Sáng kiến tiếng anh (experience intiative) The Classdojo application in English classes to estimate the fifth form students of Dong Tien Primary School according to the 22nd circular of the Ministry of Education and Training

The Classdojo application in English classes to estimate the fifth form students of Dong Tien Primary School according to the 22nd circular of the Ministry of Education and Training The capacity is needed to form and develop: - Positive, proactive in learning, participating in extracurricular activities of the schools, the commune where the family resides; - ability to arrange a time to learn, help parents with housework, take part in the activities of population groups; - Communicative skills and cooperative learning, group activities in class, school, local;

THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THANH HOA PROVINCE

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT &TRAINING

OF DONG SON DISTRICT

INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCES IN IMPROVING LISTENING SKILL

FOR THE STUDENTS IN CLASS 6A

AT NGUYEN CHICH SECONDARY SCHOOL

Written by: Trinh Thi Lam Career: Teacher

The unit of work: Nguyen Chich Secondary School The initiative experience of subject: English

THANH HOA, YEAR 2020

II The content of the initiative experience 2

1.Theoretical basis of the initiative experience 2

2.The real situation before applying the initiative experience 3

3.Innovations or solutions used to solve the problem 4

3.1.The advantages of listening exercises 4

3.2.Some listening exercises of the first semester of English 6 5

V The list of initiative experiences was assessed 20

I INTRODUCTION

1 The reason for choosing the topic:

Nowadays English has played an important part in our life It has been considered as an international language all over the world, it has become a compulsory subject in all secondary schools It is the key for anyone who wants

to get success in life One of the biggest reasons is the strong development of the open economy, especially in the period of integration, when our country has become a member of the World Trade Organization, this makes the demand for English in social communication increase Everyone recognizes that foreign language, especially English, is the needed capital to live and work in the new age After the mother tongue, English is essential in daily communication, in many fields such as trading, reading foreign books, finding work in foreign-invested companies Learning English has become a widespread movement In order to meet these needs, the learners must have a solid knowledge They must

be good at skills, especially the listening skill Good listening skill leads to good pronunciation and of course the learners’ speaking skill can be improved as well No one can deny that, listening is one of the key skills in communication And I think it is necessary for the teachers to improve the learners’ listening skill when they are in the first grade Therefore, I have selected and implemented the theme: "Experiences in improving listening skill for the students in class 6A at

Nguyen Chich secondary school"

2 Research purposes

- Studying this topic will help English teachers like me gain the following experiences:

- How to organize an effective listening lesson

- Follow steps to conduct an effective listening lesson

- Create awareness and excitement for students to be interested in listening skills

- Guide the students to self –practice to be better at listening skills

3.Research subjects

- Subjects: The topic revolves around the study of improving listening skill for the students at secondary school by designing listening exercises

- Performed on the students in class 6A at Nguyen Chich secondary school

- Experimental methods Teachers conduct experimental teaching basing

on the specific requirements of listening lessons

- Investigation method Teachers ask questions to check, evaluate the grasp the content of the lessons of the students

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

II THE CONTENT OF THE INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE

1 Theoretical basis of the initiative experience

As with other subjects, foreign languages follow the same sequence of steps, the teachers always use good methods to get the highest qualified students But learning foreign languages is more difficult than other subjects Because it is a completely new subject for students It requires the learners to grasp the meaning and use of that language They also have to know how to apply the lessons in life Whether this process is effective or not partly due to the teacher's instruction Usually in a "Listening period", the learners are very passive, because they always think "Listening" is just for pronunciation and retrieval information only In fact, if they do not have a good listening method,

they will not be able to understand and find information quickly Therefore, teachers must always use the best methods for students to make accurate judgments and motivate them to learn and really enjoy learning, actively develop the lesson and plan to prepare the lessons well before going to class, especially for the weak students In this method, the teacher is the instructor, while the students are always active They must have foreign language elements, communication skills, through listening, speaking, reading These skills must always support each other, so that they can understand and manipulate English correctly and skillfully Reading and speaking activities will be encouraged to support and test listening comprehension, which helps to improve listening skill

On the other hand, students use language as a medium of communication This process demonstrates that students themselves are active and they want to take part in learning activities throughout the curriculum Thus, the lessons are really meaningful and students themselves are interested in learning, because they can listen and speak English as well

2 The real situation before applying the initiative experience

In order to keep up with the change of the social, the method of teaching English must be changed in order to help the students use the communication skills fluently To improve our students' skills of communication, we must make cheerful environment for them to learn Language practice activities are very good for students to review and acquire the knowledge enthusiastically

Most of my students are not good at communicating The first reason is that their vocabulary is very poor Moreover, their listening skill is not good as well A period just only has 45 minutes, I think our students don’t have enough time to practise the skills, especially listening skill It’s very necessary for them

to have time and exercises to practise after school

As a teacher of English, I have been thinking about “what should I do to help

my students develop listening skill most effectively?” So I have designed some exercises for my students to practise after the lessons This is the reason why I

choose the theme: "Experiences in improving listening skill for the students in

class 6A at Nguyen Chich secondary school"

Please be shared to get additional comments from all of the colleagues

3 Innovations or solutions used to solve the problem

Because of its limitation, in this theme, I only mention some listening exercises designed in units 1, 3, 5, 6 of English 6 Then I use

“https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/” which helps convert any written texts into spoken words This tool is very useful because it can either help us adjust fast or slow speech or help us choose male or female accent

3.1 The advantage of the listening exercises

The below listening exercises are very useful They help students not only develop listening skill but also review the vocabularies, the pronunciation of some sounds, the use of some structures and the parts of speech Especially these exercises help students remember the topics of communication

a/ Unit 1 (English 6)

The exercises help Students both develop listening skill and remember:

- The pronunciation of the sounds /∂u/ and /ʌ/ (Exercise 1)

- The use of the verbs have, do, play, study with some words (Exercise 2)

- The meaning of some new words about school things (Exercise 3)

- The key words in Unit 1 (Exercise 4)

b/ Unit 3 (English 6)

The exercises help Students both develop listening skill and remember:

- The pronunciation of the sounds /p/ and /b/ (Exercise 1)

- The discription of appearance (Exercise 2)

- The meaning of some new words about sport activities, star signs (Exercise 3)

- The discription of appearance and personality (Exercise 4)

c/ Unit 5 (English 6)

The exercises help students both develop listening skill and remember:

- The meaning of some new words about travel items and things in nature

(Exercise 1)

- The discription of the places of interest in Viet Nam (Exercise 2) - The pronunciation of the sounds /t/ and /st/ (Exercise 3) - Listen and give short answer (Exercise 4)

d/ Unit 6 (English 6) The exercises help Students both develop listening skill and remember: - The pronunciation of the sounds /s/ and /∫/ (Exercise 1) - Listen and give short answer (Exercise 2) - The discription of Tet activities and traditions (Exercise 3)

- The meaning of some new words about flags of countries, Tet things and activities (Exercise 4)

3.2 Some listening exercises of the first semester of English 6. a/ UNIT 1 Exercise 1: Listen and put the words you hear in the correct column Exercise 2: Listen and put the words you hear in the correct group Exercise 3: Listen and circle A, B, C or D (Pictures quoted from Soft book: Unit 1 – Exercise 3 in Getting started of English 6.) /∂u/ /ʌ/ 1

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Play Do Study Have 1

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Exercise 4: Listen and complete the sentences with the words you hear

1 I'm about our first day at school

2 Their children live in a school They only go home at weekends

3 My school is by mountains and green fields

4 They look healthy They do everyday

5 We have English on Thursday and Saturday

6 We often play after school

7 Nam plays for the school team

8 Hoa does her with her classmates

9 Some creative students do … and … in the art club

10 Duy, you look very smart in your new …

KEY:

Exercise 1: Listen and put the words you hear in the correct colunm

funny, open, brother, photo, sun, going, lunch, cold, home, Monday

Exercise 2: Listen and put the words you hear in the correct group

football, judo, homework, history, lessons, piano, flu, karate, physics, dinner, games, math

Exercise 3: Listen and circle A, B, C or D

1 B calculator 2 C compass 3 C computer 4 A waste basket

Exercise 4: Listen and complete the sentences with the words you hear

1 I'm excited about our first day at school

2 Their children live in a boarding school They only go home at weekends

3 My school is surrounded by mountains and green fields

4 They look healthy They do exercise everyday

5 We have English lessons on Thursday and Saturday

6 We often play football after school

7 Nam plays volleyball for the school team

8 Hoa does her homework with her classmates

9 Some creative students do drawings and paintings in the art club

10 Duy, you look very smart in your new uniform

Exercise 2: Listen and check true (T) or false (F)

1 Lan has long black hair ………

2 She is thin and weak ………

3 Her cheeks are chubby ………

4 Her nose is big ………

5 Her eyes are black ………

6 She has white teeth ………

Exercise 3: Listen and circle A, B, C or D (Pictures quoted from Soft book - Unit 3: Communication and skills 2 of English 6) 1 A B C D 2 A B C D 3 A B C D 4 A B C D /p/ /b/ 1

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Exercise 4: Listen and fill the gaps with the words you hear

In the Superb Summer Camp there are 25 kids from schools in Ho Chi Minh They are all nice and (1) … My new friends are Phong, James and Nhung This is a picture of them James has blond hair, and big blue eyes He’s cool and creative

He likes (2) … pictures Phong is the tall boy He’s (3) … , and he plays (4)

…… very well Nhung has (5) … cheeks and curly hair She’s kind She (6) … her lunch with me today

KEY:

Exercise 1: Listen and put the words you hear in the correct group

pen, bee, beef, piano, bus, picnic, bed, picture, boy, pea

Exercise 2: Listen and check true (T) or false (F)

Lan is a student in grade 6 She is tall and thin She is light but she is not weak She has an oval face and chubby cheeks Her hair is long and black Her nose isn’t big It’s small She has brown eyes and white teeth She’s very nice

1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 T

Exercise 3: Listen and circle A, B, C or D

1 (A) riding a bike 2 (A) traditional game

3 (C) libra 4 (D) aquarius

Exercise 4: Listen and fill the gaps with the words you hear

In the Superb Summer Camp there are 25 kids from schools in Ho Chi

Minh They are all nice and creative My new friends are Phong, James and

Nhung This is a picture of them James has blond hair, and big blue eyes He’s

cool and helpful He likes taking pictures Phong is the tall boy He’s sporty, and he plays badminton very well Nhung has chubby cheeks and curly hair She’s kind She shared her lunch with me today

1 creative 2 taking 3 sporty

4 badminton 5 chubby 6 shared

Exercise 2: Listen and fill in the gaps

Hoa's village is about 10 kilometers (1) Da Lat It is very beautiful and (2) place where people grow (3) and vegetables only It is very famous (4) its pretty roses and beautiful landscapes The air is quite fresh, however, the smell

of the roses makes people feel cool In spring, my village looks like a (5) with plenty of colors Tourists come to visit it so (6) Nowadays, with electric, it

doesn't take the villagers much time to water the roses And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers

Exercise 3: Listen and put the words you hear in the correct group

Exercise 4: Listen and give the short answer

1 What is the population of Da Nang?

2 Does the Han River flow through the city?

3 Which bridge is the newest now?

4 Is Non Nuoc beach one of the most beautiful beaches in the world?

KEY:

Exercise 1: Listen and circle A, B, C or D

1 (A) waterfall 2 (C) valley

3 (B) compass 4 (B) painkillers

Exercise 2: Listen and fill in the gaps

Hoa's village is about 10 kilometers from Da Lat It is very beautiful and

peaceful place where people grow flowers and vegetables only It is very famous for its pretty roses and beautiful landscapes The air is quite fresh, however, the

smell of the roses makes people feel cool In spring, my village looks like a

carpet with plenty of colors Tourists come to visit it so often Nowadays, with

electric, it doesn't take the villagers much time to water the roses And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers

1 from 2 peaceful 3 flowers

4 for 5 carpet 6 often

Exercise 3: Listen and put the words you hear in the correct group

lost, best, boat, want, forest, cat, hottest, but, first, desert

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