(SKKN 2022) some solutions to help students at tan son secondary school get hight scores in the speaking english test

Specifically, it requires students to be able to communicate in English in class, to present their ideas in English through conversations with teachers and friends, and especially to pre

1 Introduction

1.1 Reason for choosing the research

In today's integrated society, English is a language that plays an extremely important role in helping people access the world's advances and find opportunities for personal development To achieve this goal, we ourselves must know how to use English fluently in communication Realizing that importance, the Ministry of Education and Training has always been at the forefront of implementing the policy of comprehensively renovating English teaching and learning in middle and high schools, shifting from mainly equipping knowledge to developing English language skillsas well

as students’ capacity According to the project of teaching foreign languages to 2020 and the adjusted project to 2025 of the Ministry of Education and Training, it is clear that “One of the key tasks to be achieved by teachers is that students can use use English in communication” Then, on September 29, 2014, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Official Letter 5333/BGDĐT-GDTrH on the implementation of testing and assessment in the direction of capacity development for English subject Specifically, it requires students to be able to communicate in English in class, to present their ideas in English through conversations with teachers and friends, and especially to present their ideas Students will learn according to the specific content of each class level, especially English classes according to the new 10-year textbook program Students are tested regularly through the form of question-answer (speaking skills) at least 02 times/semester They can speak simple instructions used in daily communication related to the topics studied

Right from the beginning, the Speaking test has been applied at the end of each semester, accounting for 2/10 points of the semester test, in fact through the implementation process, two English teachers, students and I are still confused The form of testing and the content of knowledge demonstrated are still counterproductive Most of the students have not been properly oriented to be able to present the topics well with fluency Because of the shortcomings that my students face, I have wondered many times when they speak English too weakly, as an English teacher with a lot of passion for the profession In the practice of teaching at Tan Son Secondary School, I have been looking for ways to support my students, how to get them high scores in the speaking skill, and presentation skills according to each topic of each unit that they have learned through Here, I would like to present the ideas that I have applied and have

brought effective, the topic is titled: “Some solutions to help students at Tan Son Secondary School get high scores in the speaking English test”.

1.2 Aims

Through this research project, I hope my students will make the following progress:

- Improve their scores in the Speaking test

- Introduce themselves fluently in English

- Present well the topics in each unit of the lesson.

- Response quickly to questions in English

- Develop good communication skills, and confidently speak English in front of crowds

or actively initiate conversations with foreigners

1.3 Objects

In doing this research, the writer would select students from class 8A and 8Bat Tan Son secondary school

2 Contents of initiative and experience

2.1 Theoretical basis of the problem

On September 29, 2014, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Official Dispatch No 5333/BGDĐT-GDTrH on the implementation of testing and assessment in the direction of developing high school English subjects

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Regulation on assessment and classification of secondary students and high school students promulgated together with the Circular No 58/2011/ TT-BGDĐT dated 12/12/2011 of the Minister of Education and Training, assessment forms include Q&A, written test, and practice test

The examination and assessment are conducted through different forms such as: quantitative (scoring), qualitative (commenting, grading), a combination of teacher's assessment, mutual assessment and self-assessment Types of tests and assessments should be suitable for teaching and learning methods applied in the classroom, including speaking tests (dialogue, monologue)

Decision No 1400/QD-TTg dated September 30, 2008 of the Prime Minister approving the Project "Teaching and learning foreign languages in the national education system, period 2008-2020" comprehensively new teaching and learning foreign languages in Vietnamese schools with the aim that "by 2020, the majority of Vietnamese young people who graduate from secondary schools, colleges and universities will have the ability to use foreign languages independently, confidently communicate, study and work in an integrated, multilingual and multicultural environment, making foreign languages a strength of the Vietnamese people

Decision No 2080/QD-TTg dated December 22, 2017 approving the adjustment and supplementation of the foreign language teaching and learning project in the national education system for the period 2017 - 2025

Listening, speaking, reading and writing are four important skills in English Accordingly, listening and reading are two basic skills, while speaking and writing are two advanced skills Speaking skills, including elements: pronunciation, fluency and coherence, grammar, vocabulary and even speaking speed

Usually, the test of speaking skills is planned by schools and organized in separate sessions For my school, I plan to build a Speaking test consisting of three main parts for each grade level:

Part 1(3 minutes): Introduce yourself.

Part 2 (5 minutes): Students present the topic of the lottery

Part 3 (2 minutes): The teacher asks questions related to the contents of the topics students have just presented

2.2 The current state of the problem before applying the experience initiative.

Ever since the Department of Education and Training issued Official Letter No 5333/BGDĐT-GDTrH, I started to develop a plan for the Speaking test In the school year 2021-2022, I am assigned to teach grade 8 I clearly orient the exam sections for students, asking them to prepare well at the beginning of the school year so that by the end of the term, they will be easily accessibleto this new form of testing I think students have the ability to create a short paragraph (5 to 7 lines) about themselves With topics related to the content of each Unit, I give them topics (about 5 topics each block) and ask them to compose themselves For good students, they did very well, and they prepared it and asked me to correct it Of course, their speaking test got a high score compared to the rest However, this number only accounts for one third of the total number of students in each grade With the average, weak students, they seem unable to speak, even briefly introduce themselves

Speaking test results for the first year of class 8A - HKI (school year 2021-2021)

Class Total

number

of students

.3 Actions taken to solve the problem

2.3.1 Develope a plan for the Speaking test at the beginning of each school year and disseminate it to students.

If you get 10 points for a periodical test with the following contents: Listening, Language contents, Writing, Reading, then with 2 semester tests, the speaking part is added and accounts for 02 out of 10 points When students know the test sections in advance, they have plenty of time to prepare at the beginning of the school year Below are the contents in the construction plan for the speaking test applied at Tan Son Secondary School

Exams include:

Part 1 (3 minutes): Introduce yourself

Part 2 (5 minutes): Present the topic

Part 3 (2 minutes): The teacher asks questions related to the contents of the topics students have just presented

Score sheet

CHECK SHEET

English speaking skills for the semester… School year 201 -201 Class ………

Content

Notice

Personal information

(0,5m )

Topic

(1m )

Interview

(0,5m ) Total

1 Trần Thị Hoài An

2 Mai Văn B

2.3.2 How to organize the speaking test

- Organize a separate exam session (2 classes/1 session)

- The teacher calls four students in turn (2 pairs) into the exam room at the same time

- You can draw a topic first, so you can sit down and prepare within 2 minutes

- Then the teacher calls the pairs to take turns, the pair that goes out will have another pair to replace until the end

2.3.3 Create the habit of speaking English for students

To help them form the habit of using English, I introduce classroom languages (Classroom Language) and ask them to use them as much as possible in English lessons Some common sentence patterns used by students are as follows:

Good morning/afternoon

How are you today?

How is everything?

What's new?

Have you done your homework?

Let's play a game now, shall we?

Can you spell it?

I agree/ I disagree.

I don’t understand

Could you repeat that, please?

I am sorry, I’m late

It’s my turn

This solution helps them understand the importance of using English when learning, and forming the habit of speaking English

2.3.4 Integrate topics (topics) into the extension, reinforce the lessons teach

At the stage of expanding activities or consolidating the content of knowledge just learned, corresponding to the content of each unit, I give a topic and ask them to work individually or discuss in pairs or groups They give their opinions and present to the class the ideas they have just formed, so that they have the opportunity to practice speaking more and correct mistakes in pronunciation, word usage, and sentence formation, create conditions for students to prepare well for the speaking test at the end

of each semester

Example: English 8 – Unit 8: Country Life and City Life – Lesson 2: Speak Teacher’s and students’ activities Content

Post speaking

T: have Ss work in groups of four

Ss: work in groups

T: let Ss discuss the topic

Ss: discuss

T: assist if necessary

Each representative of each group

presents the answer in front ofclass

T: give feedback and summarize

Discussion

Which one do you prefer – country life

or city life?

2.3.5 Include the speaking test in the regular scoring test

With the criterion "Practice makes perfect", giving students many opportunities

to practice, I put the Speaking part in regular tests, in the form of taking oral score or 15 minutes This contributes to making them recognize clearly the importance of speaking skills in testing and assessment Particularly for incomplete speeches, students will be corrected and oriented more carefully by the teacher

2.3.6 Encourage and praise them when they speak English

In some cases, even if the children speak incorrectly, pronounce incorrectly, make sentences, use words incorrectly or can only speak a simple sentence, the teacher should praise the children's ability to speak English Because in communication, listeners can still understand what the speaker is presenting, even if it's not structured properly After that, the teacher will help students perfect the content and pronunciation

so that the speaking part becomes more complete

2.3.7 Guide students to perform well in parts of a speaking test.

This is considered the most important step and the content I want to emphasize in

my research topic

Part 1(3 minutes): Introduce yourself

For the talk about yourself, I give them an outline and ask them to fill in the information themselves In this section, the time limit is 3 minutes, so the students will select the information they need to say to ensure the time and the difference

Example:

Hi, my name’s (Hoa)

Let’s me introduce to you something about

myself I’m from (Viet Nam) (country)

I live in (Thanh Hoa) (town/city)

I’m(14) years old.

I’m in (grade 8, class 8A1 of Tan Son) secondary school.

My birthday is on (25 th October)

I have (long black hair and brown eyes) (hair and eye colour)

I am (1 meter 52 centimeters and 45 kilograms)

(height/weight) My favourite sport is (badminton)

There are (4) people in my family.

They are (my parents, my elder sister and

me) My favourite food is (chicken).

In my free time, I often (play games and watch TV).

Today, I am so happy to be here Thanks for your listening

For students who are quite good at the subject, it is really unnecessary to make an outline like this because they have already shaped and built their own introduction

Nevertheless, for the average, weak students in the subject, I found that when I gave the outline sample as above, my students completed the test much better If in grade 6, they

do well in this part, when they go to grades 7, 8, 9, they just need to change some information (year of birth, class, height, weight ) to have it Just a post about yourself This will give them more time to practice the rest

Part 2 (5 minutes): Students present the topic

With topics for each Unit, I guide students through the following steps:

2.3.8 Determine what to talk about in each topic

This is an important step to help them develop ideas for their talk When giving a speaking topic, I ask the children to work in groups for 3 minutes to shape the content they will present At this point, I direct the groups to ask questions around the topic After the discussion is over, the groups will present their questions to the class and exchange products After that, the teacher will be the one to edit and synthesize the ideas and guide the students to the next steps

Example: English 6

Topic: Talk about your family

1 How many people are there in yourfamily?

2 What does your father do? How old ishe?

3 What does your mother do? How old isshe?

4 Where does your mother/fatherwork?

5 Do you love yourfamily?

Example: English 7

Topic: Talk about yourhobbies

1 What do you like doing in your freetime?

2 Do you like watching TV? What kind of programs do youlike?

3 Where do you usually stay at theweekend?

4 How often do you read abook?

5 Do you prefer playing games to listening to music?

Example: English 8

Topic: Talk about your best friend

1 What is your best friend’sname?

2 How long have you beentogether?

3 How old ishe/she?

4 Where does he/shelive?

5 What is she/helike?

6 What are her/his favoritehobbies?

7 Do you go to school with her/him everyday?

8 What do you and your friend do together in your free

time?

Example: English 9

Topic: Talk about life in the countryside

1 Where is yourhometown?

2 What is the weatherlike?

3 What is the airlike?

4 What are the differences between the countryside and thecity?

5 What things do you like best in the countryside?

6 Tell some changes about life in thecountryside

2.3.9 Layout for the talk

To give a complete speech, you need to identify the parts that make up a complete speech Therefore, I built for you the structure of the talk including the following parts:

Introduction

Opening

Body

Closing

So, what will you present in each section?

- Introduction: This is a brief introduction to the name and topic Usually in this

section, I give a general orientation to all students They can generate familiar, simple, and easy-to-remember introductory sentence patterns that apply to all topics Of course, for good and good students, they can actively refer to more good ways from many different sources of information such as siblings, teachers

Hello everyone/ everybody My name is……… Now I would like to talk about

my topic

Good morning/afternoon everyone Mynameis Now I wouldlike to

talk about (my best friend)

Hello everyone/ everybody I am……… Now I would like to tell

yousomething about (myneighborhood)

- Opening: This is the part that gives the listener the most general overview of

the topic they are about to present This section only needs two sentences to help

students open up the ideas that need to be presented in the Body section.

Example: English 7

Topic: Talk about your hobbies

For me, there are many activities that you can do in your free time such as listening to music, reading, playing sports, watching TV… but I like reading books and playing badminton best because of some reasons below:

Example: English 8

Topic: Do you prefer the country or the city? Why?

Frankly speaking, I like living in the country better than living in the city

There are some reasons why I like it

- Body: This is the most important part to get a high score for the speaking test.

If you can answer the questions in section 6.2.1, determine what to talk about in each topic, this part will become easier However, to do that, it requires students to have a rich vocabulary according to each topic, know how to use conjunctions (connecting words) to help the speech become coherent, fluent and complete Therefore, I focus on the following:

+ First, provide vocabulary so that children can connect words into words

The provision of vocabulary for children for each topic is done in many different ways Some language games in the Warm-up sectionare Network game, Brainstorming, Bingo, Kim's game, Cool pair matching, Smart Monkey They not only help children remember vocabulary actively and long-term but also contribute to increasing learning excitement for students

Example: English 8, 9

Topic: Talk about best friend or penpal friend

Rule of game

- Students work in fourteams

- Students think of vocabulary relating to thetopic

- Each team writes down their answers on theboard

- T gives remarks and gives more words

Play games/play badminton/skip/watch Tv/ listen to music/play marbles…

Apperance

thin

pretty

overweight short

Characteristic

kind

humorous

easy- going sociable

Example: English 7

Topic:Talk about your after - school activities

Rule of game:

- T presents some after - schoolactivities

- Students repeat all thewords

- Students choose 4 or 5 words form the list above to write down on their

small pieces ofpaper

- Teacher reads the words inrandom

- Students circle the words they have in theirpaper

- The winner is a person who has all the wordscircled

+ Second, I give them the necessary conjunctions to help connect ideas together

to make their speech logical and complete.Commonlyusedconjunctionsinclude:

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