APPLYING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO DESIGN ONLINE AND OFFLINE READING LESSONS FOR TEACHING 11th GRADE STUDENTS AT NONG CONG 4 HIGH SCHOOL EFFECTIVELY

TABLE OF CONTENTS2.1.1 Background knowledge of teaching reading skill 3 2.1.2 Some information technology applications in teaching online 4 2.2 The real situation before applying the st

THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

NONG CONG 4 HIGH SCHOOL

EXPERIENCED INNOVATION

APPLYING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO DESIGN ONLINE AND OFFLINE READING LESSONS FOR

NONG CONG 4 HIGH SCHOOL EFFECTIVELY

By: Nguyễn Thị Oanh Position: Teacher Field: English

THANH HOA, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2.1.1 Background knowledge of teaching reading skill 3

2.1.2 Some information technology applications in teaching

online

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2.2 The real situation before applying the study 6

2.3.1 How to adapt reading tasks by using information technology

in designing online or offline reading lessons

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2.3.2 Effectively exploiting some tools for discusing online,

assigning assignments, testing and assesing students online

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2.3.3 Application: Sample of adapting reading tasks in designing

online or offline reading lessons in English 11

1.1 Reasons for the study

In English teaching, the main objective is to prepare students for communication in the realworld and it is very important for learners to efficiently equip themselves with four skills,together with relatively sufficient background knowledge Of the four language skills:Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing, Reading is vital not only in language learning butalso in daily communication

Most teachers and students find that Reading is a difficult skill to master I also think thatteaching Reading is not an easy job at all when we face the fact that learners have met manydifficulties in comprehending the information due to unfamiliarity with too many new words

or phrases, collocations, idioms and a lack of Reading comprehension skills Thiscontradiction tells us that there are some things about teaching Reading that need to beexplored

Especially, we are under pressure of Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in seriousconsequences in education as well as other aspects in our lives Children in many regionshave not been educated at schools like before They have to study online via electronicdevices connected to the internet, instead This is a great challenge for both educators andlearners , especially for teachers and students in rural areas as our hometown, Nong Cong

We must find out all we can about how to apply information technology effectively toovercome the obstacles and improve the education quality in epidemic situation

Therefore, I have tried to exploit the online techniques of teaching reading skill, adaptreading tasks by making use of various kinds of online classtools to ease the tasks and makeour online lessons more interesting and effective Having applied information technology indesigning reading lessons in English 11 successfully, I decided to choose the topic: “

Applying information technology to design online and offline reading lessons for teaching 11 th grade students at Nong Cong 4 high school effectively ” for our experiencedinnovation

In this study, there are samples of online reading lectures of English 11 whose reading tasksare adapted thanks to information technology Nevertheless, this study can’t be perfect inlimited time Therefore, I hope that the colleagues’ contribution will make it more perfectly

1.2 Aims and requirement of the study

- To discuss the techniques for teaching as well as studying online

- To discuss the applying tools for teaching and studying online effectively

1.2.2 Requirements:

To succeed in the study, the requirement for the topic is that the teacher and studentsmust be proficient with the computer, smartphone and the internet

Students have to attend regularly and obey their teacher’s requirements

1.3 Scope and objectives of the study

1.3.1 Scope: We understand that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on teaching across theworld And both teachers and students are under pressure of imparting and improvingknowledge as well as skill Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the design ofonline teaching activities and online teaching processes for reading skill lessons in English 11during the pandemic

1.3.2 Objectives:

As I have said my study is aimed at improving my students’ reading skills and helpthem to solve some difficulties in doing the reading comprehension exercises so myobjectives of the study are:

+ My students

+ English textbook 11

+ Some references

1.4 Methods of the study

Draw from experience of our teaching

Consult many documents ,especially methods of study

Get experience from my colleagues

2 INVESTIGATION 2.1 Theoretical basis

2.1.1 Backgroud knowledge of teaching reading skill

The importance of reading skill

As can be seen that Reading is fundamental in helping us find and convey information It’s anessential skill that’s developed at a very young age Here’s why reading is beneficial to all of

us, and how the importance of reading comprehension is essential to understanding the worldaround us

Stages of a reading lesson

Reading is a process involving word recognition, comprehension and fluency

These are the three stages that you should follow during a reading lesson: Pre-Reading Stage;While-Reading Stage; Post-Reading Stage

Reading comprehension teaching Techniques

In order to design an effective reading lecture, It is necessary for teachers to study theobstacles that students have to cope with when reading texts such as a large number of newwords, difficulty in recognising sentence components and cultural differences From all this,teachers should pay attention to 2 points: design a reading drill and design steps in readingcomprehension teaching These are some steps we often apply to in teaching reading: lead in;read through; teach new words; read for main idea (gist); read for detail; summary andopinion; do exercises

The best reading techiques are the SQ3R technique, skimming, scanning, activereading,detailed reading and structure proposition elvaluation.

2.1.2 Some information technology applications in teaching online

a Using Zoom application to providing knowledge

Online teaching is becoming the new normal for many schools This is especially truetemporarily with schools affected by COVID-19 Many teachers and schools have foundthemselves thrown into the new world of online teaching Luckily, there are many tools anddifferent ways to stay connected and teach your students during this time Many platformsthat you use in school, like Zoom, Google Meet, can help us with this transition from in-person classes to online classes In order to use the application we have to Sign Up for a FreeZoom Account We can start by going to http://zoom.us/ and sign up for a free account

by entering your email address Once you have an account, download the Zoom programhere https://zoom.us/download And we can chedule a Zoom Meeting for an Online Class

by opening the Zoom Desktop app on your computer, clicking “Home” at the top left,clicking “Schedule”

Then enter all relevant details like time, date, topic, etc., pick our online calendar of

choice and we’ll be taken to a page with our Zoom link We can send this link to your

students in your online calendar’s meeting scheduler Screen sharing is really important

for presenting to our class This button allows us to share your computer screen with

everyone on the Zoom meeting Screen sharing is very easy with Zoom, all you need to

do is click the green “Share Screen” button at the bottom during your meeting Thenwe’ll click which screen we’d like to share

Zoom Whiteboards are another feature that seems tailor made for teachers To get to theWhiteboard, click “Share Screen” at the bottom of the Zoom window and then click

“Whiteboard.”

Classes held via zoom should be recorded and uploaded to Canvas to enable students whocannot participate synchronously due to their time zone or other factors to watch at a latertime

Zoom provides a simple way of doing this Select Record the meeting automatically in thecloud; Zoom will start recording when you start the meeting and stop recording when youend the meeting

b Using Padlet, Azota to create forum for assigning students’ assignments

Padlet can be used by students and by teachers With padlet we can create an online post-itboard that you can share with any student or teacher you want Just give them the uniquePadlet link Padlet allows you to insert ideas anonymously or with your name It’s easy to useand very handy

Whoever has the Padlet board opened on his smartphone or computer, can see what’s on itand what everyone is writing Students just have to take a device and start adding little stickynotes online They can see all the ideas gathered on the teacher board immediately

Using Padlet in the classroom is easy You can install the Padlet app for Apple or forAndroid on your phone or just go to the Padlet website Here you create an account and makeyour first board Once that is settled, you have to get the board to your students Sharing aPadlet board is easy; choose for a QR code or a link There are more sharing options, butthese two are the most obvious Let your students insert the link in the browser or in thePadlet app They can ‘continue as guest’ so they just have to scan the QR code with thePadlet app or type in the URL, without creating an account Shortly after, they will bedirected to your first Padlet board

Azota is an useful application that can be used in smart electronic devives Both teachers andstudents can sign in and use quickly This is an ideal site not only for teachers to assignexercises, tasks, tests but also for students to download the materials to complete theirassignments before handing in Besides, Teachers and parents can follow and evaluate theirchildren’s studying process Azota allows us to use the application through sychronizing withZalo, which helps the users save time in creating a new account

2.2 Real situation before applying the study :

As we see it, due to Covid-19 pandemic, online teaching is the best solution to provideeducation Students can learn about virtually any subject online, anywhere, anytime Thanks

to online tools we have good chance to exchange and improve knowledge during theepidemic period

2.3 Solutions.

Because of the reasons above my solution to these is “Applying information technology to design online and offline reading lessons for teaching 11 th grade students in Nong Cong

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2.3.1 How to adapt reading tasks by using information technology in designing online

or offline reading lessons

2.3.1.1 Using language games in the tasks of the lessons to draw students’ attention

a Hang man Game:

Position: This game is often used in Warm-up activity.

Types of Activity: The whole class

Aim: Help students know what topic they are going to study in the new lesson.

Procedure:

Teacher asks students for interest

Informs the students that they are going to guess a word or phrase word

Tell them how many letters the word or phrase word has

Ask students to guess the whole word or letter by letter If the letter is right, click in the boxwhich contains this letter But if the letter is wrong, click under the Gallows

The game finishes right after the students guess the words If students guess wrong 8 times, ahangman will apprear and the game is over

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b Shark attack:

Position: This game is often used in Warm-up activity But sometimes, we can use it while

practising

Types of Activity: The whole class when using it in Warm-up activity

Team work when using it in practising activity

Aim: Help students know what topic they are going to study in the new lesson And motivate

students to pracise more

Procedure:

* For Warm-up activity:

Teacher asks students for interest

Informs students that they are going to guess a word or phrase word

Tell them how many letters the word or phrase word has

Ask students to guess the whole word or letter by letter If the letter is right,

click in the box which contains this letter But if the letter is wrong, click into the person onthe step And the person will go down one step for each wrong

letter The game finishes right after the students guess the words or when the person is at theposition of the last step

* For practising Activity:

Ask students for interest

Divide the class into 2 teams And name each team

Inform students what they are going to do

Ask students to choose the number in which there are some some questions or exercises theyhave to complete Which team have one wrong answer will have to go down one step Andthe winner is the person who has higher position

Use the letters in the alphabet to guess it

c Cross word :

Position: This game is often used in Warm-up activity.

Types of Activity: The whole class or team work.

Aim: Help students know what topic they are going to study in the new lesson.

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Procedure:

Teacher asks students for interest

Informs the students that they are going to guess a word or phrase word

Tell them how many letters the word or phrase word in the cross has

Ask students to open down words by answering the questions

The game finishes right after the students open the crossword

d Lucky number:

Position: This game is often used in Warm-up activity or in pracising activity or in

consolidation part

Types of Activity: The team work

Aim: Help students know what they are going to study in the new lesson

Motivate students practise more

Remind students of what they have just done

Procedure:

Teacher asks students for interest

Divide the class into 2 teams and name them

Inform students the rules of the game

There are numbers which contain questions and lucky numbers With one correct answer orone lucky number, the team will get one point

The winner is the team who have higher point

Lucky number game

e Word Square:

Position: This game is often used in Warm-up activity or in consolidation part.

Types of Activity: The whole class

Aim: Help students know what they are going to study in the new lesson

Remind students of what they have just done

Procedure:

Teacher asks students for interest

Show a square word and ask students to find out the words in the square which related to thetopic of the new lesson

Example: How many animals are there in this square ?

f Magical conical hat:

Position: This game is used in warm up activity, in practising activity or in consolidation

part

Types of Activity: Team work.

Aim: Motivate students and help them practice more the contents of the new lesson.

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2.3.1.2 Effectively exploiting some tools for discusing online, assigning assignments, testing and assesing students online.

a Using Padlet display to create online forum chat and assign assignments.

Padlet is an effective tool for us to use in online or offline class Thanks to the online forum,teachers do not have to spend much time, money and energy preparing teaching visual aids,handouts Students also find it easier, less time consuming but much more effective to discuss

in groups to complete their teacher’s assignments Moreover, both teacher and students haveonline forrum chat to check, comment and review directly that the whole class can observeonline or offline

For example, Teacher can ask students to work in groups to do task 1 in the reading lesson inUnit 7 - Overpopulation - Eglish 11: Task 1: Scan the reading text and complete the chart byposting it in Padlet

Students only click into the following link to read, discuss and do the task:

https://padlet.com/tuyetltac3dh/tuyetdh

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Furthermore, teacher can assign various kinds of exercises, mini tests, mock tests for students

to practise at home and hand in the page Teachers also follow, check and give feedback toeach student below his or her answer

Example, advanced students can click in to the following link to practise:

Once we have created an account in Azota, we can see the following display:

We have to create the lists of the classes by taking out the available lists from vnedu.vn

Then, teachers can create exercises and practise tests for students to do in online classroom or

at home

Students can start doing exercises and practice tests by click into the links teachers give them: