Using handouts in helping students in grade 12 develop better speaking skill in post reading at quang xuong 4 h

In the school year of 2018 -2019, I taught English in class 12B and 12I atQuang Xuong 4 high school, I realized that my students had a quite good basicgrammatical knowledge but most of t

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A- INTRODUCTION

I REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE THEME :

We all know English as the universal language in the world, and also thepath to the process of developing international integration Seeing theimportance of this language, Vietnam Education has chosen English as a keysubject, one of three compulsory high school graduation exams Therefore,every student, while still in high school, should have a certain level of English toprepare for the exams and after graduation at least must be able to communicate

at a single level everyday To do this, we do not stop innovating our teachingmethods to achieve high results for English in particular and other subjects ingeneral This work contributes significantly to the success of "planting people"

of the country Positive learning is concretized by many different methods, inwhich the use of appropriate teaching aids is a highly effective method But how

to use the most effective teaching aids to achieve educational goals as well asconstantly improve the quality of English teaching hours is a problem that manyEnglish teachers have always been concerned about The content of the lesson isdiversified and richer, beautiful form and more vivid images; however, thelessons are longer and harder This is both an advantage and a difficulty forteachers in the teaching process Therefore, in addition to the firm knowledge,teachers need to be creative in the teaching process to create gentle and effectivelessons , attracting students' attention to help them achieve high results in theirown lesson

In the school year of 2018 -2019, I taught English in class 12B and 12I atQuang Xuong 4 high school, I realized that my students had a quite good basicgrammatical knowledge but most of them could not speak a simple sentencefluently The main reasons for this problem are mainly because of the shortage

of the speaking skill In the other hand, another reason might contain in the hardtopics in the English 12 textbook I studied many methods and finally I wasrather satisfied with using handouts to motivate them to talk in post reading.After a year of practice, I got some certain success

It is the reasons mentioned above that have been encouraging me to choose

the theme: “Using handouts in helping students in grade 12 develop better speaking skill in post reading at Quang Xuong 4 high school” with the desire

to help for students to learn the lesson content most effectively

II AIMS OF THE RESEARCH :

With the motto "Learning is to use", apply teaching and learning

methods Because of that, we have to create opportunities for students so theycan practice what they have To attract students, teachers must prepare practicaland attractive activities Most of our students learn but cannot use it, becausethey do not have a wide vision, they themselves have not realized theimportance of English for later work

Through my years’ time of teaching English as well as exchanging, referring torelated materials and drawing experiences after each lecture, I myself havefound a suitable technique of teaching speaking skill for students in Grade 12.This technique has not only enabled me to lull most of students to take part inspeaking lessons actively, enthusiatically and creatively but also creat anexciting atmosphere, raise students’s love for speaking English and help them

increasingly upgrade their speaking skill by “Using handouts in helping students in grade 12 develop better speaking skill in post reading at Quang Xuong 4 high school.”

This technique has been applied in quite a long time of my teachingEnglish 12 and I have got considerably hopeful result Therefore, I decisivelyexchange my initiative experience with my collegues

III.OBJECTS OF THE RESEARCH :

This subject is concerned with ways of organizing games after postreading of Grade 12 English

IV METHODS OF THE RESEARCH :

- Using the text - book English 12 to apply to each speaking lesson

- Reading reference books to improve

- Using the soft ware POWERPOINT, pictures and other materials

- Discussing with other teachers

- Observing and drawing out experiences

B - CONTENTS

I BASIC OF THEORY

Today the world is entering the knowledge economy in which the key tothe treasure of human knowledge is English Not only does the English languagehelp students to have more languages than their mother tongue but also to helpthem learn Students have the means to communicate with the world in alldifferent areas

Handout will be a great help for teachers when they want to adjust thetextbook assignments to better suit the level of students in class or when theywant to provide more exercises for students to practice

Handout can just be a simple small change from the difficult task in textbook providing a great deal of new words, new structures for students to practice It isextremely useful in pair-work or groupwork It not only gives students the

opportunities to practice speaking more, but also forces them to read and think Gradually, it will make students more confident to talk what they think easily and may creat the “ habit and reflexion of speaking” in the daily situations

By using handout can students speak English as naturally as they learntheir mother tongue without being aware they are studying even to the hesitantand shy students

II THE REALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING ENLISH AT QUANG XUONG 4 HIGH SCHOOL.

graduation exam an even more difficult rural school for teaching and learningEnglish is the use of English to communicate in English lessons Besides a fewstudents do not like to learn English, so I always thinking of how to get studentsinterested in this subject especially promotes the ability to use existing language

to develop better speaking skills in the post reading section

Through teaching practice I discovered students are more confident and boldwith using handouts to speak English, using handouts as teachers are not toodependent on books but have to think and design handouts accordingly withstudents of my school

III ENCOURAGING THE STUDENTS IN GRADE 12 TO BE MORE CONFIDENT IN SPEAKING IN POST READING BY USING

HANDOUTS AS THE USEFUL TEACHING

Using handouts as a teaching aid requires the teacher the creation and agood knowlegde about teaching approach Indeed, if the teacher neitherunderstand the objectives of the lesson, nor prepare teaching plan carefully,using handouts in these case is ineffective Not only is it useless but it also makethe student becomes confused

There is a wide range of handouts which teachers probably take fulladvantages of to stimulate students in speaking lessons In this work, I mentionsome kinds of handouts that I used effectively last year for my students

1 Some typical handouts

1.1 Table handouts

This type is the most popular because is is easy for teachers to creat and for thestudents to understand It provides new words and new structures for especiallythe weak students who have a poor vocabulary

For example,afer teaching part A of Unit 1: “Home life”, in post reading may

be difficult for most of students, teacher create a table handout using the words

in the task they have learned

Sample handout 1 : UNIT1 HOME LIFE

Who works in the

The interest the

family members

share closely

Wathching themovies Going shopping Going for a picnic

The person your

friend often shares

his/ her secrets

with

The person your

friend talks to

before making an

important decision

After reading the infirmation in the table the student work in pair

Lan: Would you mind telling me something about your family?

Nga: Never mind Please, ask me your questions?

Lan: Who works……… ?

Nga: Both my parents They are teachers

Nga: The interest we share closely is watching news on TV every evening

Lan: Oh, great! ……… ?

Nga: When I have a secret, I often share it with my mother

Lan: Ah, I see And ……….….?

Nga: Before making an important decision I usually talk to both my parents

Lan: Thank you very much for your answers

Sample handout 2: UNIT 2: CUTURAL DIVERSITY

Work in groups Discuss and talk about the differences between a

traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family based on thecues bellow

Questions traditional

Vietnamesefamily

modern Vietnamese family

Number of children Two,three and more two

The house they like to

The head of the family

Who takes care of the

house work and

*After the interview Think about the

interviewer’s comments Don’t forget to say goodbye to the

interviewer before leaving

Try not to be too disappointed

Sample handout 4 Unit 3: WAYS OF SOCIALIZING

When do people often whistle and clap hands?

When When

(to attract somebody’s attention) (to pay a compliment)

(To express disapproval or protest ) (to show respect/ show agreement with somebody’s ideas)

(To be excited about something) (to encourage somebody)

Sample handout 5

UNIT16: THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS

Summarize the passage by talking about the information in this table

Through the milestones students will easily talk about the events that took place

in the community of countries in Southeast Asia Especially the weak students

UNIT 5: HIGHER EDUCATION

Sarah - making new friends out of her

parents’ control - no one pays attention to her

existence

(couldn’t get along well with her roommate)

- couldn’t get used

to such a big school

Brenda - making lots of friends.

- enjoyed the academic year because it was so challenging

UNIT 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Remember the main content of the passage and fill in the diagram with correctinformation taken from the reading text and Talk about tha education system inEngland

Sample handout 8 – Unit 10: Endangered Species

Discuss in groups then talk about the Endangered species: causes –

Consequences – solutions, using the cues in the handouts

1 3 Picture handouts

This type is used to help student in the describing their favourite sport after postreading Teacher should use four pictures of four popular sports to motivatethem to talk Instead of reading only words in textbook, now they havesomething interesting to think and to talk The handout may be created as belowFor teacher, the picture handouts require the time and the to search for thesuitable pictures and design handouts But the result is obvious quite good Most

of the sudents can talk about the roles of married women at least some simplesentences for the weak They can talk without the help of the textbook andteacher as well The students feel so free when express their ideas

Sample hand out 9

Unit 12: WATER POLO

Talk about your favourite aquatic sports(under watersports).

Group 1:

- Name of sport: synchronized

swimming

- Place: river/sea

- Number of players: team/ pairs

- Equipment: Trademark piece, a nose

- Name of sport: swimming

- Place: river/ swimming pool

- Number of players: one

( individually)

- Equipment: Cap, ear plugs,

nose chip, goggles

Sample handout 10

Unit 15: Women in society

Working in group to talk about the typical roles of a women in society(the past and now)

With the vivid images of many areas of women in the previous society and theera will now help students easily speak out the roles of women

- Buying thefood

- Teaching thechildren

- Cooking

- Wasting therubbish

- Working withthe computer

-Making thespeech in thepublish

- Giving gifts

to the poor

- Child bearing

Roles of married women in

the past families: Taking care

of their families and doing the

2 An example of teaching plan used in teaching in the last school year

UNIT 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

- Divide the class into groups then ask them

to write down as many words related to

Education as possible within 1 minute.

Which group write down most will be the

winner

- Lead in the new lesson

- Work in groups to write the

words

- Listen to the teacher

II New lesson(32mins)

1 Pre reading

- Ask Ss to read the request

- T may explain these words :

- Compulsory :

- primary school

- lower secondary school

- upper secondary school

And do the task

- Check the answers with the whole class

- Read the request

- Listen and write down

- Work in pairs to do the task

-Write down

Answers :

-T may explain some new words in the

passage

2.While – Reading

- Ask students to spend 5 mins reading the

text silently, trying to catch the main ideas

of the text

- Ask students to read the text again and

underline words and phrases that describe

the school education system in the UK

Task 1

- Ask Ss to read the six phrases in task 1

and understand their meaning

- Ask students to work in pairs and find

words and phrases in the reading passage

- Call some students to read aloud their

answers and ask the others to listen and

- T checks if Ss can answer the

comprehension Qs in Task 2 without

having to read the passage again If Ss

can’t, T gets them to read the Qs carefully

and gives them some tips to do the task :

+ First, Ss should skim the five Qs to

understand them and underline the key

words

+ Then they should go back to the passage

and locate the key words in the passage

+ Then they should read around the key

words carefully to

find the answer

- T gets Ss to check the answers with a

Read the text carefully in 5 mins and catch its main ideas

-Read the text again and underline words and phrases that describe the school education system in the UK

Task 1

- Work individually to read the phrases

- Work in pairs to do the task

- Some students read aloud their answers, others listen to their friends and comment correct if necessary

Task 2

- Listen to the teacher

- Try to answer the questions

- Practice with a partner then writethem down in the note books

- Ask the teacher if necessary

- Listen to the teacher and make abrief note about school educationsystem in England

- Listen to the teacher

- Try to talk about schooleducation system in England

- The students who are called tostand up to talk loudly are

ask them to explain their choices.

- Check the answers with the whole class

-Give the answers-Correct mistakes

4.Yes 5.There are three core subjects (English , Maths and Science ) 6.When Ss finish the secondary school, they can take an

examination called the General Certificate of Secondary

2.How are they divided into ?

- Ask Ss to look at the digram

- Go around to observe and offer help

- Call on the representatives of two groups

to give the answers

- Give corrective feedback

III Homework: (2mins)

- Review the points that have been covered

in the lesson and redo the exercise in the

work book

- Work in groups to discuss the answers

( Sample handout 7 )

- Look at the diagram to talk

- The representative of the two groups give the answers

- Listen and correc mistakes

Feedback :

- Review the main points