NGA SON EDUCATION &TRAINING OFFICEEXPERIENCE INITIATIVES MEASURES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF SPEAKING ENGLISH FOR GRADE 5 STUDENTS AT NGA THIEN PRIMARY SCHOOL Writer: Nguyễn Thị Lê Job:
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EXPERIENCE INITIATIVES
MEASURES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF
SPEAKING ENGLISH FOR GRADE 5 STUDENTS
AT NGA THIEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Writer: Nguyễn Thị Lê Job: Teacher
Working place: Nga Thien-Nga Son primary school Experience initiatives’ subject: English
THANH HOA- 2022
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1.1 The purpose of choosing the topic:
Today, we have clearly seen that foreign languages are a special factorcontributing to the development of the abilities of all ethnic groups Along withthe rapid development of the "Science and technology Revolution 4.0", theforeign language development strategy has become an indispensable part of thehuman strategy for the future in all countries Foreign languages create conditionsfor the world's peoples to understand and draw closer together The use of 4.0technology in foreign language teaching today is becoming more popular inVietnam Our country is facing a great challenge of historical survival: to find acreative way to integrate into the region and the world, to successfully implementthe cause of industrialization and modernization, building and developing thecountry in the era of information technology boom Therefore, the strategic goals
of foreign languages are closely linked with the major goals of education andtraining, which are determined on three fronts: improving people's knowledge,training human resources, and fostering talents Foreign languages in general andEnglish in particular have an important role and position in the cause of educationand training and in the development of the country
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Today English is used as a universal language in the world English hasbecome a compulsory subject in schools So the question is how to get effectiveand high quality English teaching hours?
As we all know, English is a new and relatively difficult subject for students.Especially for rural students Therefore, the question of how to keep studentsinterested in foreign language lessons is always a big question that all foreignlanguage teachers want to find the answer to
Learning English has many skills, in which speaking skill is an importantlearning skill
Trang 4We cannot communicate without speaking To be successful in aconversation, one must hear and understand what the other person is saying.
Practically learning to speak is an important of the four skills
But teaching speaking skills is sometimes looked down upon, they considerspeaking skills unimportant To overcome that situation, the most effectivemeasure is that each teacher must choose for himself an appropriate teachingmethod through his own research, experimentation and practical experience ofteaching on the basis of theoretical understanding of teaching
As a teacher at Nga Thien Primary School, I am always concerned abouthow to help children learn to speak well and be more interested in English That's
why I boldly put forward: “Measures to enhance the quality of speaking
English for grade 5 students at Nga Thien primary school”
This method I have applied in my teaching process and the results are veryfeasible Therefore, I boldly present my practical experience in front of mycolleagues to exchange and learn in order to continuously improve my skills withthe ultimate goal of making students more passionate about English
1.2 Research purposes.
Find out the status of classrooms, schools and local Nga Thien commune
On that basis, proposing solutions to overcome the current situations in order tocontribute to improving the quality of education
1.3 Research subjects:
Some measures to help primary students develop English speaking skills
1.4 Research Methods.
a, Theoretical research method:
- Read documents related to English subjects
- Training on topics organized by the Department of Education and theSchool
b, Practical research method:
- Observe, investigate, survey, and statistic the real learning situation ofstudents
- Time colleagues
c, Experimental method:
- Applying classroom experiences (teaching some sample periods)
1.5 New changes in the initiative experience:
- Teachers encourage students to follow the motto of trial and error Ifyou don't put pressure on them, they will carry a heavy fear of makingmistakes
- Speaking practice must be systematic, continuous, following the mottofrom easy to difficult
- Depending on the situation and training requirements, teachers need toprepare training methods suitable for many types of students
- In practice, teachers have two main functions: one is to providematerials, help and answer difficult problems in terms of material andknowledge that students encounter; Second is to monitor, listen, and recordthe mistakes students make during practice to correct before the class afterthe students' speaking practice
Trang 5- Teachers need to make the most of class time, creating everyopportunity for students to use the material they have learned in ameaningful and effective way.
- Choose topics that are easy to develop, suitable for psychology, age andtopicality such as about daily activities, about good movies being watched ontelevision, about favorite sports of people you or about real people, realthings
- Teachers can ask questions of an antagonistic nature so that students canargue more enthusiastically
2 CONTENT
2.1 Theoretical basis of initiative experience.
Communication skill in English is the ability of an individual to effectivelyconvey and express his or her knowledge, experience, and views through the use
of English to achieve the purpose of communication This skill is not an innateelement, but is formed by experience rather than the mere acquisition ofknowledge
To achieve this skill, it is necessary to pay attention to the influencingfactors: linguistic, psycho-emotional, skill, experience, social, educational,personal Thus, in order to form English communication habits for students rightfrom primary school is extremely important, so that students have the habit ofspeaking English in and out of the classroom, teachers always have to come upwith new methods of teaching and learning new to stimulate curiosity, curiosityand curiosity for new things In particular, teachers must be aware of their ownroles and responsibilities in educating and teaching foreign languages to primaryschool students Appreciating the importance of English in today's society, theMinistry of Education and Training has made many innovations in the way ofteaching and learning English in recent years, such as changing textbooks;changing teaching methods, improving the quality of English teachers OnSeptember 30, 2008, the Prime Minister issued Decision 1400/QD-TTgapproving the Project "Teaching and Learning" foreign languages in the nationaleducation system for the period 2008-2020" Over 10 years of implementing theproject, there have been positive changes in the teaching staff as well as thestudents There have been advantages as well as limitations
According to the summary of the Ministry of Education and Training, inthe process of implementing the foreign language Project 2020 has revealedlimitations and failed to achieve the set goals for many reasons Seeing theimportance and urgency of educational goals, the Ministry of Education andTraining issued the decision No: “2080/QD-TTg dated December 22, 2017 onapproving the adjustment and supplementation of the foreign language teachingand learning project in national education system for the period 2017 - 2025" withthe goal of innovating foreign language teaching and learning in the nationaleducation system, continuing to implement new foreign language teaching andlearning programs at all levels and levels training and improving the ability touse foreign languages to meet learning and working needs; strengthen thecompetitiveness of human resources in the integration period, contributing to the
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On August 10, 2018, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nhasigned and promulgated Directive No 2919/CT-BGDĐT on the main tasks of the
2018 - 2019 school year on improving the quality of teaching foreign languages,especially English English at all levels of education and training; building anddeveloping a learning environment and using foreign languages, launching amovement of teachers and lecturers to study English together with students.Strengthening foreign language teaching and learning on mass media
Thus, learning foreign languages in schools is very important and urgent.The general purpose of learning a foreign language is to communicate well tobenefit study and work
In learning foreign languages, speaking skill is one of the important skills,requiring learners to be good at listening, reading, writing skills, have a goodvocabulary Good speaking skills help learners easily become more confident infront of the crowd, show personal bravery in all areas…such as communicatingwith foreigners, communicating at work, even easily finding a good job…Therefore English has become an essential subject in the primary educationcurriculum Because primary school students have some special abilities to learnforeign languages such as: ability to grasp meaning, ability to creatively use limitedlanguage resources, ability to learn indirectly, ability to integrate with activitiesplay, memory, attention, student thinking, ability to respond and talk, the role ofimagination.External factors that also directly affect students are the program,textbooks, teachers and conditions, the learning environment, and indirectly thefamily and social environment As the educational goal has been set out, primaryschool students need to achieve after finishing the current primary school Englishprogram is to understand and communicate in English in a basic way, so Englishteachers need to improve knowledge, regularly innovate teaching methods to helpstudents take the initiative
Taking students as the center of learning activities to help them promotetheir thinking, independence, develop learning ability, create passion andexcitement for teachers and students in each lesson Create a passion for thesubject of English to help them be qualified and achieve the level aftercompleting primary school
2.2 The current state of the problem.
2.2.1 General situation.
Along with the general change, English subject uses an important position, ithelps us to create foreign relationships, it helps us to study and communicate withforeigners in many fields, because Learners must master speaking skills The goal
of the language used is to communicate, to exchange people's ideas, but speakingpractice is an important technical and most difficult to develop
Many teachers believe that teaching English in primary schools, especiallyteaching grade 5, does not require effort, so that students can grasp the content of thelesson, leading to students not speaking fluently and afraid to speak
When teaching English in elementary school in general and teaching Englishpractice in particular, it is necessary to pay attention to the level, to the
Trang 7physiological mind of the age of each primary school student object is to explore,creative, like to conquer, own yourself and be interested in new things At thesame time, the teacher must understand their ability to use English From there toadjust the content, select appropriate teaching methods to do in each lesson,Students at different levels are interested, working and developing Thus, theteacher must constantly learn, innovating teaching methods thoroughly in everylesson to help children actively and creatively learn as assessed by the ViceMinister of Education and Training Dang Huynh Mai “Must turn the teachingprocess into students' activities and self-study” Teachers must interact withchildren, help children operate and achieve better academic results.
2.2.2 Situation for teachers and students:
+ Current status: At the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year of NgaThien primary school
+ Favorable:
- Received the close attention and direction of the Department of Educationand Training of Nga Son district, of the school's management board inprofessional training and investment in facilities
- Teachers can participate in pedagogical refresher courses and training onteaching methods Teachers are young, enthusiastic, dedicated to the profession,love students, have above-standard qualifications
- Most of the students have good ability to absorb knowledge, some aregifted in English
- They actively participate in competitions organized by the school
- Parents strongly encourage their children to learn English because theyknow the importance of English in learning at high school levels
-The English classroom has been invested with modern teaching equipmentsuch as projector, computer, Internet
- The subject is also interested by the school, some parents, teachers andorganizations
- The students are obedient, many of them have a sense of self-discipline inlearning
- English teachers with standard qualifications, professional competence,enthusiasm for the profession
- Most students pronounce and stress wrongly because they are influenced
by regional accents, students are afraid to speak English in class due to manydifferent reasons such as: shyness, reticence, fear of teachers you laugh whenyou say the wrong thing, lack of confidence, are not self-disciplined in studying
Trang 8- The time to practice speaking English in class is not enough for allstudents, so most of the students have not yet voluntarily practiced in class andparticipated in the class seriously.
- In addition, the system of speaking exercises is not rich enough to attractstudents
- Most of them are students in rural areas, so they don't have time to invest
- Parents are not really interested, most of the students have difficult familyconditions, lack of knowledge, uneven cognitive level
- Some students are not proactive in learning
- During class, they are still timid, afraid to read, afraid to speak, do notspeak correctly according to word stress and intonation of sentences
Through monitoring the 5th grade students, I found that at first they werestill timid, not confident in communication, many of them mispronounced, many
of them read English like Vietnamese
In order to accurately assess students' learning ability and learning needs, Iconducted a survey on English speaking skills for grades 5A and 5B in the 2019 -
2020 school year, the survey results are as follows:
Class/
block
Number of students
Speak fluently Not fluent in
speaking Speaking with mistakes Quantity % Quantity % Quantity %
2.3 The solution used to solve problems:
“Measures to enhance the quality of speaking English for grade 5 students at Nga Thien primary school ”
In order to help children see their progress in learning, teachers need to payattention to the appropriateness in teaching, avoiding making too high demands
on students In addition, teachers need to encourage students to learn according tothe motto of experimentation and accept mistakes during practice
In fact, there are students who know but do not dare to speak for fear ofmaking mistakes Some other children did not dare to raise their hands to speakfor fear of saying the wrong thing and being laughed at and criticized by theteacher In my opinion, this is the psychological factor that foreign languageteachers need to consider in order to help students get excited about learning or atleast be more active during the lesson
In order to create learning excitement for students and a joyful atmosphere
in each activity, teachers need to organize activities outside of class time andencourage students to participate in English speaking tests according to topics andmain points To do that, I implemented the following solutions
2.3.1 Steps to practice speaking:
Trang 9Depending on each lesson, we apply different teaching methods Basically,during speaking practice, the following procedures must be followed:
a) Prepare to speak (Pre-Speaking)
- Introduce the topic of the talk by asking some questions (Who, What,Where, How, Why)
- Introduce new language knowledge if any or review what they havelearned to make it easier for them to practice speaking
b) Practice speaking with control (While-Speaking)
- Students rely on pictures or suggested sentences to practice speaking
- Students practice speaking individually, in pairs or in groups under thecontrol of the teacher
c) Practice speaking freely (Post-Speaking)
- Call on a few pairs of students to practice speaking
- Students apply language knowledge to apply in practice
The teacher asks the students to practice speaking new sentences that theyhave just learned in their own languages without the teacher's support
The activities of this section are usually games, role-playing They can useadditional grammar or vocabulary they already know to improve their speakingskills Teachers provide support when students need it
+ Students practice speaking in pairs:
Students are more self-aware in working in groups because they often learnand practice
Example: A speaking practice lesson in class 5B at Nga Thien TH School
Unit 8: What are you reading? Lesson 1; part 2: Point and say
Example: A What are you reading?
B I ’ m reading a story about Halloween
Students practice speaking according to pictures, the teacher directs.
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- The teacher assigns the task
- Students practice speaking
- Teachers monitor, comment and correct errors
(+) Students practice speaking in big groups:
The teacher assigns tasks to the group, in which the group leader directs andmonitors the group members when performing their words, then reports back tothe teacher so that the teacher can promptly reward, receive students, and correcterrors children
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- English is an accented language This means that some words and syllablesare often more important than others
- The purpose of helping students to pronounce is to properly stress the wordstress and say the correct intonation of the sentence, to create a habit of quickreflexes, for students to answer questions
- Guide students on how to learn pronunciation, stress and intonation inwords and sentences through specific lessons
Step 1: Guide students to put stress and intonation of words and sentences.
Step 2: Have students listen to the tape and have them repeat it several times.
Step 3: Ask students to read individually, students read in pairs, groups, in front
of the class (Teacher corrects mistakes);
Step 4: Guide students to practice reading at home
Example: Applying the way to practice pronunciation, stress and intonationskills in Lesson 3 (Part 1: Listen and repeat) of the lessons (grade 5 English book,volume 1,2)
Unit 2: I always get up early How about you ? Lesson 3
Part 1 Listen and repeat Page 22 English Textbook Grade 5, Volume 1
Unit 17: What would you like to eat ? Lesson3:
part 1: Listen and repeat Page 22 English textbook grade 5, volume 2.
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to persistently practice pronunciation for students to make them have the habit ofstressing and correct pronunciation Because, if they initially learn English but donot pronounce it correctly, it will become a habit that will have a bad influence inthe process of learning and communicating later Here, I would like to give someknowledge that teachers need to forge students when teaching speaking skills tostudents
Teach students how to pronounce vowels and consonants in English by introduceinternational phonetic transcription IPA
International phonetic transcription IPA
+ / i:/ long sound, practice reading the short /i/ sound then lengthen it a bit for example: sheep, meal, read, tea
+ / i/ negative /i/ short sound: ship, it, sit, bin…
+ /e/ short sound: pen, ten, leg, check, men
+ /æ/ long e (opens mouth louder than e) man, hat, cat, bag, apple, maths…
+ /Λ/ practice the /æ/ sound first, then move your tongue back a little /Λ/ is avery short sound: cup, suck, burn, luck, fun, sun…
+/a:/ Bring your tongue down and back, /a:/ is a long sound: heart, carp, march….+ /o/ Practice the /æ/ sound first, then bring your tongue back and bring your lipsforward a little /o/ short sound: hot, sock, top…
+ /i:/ sound /i:/ long Practice reading the short /i/ sound then lengthen it a bit forexample: sheep, meal, read, tea
+ /i/ negative /i/ short sound: ship, it, sit, bin…
+ /ɔ:/ Practice the /o/ sound first, then race the end of your tongue slightlyupwards /o:/ is a long sound: ball, call, sport, four, door, floor