Integration of subjects to teach english 8 – recycling (getting started listen and read)

Integration of subjects to teach English 8 – Recycling (getting started listen and read) HA TRUNG EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT HA THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL EXPERIENCED INITIATIVE Integrations of subjects to teach English 8 Recycling (Getting started+ Listen and read) Author LE THI THUY Position Teacher Working place Ha Thanh Secondary School Experienced initiative belongs to English Subject CAM THUY EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT CAM QUY SECONDARY SCHOOL EXPERIENCED INITIATIVE TOPIC INTEGRA.

HA TRUNG EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT

HA THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL

EXPERIENCED INITIATIVE

Integrations of subjects to teach English 8- Recycling (Getting started+ Listen and read)

Author: LE THI THUY Position: Teacher

Working place: Ha Thanh Secondary School Experienced initiative belongs to: English Subject

CAM THUY EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT

CAM QUY SECONDARY SCHOOL

EXPERIENCED INITIATIVE

TOPIC:

INTEGRATION OF SUBJECTS TO TEACH

ENGLISH 8 – RECYCLING (GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ)

Author: Tran Thi Hien Position: Teacher Working place: Cam Quy Secondary School Experienced initiative belongs to: English Subject

THANH HOA, YEAR 2018

2 THE CONTENTS OF EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE 4

3.1 Check your paragraph for spelling and grammar 10 3.2 Check your paragraph for coherency and style 10

PART 4: KINDS OF USUAL PARAGRAPH IN SECONDARY

SCHOOL’S PROGRAMS

10

4.4 Argumentative paragraphs 17

2.4 EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE FOR

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY, TO MYSELF, COLLEAGUES

AND SCHOOLS

18

2.4.1 The results after applying innovative experience 18

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE TOPICS

The world we live in is a flat world with rapid growth, a recent survey shows that English is the official language of over 53 countries and territories, is the official language the EU (European Union) and the 3rd is the language used most widely known only after China and Spain International events, global organizations are considered English as the common language of communication Also, English is more than 400 million people worldwide used

as a mother tongue, more than a billion people use English as a second language (according to Wikipedia), the countries with the highest income in the world are proficient in English, or they use English in common Therefore, if we have a dream to be in contact with the most advanced civilization today, if we want to reach the huge knowledge base of humanity, if we want to study, to be discovered our world, the most important thing we need is English

Being an English teacher at a secondary school, I have many concerns in teaching English to achieve the high efficiency and teaching goals Specifically,

I want to find how the students can listen, speak, read and write English well so that they can apply it to their work and life later, contribute to build our Viet Nam stronger and more prosperous, democratic and civilized

In the four communication skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, each skill has its traits and nuances require the teachers to have good skills to teach the best knowledge for their students Writing is one of the most important skills in learning language Writing skill demonstrates the results of comprehension, perception In other words, it is the ability to express their opinions, their views on a problem in their life, in poetry or in the society To the reader to receive information correctly, the writer must have good writing skills; they must master the vocabulary, grammar and express clearly, simply, easily to understand

Writing is a fundamental step in the process of teaching and learning English For the excellent student exams, especially, there is at least a question asking students to write a paragraph about a specific topic Sometimes our students feel confused because they do not know how to write, how to present a paragraph I found myself writing skills are vitally important, so I boldly choose

the theme " Intergration of subjects to teach English 8: Recycling (Getting

started+Listen and read)" to help the students understand how to write some

kinds of paragraph Moreover, it also helps to improve the efficiency of teaching, especially the quality of excellent English students at Cam Quy secondary school

1.2 RESEARCH PURPOSES

Writing in English is an interesting skill that anyone who learns English wants to conquer However, the skills of students in our rural areas are limited because they do not have convenient communication environment to use English

as students in urban areas Sometimes, teachers give close topics of life, the

children always express their excitement, but most of them feel perplexed when

practicing the writing because of their limited skills , the ability to use language

and structures, vocabulary is not enough to express their thoughts on the topic

Therefore, the quality of the articles is not as good as the teachers want

Realizing the difficulties of my students, I would like to introduce the basic

steps to help students improve their English writing abilities

1.3 RESEARCH SUBJECTS

Research projects are carried out within the English program level of the

secondary school, specialized in the field of writing common paragraphs

I myself do not stop studying, learn, apply innovative methods to help

students have the abilities to approach and implement effective writing

exercises To estimate the abilities of students, I have conducted researches and

surveys on the audience mainly students with moderate learning capacity or

higher in courses taught directly by me from the school year of 2016 - 2017 to

present at Cam Quy secondary school

1.4 METHODS OF STUDY

1.4.1 The method of Research Methodology:

Research the documents related to the field of writing skill, on this basis,

analyze, synthesize the useful and suitable knowledge to my students

1.4.2 The method of observation: Refer my colleagues’s ideals and teaching

methods, observe, estimate students’ language receiving in English lessons,

especially with the article questions to assess students’ progress or not

1.4.3 The method of chatting:

Discuss directly with students about the advantages they gain, while

removing obstacles they are facing Thereby, it also helps them confidently

discuss their problems encountered

1.4.4 The method of researching active products:

Estimate, review and comment students’ writing regularly, give the

strengths and weaknesses of the children so that they overcome and progress

2 THE CONTENTS OF EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE

2.1 BASIS FOR ARGUMENT

Today, when English has affirmed its role and position at school,

improving the quality of teaching is an issue of primary concern Learning

English is merely a language school Want to become proficient in that

language, the students need to practice the four basic skills: listening, speaking,

reading and writing And writing skill is an important skill that students first

need to master if they truly want to be successful in communication

Writing is a skill that everyone no matter what career does any daily uses

as well Being a student, they have to be facing many articles to form complete their learning process However, in the learning process so that they can write a coherent fluent and suggestive article in English is the issues that many teachers concern longer So how we help students to develop writting skill? Through the process of teaching in secondary schools, with my little experience, I would give

the topic " Intergration of subjets to teach English 8: Recycling (Getting

start+Listen and read)" with a desire to help my colleagues and loved students

have the best results in teaching and learning writing skills

2.2 REALITY OF RESEARCH ISSUES

2.2.1 Situation:

There are many reference books as well as professional training curricula positive auxiliary teaching innovation method of foreign language teachers Besides, every year there are also professional training classes for teachers, organized the professional stage cluster activities, organized sports instructors, the thematic reports going into the issue of specialized goal to help foreign languages teachers to access and use the most effective methods However, teachers at the school can not use stereotypes to actual conditions of teaching, which requires teachers to know selected to perform in line with the level of the students, the student ages, school facilities

Cam Quy is a mountainous Secondary School, is located in difficult economic conditions and exchange learning of students is limited pretty much to affect the quality of education, especially English is a difficult subject, which requires students to work hard, diligently, invest a lot of time Furthermore, writing is a general skill, requires the high precision Therefore, to achieve positive results, both teachers and students should have tried the combination of effective teaching and learning

2.2.2 The results of the study situation

2.2.2.1 To the teacher

In the group meetings, and my colleagues and I often discuss problems of exchanging teaching experience, exchange difficuties in the lessons in each skill Therefore, I found some difficulties that teachers often face when teaching writing skills such as:

- There is no uniformity in capacity, level among students in a class, between classes with other classes

- Teachers often feel guilty for not being able to control and correct all students’ errors or not help all students in the writing process

2.2.2.2 To the students

When talking to students about writing skill, most children have common problems:

- Do not have enough vocabulary or sentence structures to express.

- Tends to use speaking English instead of writing English

- Understanding of social knowledge is limited

- Tends to translate from Vietnamese into English when they write

- Use of the purpose and requirements of different writing uncorrectly

- Express opinions, information in the same sentence or the same long paragraph

- There is insufficient documentation, information and insights on topics certain

to write, so they can not write the truth

- Students are often bored with writing lessons

From the status of this issue, the beginning of school year 2016 -2017 I

have examined students' writing skills class 6 and 7 with the theme "Write a

paragraph to describe your house (about 80-100 words) "within 20 minutes,

and the results obtained are not good

* The results of written tests before applying:

Class Total Marks for writing skill

2.3 CONTENTS OF EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE

PART 1: LEARNING ABOUT AN ENGLISH PARAGRAPH

1.1 Definition of a paragraph in English:

For example: “I live in a house in the city with my family My house is small but

it is very beautiful It has four bed rooms, one for my grandparents, one for my parents, one for my sister and one for me The living room is a TV set,a stereo, a table, some armchairs and a picture.The kitchen is very convenient My house also has a small garden with some flowers that my father planted My house isn't large but it is very beautiful, and I enjoy it very much.”

What is a paragraph?

A paragraph is a group of sentences that fleshes out a single idea In

order for a paragraph to be effective, it must begin with a topic sentence, have

sentences that support the main idea of that paragraph, and maintain a consistent flow

An effective paragraph needs the following features:

+ Presents a single idea

+ Begins with a topic sentence that makes this single idea evident

+ Contains support in form of sentences that convey this single idea

+ Be strategically organized to maintain flow

+ Maintains your essay’s objective

+ Informs and entertains your reader about your paper’s overall

1.2 Steps for an English paragraph:

1.2.1 Choose the topic:

- If the topic was given, you do not have to choose the topic

- If the topic was not given, you can choose a big subject and then narrow down

to make your own topic For example, "Education" is a subject, "What makes a good teacher?" is a topic You work on the topic, not the subject

Note: You should make your topic neither too large nor too narrow.

1.2.2 Brainstorm to find out the ideas of your writing:

- You can make a list of what comes to your mind when you think about the topic, then group them in 2-3 big ideas

- You can also use Mind-map to develop your ideas

1.2.3 Make an outline:

- Put the main ideas first

- Each main idea should have 2-3 supporting ideas

1.2.4 Write your paragrah/ essay:

* There are also some tips that you can make use of to make a good writing:

- Introduction: The topic sentence should include both the topic and denote the

way you want to organize your ideas

For example: Students should not do part-time jobs for 2 reasons.

The topic is "students should not do part time jobs" The organization of your writing is two paragraphs (2 reasons)

- Try to make use of conjunctions to make your writing coherent

- Include 2-3 main ideas in your writing only

PART 2: HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH

2.1 Topic Sentence:

The first sentence of your paragraph needs to be the topic sentence A topic

sentence is an introductory line that addresses what the main idea or thesis of the paragraph is going to be It should contain the most important and relevant point

you wish to make regarding your topic, thus summarizing the paragraph as a whole

Example:

There are four reasons why Singgapore is one of the best countries in the Asean

2.2 Supporting Details:

Once you have written and are happy with your topic sentence, you can start to fill in the rest of your paragraph This is where the detailed, well-structured notes you wrote earlier will come in handy Make sure that your paragraph is coherent, which means that it is easy to read and understand, that each sentence connects with the next and that everything flows nicely as a whole To achieve this, try to write clear, simple sentences that express exactly what you want to say

Link each sentence with transition words which form a bridge between one sentence and the next Transition words can help you compare and contrast, show sequence, show cause and effect, highlight important ideas, and progress smoothly from one idea to the next Such transition words include

"furthermore", "in fact" and "in addition to" You can also use chronological transitions, such as "firstly", "secondly" and "thirdly"

In terms of length, three to five sentences will usually be enough to cover your main points and adequately support your topic sentence, but this will vary greatly depending on the topic and the length of the paper you are writing There is no set length for a paragraph It should be as long as it needs to be to adequately cover the main idea

Example: First, Singapore has an excellent health care system All

Singaporean have access to medical services at a reasonable price Second, Singapore has a high standard of education Students are taught by

well-trained teachers Finally, Singapore's cities are clean with have many trees and efficiently managed Singapore cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live

Singapore

2.3 Closing Sentence

The concluding sentence of your paragraph should tie everything together A good concluding sentence will reinforce the idea outlined in your topic sentence, but now it has all the weight of the evidence or arguments contained in your supporting sentences behind it After reading the concluding sentence, the reader should have no doubt as to the accuracy or relevance of the paragraph as a whole

Don’t just reword the topic sentence Your concluding sentence should acknowledge the discussion that has come before it and remind your reader of the relevance of this discussion

Example: As a result, Singapore is a desirable place to live.

 Here is a simple diagram summed up 5 steps to write the text:

Topic sentence

Supporting sentence #1

+ Examples/ Details

1

2

-Supporting sentence #2 + Examples/ Details

1

2

-Supporting sentence #3 + Examples/ Details

1

2

-Conclusion Restate the topic sentence