In the process of teaching English I have applied the knowledge, tools, softwares to maximize the features of the equipment which I have been offered, at thesame time, making the level o
Trang 12.1 Theoretical basis of the initiative experience 4
2.2 The real situation before applying the initiative experience 4
2.3 Innovations or solutions used to solve the problem 4
2.4 The effectiveness of the initiative experience for educational
activities, with myself, colleagues and the school 17
5 The list of initiative experiences was assessed 21
Trang 21 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The reason for choosing the topic.
Nguyen Chich secondary school is equipped with cable and wirelessnetworks which can satisfy the connection speed for multiple computers Theteachers equip with the best training equipments such as laptops,microphones, In addition, parents are equipped with school supplies for theirchildren, such as tables, smart phones, laptops From these advantages,combined with extensive research and shared from colleagues in other locations
In the process of teaching English I have applied the knowledge, tools, softwares
to maximize the features of the equipment which I have been offered, at thesame time, making the level of my English teaching becomes more professional,efficient and attracts more students to become interested in learning English
In this topic I want to share the experience and the tools, applications ofsome software programs to teach English at secondary schools: "Some
information technology applications in teaching English for the students in grade 7 at Nguyen Chich Secondary school”
1.2 Research purposes
- Research and learn maximum features of the equipment that has been
provided to make teaching more effective and professional
- Formation and development of student self-learning methods.Approach gradually changed from "teacher-centered" to "student-centered"
- Create awareness and excitement for students through beautifulimages, rich sound or the ranking points from the contest quick
- Use tools and software to create interaction hold teachers and students,students with students
- Students hear the correct pronunciation of the native through Quizlet tools
- Using this tool will help teach the average students getting better because we
Trang 3are interested in the technology equipment Which can save time in preparinglesson plans instead of using Power point presentation tools, save time teaching
in class compared to traditional methods At the same time, teachers have moretime to develop these outstanding students as well as help for the averagestudents improve
- Parents can help track, monitor, or can learn along side their childrenthrough homework with the provided URL
Trang 42 THE CONTENT OF INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE
2.1 Theoretical basis of the initiative experience.
- The objective of the scheme in 2020: Completely change the teachingand learning applications English Promoting ICT to teach English
- Software, utilities, tools cater for the growing education
- Psychological characteristics of secondary school students
- English Teaching Resources
2.2 The real situation before applying the initiative experience.
The application of ICT in teaching English is not popular Almostteachers use the software only Powerpoint, software book, But, the software isnot dedicated to lesson plans Therefore, to get a good lesson, the teachers have
to spend a lot of time preparing the lessons
Experience gained from ICT of my experience and learning fromcolleagues in other places or from the internet
Nguyen Chich secondary school and other schools in Dong Son districtare equipped classrooms with multiple device support for learning English
2.3 Innovations or solutions used to solve the problem.
Information technology is changing day by day in every part of our lives
in which the application of information technology in the field of education isalso the top of the concern and investment of the society today The application
of ICT helps teachers teach more and more smoothly, professionally andeffectively All the basic software applications mentioned below are a practicaldemonstration of what has been used in grade 7 at Nguyen Chich secondary Inthis way, the teachers are not too hard and time consuming to prepare thelessons Teaching materials and equipments are provided to maximize theeffectiveness of the use Students are more active with what they are learning inclass and practice after school The students will become more excited andpositive about being directly involved in online post editing for their friends
Trang 5Nowadays, students love to interact with technology products, so creating alearning environment and technology is more appealing to them In fact, moreapplications become fun and the students are eager to take part in learningactivities Kahoot and Quizlet softwares are really interesting for students toimprove their English.
In fact there are many tools to support teaching, but not many teacherscan apply information technology to change and improve teaching
This topic is the objective of dissemination of teaching using ICT tohelp the teaching and learning English become more professional and effective
1.2 The way to create Kahoot.
Step 1: Create an account on Kahoot
We go to www.getkahoot.com Go to "Sign up for free" to start creating account
Trang 6Step 2: Select the item you want to create
We have to choose what we want to create There are 3 options:
Trang 7Quiz: Create a quiz with questions for the whole class to do This is a
good way to help the class review what they have just finished giving out, andlet the students get more excited about the presentation (because they playgames and compete with each other to see who gets the right answer)
Discussion: Ask a class to discuss This way to start the presentation.
You can ask a small question for the whole class, for people to think, to debate,and then to start the lecture to conclude the question
Survey: Create a survey to see what the crowd is This method is
appropriate during the presentation so that the class is not boring because youspeak without letting the others give their ideas You create a survey related tothe subject you are referring to, then tell the class to vote and let everyone seethe results of the survey
Step 3: Fill in the quiz / discussion / survey information
After selecting the item you want to create, you start filling informationfor that item including:
Title
Wallpaper (cover image)
Description: see what this section created for what purpose
Who is allowed to see
Language
Audience: event, school, business, training
Source of information (credit resources): if you get information fromany website, you have to copy the link of that page, or if you borrow someone'spost, you have to put people's name on
Opening video (intro video)
Once finished, press "Ok, go" in the upper right corner of the screen!
Note: Any word with "Required" is obliged to fill in, any word without
“Required” doesn’t need to fill in
Step 4: Ask questions
Trang 8After pressing "Ok, go", you will be directed to the page to askquestions Click "Add question", then fill in the question:
Answer: You must give at least 2 answers for the player to choose from,and a maximum of 4 answers Then you must also choose the correct answer byticking the tick next to that answer!
Credit resources
Step 5: Preview
If you click on "Preview it", you will see your quiz / discussion / surveyfrom the player's perspective This preview is just like the official game play,which means that what you see in this step will be The only difference is that inthe preview step, you just play the role of playing and the role of the player Thepreview interface will be divided into two halves:
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to the right is what's on the player's phone screen
Each game (quiz / discussion / survey) will have a code called GamePin Those who want to play will have to enter this code into their machine andpress "Enter"
After entering the Pin Game, the player must enter his nickname Thisnickname will appear on the main screen for everyone to see, but usually no oneuses their real name, but uses a different name (such as John Cena, or Potato, forexample) to slap them and lose Who knows who he is Next, press "Ok, go"!
Trang 101.3.How to apply Kahoot in teaching English.
Kahoot supports users to create a colorful multi-choice game (multiplechoice test) with the ability to integrate images and video easily and quickly
The teacher will create a Kahoot game! Then connect to the slideprojector to show the students, the students will be based on the questions on theprojector’s screen and choose the correct answer on the connected deviceKahoot themselves Kahoot system! It will be based on the accuracy of theresponse and the speed of response to the scoring and the response At the end ofthe game, the system will list the top 5 students on the projection screen, andannounce the rankings on each
student's device The system also supports downloading detailed reports ofgrades and student responses as Excel files
Trang 11This tool should be used in Warm up, Review or Consolidation.
To review old lessons, I create in the form of questions Multiple choice,
T / F Statements, Short answers, ect, but doing so would take a lot of time andwill limit interoperability between the teacher and students
Kahoot has created a variety of questions for the students to answer ifanyone can give the correct answer, they will get points and then ranked Thishelps teachers assess student ability Specially designed Kahoot also soundsinteresting
Ex: After students finish assignments Read - Understand in activities
4/5 skills Lesson 1 / Unit 7 / English 7 / Episode 2, we will read the informationand answer the questions in paragraph 5 then we talk about the transport usedmost and least? Then, students will participate in the competition with contentrelated to the passage which we have read with Kahoot to quickly check againthe ability to quickly acquire their on readings
Trang 14I've compiled 10 questions with 2 main types T / F statement andMultiple choice The following is the statement of the 10 question illustrated isdesigned to prepare students to participate
The image is copied from the editing interface of the software Students use the devices can access the Internet, such as smart phones, ipad, laptop to access path provided by a teacher, enter a PIN, enter the name and answer the questions The system automatically rank players by score and time
- Overall, after a short time (six months) of using Kahoot in the Warm-up,Review or Consolidation tutorials, I found that designing a professional, fast andprofessional question-and-answering package can save a lot of time since thisapplication can support upload pictures and audio to compose questions, and I
do not have to work too much as I observe students' results, I do not have to wait
to see whether all the students have finished answering the questions or notwhich is usually done in Power point because all players themselves havechosen the question and the system automatically reports the results withouthaving to wait out the time as I have installed for each question before UsingKahoot helps students participate in the game at the same time as an unlimitednumber of participants Teachers can organize mini game show in the school'sextra-curricular sessions At the same time, the teacher can encourage morestudents to improve the position on the chart
2 Teaching vocabulary - Quizlet
Quizlet <quizlet.com> is a website that helps users create and use
online flashcards to learn vocabulary, including audio and video Learningvocabulary is less boring and easier for the students to remember One of theadvantages of the Quizlet is that it can be used on smart devices such as smartphones, tablets,
Quizlet will help the learners save time, flexible and more active in learning andreviewing new words
Trang 15After we have created the sets, we have 6 different learning styles,changing this method also increases the interest in learning.
1.Flashcards: This section helps the students memorize vocabulary on
two sides of the flashcard, flips back and forth to change between English andVietnamese interpretation as well as pronunciation Just one click or the nextkey on the keyboard is already read
2.Learn: The Quizlet requires the students to type the English word that
corresponds to the predefined Vietnamese part and automatically correct themistakes and spellings when the learners misspell each word
3.Speller: "just type what you hear" -> simply hear the words, then the
learners rewrite the word only, it is very useful for listening skill
4.Test: Quizlet will create a random test of the vocabulary that we
created based on four basic forms: written, matching, multiple choice and True /False
5.Scatter: This is a matching game that allows the learners to "drag and
drop" words and their corresponding meanings The feeling of breaking therecord of oneself or other friends in the group is quite interesting, learning toplay - playing that kind of headache does not hurt at all :)
6.Race: In this final form, the question will run from left to right, and
the leaners need to quickly type the corresponding word into the box The speedwill be increased to correspond to the level
Before using Quizlet, I usually prepare images for presentation on Powerpoint, so it used to take me too much time to prepare including teaching tools Nowadays, I have a software application to create and use Quizlet card sets to teach vocabulary at 30 seconds per word including: vocabulary,
meaning, images and pronunciation Ex: To teach the vocabulary of the sport such as Karate, Chess, Skiing, Swimming in Lesson 1 / Unit 8/ English 7/ episode 2 I just need two minutes to enter the right-column from English, find
Trang 16and select the consistent image to the right Click the Create button that has created the vocabulary cards includes illustrations and pronunciations for words.
While teaching, teachers can teach monolingual or bilingual, it depends
on the choice of English or Vietnamese
After teaching vocabulary, I give students the path to the vocabularycards to participate in mini-test or from the corresponding definition in order tocheck the memory and understand the vocabulary of students Scatter cardcreated by the free software on device The software is designed time, helpteachers flexible among participating students
In addition, students participate in the exam with multiple choiceexercises forms (M / C), TF, circle, short answer test card onlineStudents listen to pronunciation and fill in the blanks of card speller If wrong,