, Vinh described that her sister‟s eyes look like star light in the sky Her sister has an interesting personality and sometimes she makes Vinh release Above all, for her, family is number one and she loves them so much Second, I met another girl who is energetic and sociable She told me about her family naturally Her family has six members: her parents, sisters and her She added that she is the youngest and she has a big gaps to her sisters, and then I asked her if she was close to her family She said: despite the gaps, she thought she was really close to her family, because her family often makes jokes at each other, often spend time together at the weekend like watch a lot of movies and series, they tell all the things to her parents like her crush her idol, things about that In the end I asked her if family was important to her, and she answered without hesitation „Of course, 100% Family is always a big motivation for her to achieve her goal when she‟s down, they back her up, and they will stimulate her By that, she feels better and she tries her best to make them happy 39 C CONCLUSION First of all, it is undeniable that the real English-speaking environment plays an important role for the learners When all students at schools make the interviews with the function of their homework, the school will become a real Englishspeaking environment Therefore, as teachers of English, we always think about how to enable students to practice English without direct observation from the teachers Moreover, the graduates from high schools will cope with many interviews before they become earners Making interviews is a good way that the teachers can equip them to have the best performances in the future On the other hand, today Ministry of Education and Training has tendencies to let high schools choose the curriculum for the optional lessons which are suitable for each kind of students basing on the local and school practical conditions With our great effort for the students‟ benefits in their future, we hope that this experience will be useful to make a contribution as one of the suggested curriculums for these optional lessons in the coming years All approved clips have been submitted to YouTube (Nguyen Truong Thai) for both all students and teachers to use as references Above all are some experiences we have successfully applied in our school with some classes It is surprising that these students have become more and fluently in speaking English and more confidently in front of other people, not only their friends but also foreigners I think it is a good method to apply to all students at school and we plan to ask our students to go out to make interview with some foreigners working in Hoang Mai If they have opportunities A limit of time and ability could prevent us from doing this assignment perfectly we hope that we will receive supportive ideas from readers we also hope that the readers, especially teachers can find something useful for the teaching job in this assignment Thank you very much! - Results of applying our experience The number of students who could talk during the oral test in the second midterm test of the year 2020-2021 Class The number of students who can talk well The number of students who can talk The number of students who talk slowly The number of students who can't talk 10A13 10 15 15 10A2 12 13 15 10A10 15 10 17 40 The number of students in classes we applied our experience has increased day by day The classes we applied our experience students want to learn English more and they make more clips to send to the class address on the internet without shyness - Some suggestions All teachers at school should use English to talk with students if they can, which encourages students very much to learn English and creates a wonderful English-speaking in the school At school meetings, the school leaders should say something that stimulates students to learn English When the students have interviews outside school, the leaders of schools or other relating organizations should help them 41 INDEX Oder Content Page A.THE REASON FOR CHOOSING THE TOPIC B CONTENT Theoretical basis 1.1 Teaching oriented capacity development 1.1.1: Concept 1.1.2 The role and significance of teaching based on capacity development 1.1.3 The role of the teacher of teaching based on capacity development 1.2 Improving EFL high school students' public speaking skills through supplementary peer interviewing activities 1.2.1.The concept of an interview 10 1.2.1.1 Concept: 11 1.2.1.2 Formal interviews: 12 1.2.1.3 Requirements for interviewers: 13 1.2.1.4 Requirements for interviewees: 14 1.2.2 The concept of public speaking skills 15 1.2.2.1 What is public speaking skill? 16 1.2.2.2 How important is public speaking skill? 17 1.2.2.3 Factors that help you communicate engaging 18 1.2.3 The aims of learning a language (English) 10 19 The practical basis 10 20 2.1 Peculiarity 10 21 2.2 Reality of the subject now 11 22 The way to study 11 42 23 3.1 The object and scope of study 11 24 3.1.1 The object 11 25 3.1.2 Scope of the study 11 26 3.2 The way to contact the topic 12 27 Solution and development of the content of the topic 12 28 C CONCLUSION 40 REFERENCE Tieng Anh 10, Tieng Anh 11, Tieng Anh 12 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQAdSh40GiObughBR44Dz1A https://eric.ed.gov -Posters are in Appendix I - Pictures are in Appendix II - Interviews are in Appendix III - Presentations are in Appendix IV - https://www.pinterest.com/ : web to choose topic paper - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/752382681494751038/ - https://youtu.be/KGk7XBvq6N8 : : Topic paper Students‟ interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cniy9o6D_s Students‟ interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txwovLSnw5k 43 ... of teaching based on capacity development 1.2 Improving EFL high school students'' public speaking skills through supplementary peer interviewing activities 1.2.1.The concept of an interview 10... dialogue - Have quick reflexes with love posed, avoid rambling replies, long lines 1.2.2 The concept of public speaking skills 1.2.2.1 What is public speaking skill? 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