SOME EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODS IN LISTENING LESSONS , ENGLISH 12 (BASIC ) UNIT 2 PERIOD 11, UNIT 4 PERIOD 25, UNIT 12 PERIOD 72

The aim of English is to set up and develop basic skills of studentsabout English and intellectual qualities to continue further study or working .Therefore, textbooks of upper secondary

THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

AND TRAINING HAU LOC 3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

-o0o -THE RESEARCH SOME EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODS IN

LISTENING LESSONS , ENGLISH 12 (BASIC )

UNIT 2: PERIOD 11, UNIT 4: PERIOD 25, UNIT 12: PERIOD 72

Writer : LÊ THỊ MÙI Position : A teacher of English School : Hau Loc 3 Upper Secondary School Field : English

Academic year : 2018 - 2019

THANH HÓA 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Introduction :

I Reason for choosing the research……… 02

II Aim of the research……… 03

III Scope, object and researching method……… 03 &04 B Solving problems……… 04

I Theory baisic……… 04

II The fact of study problem ……… ……… 05

III: Solutions……… 06

1 Methods to carry out.……… ……… 06, 07 &08 2 The solutions to carry out.……… … …… 08-19 IV The study results of problems……… 20

V Conclusions and proposals……… 20&21 REFERENCE BOOKS 22

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A INTRODUCTION:

I.REASON FOR CHOOSING THE RESEARCH

In the period of integration, English has become one of the mostimportant international languages in the world The number of people whocommunicate and use it as the first language has been increasing day by day InVietnam, everyone is aware of the roles of English in their life – jobs, so theneed of learning English has been popular all areas But it is not easy for manystudents to learn English , first and foremost the things to understand andapply language and communication well Especially for students in thecountryside , they don’t have enough modern learning condition and no chance

to practise English So the quality of the exams in this subject is not good, can’tmeet the demand about integration and aims that career requires

The aim of English is to set up and develop basic skills of studentsabout English and intellectual qualities to continue further study or working Therefore, textbooks of upper secondary school from 10 to 12 classes are based

on the matic approach and think highly of active learning methods of students Four skills : listening, speaking, reading and writing are concerned and co-ordinated in exercises and activities in classes

One of four skills which English learners in general, students of uppersecondary in particular, usually have have in learning is listening skill

In fact, in order to develop listening skill ,the foreign language learnershave to practise listening regularly , long term with different forms andcontent.Teaching and learning listening English are not new but difficult forteachers and students of upper secondary In the process of both teaching andobserving students.I know that the practice of listening skill for students tohave difficulties Most of students don't know how to learn to listen , they findlistening period the most difficult In the class, students say 2

that they can not listen clearly although there are so many words they know.How to do to help studnents to apply their vocabulary and grammar structures

to listen effectively? So in the process of teaching, I myself find some active,simple methods and easy to understand in order to guarantee scientific qualitywith the aim to develop thoughtful ability , guess and creativity of students.With my small experience , I want to give the study of the theme " Someeffective methods for teaching listening skill English 12 ( basic)" I am veryglad to receive the sharing and contributing ideas of colleagues so that I canperfect in the process of applying and teaching facts

II AIMS OF THE RESEARCH:

English subject is gereralized and gereralizing polpularly in every school

in our country However, it is considered one of the most difficult subjects.How to do teaching-learning English to have great result, especially raisinglistening skill for students It is required in innovation of teaching methods ofteachers and the hard, enthusiastic , studious learners or students As a teacher

of English in upper secondary school, I know the good and bad things ofstudents in the process of learning So I always think of finding a new teachingmethod, the most effective way for students to help them understand the lessonand motivate them to love English, far and foremost to raise listening skillamong sudents

So, How to do for students to practise listening skill rapidly, effectivelyand easily to learn? especially when we apply in factual activities when theyspeak to foreingers?

III.SCOPE AND OBJECT

-Scope: Researching in the process of teaching English at Hau Loc 3 Upper

Secondary School

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-Object: This subject is concerned with ways of organizing activities in the

class

Students of grade 12 at Hau Loc 3 upper secondary school

IV RESEARCHING METHOD:

The problem we concern is that how we can overcome aboveweaknesses to improve quality of listening skill, to help students confident incommunication , using English as a second language, to have fluency in everyword, sentence, especially with countryside students as students in Hau Locdistrict

Reading reference books, discussing with other teachers, applying inteaching, observing and drawing out experiences

B: SOLVING PROBLEMS

I.THEORY BASIC:

Our country is coming the period of industrialization and modernizationwith the aim that by the year 2020 Vietnam will have been from an agriculturalcountry to become an industrial country to integrate to the internationalcommunity With the function is to improve people’s cultural standard , to trainmanpower, cultivate talented men ; Education and Training are considered adecisive factor for the development of country In modern civilization,education is considered “ the top policy” the motivation to motivate socialimprovement In order to raise education quality, there must be teachers-enough quantity, equal quality Because teacher staff are decisive factors foreducational quality and effect

Knowledge which schools equip can’t take in brief all wishingknowledge So we have to appreciate teaching methods, teaching the ways tothe human’s knowledge On that basis to continue learning all life , everyonelives in learning society The society requires modern knowledge people not

taken at schools but also to have controlling abilities, to use new knowledge independently, abilities to estimate events, thoughts, phenomena intelligentlyand brilliantly in life Knowledge content which is formed and developed atschools must contribute to develop excitement and recognizable capacity ofstudents, to supply students necessary skills for self-learning and self-education

in the future In the period that co-operation of science technology and culturebetween nations in the region and in the world are playing an important part indevelopment of a country, the preparations for coming into life of each person ,knowledge of Foreign Language is important and necessary in societynowadays

II THE FACT OF STUDY PROBLEM.

1 The fact of teaching and learning problem at Upper Secondary Schools.

Nowadays, the application of traditional methods – centered teachers- are not suitable for the development of education We are living in the global world in which English language has rapidly become an international language

To meet this requirement , English has been taught almost everywhere in

Vietnam, especially in schools, colleges and universities , English is a

compulsory subject The innovation of teaching and learning method is

affirming the advantages in the process of receiving lessons of students In fact,the last aim of learning foreign language is to communicate So , in the period

of learning , students can not listen to anything, there is no effect in that period.Foreign language teachers need to apply different methods for students to listen Therefore, the foreign language period is very different from other periods Students are always willing to listen attentively They listen well and understand what they are listening, they can reach the aims of learning foreign language

2 The fact problem of learning foreign language at Hau Loc 3 Upper Secondary School 5

Hau Loc 3 Upper Secondary School belongs to six north west communes of Hau Loc, including Dai Loc, Thanh Loc, Cau Loc, Dong Loc , Chau Loc and Trieu Loc The economic condition is not good and the social learning is also not good so teaching and learning of teachers and students are having many difficulties The approaching with books, newspapers and modern

communication media is limited Otherwise, the class is crowded level is uneven Most students are in the status “losing basic knowledge” of Primary and Lower Secondary School’s knowledge Besides, they consider English a difficult subject, so they are worried of learning In the English period , the students find listening skill difficult because they can not catch up with what they listen and foreiners in tapescript speak so quickly They are not self - confident , so the application of communication practice method in teaching is not easy

III: SOLUTIONS

1 Methods to carry out.

Some effective teaching methods in listening lessons, English 12

( basic)

For a period teaching of grammar and vocabulary, it consists of three stages: Presentation- Practice - Production And so is the listening period: Pre-listening, While-listening and Post -listening.These stages not only help

students understand the lesson but also help them use listening skill in real communication However, the most important thing is that teacher needs to define clearly the aim of each listening period to orient for students to carry outmissions well in the next stages

1 1Warm-up:

A listening period will become effective if teachers know how to make the lesson more lively, interesting and attract students One of the first

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important things is to prepare well for " Warm-up" activity There are some activities for " Warm-up" which teachers can apply with the aim to make listening period attractive and effective.

- Asking and answering

- Using pictures

-Games

The three above methods that we can apply for " Warm-up" activities for the listening period more effective

2.1.Pre- listening techniques ( Presentation)

The aim of the activities in this stage is to help students concentrate on the theme or situation , especially to guess the information which will be listened In order to overcome difficulties in listening , teachers need to

introduce theme , situation , context related to the listening, to get to know if students knew or doesn't know anything about what they will hear, make them excited about activities of the lessons

There are some techiniques for us to apply for pre-listening:

- True / False state prediction

- Open prediction

- Ordering

-Pre- questions

3 1.While listening techniques ( Practice)

The aim of the activities in this stage is to help students practise listening skill ,

it means that through oral , we approach information

Let students listen and do exercises , if the last part , teacher requires students guess the context , we should ask them compare the listened part with what they have predicted before

For difficult listening , the teachers are able to divide into different levels( from easy to difficult) For long listening, the teachers can change 7

into different exercises , depend on students' level There are some

techniques:

- Selecting

-Deliberate mistaken

- Grids

-Listening and draw

Apart from above techniques, teachers can use others:

+ Defining True / False

+ Check the correct answer

+ Matching

+ Filling in the grip/ chart/ gap

+ Answering comprehension questions

4 1.Post listening techniques ( Production)

The aim of this task is to:

-Check whether students understand the information as required and complete the task in " While -listening" or not

- Find out the causes that make students can not listen or do not understandanything in the lesson

- Help students to have chance to estimate expressive attitude of native

speakers in tapescript through communication intonation

- Use enlarged exercises according to the theme of the listening lessons to further practice in listening

2 The solutions to carry out.

In this part , I give some examples about applying above methods in theprocess of some listening lessons English 12 (basic) :

Unit 2: Cultural diversity

Lesson : Listening

Aims: Help students to listen to the understanding of the passage about a

wedding in Vietnam and listen for specific details.

Warm-up: In this part , I use pictures of a ceremony and ask students what

they see in the pictures

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After that , I will ask students some questions:

- What are the pictures about?

-How many people are there in the pictures?

-Who are they?

-What are they doing?

Through the pictures and questions , students can know the aim of the lesson

Pre-listening( Presentation)

- I present some neccessary words related to the listening lesson

-In this stage, I use True / False statement prediction for students to be eager for listening

1.The wedding day is carefully chosen by the bride's parents

2 The gifts are wrapped in red papers

3 The wedding ceremony starts in front of the altar

4 Food and drinks are served at the party

5.The guests give the newly wedded couples envelopes containing wedding cards and gifts

While- Listening ( Practice)

Task 1: Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information.

In this task , I ask students see the above True / False to be able to do

this task easily After that I play the tape two times and get students to work in pairs to listen to the passage and fill in each gap with one word they hear

After listening, I invite some students to give answers Then , I play the

CD one more time for students to check ( if neccessary)

Expected answer: 1 the groom's parents 2 red papers 3 altar

4 at the wedding banquet 5 wedding cardss / money

At the same time with task 1 , I require better students to do True/ False of listening I call some to give answers , 10

Pre-1 F ( groom's parents) 2 T 3 T

4 F ( wedding banquet) 5 F ( money)

Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions.

For this kind of task , it is difficult for students to both listen and answer,

so I deliver handouts

I tell them there are five questions and the answers to the questions which are put in the wrong order.There is one extra answer that they do not need to use

The handouts:

E They stop by each table to say thank to their guests

D They would pray asking their ancestors' permission to be married

C To go to the bride's house bringing a lot of gifts wrapped in red papers.G.At the groom andbride's house , at a hotel or a restaurant

A After they pray and ask their ancestors' permission to be married

B When the MC introduces the groom, the bride, the parents

I let students listen to the passage ( twice) and find out correct answers

to the questions

Post- listening ( Production):

I arrange the class into groups of four of five In groups , I ask students

to describe the wedding ceremony , using above task

I invite some representatives to report their ideas

By doing this, I find my listening period is really effective , not only listening skill but also speaking one