Motivating 10th grade students in a speaking skill lesson at ham rong high school

THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGHAM RONG HIGH SCHOOL INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE THEME MOTIVATING 10th GRADE STUDENTS IN A SPEAKING SKILL LESSON AT HAM RONG HIGH SCHOOL Resear

THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

HAM RONG HIGH SCHOOL

INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE

THEME

MOTIVATING 10th GRADE STUDENTS IN A

SPEAKING SKILL LESSON AT HAM RONG HIGH SCHOOL

Researcher: Nguyen Thị Xuan Oanh Function: Teacher

Work place: Ham Rong High School

Research field: English

THANH HOA 2019

I INTRODUCTION

Nowadays Speaking English is very important in our life especially tothe young, however, there are some students who were good at English,passed entrance university exams with mark 9 or 8 in English, but atUniversity their English speaking skill was bad They had to go to the Englishcenter to add their English speaking skill This is the problem I have been

thinking for a long time The English which students have learnt at school isnot small but there is little chance for them to use English to communicate toother people by speaking at school There are few foreigners in Thanh Hoacity, where my school is situated so my students don’t have muchopportunities to practise speaking English to them In my experience I wantstudents to make chances themselves to practise speaking English in their

class and school The English speaking environment appears in front of them

II CONTENT

1 Aims of study

Facilitate students’ process of learning speaking skill

Suggest some models used for practicing speaking English to bothacquaintances and strangers at school

2 Scope of study

The study only focuses on introducing the techniques helping students ingrade 10 at Ham Rong high school to motivate in speaking Englishacquaintances and strangers at school through the models designed foroptional lessons and out-door activities From the result of application of thetechnique, suggested models will be given to improve teaching speaking skill

to students at Ham Rong high school

3 Background of the problems

In the optional lessons of Tieng Anh 10, our English group hascomposed the program that we have used to teach in our school for years, and

in the lessons students are given many exercises to do Most of these exercisesare written ones so that students are fed up with the lessons They do not want

to learn a language in this way so that in some classes students have fourEnglish lessons a week but their English speaking skill is not good After fouryears of studying in lower secondary school and one year in upper secondaryschool, most students hardly use English to communicate to other people.With what I have learned from my colleagues and my experience in myteaching life, I show my little experience to help students motive in speakingskill in the optional lessons of Tieng Anh 10

4.2 Outdoor activities

After 8 Units in the first semester, students are used to speaking in front

of the class, they are asked to go out to interview other students in grade 12who are good at English to get some information and then they report theinformation to the class

The information and the questions are discussed and pre-practisedcarefully at class in 2 periods with the teacher’s help

4.3 Models 1: Indoor activities (The first semester)

4.3.1 Unit 1: A day in the life of……….

5 A doctor/ Mary

6 A fisher man/ Ann

7 A taxi driver/ Ana

8 A tour guide/ Barbara

9 A teacher/ Bush

10 A gate keeper/ Dean

11 A journalist/ Lan

 Questions:

1 What is your picture about?  It is about a ………

2 What is his/ her name?

3 What is her/ his job?

4 What does she/he do every day?

5 Does she/ he like her/ his job? Why/ why not?

6 Do you like this job? Why do you think about it?

7 What job do you want to get in the future? And why do you want get the job?

8 What do you do for your career?

4.What does she do every day?

In the morning she gets up late After getting up, she goes to the gymroom to do morning exercise and she has breakfast in the restaurant with her

husband In the morning she spends an hour to some new songs In theafternoon, she teaches children how to sing at a singing club She gets home atabout half past four and prepares for singing at theatres, or modern restaurants.

Sometimes she sings at the meetings or conference…………

5 Does he/she like her/ his job? Why/ why not?

- Yes, she does Because she likes singing/ when she sings she feels happy……

- No, she doesn’t Because she can’t sing………

6 Do you like this job? Why do you think about it?

- Yes, I do I think it is an interesting job………

- No, I don’t I think it is an interesting job but I can’t do it………

7 What job do you want to get in the future? And why do you want get the job?

I want to become a doctor because I can treat my family, relatives and friends………

8 What do you do for your career?

From now, I will study harder, especially 3 subjects: Math, Chemistry,Biology

* After the conversation

One student is chosen to report:

This is Jesca She is a singer In the morning she gets up late Aftergetting up, she goes to the gym room to do morning exercise and she hasbreakfast in the restaurant with her husband In the morning she spends about

an hour singing some new songs In the afternoon, she teaches children how tosing at a singing club She gets home at about half past four and prepares forsinging at theatres, or modern restaurants

Sometimes she sings at the meetings or conference…………

4.3.2 Unit 2: School talk

* Before conversation

Pictures and questions are shown:

 The pictures are about 10 students who are good at Math, Physics,Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Literature, English, Informationtechnology and gymnastics

1 Mary/ England/ Literature

2 Viet Ha/ Vietnam/ English

3 Barbara/ America/ Information technology

4 Dean/ Canada/ gymnastics

5 Bonshoo/ Korea/ Geography

6 Chellily/ China/ History

7 Peter/ English/ Math

8 Linda/ France/ Physics

9 John/ Australia/ Chemistry

10 Jesca/ Singapore/ Biology

 Questions:

1.What is your picture about?

2 What is his/ her name?

3 Where is she/ he from?

4 Do you know how old she/ he is?

5 What subject is she/ he good at

4.What does she do every day?

5 Do you like this subject?

6 What subject are you good at?

2 What is his/ her name?

She is Viet Ha

3 Where is she/he from?

She is from Vietnam

4 Do you know how old she is?

She is about 16 years old

5 What subject is she good at?

She is good at English

4.What does she do every day?

She goes to school in the morning In the afternoon, she goes to theEnglish speaking club to practise speaking English with her friends Sometimesshe goes to the park to speak English with foreigners In the evening, shewatches English news program on television and then she does homework untilhalf past ten

5 Do you like this subject?

Yes, I do But my English is not good

6 What subjects are you good at?

I am good at Math Because it is a useful subject………

* After the conversation

One student is chosen to report:

Viet Ha/Vietnam/ English

Viet Ha is a Vietnamese student She is about 16 years old She is good

at English

She goes to school in the morning In the afternoon, she goes to theEnglish speaking club to practise speaking English with her friends.Sometimes she goes to the park to speak English with foreigners In theevening, she watches English news program on television and then she doeshomework until half past ten

4.3.3 Unit 3: People’s back ground

* Before conversation

Pictures and questions are shown:

 Pictures of some famous people in Vietnam and in the world

1 An Thuyen / music poet

2 Nam Cao/ writer

3 Ronaldo/ footballer

4 Nguyen Du/ poet

5 Trinh Cong Son/ music composer

6 Cong Vinh/ footballer

 Questions:

1.What is your picture about?

2 What is her his/ name?

3.When was she/ he born

4 Where was she/ he born?

5.What is she/he famous for?

6 What is her/his background?

7.Do you want to be famous? Why/ why not?

8 Do you know any famous people in your homeland? And tell me some things about her/him?

4 Where was he born?

He was born in Quynh Lam village, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An

province

5.What is he famous for?

He is famous for his football playing

6 What is his background?

When he was young, He lived and studied in Quynh Luu district Hewas born in a football- loving family, his father was a good footballer Hismother loves football a lot His sister used to be a student in our school She is

Le Thi Khanh Chi When his family realized that he was good at football,they sent him to Song Lam football team to learn and play football and hisfootball career started since then

7 Have you ever met him?

No, I didn’t I have seen him on TV many times

8 Do you want to be famous? Why/ why not?

Yes, I do Because When I am famous, many people know and pay attention to me………

9 Do you know any famous people in your home land? and tell mesome things about them?

Yes He is my uncle He is a singer He sings very well Many peopleknow him……

* After the conversation

One student is chosen to report.

Cong Vinh / Footballer

Le Cong Vinh is a football player He was born in Quynh lam village,Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province in 1985 He is famous for his footballplaying When he was young, he lived and studied in Quynh Luu district Hewas born in a football loving family, His father was a good footballer Hismother loves football a lot His sister used to be a student in our school She is

Le Thi Khanh Chi When his family realized that he was good at football,they sent him to Song Lam team to learn and play football and his footballcareer started since then He plays very well He is seen on TV many times

4.3.4 Unit 4: Special education

* Before conversation

Pictures and questions are shown:

1 A deaf children class/ teacher Peter

2 A blind children/ teacher Linda

3 A street children class/ teacher John

4 An autism children class/ teacher Mike

5 A good student class/ teacher Mary

6 A bed students class/ teacher Ann

7 An English speaking class for the old/ teacher Lan Huong

 Questions:

1.What is your picture about?

2 Who teaches this class?

3 How are the students in her/ his class?

4.What does she/he do to teach her/ his students?

5 Does his students understand what she/ he teaches?

6 Does she/ he like her/ his job? Why/ why not?

7.Do you like this job? Why do you think about it?

8 If there were not any class for these people, what would happen with them?

1 What is your picture about?

It is about an autism children class

2 Who teaches this class?

Teacher Mike

3 How are the students in his class?

They have autism They don’t want to talk to any one so it is very hardfor him to teach them

4 What does she/he do to teach her/ his students?

He has to use toys, a lot of things to make them happy and then hegets in touch with them first then make them to talk with him When theconversation starts, the lesson may begin.

5 Does his students understand what he teaches?

At first they didn’t and now they understand

6 Does he like his job?

He likes his job When his lesson starts it means he can link thesepeople to our society

7 Why do you think about it?

I think it is very important

8 If there were not any classes for these people, what would happen withthem?

They would lose contact with our society………

* After the conversation

One student is chosen to report:

An autism children class/ teacher Mike

This is a special class Teacher Mike teaches this class The students inthis class have autism They don’t want to talk to any one so it is very hard forhim to teach them He has to use toys, a lot of things to make them happy andthen he gets in touch with them first then make them to talk with him Whenthe conversation starts, the lesson may begin At first they didn’t understandand now they do understand He likes his job When his lesson starts it means

he can link these people to our society

4.4 Models 2: Out-door activities (Second semester)

The people asked for the information are in students in Ham Rongschool so the interviews carry out between the second and the third periods oreven after the fifth periods

4.4.1 Before the interview

The information

Period 1

 Questions:

Name: What is your name?

Class: Which class are you in?

The number of students in the class: How many students are there in your class?

The head teacher: Who is your head teacher?

What the class is like: What is your class like?

Family: Can you tell me somethings about your family?

The number of members: How many members are there in your family?Father: What is your father’s job? Where does he work?

Mother: What is your mother’s job? Where does she work?

The job in the future: What job do you want to get in the future?

Some advices: You are big brothers/ sisters in Hoang Mai school You are going to leave our school Could you give us some advices?

Period 2: Practice at class

B: My class is ………We are good at ………We

play……… well/badly The boys……… The girls ………A: Who is your head teacher?

B: Our head teacher is………

A: What Subject does she/ he teach?

A: What is your mother’s job? Where does she work?

B: She is a/an……… She works in………

A: What is your father’s job? And where does he work?

Two students in a group are called to ask and answer the questions in front of the class: The other students listen and take notes by filling the information in the poster they have prepared before After the conversation one student goes to the board to report.

A: What is your name?

A: What is your class like?

B: My class is good We are good at English, Math and literature Thereare only 5 boys They don’t play football well They are obedient The girlsare more active

A: Who is your head teacher?

B: Our head teacher is Mrs Tran Thi Thuong

A: What Subject does she teach?

B: She teaches Literature

A: Can you tell me somethings about your family?

B: Yes, I can

A: How many members are there in your family?

B: There are 3 They are my parents my sister and me

A: What is your mother’s job? Where does she work?

B: She is a farmer She works in Quynh Thien village

A: What is your father’s job? And where does he work?

B: He is a soldier He works in Da Nang

A: What does your sister do?

B: She is a student in Vinh university

A: What is your hobby? /What do you usually do in your free time?B: My hobby is reading books I like reading romantic books…

A: What are your favourite subjects at school?

B: I like studying English, Math, history.

A: Your English is Ok Can you tell me the best way to study English?B: Yes The best way to study English better is practising it everyday InEnglish lessons you have to use English to communicate to your friends andteachers

A: What job do you want to get in the future?

B: I want to be a teacher of English

A: You are big brothers/ sisters in Ham Rong school You are going toleave our school Could you give us some advices?

B: Yes You should ………

* Individual work:

One student is chosen to report.

She is Trang She is in class 10A9 There are 45 in her class Her class is good They are good at English, Math and literature There are only 5 boys They don’t play football well They are obedient The girls are more active Our head teacher is Mrs Tran Thi Thuong She teaches Math There are 3 in Trang’s family They are her parents her sister and her Her mother is a

farmer She works in Quynh Thien village Her father is a soldier He works

in Da Nang Her sister is a student in Vinh university Trang’s hobby is

reading books she likes reading romantic books…Her favourite subjects are English, Math, History Trang says that the best way to study English better ispratising it everyday In English lessons you have to use English to

communicate to your friends and teachers She advised us………

* Group work: Outdoor activities

Good students in grade 12 are given to students to choose.

Each group is asked to go out to interview one of the students in the list

to get the information in the poster or more During the interview the have touse their telephone to record the interview And then they listen again to writedown all the information in the poster In Class the teacher plays the tape ofone group and the groups listen to complete the poster then write a paragraphabout it