Some experience to teach english speaking skill for students in grade 5 in dien bien 1 primary school THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT THANH HOA CITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFICE EXPERIE[.]
Trang 1THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT
THANH HOA CITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFICE
-EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE
SPEAKING SKILL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADE 5
IN DIEN BIEN 1 PRIMARY SCHOOL
Writer: Nguyen Thi Thu Hà Position: English Teacher School: Dien Bien 1 Primary School
Subject: English
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2.1 Theoretical basis of the experience initiative 4
2.2 Situation issues before applying experience initiative 4
3 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 16
Trang 41 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The reason for choosing the topic
Nowadays the trend of international integration in many areas including the field of education has brought English up a very important position English
as a means of communication is the key to the treasure of humanity On the other hand, the wide application of information technology has made learning English become urgent and indispensable So learning English of Elementary School students is particularly concerned by students, parents, all the teachers of education in our country English has become one of the main subjects in the curriculum of students
Learning and using of English require a diligent process of creative practice of both learners and teachers Especially in the situation of education reform as currently, teaching English in view of communcation methods is widely supported According to this method, students have many opportunities
to communicate, to practise language and to participate in practical situations: Learning coupled with practising
Primary level English program has been implemented in all regions across the country Innovation prominent feature of the content of this program
is to privide maximum opportunities for students to practise four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing on the topics and situations, communication contents related to environments living at home and abroad The change in facilitating the teaching and learning of English in secondary schools becomes teaching living language instead of teaching words as many years ago However, in practical English skills forged for students, teachers confronted with many difficulties, especially listening skill forged Through my school in the city area, when students started to learn foreign languages, most of them were very interested in English, but eventually they fell tired of it Most of them are very bad at speaking skill It’s difficult for them to understand the content of
an essay or dialogue they hear
Trang 5In my opinion, the purpose of learning English is to communicate it with the speakers Speaking is the most difficult skill of all, especially for students living in the countryside or in the remote region Through the years of teaching English in elementary school, I found that English communication skills of the students are still limited To overcome this situation, I have researched some experiences to improve the speaking skill of primary students The primary environment is the fundamental place forming habits and communication capacities Frequent communication results in braveries for students without fears of making mistakes in public speaking As for students lacking proficiency in the mother tongue language, they had a lot of difficulties
in getting access to a foreign language Their timidity makes oral communication limited greatly.This is why I choose the theme of experience
initiative: “Some experience to teach English speaking skill for students in
grade 5 in Dien Bien 1 Primary School” I hope I will get more and more my
colleague’s ideas which I can complete my knowledge and my subject It can help my students improve the communication
1.2 The purpose of research
I am an English teacher in a primary school I constantly research, activity innovate teaching methods to improve the quality of teaching and learning I wrote this topic to share small experience with my colleagues to help students grade 5 of Dien Bien 1 Primary school improve the knowlegle and quality of English in communication
- Find out the current status of teaching speaking skills
- Build the basic of teaching English and the methods to help students communicate
- Evaluate empirical results and draw up useful pedagogical lessons
1.3 The objects of research
- Some experiences to teach English speakinging skill for students in grade 5 in Dien Bien 1 Primary School
- Students of class 5D, 5E at Dien Bien 1 Primary school
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With this topic I have applied the following methodology:
- Observe students
- Interview students
- Check and compare learning outcomes of students
- Study the textbook program, instruction manuals
- Discuss with experienced colleagues in professional meetings
Trang 72 CONTENT EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE 2.1 Theoretical basis of the experience initiative
Speaking skill is one of four key skills in teaching English to students with the ability to communicate quickly and practice to achieve the highest efficiency
Elementary students, who have just entered the first grade, find it very difficult to learn how to speak and write Vietnamese well They face many difficulties at school and most of them are weak at four skills listening, speaking, reading and writing Especially they are afraid of speaking English at school due to many different causes such as being psychocogical shy, cautious, afraid of being laughed at when they are wrong There are too many students in the class, teachers do not have enough time to help students develop their speaking skills for each student It is said good training will help to overcome the limitations on less
Developing speaking skill helps students with more practice conditions
in the class, a foreign language class It is necessary to review old and then introduce new lesson All new knowledge is suggested gradually from the basic knowledge they have learned in the previous lessons Therefore, students aren’t afraid of making new posts
Through practicing speaking, teachers help students acquire knowledge
in an active way, overcome the inhibition of only certain classes of gifted students participate in speech, so it will attract all students in participating classes’s activities including moderate or week children
Enhencing the ability of students to behave in different situations, so students are interested and boldly confident when they practice communicating
in English School will become fun, funky and highly efficient
2.2 Situation issues before applying experience initiative
a Advantages:
- Dien Bien 1 Primary School is located in the center of the city The school has a teaching staff who are young, fit, enthusiastic, capable of teaching
Trang 8and always love their job Qualifications and standards are 100% In the field of education, my school is always interested, focused on teaching and learning, always enables teachers and students to fulfill the duties and assigned targets And the school has always received the active support of the local government for many years, the school was rewarded as the advanced school in the city
- Administrators of our primary school always care about and create favorable facilitities and profestional documents serving as teaching subjects: projectors, TV
- Most students prepare books and supplies for learning English
b Disadvantages:
- Although our primary school is located in the center of the city, the situations of the students face many difficulties There is not enough investment
in English in time Students also are not familiar with the method of learning in English listening skill as well as how to learn really effectively.Beside that, the total number of classes and students are overcrowded
- To the parents, they are also difficult to check or guide children to learn a foreign language at home by subjects, which parents do not know They have limitedly accessed to communicate in English outside school hours
In addition, English is a difficult subject, the knowledge is difficult but takes less study time, and in the listening process they do not control what they will be listened Words in tape are too fast, not familiar A lot of new words, word stress, sentence stress, intonation are very different and difficult for students to understand the content The questions is how we overcome these weaknesses in order to contribute to improve the learning quality of speaking skill, help students communicate more confidently in using English as a second language, be proficient in words, sentences, especially for students in as grade 5 students in Dien Bien 1 Primary School
In order to solve this problem, the first semester of school year 2018 -
2019, I had a small survey with two classes of grade 5 as follows:
Trang 9Well- done (%) Completed (%) Uncompleted (%) Class Total
Total % Total % Total %
With this result we can see the results of students in inadequate The number of good students is low, while that one of weak students is high So this fact requires teachers to find remedies, to help them improve their learning outcomes
3 The solutions of implementation
Introduce the purpose of practice speaking English skill There are many ways to practice speaking English such as: Speaking in individually, in pairs or
in groups If students practice in pairs or in groups, teachers have to divide into pairs, speak in group prior to his students to practice with each other Teachers also have the discipline required to practice
Practice speaking has to be systematic, ongoing and trould be followed the guideline from easy to difficult
Depending on the situations teachers should prepare the appropriate form of exercise for many pupils to practice speaking in each part of the lessons such as
Speaking of freedom: Teachers creat contexts, themes for students to practice speaking in pairs or groups In this section teachers can use pictures, photos in and out of textbook or close topics to them and teachers should ask students to speak in real situations
Speaking is creating opportunities for students to communicate closely
to real life Teachers should encourage students to follow the guiderline test, accept mistakes They should not make pressure, they will bring severe fear of making mistakes
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Select a theme to develop, consistent with psychology, age and nature of such period of daily life, or the people on movie watched on television, on the favorite sport or someone they really, really love
Teachers can question the nature of evil to students argue for exciting part
Some solutions to develop speaking skill
Solution 1: Impvoving the sudents’ awareness about learning how to communicate in English.
Propaganda is the first method chosen to raise awareness for students
As you know, some primary students don’t pay more attention to learn and communicate English because it is only a optional subject in primary schools It
is also a difficult subject at school Therefore I always persuade my students about the importance of communicate English If the students speak English well, they can communicate English with the speakers, they can travel over the world, they can be easy to make friends with the foreigners, they can chat with the foreigners on facebook or zalo, they can be easy to find a good job or read newspapers, stories or watch films in English Thank to my persuasion, my students can understand why they should communicate in English When they understand the important role of speaking, they will be hard- working to take part in communicating English effectively
Solution 2:Teacher should communicate in English much more than in Vietnamese in the classroom language classroom.
To help students speak English well, teacher should encourage students
to use English as much as possible Classes should provide opportunities for students to communicate in a variety of forms: Teacher - Whole class, Teacher-Student, Student-Student The teacher is the person who guides the children to make simple situations and subject – based conversations
Beginning of lesson:
- Good morning How are you?
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- Have you done your homework?
- Let’s play a game now, shall we?
- Are you ready?
Ask for repetition:
- Would you mind repeating ?
- Could you say it again?
- Pardon?
During English lessons, Teacher should speak English much more than Vietnamese and use a mixture of the two languages
Classroom control/ discipline v
Asking questions on the text v
Solution 3: Impvoving communication through using pictures
Nowadays, modern teaching methodology encourages the use of as many media, especially pictures as possible in classroom At the same time, the innovation in English teaching at general education level demands that the schools should provide students with a good communicative skill in English However, nowadays teaching English speaking at many primary schools as well
as the using of pictures in English speaking classrooms to motivate learners
Trang 12haven’t been paid attention to Therefore, this aims at researching the use of pictures in English speaking classes at primary schools and put forward some practical suggestions to improve the quality of English speaking teaching and learning I usually use the pictures to help my students practice communicating
in all of the lessons My students are very practical when I use the pictures, my students can be easy to talk and understand
Unit 16: Where’s the post office?- Lesson 1- Part 5
To revise the structure: Excuse me, Where’s the ? Ask students look
at the picture, ask and answer questions about directions
Example :
S1: Where’s the cinema?
S2: It’s between the theatre and the supermarket
S1:Where’s the theatre?
S2: It’s opposite the stadium
S1: Where’s the stadium?
S2: The stadium is on the corner of the street
I always try to use the pictures to teach my students how to communicate in the part “pre and post” for reading, listening and writing skills This helps my students speak English everywhere and everytime