(SKKN 2022) some tips for teaching english vocabulary at secondary school level

In order to implement those skills, I realize that it is necessary to find a few measures to promote the active learning of students to help them be interested in learning the subject, t

PHÒNG GD&ĐT YÊN ĐỊNH

SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM

SOME TIPS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY

AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Người thực hiện: Nguyễn Thị Định Chức vụ: Giáo viên

Đơn vị công tác: Trường THCS Yên Lạc SKKN thuộc lĩnh mực (môn): Tiếng Anh

THANH HOÁ NĂM 2022

I INTRODUCTION

1 Reasons for choosing topics

2 Research purpose

3 Research object scope

4 Research tasks

5 Research method

6.Content of the topic

II CONTENT

CHAPTER I:Theoretical background related to the research topic

1 Legal basis

2 Theoretical basis

3.Practical basis

CHAPTER II: Status of the research topic

1 Overview of research scope and area

2 Current status of the research topic

3 Causes of the situation

CHAPTER III: Main measures and solutions to implement the topic

1 Basis for proposed solutions

2 Main solutions

3 Organizing and implementing

III CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1 Conclusion

2 Recommendations

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I INTRODUCTION

1 Reason for choosing the topic:

Today in modern society is rapidly changing with the explosion of information, science, technology, and technology developing like a storm To meet the needs of socio-economic development and global integration, proficient use of English in communication plays a very important role Currently, over two-thirds

of countries in the world use it English and consider it as a tool of communication, exchange, cultural exchange and commerce

Over a period of time, the content reform and the textbook program have initially brought encouraging results The teaching and learning of English in high schools has undergone major changes in content as well as teaching methods to match the goals and requirements set forth for this subject in the reform program The most basic view of the new method is how to promote the positivity, initiative and creativity of learners and create optimal conditions for learners to practice and develop their ability to use language for communication purposes rather than simply providing knowledge With the requirement of teaching English at secondary school level according to a new method (Communication perspective) and helping students develop 4 basic skills Listening Speaking Reading -Writing In order to implement those skills, I realize that it is necessary to find a few measures to promote the active learning of students to help them be interested

in learning the subject, the teaching of vocabulary plays a very important role important, because vocabulary is the building block of the language house How to keep students interested in English lessons, using English words for a long time and fluently, in the right context, with correct pronunciation, this is a question that

I always ponder It is for the above reasons that I have chosen the topic "Some tips

for teaching English vocabulary at secondary school level."

2 Research purpose

In order to innovate new methods of teaching materials, avoid boring repetition, create excitement for students in English class, they can both learn and play, while at the same time inculcating the knowledge that other teachers have learned I have just learned, mastered the knowledge, pronounce correctly and remember words for a long time, use the language fluently in communication and enjoy learning English

Help teachers save time teaching materials in class, spend more time on practice

3 Research object and scope

The target audience is students in grades 6-7-8-9

Research within the English curriculum at the lower secondary level according to the themes of the unit of study

4 Research tasks:

- The role of new language teaching skills in the process of teaching and learning English

- Skills of introducing and checking corpus

- Results of using skills

5 Research method

Research Methods

Studying the program, collecting references related to vocabulary teaching tips, drawing out some experiences in teaching new corpus, finding out the difficulties and obstacles in the process of teaching new corpus teachers and students' knowledge to find ways to overcome them

- Observational method: Watch time, observe the teaching process of

colleagues and the learning of students in class to find the most optimal solutions

to improve the quality of English teaching and learning in junior high schools today

- Communication practice method: HowOrganize classes through

speaking and writing practice skills

- Synthetic method : Find out the characteristics of students to see what they

lack in order to achieve the most optimal goals, classify their language levelHe input students, divide classes by level, and allocate time and design lessons appropriately

6 Content of the topic

Some tips for teaching middle school English vocabulary

II.TOPIC CONTENT :

CHAPTER I: Theoretical background related to the research topic

1 Legal basis

The Education Law 2005 (Article 5) stipulates: “Educational methods promote positivity, self-discipline, initiative and creative thinking of learners; foster learners' self-study ability, practical ability, passion for learning and the will

to rise

With the goal of general education is "to help students develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical, aesthetic and basic skills, develop personal capacity, dynamism and creativity to form Socialist Vietnam's human personality, building citizenship status and responsibilities; prepare students

to continue studying and going into working life, participating in the construction and defense of the country”; The general education program of the Minister of Education and Training also stated: “The positivity, self-discipline, initiative and creativity of students must be promoted; suitable to the characteristics of the

subject, the characteristics of the students, the conditions of each class; foster students' self-study methods, the ability to cooperate; practice skills to apply knowledge in practice; affect the emotions that bring joy, excitement and responsibility to students' learning Based on the theme of the 2021-2022 school year "Continuing innovating management and improving the quality of education" , based on the following plan The 2021-20122 school year plan of the Department

of Education and Training of Thanh Hoa, of the Department of Education and Training of the Yen Dinh district aims to innovate teaching methods, teaching according to knowledge and skills standards, in a positive direction, improving high quality education

2 Theoretical basis

In any language, the role of teaching vocabulary is also very important A language can be seen as a collection of words It is not possible to understand language without knowing the vocabulary, or through the lexical units But that does not mean that we can only understand individual, independent lexical units, but only master the language through the dialectical relationship between lexical units Thus, learning vocabulary and practicing vocabulary skills is the leading factor in the transmission and acquisition of a language in general and English in particular

Since vocabulary is a language unit, it is expressed in two forms: Speech and writing To be able to use that language, it is necessary to master the form of expression of words in oral and written form But due to the relationship of vocabulary with other elements in the language: grammar, phonetics, intonation

or in specific communication situations, we see that vocabulary is the "bricks" and the language French language and other linguistic elements are considered as

"mortar circuits" to build a language house

a The concept of the subject's role

This topic plays a very important role in innovating teaching methods in the direction of promoting the activeness, initiative and creativity of students in learning activities, in order to create the ability to recognize and solve problems your topic To contribute to this goal, it is necessary to use vocabulary teaching techniques for students instead of traditional teaching (the teacher provides words and semantics)

b The concept of the topic position

This topic helps teachers approach this methodFrancerealcommunicate easily Vocabulary is only a small component in a sentence, but vocabulary is an indispensable means of practice and communication To be able to communicate in English requires students not only to practice skills, but also to learn vocabulary and to have a certain vocabulary

c The concept of the task

This topic is to study techniques to teach vocabulary to students in secondary schools The tips in this topic will help teachers save time when teaching theory and at the same time use and exploit teaching aids more effectively, creating learning excitement for students and help them remember

words quickly, make the lesson more lively, attractive and attractive to students.

3 Practical basis :

Currently, in high schools, like other subjects, English teaching and learning

is taking place along with the innovation of educational methods, reform of textbooks, and reduction of curriculum content in order to improve the quality of life suitable to students' perception, making students have access to modern content and knowledge English vocabulary in the curriculum is also used in accordance with the general development of society

First of all, starting from the object of teaching are students aged 12-16, with little life experience and limited social understanding, so the vocabulary taught at this level often has to be are combined with appropriate teaching skills to arouse interest and interest in students Besides, teaching and learning English in school also takes place in a communication environment of teachers and students with many limitations: Teaching medicine in a large group (usually a class unit with about 30 students) or more), cognitive levels have many different levels, (except for selected classes) teaching aids are not synchronized These things distract students' focus, greatly affect the skill training of students, slow down the process

of absorbing knowledge of students and allocating time for each part of the lesson content suitable for each type of lecture (practice, skill) is also an impact on the appropriate selection, research and application of vocabulary teaching skills

Through my teaching practice over the years, I have noticed that the old method of teaching vocabulary is usually done in the following way: The teacher (teacher) reads the lesson and then lists the words, according to the teacher, he has never appeared in the past the teaching process is new words; Then the teacher explains the meaning, usage of words, and types of words to students It has the following basic limitations: Making students passive in enriching their own vocabulary, using words in limited, inflexible communication contexts and often depending on grammatical structures

Since then, the problem posed here is the study and application of vocabulary teaching skills, specifically the skills of introducing and testing vocabulary to students in an appropriate and effective manner

CHAPTER II :Status of the research topic

1 Overview of research scope and area

The scope of research on techniques for teaching English vocabulary at secondary school level

2 Current status of the research topic

Currently, the teacher's vocabulary teaching still has many shortcomings In

a foreign language class, the teacher spends too much time on teaching vocabulary and does not have time for students to practice In addition, the number of words is too much, usually more than 10 words in a class, the vocabulary teaching tricks are still boring, not diverse and not really attractive to students, making them difficult

to learn Students feel that learning English is crammed with knowledge and very bored

The students have not really grasped how to learn vocabulary, so during the

lesson, they tend to focus on finding the meaning of new words and pay little attention to the content of the lesson

3 Causes of the situation

In the process of preparing lectures, teachers have not invested much, have not yet determined which words are active words, which words are passive words, have not yet grasped the vocabulary teaching tips, the lesson design is still long, some Teachers are still influenced by the Grammar translation method, not paying much attention to the communication skills Listening-Speaking-Reading-Writing

The students still depend too much on the reference book "To learn English well 6,7,8,9" , when they come to class, they bring only one answer to the teacher's

question correctly Thus, learning English is only coping

Some children have difficult family conditions, cannot afford to buy reference books, dictionaries, newspapers, magazines and other documents in English….to study at home

CHAPTER III: Main measures and solutions to implement the topic

1 Basis for proposed solutions

- Teaching and testing and assessing students' learning results according to the standards of knowledge and skills of the English program at secondary school level

2 Main solutions

- Vocabulary teaching techniques are applied in all teaching processes From vocabulary introduction, speaking and writing practice, reinforcement practice to even a warm-up to create an exciting class from the very beginning of a class

- The use of vocabulary teaching tricks in the process of teaching English is aimed at making students have a complete vocabulary, serving the language learning process, grasping the meaning and usage of words in the English language communication process

- Different word teaching tricks will make students feel interested in the subject, memorize vocabulary with communication context, improve self-study ability, students will enrich their own vocabulary and self Check your word usage Students will be active in communication situations as well as absorbing new knowledge

- Teachers must know how to choose words to teach, in order to choose words to teach, it is necessary to consider the problems of active and passive vocabulary

+ Active vocabulary: Are words that students only understand and recognize

and use in oral and written communication

+ Passive vocabulary: These are words that students only understand and

recognize when listening and reading

- Before designing a lesson, you must carefully read the content of the lesson, it is necessary to choose the right words to teach (about 6-8 words per

lesson) equivalent to those words, then the teacher needs to prepare teaching aids What to learn and how to design exercises appropriately, choose appropriate tricks

to bring high efficiency, anticipate possible situations, words that you can guess are not necessary teach

- Teachers need to master the steps of teaching a new word, not skipping the word stress, avoiding the monotonous introduction of writing the word on the board without any narration

3 Organizing and implementing

a Steps to introduce vocabulary

The first stage in teaching vocabulary is the introduction of new words to students Introducing new words plays a very important role in an English lesson

It can help students understand the content of the lesson, understand the meaning

of words, and use them through the teacher's initial introduction Normally, to introduce a new word, teachers usually take the following steps:

- Suggesting words to teach with pictures, real objects, examples, situations

- Introduction of words taught in English;

- Let students listen 3 times;

- Students repeat new words (2-3 times in unison);

- Students repeat individually (2-3 students);

- The teacher presents the word on the board;

- Check word meanings in Vietnamese;

- Check word stress;

- When teaching all new words, students write in notebooks

However, not every new word that appears during the lecture to students is included in the introduction of new words The teacher must know how to choose, identify positive words, take the initiative to teach and try to promote students' self-learning ability for negative words Besides, teachers also have to know how

to arrange the words that will be taught in the lesson in a reasonable order, or create open suggestions according to the topic of the lesson

Example 1 UNIT 1: LESSON 4: READING (GRADE 8)

Teaching vocabulary consists of 8 words.

- Character (n): Personality

- Sociable (a) : Open -minded

- Volunteer (n) : Volunteer

- Orphanage (n) : Orphanage

- Reserved (a): Discreet

- Public (n) : Crowd

- Sense of humor (n): Humor

- Tell jokes (v): Tell jokes

Teachers only need to introduce 5 words: character, orphanage, reserved, sociable, tell jokes There are 3 words left: public, volunteer, sence of humor for students to actively learn during the reading process, and with 5 new words to teach, teachers should arrange them in the order of teaching

1 orphanage

2 character

3 sociable

4 reserved

5 tell jokes

With a specific quote as follows:

Introduction from orphanage teachers can say “It's a place where childen without parents live” Students will immediately understand what the word is about Continuing the steps of the word introduction sequence, the teacher might

ask the students “How do we say personality in English?” Students can answer

“character” if they know or “We don't know” if they do not In this case the teacher can always say: character means character in English The teacher continued: What

is the personality of a person who is active, easy to get along with strangers, communicates widely? – Students can answer the word open (introduced the word sociable) The teacher continued: What is the opposite of openness? – Students can answer the word discreet, quiet (introduced the word reserved) What is your classmate's story that makes the whole class laugh? – Students can answer the word tell jokes (introduce the word tell jokes)

Example 2.UNIT 2: LESSON 2: SPEAK (GRADE 9) Teaching vocabulary consists of 6 words in sequence :

- Short sleeve blouse (n)

- Sleeveless (a): Without sleeves (shirt)

- Faded (a): Silver color

- Plain (a): Smooth, no pattern

- Plaid (a): Checkered

- Baggy (a): Baggy

Introduce the word “short-sleeved blouse” and the word “faded” the teacher can use real objects, introduce the word “plaid” the teacher can draw on the board, introduce the words “plain”, “baggy”, and “sleeveless” “Teachers can use pictures

Example 3.UNIT 9: LESON 1: LISTEN AND READ (GRADE 8) Teaching vocabulary consists of 4 words, arranged in sequence.

- ambulance (n): ambulance

- emergency (n): emergency case

- unconcious (n): unconscious

- bleed (v): bleed

With a specific quote as follows:

The teacher shows the students a picture and asks “what's this?” Students answer: Ambulance Teacher says: ambulance means ambulance in English (referral from ambulance).Teacher asks: When do we need an ambulance Students answer: When there is an emergency (referred from emergency) How to say

"sober" in English? – Concious – Do you know what the opposite word for

“concious” is? (introduced from unconcious) - What happens when we are cut in the hand? – bleeding (introduced from bleed)

Example 4: UNIT5 B1,2 (grade7) (Teaching vocabulary consists of 6 words) -recess