Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching english

" Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ A: Overview: I Teaching experience’s title: Efficently applying technology in making lesson plans and teaching English II Scope of application: This method has been applied to some recent periods in Dong Huong secondary school III Object of research: Students of grade 6, at Dong Huong secondary school B: Content: I Introduction: As a result of technology boom, students are exposed to technology at a relatively young age Hence, it is crystal clear that technology continues to play a fundamental role in the advancement and improvement of our societies Therefore, it also seems essential and expected to utilize modern and immerging technologies to facilitate the task of English language education Clearly, students attempting to learn and enrich their proficiency in English as a second language need supplementary language support To widen their knowledge, skills and experience, they must actively get engaged and practice in listening, reading, speaking, and writing To accomplish these tasks, it is International Journal on Integrating Technology in Education to use various tools and techniques which can efficiently assist them to soundly learn English language Using modern technologies for English language teaching and learning does not seem to be restricted to any particular age group This is confirmed by the range of examples presented here which suggest that practitioners are progressively using various forms of technologies innovatively within the early years The term new or emerging technology includes communication techniques for language teaching in which the internet, personal computers, social and cognitive robots, intelligent machines, and smart mobile devices play a key role Each technical tool and device has its own advantage and application conforming to one of the four language skills (reading, speaking, listening, and writing) However, in order to use these techniques successfully, both the ESL/EFL students and instructors should be familiar with using computers, the internet, intelligent social and cognitive robots and devices, and be capable of successfully interacting with them In addition to the instructor's role, the effect Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ of technology has become enormous in teaching and learning English language In fact, one can suggest that the role of instructor along with that of technology has led to advanced learning models in second language teaching and acquisition In many circumstances, it has been noticed that very young learners were exposed to a variety of technologies from an early age at home As a teacher of English language at a school in a suburb area, I have been always trying to provide exhilarating lessons to my students Our classrooms now are faciliated with projectors, wifi, multi-stereo system Thus, the application of this teaching method is completely possible to Personally, over the past few years, I have achieved cherished results by using technology in making lesson plans and teaching English II Description of the teaching experience: Conventional method: When teaching Warm up, I usually have students sing a song related to the lesson to check if they have grasped the song or related to the new song to lead into the new song Sometimes, I have students play a game for to minutes to cheer them up or lead on to a new lesson When I teach dialogue texts in a textbook, I often rely on the textbook to teach that conversation in the conversation teaching process About the tapes of conversation, I turn on the speaker for students to listen or I read for students to read along When teaching vocabulary, I encourage students to take notes, read along, use flash cards Teaching writing skills to students, I follow the instructions of the teacher's book, letting students write in books or in notebooks Teaching listening activities, I rely entirely on the audio available on the disc according to the student's book A survey of grade 6A at Dong Huong secondary school about the abilities of skills in November of 2020 shows: Achieving 7+ points Numbers of Listening Speaking Reading Writing students: 33 13 24,24% 15,1% 39,4% 21,2% Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Excitement rating Numbers of Bored Excited Very Excited students: 33 27 3 82% 9% 9% * Pros: - Time saving: Teachers don't have to spend much time on designing teaching activities - Does not require much technology skills - Students are familiar with traditional teaching way * Cons: - The teaching activities are not rich and diverse, so students are discouraged and not interested in learning English - Does not stimulate creativity in teaching and learning English - Fails to catch up with the requirements of innovative teaching methods to achieve effectiveness in teaching A new solution: Information technology is changing our habits every day in all areas of our life, in which the application of IT in education is also the top concern and investment of today's society The application of IT helps teachers' teaching become softer, more professional and more effective All the basic applications and software mentioned below are a practical testament to what has been used at Dong Huong secondary school: helping teachers not to be too strenuous to prepare teaching aids, provided equipment are maximized in use, students are more active and active with what they learn in class and practice when they go home, students in class are very excited and positive for being directly involved in editing articles online for my friends Modern children love to interact with technology products so creating a learning environment with technology attracts them more, more applications become the joy and expectation of them when coming to class such as Kahoot software, Quizlet, Padlet, Soft books It is a very fun way for children to learn English, to improve their listening, pronunciation and interactive English skills Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Here are some softwares, tools and utilities applied to teach different activities in a lesson that I have used in teaching 2.1 Using Kahoot in the categories: Warm-up, Review or Consolidation: Traditionally, I let students sing, play a game or want to create a set of questions in the form of Multiple choice, T/ F statement, Short answer, to review old lessons, practice or participate The contest of Ringing the golden bell during extracurricular activities often uses Powerpoint presentations, Hotpotato software , but usually takes a lot of time to compile; moreover, the interaction between teachers and students is not high; It is difficult for me to determine which student answers the fastest and most correctly, which student gets the most correct answers, at times need more support and supervision from colleagues, but the results are not necessarily the most objective Kahoot software has helped me to create a complete questionnaire of the above format with an unlimited number of questions but it does not take much time More professionally, students taking the quiz to answer the questions score are cumulative and ranked from high to low after each question turn This makes it easy for both teachers and students to identify which student answers the fastest and has the most correct answers; Students will know where they are and will try harder in the next question More specifically, this software has a very vibrant and prompting background sound design, making the opening activity of a lesson very exciting and engaging or giving students a sense of nostalgia and anticipation Come to the next class after joining this game in the reinforcement activity at the end of the unit Example: After students have finished reading comprehension exercises Unit 10 / English / such as highlighting the problem statements compared to the text of the passage, I have students participate in the contest content related to the entire passage you have read with Kahoot software to quickly check once more about your understanding of this reading comprehension and create an atmosphere of excitement and excitement for you children before finishing the lesson I design some T/F questions to check students’ understanding using Kahoot - It’s on the Moon Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ - There will be a swimming pool in front and a large flower garden behind the house - They will the housework (clean the floors, cook meals, wash clothes, water the flowers and feed the dogs and cats.) First, we have to register Choosing role Students are using devices that can access the internet such as desktop computers, smart phones, ipads, laptops, to access the link provided by the teacher, enter PIN, enter a name to participate in answering the question Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Học sinh chọn câu trả lời The system automatically scores students Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Ranked top students In general, after a period of using Kahoot in the Warm-up, review or Consolidation teaching items, I found that the professional questionnaire and slideshow design, fast, saves a lot of time because this application supports Support uploading pictures and sounds to compose questions, moreover I don't have to too much activity like observing student results, I don't have to wait to see if all students have answered all Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ to press the results as usual in Powerpoint because when all players have selected questions, the system will automatically report the results without having to wait for the time as I have set up for each question before Using Kahoot helps the whole class or even more students join the game at the same time because there is no limit to the number of players, teachers can hold Golden Bell or Little English contests during extracurricular sessions at school At the same time, it encourages students to try and make more effort to improve their position on the rankings The teacher can also apply this to design questions to test the learners' ability to grasp the content of the training programs At a training programe conference 2.2 Using Quizlet to teach vocabulary: Usually to prepare for a teaching period before using Quizlet software, I usually prepare pictures, real objects, print magnetic cards or compose slideshows on Powerpoint software to teach pictures However, this also took me a lot of time to compose articles on Powerpoint and prepare supplies Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Is there a way to get the kit to teach vocabulary in the fastest, most effective way? I have applied the Quizlet software to create and use a set of flash cards to teach vocabulary at the rate of 30 seconds for each word including words, meanings, illustrations and pronunciation Example: To teach vocabulary about some career words like: a farmer, a nurse, an engineer, a teacher, a doctor, a worker, I only need minutes to enter words English on the right column, find and select suitable pictures on the right column Click the Create button to create a set of vocabulary cards including words, illustrations and pronunciation for the words Teachers can choose to show either single language or bilingual After teaching vocabulary, I give the students the link to this flashcard set so that they can participate in activities such as word and word matching and pictures, and The corresponding definition is to test students' memorization and understanding of vocabulary with Scatter cards created by software on their devices This software has a built-in timer, helping teachers compare the Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ speed between Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà participating students Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ + In addition, students take the test with multiple choice exercises (M / C), T / F, circle, short answer online via the Test card This exercise helps students develop skills in writing Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Practice listening to the pronounced word and type the corresponding word into the box given through Speller card Students know whether they have done it right or wrong because if they type in wrong words, the software will appear suggestions for students to look and type If correct, the student gets a score + The exercise of looking at pictures / meaning and rewriting words through Learn cards, if wrong, the software will show the correct words for students to look and type The system will statistic the number of correct / false sentences after each turn Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ When students enter wrong answers - In addition, the software supports printing magnetic cards as PDF files of different sizes in case of teaching at sub-schools without supporting teaching equipment - With the use of supporting tools such as Quizlet, it saves me a lot of time and money, making vocabulary teaching really professional, fast and attracts high attention of students - Students hear the correct pronunciation from a native reading voice, so they will get used to the native speaker's voice when exposed - Help students practice words they learned at home by themselves thanks to the software features described above by following the link I give them in class Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ 2.3 USING DUOLINGO TO TEACH SKILLS: Supporting all skills of language learning, in which Duolingo is divided into modes including listening and slow speed listening to help learners gradually calm down and increase their ability.The content of learning in the application is also analyzed into each lesson, each lesson must be completed before they can move on to the next lesson Duolingo helps users keep track of their learning progress and check themselves if they are eligible for the day With the concept of learning and playing, Duolingo creates a comfortable learning environment and does not force learners into any fixed form The words will be repeated many times in many different contexts, this increases the learners' ability to memorize In addition, you have the opportunity to translate actual words in your language of study  Duolingo 2.4 Online learning E-learning lectures: On this system teachers can a lot of work such as: Create online courses, put lecture files, document files, videos, photos the test for automatic score assessment on the system but here, we are focusing on guiding the upload of E-learning lectures to the system: Step 1: Go to system administrator / turn on block repair (When done, go back to System Administration / Turn off block editing to return to normal view) Step 2: Go to the homepage / Click on Add activity or resource.4 Học tập trực tuyến giảng E-learning Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Step 3: Choose SCORM Step 4: Upload the lesson Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Step 5: Save and preview  Learning English through folk tales Applying E learning lessons in teaching will help teachers save a lot of time, so teachers have the opportunity to exchange and promote their positivity, passion and interest in learning By online learning teachers have helped learners be more active in accessing knowledge, parents can also follow and stand side by side with their children in the learning process III ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFICIENCY: Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ Economic efficiency: -The implementation this solution has contributed not wasting technological resources that the society has created for the education sector - Helping teachers not to waste technological equipment used for teaching that the State has invested in the school - Teachers save a lot of time, effort and cost to prepare teaching aids like before Social efficiency: - Stimulate students to enjoy learning English, enhance their ability to remember and develop skills in using and interacting with technology equipment in learning English Students' listening, speaking and writing skills have been improved; The skills of the weak students are improved - Applying this solution helps both teachers and students to enjoy a joyful atmosphere in the classroom, the lessons are no longer heavy, students feel comfortable mentally, excited to participate in lessons, absorb lessons study better and the gap between teachers and students is getting closer IV.Conditions: Condition to apply: - These softwares are highly applicable, bring many practical benefits for both teachers and students - If the teacher loves information technology and knows how to combine it skillfully, a class in class can completely use the above software and utilities to make the lesson really professional and full of attraction - Can be applied to all activities, stages in a teaching period Applicability: After doing the regular application of IT in teaching periods, their teaching is simpler, faster, and more time for weak students Students in Khanh Thanh primary school are more interested, which is clearly shown through the fact that they actively participate in the game "learn-play, play-study" on the computer played by teachers, which is also a good sign congratulates in Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ renewing methods and forms of organizing diversified and rich teaching and learning activities towards the highest purpose of improving the teaching quality of teachers and students' learning Results of student survey in grade 6A, semester of school year 20192020 after applying IT to teaching English are as follows: Number students: 33 of Achieving 7+ scores Listening Speaking Reading Writing 25 17 22 16 75,5% 51,5% 66,6% 48,5% Excitement rating Number of students: 33 Bored Excited Very excited 19 13 3% 57% 40% V Conclusion: The application of information technology to teach English is extremely important That is: - Exploiting and making the most of the equipment provided by the industry for the school to create a dynamic, professional and effective teaching and learning environment -Forming and developing for students active, positive and autonomous learning methods Gradually move from being "teacher-centered" to "student-centered" - Highly attract attention and create excitement for students thanks to lectures with beautiful pictures, vivid sound, competitions directly ranking each student's rank after each answer - There is interaction between teachers and students, between students and students on the basis of tools and software -Students can listen to the correct pronunciation from native speakers' voices through vocabulary pronunciation tools such as Quizlet, tools to practice the intonation of sentences through tools GoAnimate and NaturalReader Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ - Using these teaching tools and software helps average and weak students to function well in a learning environment because they are very sensitive to technology devices - Save a lot of time preparing lessons at home than using the Powerpoint presentation tool, saving classroom teaching time compared to traditional teaching methods Teachers have a lot of time to extend to good students or help weak students or create conditions for students to be more active during class - Help students' parents monitor, monitor and even study with their children through homework according to the URL the teacher provided in the student's report Therefore, the diversification of teaching - learning activities with IT is extremely necessary and very effective when teaching English to primary school students This technique is also completely consistent with modern English teaching theory and method VI Recommendation and suggetions: 1.On the teacher’s side: Constantly improving the level of information, searching for information on technology websites, always asking yourself questions For example, "What can I to have listening files that match the students I want without being too dependent on the default files of the textbook?" "How can I have a software to create questions with the right content for free for students to practice without having to pay fees like IOE site, " so that they can find solutions to solve such as asking copper industry, IT teacher, research on Google, Since then, we started to research and apply to make our teaching more and more professional and effective Towards the managers Annually organize IT seminars for teachers to exchange and learn from each other to improve their capacity in using IT in teaching Above is the topic " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English " which has been applied at Dong Huong secondary school Surely there will be many other softwares and Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà Dong Huong secondary school " Effectively applying information technology in making lesson plans and teaching English’’ applications to diversify and enrich this topic I hope to get more contributing comments for me to contribute to this topic further Sincerely thank! 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