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INTRODUCTION : _To help students become active in study, teachers should put communicativeapproach of teaching English for the curriculum set by ministry of education-training into pract

SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM

HOW TO MAKE AN ENGLISH CLASS MORE

INTERESTING AND EFFECTIVE

Người thực hiện : MAI THỊ TƯỜNG VÂN

Lĩnh vực nghiên cứu : PHƯƠNG PHÁP DẠY HỌC CHUYÊN MÔN

Năm học : 2012-2013

SƠ LƯỢC LÝ LỊCH KHOA HỌC

I THÔNG TIN CHUNG VỀ CÁ NHÂN

1 Họ và tên: MAI THỊ TƯỜNG VÂN

2 Ngày tháng năm sinh: 23-8-1968

6 Chức vụ: Giáo viên

7 Đơn vị công tác: Trường THPT Thống Nhất A

II TRÌNH ĐỘ ĐÀO TẠO

1 Trình độ chuyên môn: cử nhân ngoại ngữ

2 Năm nhận bằng: 1993

3 Chuyên ngành đào tạo: Anh văn

III KINH NGHIỆM KHOA HỌC

1 Lĩnh vực chuyên môn có kinh nghiệm: giảng dạy

2 Số năm có kinh nghiệm: 20 năm

HOW TO MAKE AN ENGLISH CLASS MORE

INTERESTING AND EFFECTIVE

Tên sáng kiến kinh nghiệm :

HOW TO MAKE AN ENGLISH CLASS

MORE INTERESTING AND EFFECTIVE

I INTRODUCTION :

_To help students become active in study, teachers should put communicativeapproach of teaching English for the curriculum set by ministry of education-training into practice, quite differently from the traditional way of teachingEnglish for the last many years

_To bring teaching English into effects, it is advisable that each unit shouldbegin with a game so that students become interested in the lesson and it is also

a way for teachers to introduce the new lesson

_Each skill also requires differently suitable methods of teaching

II THE REAL SITUATION IN THE TEACHING AND

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

1 Advantages

-English is one of core subjects, which are compulsory in final examinations andgraduation examinations This makes students spend more time on studyingEnglish

-English is taught from grade 3, so high school students have certainly gainedcertain knowledge of English

-Many kinds of books on the renovation or the reforms in teaching methods arepublished This means that teachers have many opportunities to do a lesson well In other words, it isn’t difficult for teachers to give an effective lesson

2 Disadvantages

-Some units are too long for a 45-minute period This means that 45 minutes

isn’t enough to transmit all the knowledge in each part well enough to students -Teachers have to spend too much time preparing for a lesson

- Teachers do not have enough time to call on most of the students in each class

to practise speaking and listening

- Many students are not interested in writing , so they lack motivation to write

- Students haven’t realized the importance of English after high school andbefore university

3 Statistics : At the beginning of this year

+ Teachers have a good preparation for lesson – plan and necessaryteaching aids to result in quality-lessons

+ Teachers apply suitable teaching methods into each skill or each period

to transmit the content of the lesson to students in details

+ During the lesson , teachers let students do the activity of recognizingand matching such as seeing pictures , guessing pictures , working in pairs or ingroups

+ Teachers let students join practice activities in each period to help themhave synchronized improvements of 4 skills : listening , speaking , reading andwriting

+ Teachers make use of communicative situations and proper games sothat students can master the lesson

- It is clear that a successful lesson is the result of the collaboration of teachersand students Because of this , in order for students also to help make acontribution to the lesson , I suggest that teachers show students how to preparethe lesson for each period before school

+ Teachers show students how to prepare the vocabulary and the reading

in advance

+ Teachers let students practise speaking as much as possible

+ Teachers provide students with the materials for listening skill so thatthey can practise listening at home

+ Teachers introduce some kinds of books about writing and grammar tostudents so that they can buy them for reference

IV THE WAYS OF TEACHING DIFFERENT SKILLS

I TEACHING READING

_In each unit, the outline of Reading is not the same, especially in the length ofcontent In Reading , there is too much for teachers and students to do in 45minutes Because of this, it is very important to use methods as well as

techniques of teaching suitably so that teachers can finish the lesson in 45minutes and students can understand the lesson well The following issomething for reference

_Teachers remind students to prepare vocabulary: nouns, verbs, adjs , advs.Only the words in the text are listed and students use dictionaries to look up themeaning of new words, then students practise translating the text intoVietnamese in writing

_In the class , teachers explain quite new words in English

_ Teachers make at least 3 possible questions and call on students to answer tocheck students’ understanding and preparation

_Teachers play the tape so that students know how to pronounce words and readthe text

_ Then, teachers explain the requirement of Tasks to students

_Teachers should call on good students to practise first, then other objects ofstudents When it is done, most of the students in class have a chance to practisethe lesson This helps students have favourable attitude toward their study

_ The only thing we mention here is teachers’ responsibility This means that ifteachers know that 45’ is not enough for the lesson, teachers actively prepareshorter exercises for consolidation as well as homework

_Don’t forget to remind students to do more exercises in Wordkbook Studentscan actively organize small classes in groups at home

_When this method of teaching is kept up, little by little, students understand thelesson better and certainly they prefer learning Reading

Some teaching lessons

GRADE 10 – UNIT9:

READING

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Paragraph 3 : The plants and animals of the sea fall into three major groups

TASK 1 : The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill each blank withone of them

gulf sophisticated tiny reveal biodiversity interactions

1 Some plants and animals are referred to as ……… organisms because theyare extremely small

2 Thanks to modern technology, scientists have been able to ……… manymysteries of the undersea world

3 A ……… is a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land

4 Personal computers are becoming more and more ………

5 ………… is a term that refers to the existence of different kinds of animalsand plants which make a balanced environment.

6.A successful language lesson often requires the ………… between the

students and the teacher

TASK 2 : Match the following headings with the paragraphs There are more headings than the paragraphs

A OCEAN MARKET

E SEA POLLUTIONTASK 3 : Read the passages again , then answer the following questions

1.How many percents of the earth surface are covered with sea and oceans ?2.What did we use to think of the ocean depths ?

3.How can scientists now reveal the secrets of the undersea world ?

4.What sort of information do we have about the ocean and marine life ?

5.What can we know from the interactions of the ocean and marine life ?

6.What are the three major groups of sea plants and animals ?

7.What do all the plants and animals in the ocean contribute to ?

TASK 3 : Read the passages again , then answer the following questions

1.How many percents of the earth surface are covered with sea and oceans ?

Seventy five percents ( 75 % )

2.What did we use to think of the ocean depths ?

We used to think that there was no life in the ocean depths

3.How can scientists now reveal the secrets of the undersea world ?

By using more sophisticated tools

4.What sort of information do we have about the ocean and marine life ?

We have information about the ocean depths, water temperature,photographs and samples of marine life and undersea populations.

5.What can we know from the interactions of the ocean and marine life ?

We can know about the planet’s health and the effects of human activities.6.What are the three major groups of sea plants and animals ?

They are those that live at the bottom, those that move independently ofwater currents and those that are carried along by the currents

7.What do all the plants and animals in the ocean contribute to ?

They all contribute to the biodiversity of the ocean

GRADE 1 0 - UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

READING

WARM-UP :

_Ask students to work in groups of three or four

_Make a list of words related to the countryside

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BEFORE YOU READ

_Let Ss work in pairs and discuss the questions in the book

_Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud in front of the class

_ Feedback and give suggested answers :

1.The farmers are harvesting the crop

2 They are working very hard

3 It’s a good crop

4 Good farming methods , modern technology , hard-working people_Make more questions for Ss :

1.What do you see in the picture ?

2 Who are they ?

3 What are they using ?

………

_ Teach vocabulary :

+ straw (n) : dry cut stalks of various cereals (rơm )

+ mud (n ) : wet, soft soil (bùn )

+ technical high school (n): trường trung học kỹ thuật dạy nghề

+ farming method (n) : method of cultivation

+ brick house (n) : houses made of bricks ( nhà ngói )

+ thanks to (prep ) : owing to , because of

_ Read the words , asking Ss to repeat twice

countryside

_Ask questions related to the words

WHILE YOU READ

_ Introduce the tasks

TASK 1 : Vocabulary matching

_ Ask Ss to read the passage and match the words in A with the definitions in B_Encourage Ss to guess the meaning of the words in the context

_ Have Ss compare their answers with friends

_ Call on some Ss to explain their answers

_ Make necessary corrections

_Give correct answers :

+1b +2d +3a +4e +5c

_ Give Vietnamese equivalents

+1 Kiếm tằn tiện đủ sống

+2 Thiếu thốn nhiều thứ

+3.cải thiện cuộc sống

+4 Vụ mùa bội thu

+5 Cây trồng để bán và thu lợi nhuận

TASK 2 : Table-completion

_ Ask Ss to scan the passage to get specific information to complete the table _ Let Ss study the table carefully before doing the task

_ Go around the class and provide help when necessary

_ Tell Ss to discuss the answers with friends

_ Check the answers in front of the class as a whole

_ Give correct answers :

Areas of change Before Now

houses made of straw and mud made of bricks

radio and TV few families had many families have

TASK 3 : Answering questions

_ Ask Ss to work in pairs

_ Tell Ss to underline the information that supports the answers

_ Have Ss compare their answers with another pair

_ Call on some pairs to practice aloud

_ Give feedback and correct answers

1.It was poor asnd simple

2.Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology their children could find a way of bettering their lives

3.They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops They also helped grow cash crops for export

4 He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge theirchildren had brought home

5 He told his grandchildren :” Study harder so that you can do more forthe village than your parents did “

AFTER YOU READ

_ Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss the question “ How can people with aneducation help make the life of their community better ?”

_ Clarify :people with an education refers to people with a university study _Tell Ss to look back the passage to get the ideas , going around the class and togroups

_ Conduct the game : SKIM-GAME

+ Show Ss the board with 10 words from the passage :

SCIENCE / MOTORBIKE / CASH CROP / BUMPER CROP / BRICK HOUSE/ TECHNOLOGY / ENTERTAINMENT / EXPORT / KNOWLEDGE /

FARMING METHOD

+ Ss skim them, keep them in mind, not wrire

+ Some Ss volunteer to write them on the blackboard

+which S writing the most correct words gets mark 10

HOMEWORK

_Ask Ss to revise all the vocabulary in the passage

_remind Ss to write down the whole lesson

_ Tell Ss to prepare SPEAKING

2 TEACHING SPEAKING

_It isn’t necessary that teaching speaking be done in the order of tasksmechanically Although Ts stick to steps of teaching , that every lesson is donethe same makes Ss feel tired of learning speaking in the next few weeks Thefollowing are also some small tips

+T makes some questions about the content of speaking In the first 10minutes, T asks Ss , Ss practise asking and answering each other Ss speakfreely and T makes corrections in English or by gestures, not in Vietnamese

+T teaches some grammar points, some structures, some sentence patterns

in Tasks

+To do tasks, T practises with some good Ss first , then calling on other

Ss to practise

+T should give good marks to Ss who speak fluently, cheerfully,

irrespective of small errors

+T makes corrections in English for Ss who make a lot of mistakes in speaking

+T gives homework to Ss : T suggests a certain topic and asks Ss to make Yes-No questions and WH-questions about the topic

+T corrects the homework and gives marks

4 gnittuc seert cutting trees

5 gnidliub seitic building cities

- to capture (v) = to catch a person or animal and keep them as a prisoner

II While – speaking

TASK 1 : Why is nature threatened ?

1 kill endangered animals / fur , skin , or food

2 keep animals / pets

3 capture animals / entertainment

4 burn / forests

5 cut / trees / wood

6 use fertilizers / pesticides / cultivation

7 discharge chemical pollutants / the environment

TASK 2 : REASONS & ANSWERS

1 What should be done to protect endangered animals ?

2.What should be done to protect plants, trees and forests ?

3.What should be done to protect animals in general ?

4.What should be done to protect the environment ?

5.How should we use fertilizers and pesticides ?

TASK 2 : REASONS & ANSWERS

1 What should be done to protect endangered animals ?

-killing endangered animals for fur, skin and food should be banned-all kinds of animals should be protected

2.What should be done to protect plants, trees and forests ?

-planting trees should be en courage

-national parks should be established

3.What should be done to protect animals in general ?

-keeping animals as pets should be discouraged

-zoos should be established

-animals shouldn’t be captured for entertainment

4.What should be done to protect the environment ?

-discharging chemical pollutants into the environment should be prohibited

5.How should we use fertilizers and pesticides ?

-decreasing the use of fertilizers and pesticides for farming should be encouraged

III Post-speaking

TASK 3 : Questions and answers

Ex : - what are people doing to endangered animals ?

 They are killing them for fur, skin and food

-what should be done to protect them ?

>killing them should be banned

More exs : animals

forests trees cultivation.the environment

GRADE 12 – UNIT 6 : FUTURE JOBS

SPEAKING

WARM-UP : GAME : WHAT ‘ S MY JOB ?

_T divides the class into two groups

_T reads 5 sentences that farmers, doctors, often say

_T asks Ss to listen and guess the jobs

_The first group to speak out the name of a job gets 1 point

_The group with more points is the winner

Sentences the teacher reads

a Take 2 tablets a day after meal ( doctor )

b. Here ‘ s your key Room 245 ( receptionist )

c What would you like to order ? ( waiter )

d Please fasten your seat-belt before the plane takes off ( air-hostess )

e You will have a test next week ( teacher )

_Lead-in: Let ‘ s continue talking and giving opinions about jobs

PRE-SPEAKING : WHO AM I ?

_T encourages Ss to give the definitions or descriptions of any job they want to mention

_Any student who guesses the right word gets good marks

Ex 1 : I take care of injured and sick people I help to save people ‘ s lives

I am a doctor

Ex 2 : I sit in a desk I work in a building and handle many books in the day

_ I am a librarian WHILE-SPEAKING

_T gives feedback

_T practises with one or two good Ss as samples

_T asks Ss to practise in pairs

+Which job relates to regular working hours / uniform?

+Which job is dangerous / difficult / rewarding ?

+Which job would you like ? Why ?

+Which job do you dislike ?Why not ?

_suggested jobs : pilot , waiter , driver , tour guide ,