THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING DONG SON OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING INITIATIVE IN TEACHING EXPERIENCE TOPIC: “HISTORY – GEOGRAPHY – LITERATURE – CIVIC EDUCATION
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DONG SON OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
INITIATIVE IN TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TOPIC:
“HISTORY – GEOGRAPHY – LITERATURE – CIVIC
EDUCATION AND FINE ART INTEGRATED TEACHING IN AN ENGLISH PERIOD OF GRADE 6
PERIOD 33: UNIT 5: NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED.”
ENGLISH 6 SUBJECT
Written by: Mai Thi Lien
Career: Teacher The unit of work: Dong Quang Secondary School The initiative experience of subject: English
THANH HOA, YEAR 2019
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1 The reason for choosing the topic
In the context of further international integration, English teaching and studying are of greater and greater significance Accordingly, a good command of English and great success gained in puttting English in action definitely enable you to improve your own status and position in the eye of international friends Generally, English is widely considered the most popular language on the globe, at the same time it is the key to the world For the businessmen circle, English is regarded as the tactic for every potential achievement Above all, English absolutely raises its voice on every aspect of daily life Nowadays, it is not only a compulsory subject in educational settings at any level, but has also been developed into an all-round critical communicative tool Thus, it is more increasingly important to determine which English study approach is the most effective In fact that once studying approach has been mis-executed, we probably face bigger challenges in achieving planned goals as a result As a rule, English teaching and studying are interrelated In the setting of further global integration, the Vietnamese education has been changing basically and the teachers are very important volunteers in this, in which greater importance has been attached to learner-oriented teaching Specifically, teacher plays the role as the guider for students during their English acquisition In the spirit, teacher’s traditional function, known as pure teaching performance, should be taken into consideration Accordingly, something should be changed That is, there is a demand in integrated teaching approaches in which social science subjects (Literature, History, etc) or natural science ones (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geography) are integrated into one subject Based on it, students are taught how to perform information, collection, processing and assessment,
therely well applying acquired knowledge to their real situations of daily life
2 Research purposes
Integrated teaching can be performed in the scope of one unit, one theme, or one certain period in class In the period of in this topic, I have made most use of inter-subject knowledge acquired in order to enable students to well deal with physical and sport activities after school Therefore, the performance of the topic of study on the 33th period (Lesson 1, English 6)
is in need of inter-subject teaching involved in subjects as follows:
Trang 4- History: Students know how to use their historical knowledge to inculcate their understanding of time of birth; the process of building ancient wonders, new world wonders and natural wonders of Vietnam as well as artistic values
of natural wonders, thereby helping students understand and appreciate labor achievements and creative talents of people
- Geography: Using Geography knowledge to introduce students how to
determine the geographical location of natural wonders
- Literature:
Studying skills about writing paragraphs or articles on natural wonders
- Civic education:
Educate students to love consciously, preserve and protect the wonders
- Fine arts: using the Art knowledge to help students drill their imagination and illustrate with pictures through paintings as well as see all the beauty and values of artistic architectural masterpieces of the world's natural wonders In order for them to appreciate the cultural and historical values of humanity and consciously preserve them
- Being a teacher in the current situation, I am well aware of greater significance of integrated teaching approach in dealing with potential problems in each subject, thereby facilitating students to have further understading of every aspects of the subject involved Also, integrated teaching helps students bring into full play their own thinking and creativity
in knowledge acquisition and application in reality In the spirit, I would like
to express certain experiences in integrated teaching in the topic:
“History – Geography – Literature – Civic education and Fine Arts
Integrated Teaching in an English period of Grade 6 -
Period 33: Unit 5: Natural wonders of the world – Lesson 1: Getting started
During the teaching of the topic, I have used many methods such as:
- Methodology of theoretical research
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- Observation method
- Conversation method
- Investigation method
- Test and evaluation methods
II SOLUTION OF THE ISSUE
1 Theoretical basis of the initiative experience
- In the current process of national industrialization and modernization, further internation integration is of greater significance In the spirit, our State and Party have reaffirmed the policy “Education is National Top Priority”, in which English has been paid more and more attention and listed in the compulsory educational curriculum In fact, English is open to all learners at any level, but it requires reasonable learning approaches and know-hows for truly great effectiveness In other words, how to study English well is an issue
of much interest
- Above all, English studying requires all learners to make ultimate self-motivation, which drive them to be patient in their practices of English skills listening, speaking, reading and writing, at the same time determining specific goals within a certain period of time What is English studying for? Just be well aware of individual goals, like foreign business communication, abroad travelling, tourism, or overseas study, and so on Once specific goals have been set and determined, best English studying approaches are probably found out The same can be said about English teachers Thus, integrated teaching should be soon taken into consideration, mostly because it enables students to precisely acquire knowledge, skills and positive attitudes, at the same time integrating all of them into real social situations, as well as inspiring them to learn English and lead meaningful lives
2 The real situation before applying the initiative experience
In fact, English teaching and studying at Dong Quang Secondary school are facing a great number of issues, caused by certain things as follows:
- As for students and their parents:
A certain number of students and their parents are not clearly aware of English significance As a result, students take little interest in English studying, while their parents pay no attention to their children’s performance
at school
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so on
Also, students generally show signs of laziness and poor awareness of self-study They frequently forget to review lessons, do homework, and make preparations for new classes In addition, they fail to balance their interests in life
A certain number of students have lost their English background, that is proven via the outcome of schoolyear-beginning placement test
- As for teachers:
Regardless of numerous efforts made during their lessons, namely diversified teaching approaches aimed at further student mobilization, eventual results are to some extent limited Teachers fail to apply their favourite teaching approaches to all lessons, as well as all students It is partly because of overloaded coursebook content, over-sized classes, poor student background, and poor awareness of self-improvement As a result, the English teaching outcome has failed to meet the demands up to now
- As for the English curriculum:
Despite its further attraction in content, the English curriculum, in fact,
is much more difficult, therefore acts as a huge challenge to students of poor background Apart from it, English is in close connection with other subjects
in the over-all curriculum at secondary school level Thus, it requires learners
a certain level of background which ensures them a relatively performance at school In reality, a lot of students, as a result, fail to keep pace with the curriculum and eventually are left behind
3 Innovations or solutions used to solve the problem
In some cases, the allocation of English content in each period is to some extent uneven Some English content, that is, can’t be dealt with in just
45 minutes as scheduled Also, time for further practice of grammar points is
in fact limited
In face of it, teachers are forced and also driven to adjust their own teaching approaches that are much more in line with such new situation At the same time, new goals are set As a result, one of new teaching approaches
Trang 7is taken into consideration in my topic, namely historis – geography – literature – civic education and fine arts integrated teaching It is as follows:
- History integration : Students know how to use their historical knowledge to
inculcate their understanding of time of birth; the process of building ancient wonders, new world wonders and natural wonders of Vietnam as well as artistic values of natural wonders, thereby helping students understand and appreciate labor achievements and creative talents of people
- Geography integration: Using Geography knowledge to introduce students
how to determine the geographical location of natural wonders
- Literature integration: Literature study enables students to get better at
expressing ideas, making speech in certain cases Also, it creates a ground for students to approach other subjects as well as form their own style Literature, therefore, is critical to individual study performance and personal development, via improved idea expression Thanks to it, it makes students find it easier to translate new linguistic materials during their English lessons
- Civic education integration: It enables students to be well aware that natural
wonders and how to conserve them Accordingly, civic education makes remarkable contributions to higher education and training quality, as well as developing student into contributing members in the society, as well as well-determined, honest and objective Thanks to it, civic education helps students improve their own knowledges It drives them to lead a better and valuable life
- Fine arts integration: using the Art knowledge to help students drill their
imagination and illustrate with pictures through paintings as well as see all the beauty and values of artistic architectural masterpieces of the world's natural wonders In order for them to appreciate the cultural and historical values of humanity and consciously preserve them Based on it, students are developed
to be more passionate, flexible and concentrative on other subjects as well Last but not least, history – geography - literature – civic education – fine arts integrated teaching helps improve teaching quality and outcome, at the same time enabling students to find out better study approaches In addition, the reality shows that the performance of integrated teaching has shown remarkable signs, like further student determination, their greater efforts, and so on that were not available before As expected, students have known how to take innitiative in their own study, and got much more creative and flexible in knowledge acquisition Generally speaking, integrated
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Based on it, I would like to design certain lesson plans that I have personally taken charge of in the Grade 6 English curriculum by taking integrated teaching approach In which, a set of charts, mind maps, diagrams,
as well as images of fine arts, and details of physical education and literatures are included and made most use during my lesson Hopefully, the best teaching outcome is achieved in a well-prepared combination of multi-subject qualities, thereby driving students to love studying English more, also leading
a much more beautiful life
Detailed examination:
Creative application of history – geography - literature – civic education – fine arts integrated teaching approach to a specific lesson in class at Dong Quang Secondary School:
Period 33: UNIT 5: NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Lesson 1: Getting stared
- To get to practice in reading to seek information
- Understand more about famous landmarks in Vietnam as well as in the world
- Write the passage about one of famous landmarks
2 Skills:
As for English:
- Listening: Listen “Listen and read” page 48 & 49, grade 6 English
coursebook
- Speaking: Practise the conversation activity 1 and then answer the questions
in activity 1, 2, 3, page 48 & 49, grade 6 English coursebook
- Reading: Read in details the conversation activity 1 again and answer the questions in activity 1, 3 , page 48 & 49 , grade 6 English coursebook
- Writing: Practise whole sentences and write the answers to question in
activity 3 , page 49 grade 6 English coursebook down in workbook
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- History integration: Students know how to use their historical knowledge to inculcate their understanding of time of birth; the process of building ancient wonders, new world wonders and natural wonders of Vietnam as well as artistic values of natural wonders, thereby helping students understand and appreciate labor achievements and creative talents of people
- Geography integration : Using Geography knowledge to introduce students
how to determine the geographical location of natural wonders
- Literature integration:
Studying skills about writing paragraphs or articles on natural wonders
- Civic education integration:
Educate students to love consciously, preserve and protect the wonders
- Fine arts integration:
using the Art knowledge to help students drill their imagination and
illustrate with pictures through paintings as well as see all the beauty and values of artistic architectural masterpieces of the world's natural wonders In order for them to appreciate the cultural and historical values of humanity and consciously preserve them
3 Attitudes:
Aimed at improving students’ self-awareness and competence in subject knowledge integration, at the same time motivating them to initiatively practise English major skills namely listening, speaking, reading and writing which are focused on natural wonders of the world Based on it, students are inspiried to learn English well The same can be said about such subjects as history, geography, literature, civic education and fine arts in the curriculum at the secondary level
inter-II PRACTICE SKILLS:
- Introduce new linguistic materials in the lesson and practise activity 1 , 2, 3 and 4 in grade 6 English coursebook at page 48 & 49
- Further practise listening and pronunciation, and then read carefully and answer all the questions in lesson 1 in grade 6 English coursebook at page 48
& 49
III Language Focus:
1 Vocabulary: the lexical items related to “ things in nature ”
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* Teacher:
- Multi-functional TV, laptop
- Study card, pictures
- The Internet – available sports pictures
- E – lesson plans (lesson content tape has been connected to e – lesson plan)
- Grade 6 English coursebook
* Students:
- Pen, English coursebook
- Their earlier preparations for the part Lesson 1 at page 48 & 49, grade 6 English coursebook
The Great Pyramid of Giza. The Hanging Garden of
The Colossus of Rhodes The Lighthouse of
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đền Taj Mahal ở Ấn Độ
Đấu trường La Mã ở Rome
Thành cổ Petra của Jordan
VIET NAM
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