THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENTTHANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFICE INITIATIVE SOME EXPERIENCES TO HELP STUDENTS TO LEARN VOCABULARY BETTER IN GRADE 4 The implementer:N
Trang 1THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT
THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFICE
INITIATIVE
SOME EXPERIENCES TO HELP STUDENTS TO LEARN VOCABULARY BETTER IN GRADE 4
The implementer:Nguyen Thi Sen
Position: Teacher
CONTENTS
THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT
THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFICE
INITIATIVE
SOME EXPERIENCES TO HELP STUDENTS TO
LEARN VOCABULARY BETTER IN GRADE 4
The implementer:Nguyen Thi Sen
Position: Teacher
School: Dien Bien 1 Primary school
Subject: English
THANH HOA 2017
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2.1 Theoretical basis of the experience initiative 4 2.2 Situation issues before applying experience initiative 5 2.3 Experience initiatives or solutions used to solve problems 5-11 2.4 The effectiveness of experience initiatives for educational
activities,
with self, colleagues and the school
11
3.2.Recommendations 13-14
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Reasons to choose the topic
Currently, the English language has become popular worldwide and more than forty countries use it as a primary language, and nearly 400 million people use it as a second language in communication In Vietnam, the English language
Trang 3As a teacher of English department, we always want our students to understand all the fastest, most proactive, especially the children can apply the knowledge learned in actual communication For this, we need to be innovative teaching methods so that each class students are more interested in active learning and memory training class at all
We all know any languages in the world, want to communicate with it, requires us to have a vocabulary because the words are an integral part of the language In English we can not train and develop the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of students that are not based on the foundation of the vocabulary.
Indeed, without the necessary capital, they will not be able to develop good skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing whether they have mastered phrases and grammar is trhuc
Therefore, to help students master the vocabulary to use in the practice of skills is very important work that concerns me and decided to implement the project:
" Some Experiences to help students to learn vocabulary better in grade 4"
1.2 Research purposes.
The purpose of the thesis is to study the state of vocabulary in elementary school, the method of teaching vocabulary in elementary school (namely grade
4, primary school) Through that, find strengths and weaknesses of the subject to work out solutions to improve the quality of teaching - learning vocabulary
Advantages
Trang 4 The school board has always interested and create favorable conditions for facilities and materials expertise to serve the teaching of courses in grade 4 paintings, robot teacher,
Local governments and organizations in and outside schools always support teachers in the process of work
Itself subject teachers always receive support from teachers and professional groups and colleagues
The majority of students in the class loved learning English and prepare books and supplies for learning
Most parents are concerned and to facilitate their children's learning
Disadvantages
The majority of parents, is also very difficult to check or guide them to learn at home by foreign language, not the parent knows
Some students especially boys often distracted and less interested in studying and learning vocabulary
They have limited access to communicate in English and they are also afraid to communicate and exchange each other in English outside school hours
To promote good positive creative initiative of students in learning, we need to organize the teaching process in a positive way the activities of the school, in the process of teaching and learning, the teacher is only the transmission of knowledge to students, students want better comprehend the knowledge that, then you have to learn by their own activities
Dominant method of teaching foreign languages in our integrated, meaning that new words should be taught in context, the context can be a reading, a conversation or a keyword However, it comes with the teaching and learning of foreign languages is to teach new words like? Teach new sentence structure as students know how to use new vocabulary and structures in communication in foreign languages
From the beginning, the teacher should consider the various procedures for each step in the processing of vocabulary new context: suggestive, teach, test and reinforce vocabulary
There should be taught everything from the new one? Teach how much of the information in a medium?
Use pre-learned phrases or going to school to introduce new words
Use pictures, visual aids to introduce new words
Trang 5 Ensure that students understand the structure, using lexical structure to improve communication functions, establish the relationship between the new structure and vocabulary have
Fix memory deep vocabulary of students passed through the sample questions and practice exercises
1.3 Research subjects.
- Improve your pedagogical profession
- Contribute to improving the quality of teaching English
- Students: 4A,4D
1.4 Research methods.
In this topic I have used some of the following methods:
a Method of theoretical research
Read a number of textbooks, reference books and some on vocabulary teaching
b Method of survey observation
To complete the "pedagogical assignment" I have:
- Primary school survey on vocabulary and teaching:
- Teacher interviews and projects (team work)
c Method of product research of activities
- Survey student quality
d Experimental teaching methods
Teaching a vocabulary class: Unit 12: What does your father do?
e Methodology to study teaching experience
f Method of review, experience
1.5 New points of experience initiative.
For a long time, our teachers are still familiar with the traditional teaching method followed by books, the teacher is the center of the class should renovate teaching methods, many teachers feel embarrassed Therefore, in order to prepare a vocabulary lesson or to attract students, it takes a lot of time for the teacher to research, collect pictures, make visual aids, bring simple things to life Class help students remember vocabulary in class and long memory
2 CONTENT EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE 2.1 Theoretical basis of the experience initiative.
Most of the students do not pay attention and invest in foreign language, prepare the paper skilfully, coping while they study very weak subjects Since then, some children have a mentally retarded subject English During school hours, most students are passive, lack flexibility, afraid of reading and speaking English, and are less receptive to learning the lesson
Trang 6Primary students are children, their level of awareness is low, the quality of learning is not synchronized In addition, students often only learn old school, read less books suitable for ages to expand the supplement, improve knowledge
At the same time these are the first years to get acquainted with a foreign language, while still a large number of students have not learned their mother tongue
In addition, elementary English is optional, so students and even parents are not interested in the subject, so they only invest in their children to improve their Maths, Vietnames.…
Although elementary English is considered a core course, this is the second academic year But, it has a significant beginning in the next school year at level Therefore it plays a role in the learning process of the children It equips them with vocabulary, grammar and minimal, basic, simplest forms that focus on very familiar, familiar and familiar themes, which are introductory topics Body, subject matter, friends, family, and other topics (the world around them) That is why it is extremely important to motivate and empower students Because this greatly affects the motivation of a student's learning, a fundamental factor in learning a language: No young motivations will not learn - and the reinforcement of knowledge will deepen it More than the lessons learned in the classroom systematically, laying a solid foundation to help children learn better, confident in the learning process later
It is not an easy matter to get the best quality of your subject So how do you develop and develop your most comprehensive learning skill? How do you love, deepen foreign cultural knowledge? In a way that helps students to hold the lessons without being boring, must be really attractive, creating a pleasant atmosphere comfortable in class, to excite students when they acquire foreign culture that they themselves Not knowing anything
Nowadays, mass media games have attracted a large number of audiences, especially young viewers such as students and students
All the games, TV shows, if asked: "Please name the games, TV shows that you know?" They will answer the wall like "Golden Dragon", " Tam "," Kiosk music "," Let's sing together " because this is the most loyal audience
We all know any language in the world, want to communicate with it, requires us to have a vocabulary because vocabulary is an indispensable component in the language In English we can not practice and develop four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing of students without relying on vocabulary
Trang 7Indeed, without the necessary vocabulary, the children will not hear and the consequence is that they will not speak, read or write, nor will they write, even if they have mastered the sentence patterns
Therefore, to help students master the words learned to apply to the training
of skills is a very important work to make me worry and decided to implement the topic: " Some Experiences to help students to learn vocabulary better in grade 4"Please write down your little experiences, maybe it is not new but I have done and have some relative results I hope that these experiences add to and enrich the teaching methods of my colleagues
2.2 Situation issues before applying experience initiative
In the process of teaching, research class:4A, 4D.With consciousness research has characterized the situation of student learning first and then teach research methods suitable to improve the quality of school, I had to a plan for his direction and specific method as mentioned above to actively investigate the situation under their learning Through investigation semester I I've noticed that most of them do not remember vocabulary and remember not to make deep.Survey results of the first semester:
4A 38 13 34,2 20 52,6 5 13,2 0 0
4D 38 17 44,7 18 47,4 3 7,9 0 0
2.3 Experience initiatives or solutions used to solve problems
a Choose from teaching.
English is an important subject, it is a tool to communicate with other countries in the world Want good communication requires us to have a rich vocabulary
In general the current environment, when it comes to new language is mainly talking about grammar and vocabulary, vocabulary and grammar are always clings relationship with each other, always be taught in collaboration to clarify the meaning of each other However teach vocabulary is introduced and specific issues Usually in a lesson always appear new words, new words are not finished yet and should be included in teaching To choose from to teach, teachers should consider these issues:
- From the initiative (active vocabulary)
- From passive (passive vocabulary)
We all know how to teach two different types of words From actively involved in the four skills (listening to - say - reading - writing) For this type of
Trang 8investment teachers With passive teacher just stop at getting to know, do not need to invest time into the application operations Teachers need to know the options and decide what will be taught from such an initiative from the public and as a passive
- When teaching new words to clarify three basic elements of language are:
+ Form.
+ Meaning.
+ Use.
For the initiative was only for students that writing and defined as dictionary
is not enough, so that students know how to use them in communication, student teachers need to know how to pronounce, is not unique retail, but also know the correct pronunciation of the word in the speech chain, especially the meanings
of words
- The number of words to be taught in all, depending on the content and level of students Never teach all the new words, for they will not have enough time to perform other activities However, in a class should be taught from a maximum
- While choosing words to teach, you should consider the following two conditions:
+ From there needed to understand the text?
+ From that difficult compared to students not qualified?
- If the word is needed to understand the text and in accordance with the level
of students, then it belongs to the group of positive, so you have to teach the students
- If the word is needed to understand the text but harder than the level of the students, it is not in the active group, so then you should explain to the students understand the meaning of it immediately
- If the word is not necessary for understanding the text and is not that hard, you should ask students to guess
b The elicitation procedure introduced new words.
Teachers can use some tips suggest introducing new words to help students learn from a master like:
* Visual (look)
Have students look at pictures or draw sketches for the children to see, help teachers semantics of words quickly
E.g: Unit 13: Would you like some milk?
To teach the words such as meat, vegetable, fruit teachers should collect the actual pictures to illustrate his lectures
Trang 9* Mine (gesture) Shown through facial expressions, gestures, posture.
E.g:
To teach the festivals
T asks: "When is Christmas/Teacher’s Day?"
Ss: It’s on the twenty-fifth of December/ It’s on the tewntieth of November.
* Realia (real thing) Use visual aids that may actually be
E.g: To teach the word of food and drink (beef, water, chicken ) Teachers
should collect real objects to illustrate his lectures
beef water chicken
* Situation / Explanation
Using situation and explain to students grasp new words effectively
Eg: To teach the "recess", the teacher can give some situations for students to
guess the meaning
- You can read, eat, drink, chat with your friends at recess
- At recess, We often play some games such as: skipping rope, catch
- At recess, Teachers do not work with us, They take a rest
- What does "recess" mean?
E.g: Provide specific examples related to the upcoming school creates curiosity
and attraction students
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a word by hints
- "This room is too noisy and too dirty It's no good."
- "What am I doing?- I am complaining.
* Synonym \ :( synonym antonym \ antonyms)
Teachers use the vocabulary and meaning equivalent to help students understand the meaning of words is about to learn
E.g: Zoo animals To teach "intelligent, expensive" teachers can ask students to
guess the meaning through words previously learned
- Intelligent
T asks: "What's another word for clever?"
Ss answer: "intelligent"
- Beautiful, nice
T asks: "What's opposite of ugly? "
Ss answer: "beautiful, nice"
* Translation (Translation)
- Teachers use the equivalent in Vietnamese to provide meaning in the English language
- Teachers use this procedure only when there is no other way, this procedure is often used to teach abstract, or to solve a number of more, but time does not permit, teachers suggest students Self service from there
E.g: To teach the word "direction" Teachers can not use procedures other than
tips Translation
Teachers can ask students:
- How do you say "direction" in Vietnamese?
- How do you say "method, direction" in English?
* True or False statements
Teachers provide a number of questions and ask students to choose the most correct answers related to the upcoming school
E.g: To teach the word " dentist" Teachers can give students some choice questions such as:
- A dentist Teaches the children.
- A dentist takes care of our teeth.
- A dentist works in a factory.
Students will choose the second option.
c The test procedure and reinforce new words.