Some information technology applications in teaching English for the students in grade 7 at Nguyen C...

Some information technology applications in teaching English for the students in grade 7 at Nguyen Chich Secondary school SOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR THE STUDENTS[.]

CONTENT Page

2.1 Theoretical basis of the initiative experience 4

2.2 The real situation before applying the initiative experience 4

2.3 Innovations or solutions used to solve the problem 4

2.4 The effectiveness of the initiative experience for educational

activities, with myself, colleagues and the school 17

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 The reason for choosing the topic.

Nguyen Chich secondary school is equipped with cable and wireless networks which can satisfy the connection speed for multiple computers The teachers equip with the best training equipments such as laptops, microphones, In addition, parents are equipped with school supplies for their children, such

as tables, smart phones, laptops From these advantages, combined with extensive research and shared from colleagues in other locations In the process

of teaching English I have applied the knowledge, tools, softwares to maximize the features of the equipment which I have been offered, at the same time, making the level of my English teaching becomes more professional, efficient and attracts more students to become interested in learning English

In this topic I want to share the experience and the tools, applications of some software programs to teach English at secondary schools: "Some information technology applications in teaching English for the students in grade 7 at Nguyen Chich Secondary school”

1.2 Research purposes

- Research and learn maximum features of the equipment that has been

provided to make teaching more effective and professional

- Formation and development of student self-learning methods Approach gradually changed from "teacher-centered" to "student-centered"

- Create awareness and excitement for students through beautiful images, rich sound or the ranking points from the contest quick

- Use tools and software to create interaction hold teachers and students, students with students

- Students hear the correct pronunciation of the native through Quizlet tools

are interested in the technology equipment Which can save time in preparing lesson plans instead of using Power point presentation tools, save time teaching

in class compared to traditional methods At the same time, teachers have more time to develop these outstanding students as well as help for the average students improve

- Parents can help track, monitor, or can learn along side their children through homework with the provided URL

1.3 Research subjects

- Subjects: The application of information technology into the school program

- Performed on the students in grade 7 at Nguyen Chich secondary school

1.4 Research Methods

During the study of the topic, I have used many methods such as:

- Methodology of reasoning

- Method of reading and using materials, books in teaching English, learning form software on the internet related topics

- Observation method

- Observation the activities of the students and the ability of the students’learning when applying the information technology in English lessons

- Method of summarizing and drawing experience through the activities of myself and colleagues

2 THE CONTENT OF INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE

2.1 Theoretical basis of the initiative experience.

- The objective of the scheme in 2020: Completely change the teaching and learning applications English Promoting ICT to teach English

- Software, utilities, tools cater for the growing education

- Psychological characteristics of secondary school students

- English Teaching Resources

2.2 The real situation before applying the initiative experience.

The application of ICT in teaching English is not popular Almost teachers use the software only Powerpoint, software book, But, the software is not dedicated to lesson plans Therefore, to get a good lesson, the teachers have

to spend a lot of time preparing the lessons

Experience gained from ICT of my experience and learning from colleagues in other places or from the internet

Nguyen Chich secondary school and other schools in Dong Son district are equipped classrooms with multiple device support for learning English

2.3 Innovations or solutions used to solve the problem.

Information technology is changing day by day in every part of our lives

in which the application of information technology in the field of education is also the top of the concern and investment of the society today The application

of ICT helps teachers teach more and more smoothly, professionally and effectively All the basic software applications mentioned below are a practical demonstration of what has been used in grade 7 at Nguyen Chich secondary In this way, the teachers are not too hard and time consuming to prepare the lessons Teaching materials and equipments are provided to maximize the effectiveness of the use Students are more active with what they are learning in class and practice after school The students will become more excited and

Nowadays, students love to interact with technology products, so creating a learning environment and technology is more appealing to them In fact, more applications become fun and the students are eager to take part in learning activities Kahoot and Quizlet softwares are really interesting for students to improve their English

In fact there are many tools to support teaching, but not many teachers can apply information technology to change and improve teaching

This topic is the objective of dissemination of teaching using ICT to help the teaching and learning English become more professional and effective

1 Kahoot

1.1 What is Kahoot?

Kahoot! Is a free game-based learning platform and is used by many schools around the world as a Classroom Response System

Kahoot is a learning application but looks like a game with a nice color interface, clear text, and especially the ability to connect people very high

Kahoot is a website, so it can be used on any device: laptop, tablet, smartphone, computer; On all platforms: Windows, Android, iOs as long as the device is connected to the network, supporting learning "anytime, anywhere"

1.2 The way to create Kahoot.

Step 1: Create an account on Kahoot

We go to www.getkahoot.com Go to "Sign up for free" to start creating account

Step 2: Select the item you want to create

We have to choose what we want to create There are 3 options:

Quiz: Create a quiz with questions for the whole class to do This is a

good way to help the class review what they have just finished giving out, and let the students get more excited about the presentation (because they play games and compete with each other to see who gets the right answer)

Discussion: Ask a class to discuss This way to start the presentation

You can ask a small question for the whole class, for people to think, to debate, and then to start the lecture to conclude the question

Survey: Create a survey to see what the crowd is This method is

appropriate during the presentation so that the class is not boring because you speak without letting the others give their ideas You create a survey related to the subject you are referring to, then tell the class to vote and let everyone see the results of the survey

Step 3: Fill in the quiz / discussion / survey information

After selecting the item you want to create, you start filling information for that item including:

Title

Wallpaper (cover image)

Description: see what this section created for what purpose

Who is allowed to see

Language

Audience: event, school, business, training

Source of information (credit resources): if you get information from any website, you have to copy the link of that page, or if you borrow someone's post, you have to put people's name on

Opening video (intro video)

Once finished, press "Ok, go" in the upper right corner of the screen!

Note: Any word with "Required" is obliged to fill in, any word without

“Required” doesn’t need to fill in

Step 4: Ask questions

After pressing "Ok, go", you will be directed to the page to ask questions Click "Add question", then fill in the question:

Question

Image or video: Press "Add image" or "Add video" to insert image or video clip

Time limit: The whole class only has time to think and answer This is

up to you

Award points: You switch to "Yes" to give each player the correct answer But the reward should only apply to the quiz For discussion and survey, there is no right and wrong answer, so this part you adjust "No" offline

Answer: You must give at least 2 answers for the player to choose from, and a maximum of 4 answers Then you must also choose the correct answer by ticking the tick next to that answer!

Credit resources

Step 5: Preview

If you click on "Preview it", you will see your quiz / discussion / survey from the player's perspective This preview is just like the official game play, which means that what you see in this step will be The only difference is that in the preview step, you just play the role of playing and the role of the player The preview interface will be divided into two halves:

On the left is what will show up on the main screen for everyone to see,

to the right is what's on the player's phone screen

Each game (quiz / discussion / survey) will have a code called Game Pin Those who want to play will have to enter this code into their machine and press "Enter"

After entering the Pin Game, the player must enter his nickname This nickname will appear on the main screen for everyone to see, but usually no one uses their real name, but uses a different name (such as John Cena, or Potato, for example) to slap them and lose Who knows who he is Next, press "Ok, go"!

1.3.How to apply Kahoot in teaching English.

Kahoot supports users to create a colorful multi-choice game (multiple choice test) with the ability to integrate images and video easily and quickly

The teacher will create a Kahoot game! Then connect to the slide projector to show the students, the students will be based on the questions on the projector’s screen and choose the correct answer on the connected device Kahoot themselves Kahoot system! It will be based on the accuracy of the response and the speed of response to the scoring and the response At the end of the game, the system will list the top 5 students on the projection screen, and announce the rankings on each

student's device The system also supports downloading detailed reports of grades and student responses as Excel files

This tool should be used in Warm up, Review or Consolidation.

To review old lessons, I create in the form of questions Multiple choice,

T / F Statements, Short answers, ect, but doing so would take a lot of time and will limit interoperability between the teacher and students

Kahoot has created a variety of questions for the students to answer if anyone can give the correct answer, they will get points and then ranked This helps teachers assess student ability Specially designed Kahoot also sounds interesting

Ex: After students finish assignments Read - Understand in activities

4/5 skills Lesson 1 / Unit 7 / English 7 / Episode 2, we will read the information and answer the questions in paragraph 5 then we talk about the transport used most and least? Then, students will participate in the competition with content related to the passage which we have read with Kahoot to quickly check again the ability to quickly acquire their on readings

I've compiled 10 questions with 2 main types T / F statement and Multiple choice The following is the statement of the 10 question illustrated is designed to prepare students to participate

The image is copied from the editing interface of the software Students use the devices can access the Internet, such as smart phones, ipad, laptop to access path provided by a teacher, enter a PIN, enter the name and answer the questions The system automatically rank players by score and time

- Overall, after a short time (six months) of using Kahoot in the Warm-up, Review or Consolidation tutorials, I found that designing a professional, fast and professional question-and-answering package can save a lot of time since this application can support upload pictures and audio to compose questions, and I

do not have to work too much as I observe students' results, I do not have to wait

to see whether all the students have finished answering the questions or not which is usually done in Power point because all players themselves have chosen the question and the system automatically reports the results without having to wait out the time as I have installed for each question before Using Kahoot helps students participate in the game at the same time as an unlimited number of participants Teachers can organize mini game show in the school's extra-curricular sessions At the same time, the teacher can encourage more students to improve the position on the chart

2 Teaching vocabulary - Quizlet

Quizlet <quizlet.com> is a website that helps users create and use

online flashcards to learn vocabulary, including audio and video Learning vocabulary is less boring and easier for the students to remember One of the advantages of the Quizlet is that it can be used on smart devices such as smart phones, tablets,

Quizlet will help the learners save time, flexible and more active in learning and reviewing new words

After we have created the sets, we have 6 different learning styles, changing this method also increases the interest in learning

1.Flashcards: This section helps the students memorize vocabulary on

two sides of the flashcard, flips back and forth to change between English and Vietnamese interpretation as well as pronunciation Just one click or the next key on the keyboard is already read

2.Learn: The Quizlet requires the students to type the English word that

corresponds to the predefined Vietnamese part and automatically correct the mistakes and spellings when the learners misspell each word

3.Speller: "just type what you hear" -> simply hear the words, then the

learners rewrite the word only, it is very useful for listening skill

4.Test: Quizlet will create a random test of the vocabulary that we

created based on four basic forms: written, matching, multiple choice and True / False

5.Scatter: This is a matching game that allows the learners to "drag and

drop" words and their corresponding meanings The feeling of breaking the record of oneself or other friends in the group is quite interesting, learning to play - playing that kind of headache does not hurt at all :)

6.Race: In this final form, the question will run from left to right, and

the leaners need to quickly type the corresponding word into the box The speed will be increased to correspond to the level

Before using Quizlet, I usually prepare images for presentation on Powerpoint, so it used to take me too much time to prepare including teaching tools Nowadays, I have a software application to create and use Quizlet card sets to teach vocabulary at 30 seconds per word including: vocabulary,

meaning, images and pronunciation Ex: To teach the vocabulary of the sport such as Karate, Chess, Skiing, Swimming in Lesson 1 / Unit 8/ English 7/ episode 2 I just need two minutes to enter the right-column from English, find