As a teacher of English, through the process of teaching and accumulating experience, in this article “ SOME TIPS TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSES IN GRADE 10 AND 12 AT T
Trang 1THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
12 AT TRIEU SON 4 HIGH SCHOOL
Implementer: Le Thi Phuong
Position : Teacher
Subject : English
THANH HOA, 2022
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4.3 Look at the pedagogical activities 2
3.1 The Importance of the development of oral skills in English for
high school students
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1 Reasons for choosing the topic.
With the explosion of information and global trends, relations betweenthe countries in the world are increasingly expanding in various fields such aseconomics, politics, culture, science and technology etc, to exchange and accessinformation and communicate with each other we need to have a commonlanguage to understand each other Through the selective process of history,English has demonstrated its superiority to become the world's most popular andimportant means of communication and as a bridge brings humanity closertogether
To integrate with the world, expand exchanges with countries in variousfields, especially to reach out to the achievements of modern science in theworld, learning English has become more popular and respected It has become
an official subject in all schools in Vietnam in general, and in high schools inparticular
Now in high schools, English program is renewed in terms of content,form and methods of teaching The purpose of teaching foreign languages ingeneral and English in particular is not aimed at students studying the languagesystem, but to help them use the language system as a communication tool, that
is to guide students to use communicative competence Communicativecompetence is shown by the ability to use creatively language rules to makecommunication in situations
Thus, the ultimate the purpose of learning languages in general andlearning English in particular not only to know the fade phonetic system,vocabulary, grammar, but also to use such systems to achieve the purpose ofcommunication
So how to develop speaking skill for students to achieve the purpose ofcommunication is a problem that concerns for teachers to teach foreignlanguages As a teacher of English, through the process of teaching and
accumulating experience, in this article “ SOME TIPS TO MOTIVATE
STUDENTS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSES IN GRADE 10 AND 12
AT TRIEU SON 4 HIGH SCHOOL” I would like to mention one small aspect
is how to teach English speaking skill at high school effectively to help studentscommunicate with others in English
2 Purpose and research tasks.
2.1 The purpose:
To find ways to help students improve English speaking skill effectively
to apply in the teaching process
2.2 The research tasks:
- Understanding the theory of practice, communication and methods todevelop English speaking skill
Trang 4- Understanding the problems of teaching English in general and teachingEnglish speaking skill for students at Trieu son 4 upper secondary school in the2021-2022 school year in in particular.
- From the results of the research, I give some measures to enhanceeffective teaching English speaking skill for high school students
3 Subjects and scope of the study:
3.1 Subjects of the study.
- Teaching students of high school system under the standard of Englishtextbook program (7 years)
3.2 Scope of the study.
- Studying the best approach so that the teacher can apply whenorganizing activities to teach English speaking skill in classes effectively
- Conducted in grades 10A6, 10A7, 12B4, and 12B6 at Trieu son 4 highschool in the school year 2021-2022
4 Methods.
4.1 Observe pedagogy.
- Attending classes, studying teaching methods for English speaking skilland abilities of the students when they speak English
4.2 Look at the document.
- Reading books, studying materials about theoretical basis aboutcommunication skills in general and speaking skills in particular
4.3 Look at the pedagogical activities.
- Looking at the lesson plans, pictures, furniture and teaching equipment
- The level of the lesson and the English speaking skills of the students
II CONTENT
1 Theoretical basis.
As we have seen, English is an important communication tool in theintegration with the international community and the region, access to scientificinformation, technology, culture and society as well as the main political event
in worldwide Since Vietnam joined the WTO, English has been used more andmore widely Therefore, teaching and learning foreign languages in general andteaching English in particular have been respected and implemented in earnest
in high schools
Recognizing the importance that we are teachers of English in secondaryschools have the responsibility to equip students with basic and steadyknowledge, for children to learn English language better at higher education orthey are able to communicate many common questions with foreigners Wealways try to take up the profession, learn of the masters, refer and shareexperiences with colleagues, as well as explore innovative teaching methods areeffective, which attract students, in order to constantly improve the quality ofteaching lessons In terms of theory, the teacher must properly teach the children
to understand and practice proper knowledge in the curriculum through the
Trang 5skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing Since then they activelycommunicate and use language in each his own purposes, such as translating,writing documents, interpretering, and easy to work in the joint venturecompany
So how do I have to do to help them solve these difficulties? Also, a moredifficulty to mention, it is the teaching and learning English in secondaryschools also take place in an environment of teachers and students tocommunicate with many restrictions: Teaching in a large mass (There are about
40 students or more than 40 students in classes in my school), the level ofawareness of students is various, facilities of teaching aids are not synchronized.These distract the attention of secondary students, and have a great impact onthe training skills for students and slow the acquisition of knowledge bystudents One more reason is that I see through the work planned in the lesson
of my colleagues in my school teaching the skills development more evenwithout the investment, the preparation for a lesson even cursory, sketchy designlesson plans, do not focus on new teaching methods to suit their pupils and notattract students at all, especially for the lesson in speaking English, they are notinterested in the object-risk students in class for the fear of "burning" lessonplans
From the base of theory and practice, along with experience in the process ofteaching by myself, I boldly launch a few effective teaching speaking skill
methods through topics: “SOME TIPS TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS IN
ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSES IN GRADE 10 AND 12 AT TRIEU SON
4 HIGH SCHOOL” So the question here posed with me is really innovate our
teaching methods to meet new current training needs and must realize the value
of language communication in the life and understand how to practice this kind
of instruction to improve myself to benefit for my learners
3 Implementing measures
3.1 The importance of the development of oral skills in English for high school students.
Trang 6"Speaking" is one of four key skills in teaching English to students likely
to practice communicating quickly and effectively as possible
The students in my school are often bad at all four skills of listening,speaking, reading and writing Especially they are afraid of speaking English inclasses or in others for many reasons such as: psychology shyness, hesitantance,afraid of being laughed when they say something wrong; so crowded classes are,
I have less time to guide each student Organizing practice speaking activitieswell will help students to overcome these limitations
Speaking helps students with more training conditions in a lesson with theprinciple in each language class: old lesson revision - new one practice All newknowledge is gradually suggestive from the knowledge learned in previouslessons (lesson: Reading) does not make the students afraid of new post (lesson:Speaking)
While speaking, students can learn from each other, correct mistakes foreach other, freely speaking their discretion without the teachers’ concern
Through practice speaking, students can acquire knowledge in an activeway, overcome the inhibition when in class only some good students participate
in speaking, so I will appeal to all students in participating class activitiesincluding school students with average or weak
Improve students’ behavior in different situations, inspire, boldlyconfident when students practice communicating in English so that the class willbecome fun, exciting and effective
3.2 Advantages and disadvantages while teaching speaking for students 3.2.1 Advantages:
Students with innocent nature ready to participate in the activities ofschool after being caught up in the action
Information technology is very developed in Vietnam, so students areexposed early to the computer, the internet and get more information from here
Information technology applications in teaching is one of the easiest toattract students to learn the lesson contents, making lessons more vivid throughvivid pictures, sound clarity and presentation saving time From which studentscan practice more
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3.3 The implementing measures speaking skills
3.3.1 Introduction to the purpose and practice speaking skills with students.
Speaking can be practised individually, in pairs or in groups If practiced
in pairs or in groups, I must split pairs If practiced in groups, I need to knowwho is the leader student of each group, and say the practice of group tasks Ialso must request to exercise discipline
3.3.2 Practice saying must be systematic, ongoing, under the motto from easy to difficult:
Requiring me to have the creativity, know redesign, adjust the layout ofeach task (if necessary) to highlight the content focus and provide opportunitiesfor students to practice speaking
Here are some illustrated examples:
Example 1:
Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS - SPEAKING ( English 12: p 66)
Task 1: Match a job in column A with at least two descriptions in B
If teachers do not pay attention to the design of teaching activities willtake the opportunity to talk to students training for the tasks required of everyprofession in column A connected with two descriptions of occupations incolumn B Accordingly, teachers will stop when the students complete theconnection as:
A doctor is connected with the take care of people's health + help save people's lives.
A farmer is connected with the construct irrigation systems + apply new farming techniques.
In my opinion, we should design teaching activities as follow:
- Guide students to understand the content of Task 1 by asking some leadingopen questions: Now, Look at the table and answer my questions
Teacher: How many jobs are there in column A?
Students: There are four.
Teacher: How many descriptions are there in column B?
Students: There are eight
Work in pairs to match a job in column A with at least two descriptions incolumn B within one minute
- I go round and help students if necessary When the time one minute is over Ilead students to a new operation by a question:
Teacher: Have you finished matching?
Students: Yes
Trang 8I say: Let's practice speaking (I explain that) when two students practiceasking and answering about the jobs, all of you have to listen to and checkmatching.
- Then I can suggest the form if there are too many weak students
Ss1: Could you tell me what a doctor often does?
Ss2: A doctor is a person who takes care of people's health and helps save people's lives.
Ss1: And what about a farmer, what does he/she do?
Ss2: He/She applies new farming techniques and constructs irrigation systems.
- Now students finish practising speaking also means that students havecompleted the connection in Task 1 Note when each pair finished practising, Iask students to comment on the specific content that pairs have done is right orwrong, I check the fit and give praise to generate excitement for the students to
do the other tasks
Example 2:
Unit 1: HOME LIFE - Lesson Speaking (English 12 – P.15)
- I can combine Task 2 and Task 3 into one and adjust requirements for the gross Task of as following: Work with a different partner Ask and answer
questions about family life to find out whether your friend's family life is likeyours Note down the answers in the table
1 Who works in the family (Who works in your
family?)
Both parents
2 Who does the household chores
(Who does the household chores in your family?)
My mother
3 Your friend’s responsibility in the family
(What is your responsibility in the family ?)
Study and washthe dishes
4 The interest the family members share closely
(What interest do your family members share closely?)
Sports (football,badminton…)
5 The person your friend often shares his/ her secrets
3.3.3 Depending on the situations and requires that the teacher should prepare appropriate forms of training for many students.
3.3.4 Performing speaking parts needs doing in each part of the lesson.
a The intriguing at the beginning of the lesson (warm up):
Trang 9The teacher may ask questions related to the main topic in all over tips:Chatting, Jumbled words, Pictureques, Bingo etc or asks the questions about
weather, date, classroom situation, the work done in the holiday (What’s the
weather like today?, What’s the date today?, How are you today? How was your vacation, Lan? ) or show some pictures to lead the students to the new
lesson This is a teaching activity that makes the class atmosphere lively rightaway at the biginning of the lesson because they are very easy to be attracted bythe beautiful pictures, the reality However, teachers should not spend too muchtime on this activity which should only take a maximum of 3 to 5 minutes issufficient
Example 1:
Unit 6: AN EXCURSION- SPEAKING ( p 66 – E 10)
To introduce this topic , I need to prepare some beautiful pictures on theHuong pagoda scene, and make some questions about them
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Teacher: Is this a pagoda?
Teacher: Could you tell me something about your visit?
Ss : Oh, I find the Huong pagoda scene really beautiful.
Now in our lesson today, you will know about the tour of 10A1 to Huongpagoda and you will know what they did during their tour
Example 2:
Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION - SPEAKING (P 55- E.12)
To access all the students to the lesson, I ask students to look at thesepictures about an identity card, a ranscripts, a diploma, some birth certificates
to answer the questions, students look at them and answer:
Hình ảnh chứng minh thư nhân dân Teacher: What is this?
Students: It's an identity card
