(SKKN 2022) some experience in teaching period 18 unit 3 a party lesson language focus 2 in the direction of comunicative language teaching for grade 11 students at thach thanh 3 high school

To be well aware of the problems of teaching grammar in traditional ways, I innovate teaching unit 3- language focus 2 in the direction of communicative orientation and follow 5 steps in

I THE REASONS FOR CHOOSING TOPIC

Learning English has become more and more important recently Therefore, how to make the method of teaching and learning advanced is a vital demand to English teachers

In the integration society, the purpose of teaching English is to communicate so learners need to have all skills with no exception of Grammar However, for most students, learning Grammar is somewhat boring and tiring Thus, how to teach grammar effectively for students, espeacially, students at Thach Thanh 3 high school is a great concern of mine

To be well aware of the problems of teaching grammar in traditional ways, I innovate teaching unit 3- language focus 2 in the direction of communicative orientation and follow 5 steps in teaching: warm up- lead in- new lesson introduction- practice- application

From the above described reason, I have applied some techniques namely:

Some experience in teaching unit 3- language focus 2 in the direction of communicative language teaching for grade 11 students at Thach Thanh 3 high school

By carrying out this research, I wish to give a hand in improving not only grammar but also develop communicative skill for English learners in general

and students at Thach Thanh 3 high school in particular

Perhaps my research is certainly not perfect so I am looking forward to receiving feedback from all of you

II RESEARCH PURPOSES

I spend time finding an effective ways in teaching unit 3- language focus 2 with

a view to arousing my students' passion in learning grammar and finnaly use the grammar point in communication.In this lesson, students know about passive infinitives and passive gerunds then use them in daily life

Based on the innovation of the Ministry of Education & Training about manipulating interdisciplinary knowledge in teaching, I would like to give some

of my new ways of teaching unit 3- language focus 2, English 11 effectively

III RESEARCH SUBJECTS

In this research, I pay attention to the 11th grade students who are going to

studying unit3 with grammar point - passive infinitives and passive gerunds so

that they can deal with exercises related to Besides, I give my students opportunities to discover the interest of the lesson by giving the lecture in the direction of Communicative Language Teaching so that students can develop their speaking skill in grammar teaching period As I have mentioned above, the

lesson is so attracting that my students are all excited and they find that learning grammar is extremely fascinating

IV RESEARCH METHODS

To make my solutions effectively, I have used some following methods

Firstly, I always get advices from colleagues through co-working

Secondly, I usually study, create and use new methods in teaching English such

as using,video, images, pictures, sounds, etc.Pictures of some situations that are very familiar with students such as: covid vaccination, food provision, students' daily activities

Thirdly, I use projecters, presents video clips to make the lesson actively For example, I show a short video performed by students at Thach Thanh 3 high school about fascinating topic about students' emotion in which I introduce examples related to grammar point passive infinitives and passive gerunds

Next, I design the lesson with games , which attract students' attention a lot.As students can use this grammar point to develop their speaking skill during and after the lesson As a result, they find themselves under no pressure and can remember the knowledge well

Last but not least they can use this grammar point in their daily life communication,which leads to their interest of studying English

B CONTENT

I THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

At the conference in 2009 about " Grammar and Communicative Language Teaching" worldwide, Professor Ane Burns of Macquarie university introduced the definition of Grammar and assured that grammar is a part of communicative teaching Teachers cannot concentrate only on the structures but also on situation and context

In Vietnam, The Ministry of Education co-operate with Bristish Coucil organize the traning courses about: Teaching in the direction of Communicative Language Teaching"

Thach Thanh 3 high school is situated in a moutainous area where students have little opportunities to communicate in English They are taught grammar to do exercises As a result, they may forget the knowedge quickly I have thought of the way to improve communication in English via language focus lesson for a long time and have found that Communicative Teaching Grammar makes the lesson more attracting and memorable

II REALITIES BEFORE APPLYING THE RESEARCH

Language focus of unit 3 is so boring because it merely contains two simple grammar points In the past, I used to teach students for the following steps

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Teacher gives some examples and introduce the structures: passive gerunds and passive infinitives

2 Practice

Teacher asks students to do exercises 2,3 text book page 40,41

3 Homework:

Teacher asks students to learn the structures by heart and do exercises 2,3 text book again

With the mentioned methods of teaching grammar above, my students are so tired of the lesson They quickly forget the lesson and more seriously, they do not know how to use the passive infinitives and gerunds in their daily life In other word, as a teacher, I find my lecture inefficient

III SOLUTIONS

As the research pays attention to give some new ways of teaching Language focus 2- unit 3 English 11, I would like to present it in the form of a lesson

plan which contains both the content and the interdisciplinary knowledge inside

Here is the content

1.Warm up( 5 minutes)

The aim of this activity is to warm up the class and to check the knowledge students have learnt in the first period- Unit 3-language focus part 1-To infinitive and gerund With these aims, I organize a game-the lucky wheel:

There are 4 questions to check the grammar points in the previous lesson which have connection with the one in period 17

Students volunteer to choose the question and they will have a chance to spin the wheel to get score if they give the correct answer The student getting the highest points will get my present

The wheel with colourful decoration and lively sound arouse students and help them have a great time before the lesson

-Teacher: Do you want to play a game and get my presents?

-Students: Yes

-Teacher: Let's play a game- the lucky wheel

-Students: raise hands to choose the number- answer the questions- spin the wheel

Here are the questions(extracted from power point slides)

2.Lead-in ( 3 minutes)

To attract students attention as well as to introduce new grammar point and also familiarise students with the direction of communication, I show a video performed by students at school in which I launch expamples about passive infinitives and gerunds deliberately

T: Let's watch a video and try to remember sentences as much as possible Sts: Watch a video and repeat the sentences they see and hear

T: Lists the examples on the sceen while students answer and lead in the new

lesson

Here are some short cuts from the video:

3.New structure introduction(12 minutes)

While students repeat sentences they have remembered in the video, I list them

on the screen

I ask students observe the examples and give the for of passive infinitives

-Teacher: from examples in the video, can you give me the form

of passive infinitives?

Students: give the form Teacher: corrects

Then I give some more pictures and ask students to put the verbs into correct

forms to complete the sentences

Teacher: Look at the picture Can you give me the form of the verb in blank? And tell me why

Students: 1 To be vacinated 2 To be given

(passive infinitives)

I encourage students to give some more examples about passive infinitives

Teacher: Can you give me some more examples using passive form of

infinitives with To

Linh: I want to be given a smart phone by my parents

Nam: I expect to be met at the the airport by my girlfriend

Then I give some more pictures and ask students to complete the sentences

Teacher: from examples in the video, can you give me the form of passive gerunds?

Students: give the form

4.Practice( 15 minutes)

After introducing new grammar points to students, I provide them handouts with two activities

Key:

1 to be met 2 to be called 3 to drive

4 being controlled 5 paying

To make the lesson more interesting and communicative, I design the activity 2

in the form of games: Lucky number

I explain the duty, give and example and ask students to do activity 2 in 2 minutes

Students are called to choose the number and answer the question If she or he get the lucky number, they will get mark 10

Here are activity 2:

Teacher: Do you want to play a game

Students: Yes

Teacher: Now I will call you to choose the number and answer the questions

Anyone who gets lucky number will get mark 10

Students: Wow!

Teacher: So, let's play game

Teacher : Now, work individually

to put the verbs into correct forms

as my example Students: do activity 1 individually Teacher: compare with your partner and then give me the answer

Students: compare and give answer

Games

For each question in each activity, I ask students to give the answer and give explanation so that they can understand and remember the lesson well Moreover, I encourage them to read aloud the whole sentences to enhance their speaking skill

5 Production (7 minutes): Talk about the situation

I ask students to work in pairs to make a dialogue in which they have to use knowledge they have learnt- passive infinitives and passive gerunds

I show picture 1 and work with the monitor as an example:

Ha : Good morning, Ms Lien

Ms Lien : Morning, Ha

Ha : Where are you going?

Ms Lien : I'm going to the medical ceter I want to be tested Covid-19 I've got to go See you

Ha : Good bye! See you later

Here are some pictures I give students as suggestions

Students work in pair to make discussion about the situation they choose

Then, I calls some pairs to present in front of the whole class

Below are some photos of their presentation Here is the diolougue recreated

Vinh and Ly: A birthday Party

Vinh: Hi, Ly You look so happy today

Ly: Hi, Vinh.Today is my birthday and I like being given a lot of presents by my friends Vinh: I have a present for you Happy birthday

Ly: Many thanks

Hai and Trung: household chores

Linh and Tho: Reading diary

Beside the topic suggested above, I encourage my students to talk freely about whatever they like with a view to stimulating them to speak up

IV EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RESEARCH

I have done a survey about how much my students like the new way of teaching grammar in the direction of Communicative Language Teaching after the lesson and the result is amazing Most of my students find the lesson attractive and memorable." I can understand the lesson well because I can speak up" said the monitor of class 11 B3

Hai: I hate doing housework.I feel so tired

Trung: me,too I don't want to be asked to do housework at weekend Hai: And I don't like being waken up early on Sundays

Tho: What's wrong? You are

so angry

Linh: My mom is always reading my diary

Tho: Poor you

Linh: I dislike my diary being read by my mom

Below are the statistics from the survey done among students of three classes of grade 11 at Thach Thanh 3 high school

Class Number

of

students

Contents Before appying/

Rate (%)

After applying/ Rate (%)

I feel myself walking on the moon when the majority of my students are excited about the lesson and the new way of teaching grammar as the whole

C conclusion

I GENERAL CONCLUSION

In a nutshell, Grammar lessons seem tedious and tiring if teacher do not make innovation Students may understand the lesson right after but quicky forget Language focus 2 of unit 3-passive infinitives and gerunds fascinates students when it is taught in the new way- Communicative Language teaching.As a teacher at a school where most students come from mountainous area with little English communicative environment, I have tried my best to design every lesson

in the communicative orientation

The Ministry of Education and Training has made a decision to change text book since 2022 However, the new way of teaching- Communicative Language Teaching are still hold good

II RECOMMENDATION

1 For my office and colleagues

I would like to offer my office to invest more refererence books, hold English clubs so that students have chances to practise and exchange knowledge more often I also take this hope that my colleagues will always cooperate and help

me in the process of teaching English at school

2 For Department of Education and Training

Being a young teacher, I know my research could be limited I would like to receive good comments from colleagues and sponsors so that my given solution become more perfect and effective

Approved by

Do Duy Thanh

(Vice- principal of

Thach Thanh 3 high

school)

experience I do it myself, not copying from others

Written by

Trinh Thi Lien

Sincerely thank!

Thach Thanh, May12, 2022

Trinh Thi Lien

IV REFERENCES

1 http://giaoan.violet.vn/

3 Textbook: English 11- Vietnamese Education Publisher 2010, page 39,40,41

4 The internet: http://picture.vn/

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