(SKKN 2022) Some solutions to improve the effectiveness of teaching English vocabulary for grade 6

Favorable and effective communication requires students to have some vocabulary, so learning vocabulary is indispensable indispensable in learning English.. I would also like to share an

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2.2 Thực trạng vấn đề trước khi áp dụng sáng kiến kinh

2.3.1 Bồi dưỡng tư tưởng chính trị, phẩm chất đạo đức, giúp GV nhận ra

một cách đầy đủ, sâu sắc các vấn đề liên quan đến phát triển chuyên môn

của mình

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2.3.2 Xây dựng tập thể sư phạm đoàn kết, có kỉ cương, tình thương, trách

nhiệm 9 2.3.3 Để thực hiện đổi mới quản lý, chỉ đạo bồi dưỡng năng lực cho

đội ngũ đạt hiệu quả, đội ngũ cán bộ quản lí trong trường, đặc biệt là

Hiệu trưởng phải luôn tự đổi mới mình

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2.3.4 Đổi mới cách tiếp cận và phương thức tổ chức thực hiện sinh hoạt

chuyên môn ở nhà trường 12 2.3.5 Bồi dưỡng năng lực thông qua tổ chức các buổi giao lưu hoạt động

chuyên môn trong trường và cụm trường 15

2.3.6 Đổi mới công tác kiểm tra, đánh giá đội ngũ GV theo chuẩn nghề

nghiệp

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2.3.7 Phối hợp với các tổ chức đoàn thể trong nhà trường tham gia xây

2.3.8 Xây dựng chế độ thi đua, khen thưởng, động viên kịp thời GV

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 The reason for choosing the topic

Vietnam, a country facing the era of development and opening up the global door, studying foreign language is extremely important Resolution 29/ Central on fundamental and comprehensive renovation of education Resolution

of the 8th Plenum of the 11th Plenum has set its goals for general education

"Focus on developing intellectual, physical, forming quality of citizen capacity Improve the quality of comprehensive education focus on traditional ideals, lifestyle, foreign languages, informatics, ” English is an important language in global communication Favorable and effective communication requires students

to have some vocabulary, so learning vocabulary is indispensable indispensable in learning English

Recognize the importance of innovating teaching methods for jobs improve their quality and help them perfect their 4 important skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing They not only study grammar well but also apply it to practice communication skills with native speakers fluently, listen and exchange information with them about real-life areas of life such as literature chemistry, hobbies, travel, learning The fact shows that in pilot textbook 6 there is a large number of new words and vocabulary on a variety of topics So learning vocabulary for children is still difficult, because most of them only memorize parrots, only a few days later asked to become a new word immediately

         I would also like to share and share some of my experience in teaching and learning vocabulary at school to be highly effective for the new 6th grade English subject at Secondary School

Learning and practicing foreign languages is highly effective when learners express good communication The implementation of that communication depends on many factors in the process of learning a foreign language that are perfect listening, speaking, reading and writing skills So teachers and students have to determine that understanding and using language in foreign languages is very important, but vocabulary is much more important Also, the vocabulary used in the sentence must match the context, so it requires students to have an understanding of the culture, customs and traditions of that country The communicator will have many disadvantages when using the wrong words, the context can lead to unfortunate misunderstandings Conversely, communicators will succeed if they use the correct words, even words used in an ornate manner, elaborating in the right context and pleasing the listener

So how do learners learn vocabulary well and flexibly apply those words to their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills That is the problem of concern for everyone who is teaching and learning foreign languages in general, English in particular It is thanks to the tricks and flexibility of the teacher

Realizing that this issue is important, I chose the topic "Some solutions to improve the effectiveness of teaching English vocabulary for grade 6.”

1.2 Research purposes

With the successful research of the topic, experience initiatives will help teachers have the following experiences:

1 Understand the methods of teaching vocabulary to students

2 Methods for teaching vocabulary to grade 6 students

3 studying English teaching materials, vocabulary teaching techniques

4 Training, teaching and testing

5 Attend colleagues' exchange time and learn from experience

6 Examining and evaluating the results of grasping students' lessons so that they can make reasonable adjustments and supplements

7 Instruct students to practice on their own to the skill of using English vocabulary in the next step

1.3.Research object:

The object of the study is the 6th grade student in junior high school

1.4 Research Methods

1.4.1 Read the topic

To do this topic, I have researched and collected materials related to the topic, learning from other teachers' experiences As a result, orienting the content

of the topic, understanding the research problem and solving the problem with relatively accurate materials

1.4.2 Investigation.

a Attending colleagues’lessons

After attending colleagues’lessons at the school and summarizing some experience in teaching English vocabulary

b Experiment: Experiment yourself through a number of lessons in the classroom, apply some method of teaching vocabulary in each lesson and evaluate the effectiveness of that method

c Conversation: Through discussions on difficult issues in English teaching methods and new vocabulary teaching methods

d Testing: Through student quality testing, teachers make their own assessments of the effectiveness of using some of the vocabulary teaching methods and suggest more appropriate solutions

2 CONTENT

2.1 Rationale

In teaching and learning English, vocabulary is one of the three components that make up the language knowledge system and acts as a means, condition for forming and developing communication skills In any language, the role of vocabulary is also very important Can see a language is a collection of

the vocabulary, or through the vocabulary units But that does not mean that only understanding the individual vocabulary units, independently of each other but can only master the language through dialectical relationship between vocabulary units Thus, learning vocabulary and practicing vocabulary usage skills are the leading factor in the transmission and acquisition of a language in general and English in particular Because vocabulary is a linguistic unit, it is expressed in two forms: verbal and written If you want to use that language, you must master the form of verbal expression of words and words But due to the relationship of vocabulary with other elements in the language (grammar, phonetics, intonation ) or in communication situations Without a necessary vocabulary, learners cannot use sentence structures and linguistic functions in communication However, the perspectives of teaching and learning vocabulary in English are constantly changing, leading to a lot of changes in vocabulary teaching and learning methods Therefore, how to choose teaching methods to promote students' activeness, awareness, initiative, creative thinking, self-improvement skills, practical skills, and passion for learning practice and the will

to rise up for students is something that all English teachers care about

2.2 Status solutions

In English, there are many reference materials that help teachers innovate teaching methods Especially every year, the education and training department organizes professional training courses Helping English teachers to approach and use new methods effectively

However, due to the fact that teaching and learning English, teachers still face many difficulties such as:

- Students are not fully aware of the importance of learning vocabulary but only focus on studying grammar or sentence structure

- Students lack vocabulary, lazy to learn vocabulary, gradually lose basic vocabulary so it directly affects the acquisition of four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing

- Most of the children are still passive in thinking, the ability to judge the meaning of words is limited

         - The children have not yet associated with images in thinking about the second language So they are passive when using vocabulary to form complete sentences

         Through experience of teaching period: English 6 Section 17 (Unit 3 A closer look 1) and I have surveyed students in grade 6 (6 minutes) with the following question content: Find the words that indicate the part above Human body (Networks) The results are as follows:

Vocabulary test results when no measures have been applied Number of

students amount % amount % amount % amount % amount %Excelent Good Average weak poor

From the above results and through teaching experience, I myself have always pondered: How students have vocabulary, thereby improving the quality

of teaching English I have found some solutions and the results are quite satisfactory

2.3 Content, solution

* Implementation measures:

In order to have an attractive and attractive teaching period for students, promoting students' active activities, it requires teachers to invest a lot of time, effort, using teaching methods and techniques modern From lesson design to preparation of teaching equipment such as pictures, visual equipment

To teach a vocabulary effectively, it is necessary to ensure the following steps:

- Prepare for teachers:

      + Search for documents, images related to the topic, to design lessons Use teaching methods and techniques to promote students' learning activities

      + Regularly making simple visual aids to create excitement in lessons       + Assign learning tasks, prepare lessons for students before learning new lessons

  + Prepare lesson thoroughly, in detail before going to class

- Prepare for students:

+ Prepare homework before class

+ Find new words at home

+ Practice pronunciation often

+ Attention in class listening to lectures, energetic statements to build lessons, positive, self-discipline in group and pair activities

+ Collecting many documents, pictures related to lectures with teachers + Actively make visual aids when the teacher asks

* Applicability

       - With each topic, each lesson is different, teachers need to be flexible, change the way of writing to attract students

       - Teachers need to lead students into the lesson in a variety of ways For example "suggest" with simple questions related to the lesson topic, forcing students to think and answer at their own discretion On that basis lead to incorporate materials into the lesson

     - Students must be the central character in the lesson Give students the right to take initiative and develop questions to promote students' intellect Frequently use your new vocabulary So teachers have to think of many game activities in groups, in pairs so students can participate in better lesson design Depending on the requirements of each skill, there are appropriate tricks for each

lesson Fully exploit the activities and apply them flexibly but not confined to the framework

* Some principles to teach new words:

     - Choose new words by topic: Teachers should choose 5-8 new words to teach, these words must be active vocabulary, which means that the students will use frequently in class to practice basic skills, especially in practicing speaking and writing skills

     - These words need to have a high frequency meaning they appear frequently in the article

     - These terms need to be acquired in the learning process of students at present and in the future

     - Avoid boring students, monotonous lessons, teachers do not let students repeat words many times Because does not bring effective learning

* Steps for presenting new vocabulary (Các bước giới thiệu từ vựng mới)

1 Use a suitable technique to elect or show the meaning of the new vocabulary

2 Model the pronunciation clearly (twice)

3 Ask students to repeat the word chorally and individually

4 Correct students’ pronunciation

5 Write the words on the board and students copy down on their notebooks

6.Check that students clearly understanding the meaning and pronunciation

7 Draw students’ attention to aspect of vocabulary such as part of speech , collocation, frequency etc…

8 Give students a written record

* Electing techniques for teaching vocabulary

a Visual aids

Use a picture to introduce new words about the things in the house

Flash card Visual aids

Realia

Synonym/

Antonym

8 techniques

Mind map Favorite topics

Example Translation

Unit 2 My house

The picture of prepositions of places

The picture of body parts (Unit 3 My friends)

The picture of emotions (Unit 3: My friends)

The pictures of places.

Railway station Art gallery

Palace Cathedral

Memorial Square

b Realia

The use of realia , or real-life objects in the ESL classroom can make a huge

difference in student learning. It engages them and motivates them to learn It’s fun

and sets a more natural learning environment Some realia you may use to introduce new vocabulary includes:

- Use real things (teacher brings dictionary, caculator, lucky money, sun cream, scissors, plaster,backpack , flash-lamp or group of following different topic such as

- Clothes

- Toy planes, trains, cars, animals, furniture, etc…

- Family photos

-Holiday items (pumpkin, Easter eggs, Halloween or Christmas decorations)

- Plastic fruits and vegetables

c Synonym/ Antonym

* Synonym

- Synonym are words that have the “same meanings” or “nearly the same meaning”.

- Use the questions Ex :What’ s another word for “ holiday”? Holiday = vacation

Eg:

* Antonym ( từ trái nghĩa )

- Antonym are words that have the “opposite meanings”

Antonym

d Translation

- Teacher ask students to translate from English to Vietnamese or exchange from Vietnamese into English

+ Translate from English to Vietnamese

E.g: Teacher: A “ destination” What does this mean in English?

Student: “ It means that “ điểm đến” in English

- T ask Ss to translate some words from English to Vietnamese such as dictionary, compass, villa, stilt house, chest of drawer, ceiling fan, creative, neck, cheek, statue, railway station, memorial, temple, art gallery, palace, cathedral, square, suburb etc

+ Translate from Vietnamese into English

- Teacher: How do you say “Điểm đến” in English?

Ex : A destination

- T ask Ss to translate some words from Vietnamese into English such as

tốt bụng, thông minh, chiếc ô, làm vườn, trượt tuyết, bóng bầu dục, quan trọng, cần thiết, nổi tiếng, điều ước, khóa cửa, đồ uống có ga, gian lận, đồ đạc, nhà sàn, căn hộ, dao, kéo, gương, etc

e Example

Example 1: fridge, ceiling fan, microwave, wardrobe, dishwasher,

cupboard, bed, sofa, table, stool, bookshelf, chairs are called furniture

f Favorite topics

- When you learn the words related to the favorite topics, you can able to remember forever

Traveling

Shopping

Music

Hobbies

Favorite topics

Family

Transportations

Food and drink