(SKKN mới NHẤT) using multi subject knowlegde in teaching english at high school

The focus of teaching method innovation is changing from the way of transmission of one-sided teaching, mainly force the learners memorize knowledge, to positive ways with the guidance a

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF THANH HOA

HA TRUNG HIGH SCHOOL

INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE

Full name: Nguyen Cam Thuy

Position: Teacher

Subject: English.

THANH HOA, 2020

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1 Introduction

1.1 The reason for choosing the topic 1.2 The purpose of research

1.3 Study objects 1.4 Research Methodology

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2 Procedure

2.1 Rationale of the initiative experience 2.2 Situation of the problem before applying the initiative experience

2.3 The result of reality

2.4 The solutions were used to solve the problem 2.5 Steps in carrying out integrated method 2.6 The result after applying the method

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3 Conclusion and requests

3.1 Conclusion 3.2 Requests

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1 Introduction 1.1 The reason for choosing the topic

Improving the quality of teaching and learning has been a necessary issue, which concerns the whole society Teaching and learning must be comprehensive innovation: content, objectives, methods, means and other requirements Teaching today is to promote self-discipline, initiative and creativity of learners

In recent years, the documents of the State and of the Ministry of Education and Training emphasized the need to renew teaching methods The focus of teaching method innovation is changing from the way of transmission

of one-sided teaching, mainly force the learners memorize knowledge, to positive ways with the guidance and help of teachers to promote activeness, self-discipline, initiative, creativity, the spirit of cooperation, to create fun and excitement for learners, so that they can train their habit and ability in self -learning, but how to have a flexible teaching approach, engaging the learner, evoking the learning desire of students It is a question

Moreover, we all know it isn't easy to learn a language The process of learning a language is not only complex but also very long Learning English is the same Theories and exercises in class will become useless if students are not taught how to apply what they have learnt into practice, because speaking another language in real life is completely different and often students are confused with their lists of memorized vocabulary and they don't know how to order in a restaurant or book a ticket at the airport …

Through teaching at high school, I realized that I need a new method that meets those requirements of learners Using multi - subject knowlegde in teaching English is such a method Making use of multi - subject knowlegde is

an effective technique to animate the teaching and learning atmosphere, arouse the interests of learners, and make the language acquisition impressive Especially, students can approach new issues in mitidimentional way My

subject is "Using multi - subject knowlegde in teaching English at high school" So in this writing, I will mainly focus on how to apply it successfully,

make use of it and take the most advantage of it in English class and the final purpose is to bring daily understandings from many subjects at school into classrooms to deal with a particular lesson as well as discuss with other colleagues to apply this method in many units Therefore learners can understand the lessons intensively and broadly

1.2 The purpose of research

Applying integration in teaching English at high school is to achieve the following purposes:

- Allowing learners to explore, gather, process, refine and present information about topics they want to investigate without the constraints imposed by traditional subject barriers An integrated approach allows students to engage in purposeful, relevant learning

- Encouraging students to see the interconnectedness and interrelationships between the curriculum areas Rather than focusing on learning in isolated curriculum areas, an integrated program is based on skill development around a particular theme that is relevant to the children in the class

- Giving opportunities for students to learn more about the content Students can develop a deeper understanding of content through a range of purposeful activities

- Making use of inquiry approach Students are active learners who research,

interpret, communicate, and process learning to both others and themselves Inquiry approaches allow for students to construct meaning using their prior knowledge on a subject, and new knowledge gained during the learning process

- Contributing in renovation of teaching methods, improving the effectiveness of teaching and learning, adding knowledge and skills for teachers

- Making and using various and flexible teaching methods to help students learn and exploit knowledge actively

- Creating excitement for students, promoting self-discipline, independence and creativity of students

- Equipping students the knowledge, values, attitudes, behavior and healthy habits, eliminating negative habits, to solve the social issues that are of concern

1.3 Study subjects

To implement the subject, I selected four classes: 10A, 10B, 10H, 10Đ of

Ha Trung High school in school year 2017-2018 and four classes: 10A, 10C, 10G 11I in school year 2018-2019

Number of students: 367

Characteristics of Students: The students in the classes above include excellent and good students, most of the rest acquire knowledge fairy well, they need to be motivated Therefore, when selecting these students, I hope that my method will increase student's interest and self confidence in learning English

1.4 Research methodology

To study this content, I use some of the following methods:

- Reference document Method: search the theory of educators on the use of multi - subject knowlegde to create interest in learning for students in the educational materials and English materials related to the topic Collect documents, knowledge about multi - subject knowlegde method Thereby, filter

the information with practical value, which can apply in order to illustrate and supplement, paraphrase, and deepen English language

- Observation Method: Regularly take part in colleagues' lesson to observe and enrich my knowledge and teaching skills

- Experimental Methods: Assess the skills of students as well as the effectiveness of multi - subject knowlegde methods through the exercises, tests

2 Contents 2.1 Rationale of the initiative experience

In recent years the term of integration appears quite popular However, the term in different fields of science covers different contents

According to Vietnamese dictionary: "Integration is the combination of different activities, programs or components into one block of function Integration means unity, harmony, union

According to the Dictionary of Education: "Integration is the act of linking the subjects of research, teaching and learning of the same field or several different areas in the same teaching plan"

In English, it is written as "integration" coming from a Latin word (integer) which means "whole" In other words it is the coordination of different activities, components of a system to ensure the harmonization in functions and objectives of the system

Integration in education has been noticed in many countries since the 1960s of the twentieth century and is widely applied today At a low level, positive teaching is only about integrating the relevant educational content into the process of teaching a subject such as integrating moral education, lifestyle, legal education, sovereign education: national border, sea and islands, economical and efficient use of energy education, environmental protection, traffic safety At middle levels, the subjects that are close to each other are only integrated the similar parts At a higher level, it is necessary to handle the knowledge content in relation to each other to ensure that students are able to synthesize that knowledge in a reasonable way to solve problems in learning as well as in life

Integration teaching must be based on the following principles:

- Ensuring goals

- Ensuring science

- Ensuring feasibility

- There are similarities in the content and methods of the subjects taken

Applying the integration into the teaching process is of great importance Integrated teaching is a trend of teaching theory and is implemented by many countries around the world including Vietnam

2.2 Situation of the problem before applying the initiative experience

Through investigation, exploration and attendance my colleagues' lessons and through the process of teaching at Ha Trung high school over the years I see that the process of teaching and learning English of teachers and students meet some limitation This comes from several reasons below:

2.2.1 For the teachers

Teachers at high schools get used to new English textbook Integrated teaching wasn't used much in class, so a lot of us – teachers of English at high school – get stuck in organizing integrated method effectively

Some teachers haven’t been clearly aware of the effectiveness of integrated method in teaching and learning a foreign language

2.2.2 For the students

Students haven't still found interested in learning English because many lessons are difficult as well as impractical for them to learn

Beside students don’t know how to combine knowledge of some subjects

in use for English lessons They also find it hard to present their idea

So I find myself that besides using traditional methods as before, to make each English teaching and learning lesson more attractive, active, passionate for students, there is an extremely important solution that teachers should use

integrated method to teach and improve the quality of their work I also see that

this method can be used in all blocks: 10, 11, 12 and teachers should guide and employ suitable integrated method in lessons wherever they can

2.3 Result of the reality

To understand the status of the studying problem, I have conducted a survey of the quality of students in classes 10A, 10C, 10G, 10I in my school in academic year 2018 to 2019 Before applying multi-subject knowledge method, the quality

of the students is quite low Let us observe the statistic table of the second 45 minute test results of class, school year 2017 - 2018 by the students of grade 10

at Ha Trung High school as follows:

Class Sts’

number

Very much Much A little Not at all

It is clearly that the quality of the subject doesn't really meet the educational objectives Thus, I found myself: the renovation of teaching

methods in the classroom must be associated with the strengthening of passion, excitement of learners, helping them to achieve high results in learning Integrated teaching brings more efficiency So, not much ambition with this topic, I just want to give some basic solutions in the application of integrated method to solve problems that arise in the process of teaching English

2.4 The solutions were used to solve the problem

The outcome shows there are some crucial factors for its success:

- The topic chosen should be real and relevant First of all, integrated topics are practical, so lively, attractive, and advantageous in creating motivation and excitement for learning for students

The teacher:

+ Learn more about the knowledge of other subjects Basing on the specific conditions, teachers may develop appropriate integrated topics In order to avoid

a lot of confusion, which makes it difficult to implement the general education plan, teachers can choose the contents of interdisciplinary knowledge in the general program to develop the topic, make sure to complete the program of that unit during the school year

+ Present the content of the knowledge in the subjects taught; specify the requirement to achieve, the name, time, duration of the lesson according to the current program and curriculum;

+ Make plan / plans for teaching subjects after separating the content knowledge which is taught according to the theme;

+ Present the idea / question of the topic to solve a problem through which students learn the content of interdisciplinary knowledge and the relevant skills that have been separated from the above-mentioned subjects They may be problems of the teaching content or problem to be solved in daily life

+ Divide each class into groups and assign tasks to each group Ask students to learn, discuss and give the unity on the content required to prepare before each lesson

- Learning integrated topics, students are enhanced to apply general knowledge

to solve practical situations, do not have to remember lessons mechanically, boringly, and have a general understanding and applicability of general knowledge into practice

In the process of implementing the plans for solving problems: student:

The Students

+ Express and exchange with other people in the group about the results, which can be adjusted and improved Whenever students need to formulate new knowledge to solve problems, teachers will help students build new knowledge

of themselves on the basis of comparing existing knowledge and experiences with new income

+ Connect and arrange old knowledge and new knowledge based on speaking, writing conclusions / concepts / new formulas In the process, students need to study theory or / and design methods for Experimental judgment Conduct experiments, collect necessary data, review and draw conclusions Newly formed knowledge and skills help solve the questions / problems

2.5 Step in carrying out the integrated method

2.5.1 Preparation:

- Choose the topic, and content of some relevant subjects based on the topic of the lesson or the main grammar point of that lesson, contact with the teachers of other subjects relating to the lessons

- Prepare materials, pictures, especially slices on Power Point

- Provides students with enough language to be used in their work

- Divide classes into 4 groups and ask each one to discuss the plan of action then unite their duties as well as activities:

+ Group 1: study the notion: "What is human environment?" according to Geography

+ Group 2: find the infornation about "What does the people's changing the environment threaten to the growth and existence of plants and animals?" and

"what is species?" according to Biology

+ Group 3: collect pictures and information of "The polution of their villages, towns and country

+ Group 4: study "People's responsibilities to our environment” according to Civil Education

2.5.2 Sample lesson plans:

Sample 1 UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER

Period 62: Reading Using the knowleadge of Geography, Biology and Civil Education

A Objectives:

-Students should know how to talk about nature in danger

- General knowledge: Students know about how we have destroyed our

environment and affected other species and do to save endangered animals

- Language: students could know about environmental destruction and conservation

- New words: Words related to nature in danger

II Teaching aids: projector, computer, student’s book and pictures about

endangered species, pollution etc

III Procedure:

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

Warm-up

- Ask students to look at a video clip and

answer the questions :

1 What do you think of our environment?

2 What animals can you see in the clip?

3 Are they in danger?

- Lead in: we all see nature in danger, to

understand more, today we learn Unit

10-part A: Reading

Before you read

- Ask students to answer the question

base on their geography understanding

"What is human environment?"

- Check and correct

"Human environment is the space

surrounding

the earth It has a direct relationship to

the existence and development of human

society."

-Ask questions:

+ Do you think the environment is

necessary to our life? And why?

- Say: However, we are destroying our

- Listen to the teacher

- Watch the clip

- Give the answers

1 it is being destroyed

2 bears , birds, fish

3 Yes, They are.

- Listen to the teacher and open the book – Unit 10, part A: reading

- The representative of the group stands

up to answer

- study the chart

- Look at the information and the chart given to answer

- expected answer: yes, because all kinds of these environments have a direct relationship to the existence and development of human society."

- listen and write down the words

Human environment

Natural environment:

- land

- climate

-water

-animals and plants

Social environment:

Social relationships in work, in deliver and in communication

Man-made environment:

Made of man such as houses, factories, cities…

own life Let's read the passgage to know

how people's actions harm to the

environment

- Show slide of new words (Some appear in

the clip) Explain pronunciation and

meaning of new words including word

"species"

- Ask students to answer question basing on

their biology understanding: What is

species?

- Check and correct:

"A species is defined as one or more

group of organisms where two

individuals are capable of reproducing

fertile offspring

While you read

- Ask students to look through the

passage and read in silence

- Help students read the passage

Activity 1 (task1)

- Ask students work in pairs to fill each

blank with a suitable word

- Let students work in pair

- Help students if necessary

- Call one student to go and write down

on board the answer

- ask others check and correct

Keys:

1.extinct 2.protect

3.decrease

4.pollutants 5.endangered

6.interferences

Activity 2 (Task 3)

- Ask students to answer the following

questions basing on the reading passage,

geography and biology understanding

- Let them work in groups

- Help students if necessary

1 What are the four ways by which

- answer the question

- Listen to the teacher then read the passages

- Ask some new words if necessary

- Keep the book open

- Listen to the teacher then do activity 1

- Ask the teacher if necessary

- work in pairs

- Write down in the notebook

- Work in groups

- Study the information in the passage and from their reparation to answer the questions

- Practice with partners then write them down in the note books