Some tips to help students be interested and do well in reading exercises in general certificate secondary examination

THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT THACH THANH I SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENTIAL INITIATIVE Some tips to help students interested and doing well in reading National High School

THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT

THACH THANH I SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

EXPERIENTIAL INITIATIVE

Some tips to help students interested and doing well in reading National High School

exam review

Author: Mai Thị Thùy Hương Occupation: Teacher

Experiential initiative on: English

THANH HOA YEAR 2019

1.1 Reasons to choose the topic page 02 1.2 Purposes of researching page 02 1.3 Research subjects page 02 1.4 Research methods page 03

2.1 The theoretical basis of the experience initiative page 03 2.2 Actual situation before applying experience initiatives page 03 2.3 Innovative experiences or solutions used to solve problems page 03 2.4 Good implementation of the process of teaching readings page 05

1 INTRODUCTION:

1.1 Reasons to choose the topic:

Vietnam is on the way to integrate with the world and regional countries, the country is transforming itself in a market economy English is an important language and a bridge to developed countries, giving us access to the latest human achievements in science, technology, social culture and mutual understanding Therefore, it requires our country to have a human resource in addition to being professionally trained with a high quality system to meet international communication requirements Because of such a requirement, at the high school level, English is one of the official subjects and compulsory graduation exams

Reading exercises are one of the most important parts for students when they prepare for high school exam In order to make this exercise part effective and successful, learners have to use a lot of background knowledge and skills to understand what the text expresses correctly Good English reading will encourage students to be passionate, confident in learning more and reinforce other skills such as speaking, phonics, vocabulary, grammar

Actually learning English reading skills well, foreign language learners must have a regular, long-term listening practice with different reading forms and content

However, teaching English in general and teaching reading skills in particular in Vietnam in the past few years has encountered many difficulties, such as a unified textbook, the general level of teachers is not uniform, old, ineffective teaching methods, lack of teaching facilities, lack of communication practice environment has led to low quality of teaching and learning Students lack learning motivation

From the above facts, I realized that the renewal of general English teaching methods and reading skills at high school level in particular is necessary, contributing to the implementation of educational goals and developing Vietnamese people in the period of industrialization and modernization of the country and also contributing to improving the quality of human resources for the country in the process of integrating into the world economy

1.2 Purposes of researching:

Through the years of directly teaching English in high school, I have realized the fact that the majority of high school students, especially in mountainous areas, are afraid to study English, often feeling heavy during school hours Therefore, the lessons to prepare for the National High School exam are a difficult challenge for them Especially the "Reading" section exercise - Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to confirm the answer to each of the questions Students are always afraid to do the most part of this exercise, so they often do the last thing or have them leave to wait for luck

So, how to get students interested in learning foreign languages, particularly English How do I learn English to become a class that I look

forward to and do not have to wait impatiently for my time out of boredom? How can you read and understand simple English sentences naturally? It is a number of my concerns in the teaching process, so I always try to find and think

to find the most effective solutions to make my lecture attractive to students, It

is also aimed at improving the quality of subject teaching on the basis of improving teaching methods, taking learners as a center

Reading comprehension form in high school exam in English The subject of English "scares" students with long and short sentences with strange words and difficult ways of writing Therefore, to conquer this form, we must have appropriate methods

Stemming from practical teaching for many years as a teacher of English, I boldly draw some experience to write experience with the topic: "Some tips to help students interested and doing well in reading National High School exam review”

1.3 Research subjects:

Conducting research and reviewing the students in the process of doing their English reading exercises at Thach Thanh 1 High School during the period from

20017 to 2019 But focusing on research on deep and milk Centralized treatment

of errors for control results is performed on students in grade 12 in the 2018

-2019 school year so my research subject is:

+ Most of Thach Thanh 1 high school students have studied high school English program

+ Skills to read English texts and documents

+ Methods of reading reading

+ About learning and using how to guess the meaning and understand the vocabulary in a text

1.4 Research methods:

Through many years of teaching, I have found that it is very difficult for students to learn English, students often make mistakes in methods of doing English reading exercises Through the learning and training of students, I pay attention to listening to how students use their skills to do the reading then I select the mistakes that they often make Similarly, I conduct in many classes with the same sentences and structures to find out how to solve each error in the easiest way to remember 2018 school year - 2019 is the school year to continue

to apply new methods in teaching and preparing lectures, giving students many opportunities to practice, so help me realize that they need to practice many possible topics Make reading easier than in previous years and students also have the opportunity to correct themselves right away through talking to you or practice on the spot through activities in pairs, in groups The teacher observes and listens to the students express their content in front of their friends, the teachers, through the lessons Teachers discover, record, find a solution, sometimes needing to consult colleagues to find the right solution for the wrong way

So I studied the material, read the references to reinforce the method of teaching students to do the reading more effectively Besides that, I also surveyed the actual situation, studied the students' learning situation to guide and help them to practice on using English vocabulary in practice

2 Contents of experience initiatives

2.1 The theoretical basis of the experience initiative.

The purpose of teaching foreign languages is not only to provide students with the knowledge of that language, but the ultimate purpose of teaching foreign languages in general and English in particular is to teach students the ability to communicate by English, and apply it in the process of studying and taking exams Applicability of students is demonstrated through the skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing English reading skills of students are formed through a process of learning and practicing in

With new and positive teaching methods, teachers play the role of directing and controlling students to work during the lesson

In order to conduct an effective lesson, teachers need to perform well the following basic elements:

- Choose and flexibly use listening techniques appropriate to each lesson content

- Organizing and controlling classes, allocating reasonable time

- Proficiently using means and teaching aids for teaching and listening

- Create appropriate teaching aids for teaching

- Inspire, attract, attract students

2.2 Actual situation before applying experience initiatives

+ Difficulties for students:

The level of students is uneven As mentioned above, there are many students with deep and wide knowledge of English but many students have not heard well even some of the most basic communication questions such as asking age, home , accommodation

Some of the topics mentioned in the program are quite strange for mountainous students: Technology and you, Undersea World, Conservation, National Parks, Cities

Some students have very little lower grade vocabulary so there are not enough words or words to complete the Tasks

+ Problems of students:

Most students are good and conscious of learning

Classroom atmosphere is very lively when students meet familiar and familiar topics such as "School talks", "Music", "Films and cinema", "The World Cup" Because the level of students is not equal, for a limited time, students have completed the requirements of the reading exercise but there are also students who have only completed 50% of the work and even 30%

2.3 Innovative experiences or solutions used to solve problems

For teachers:

In order for a lesson to be read well, the teacher should take the following steps:

- Study thoroughly the lesson content from the National High School curriculum, teachers' books:

Textbooks, SGVs are an important basis, for teachers to plan their teaching for lessons, the study of skills and syllabus will help teachers organize and control teaching periods in the right focus and focus; allocate time for steps, activities in a scientific way

- Study the purpose of the lesson requirements:

The purpose and requirement of the lesson is the goal that both teachers and students need to achieve after the lesson period For lesson reading, usually the purpose, the requirement of the lesson is to help students practice and develop their skills: Reading, after finishing the reading exercise, the students understand the main content of the listening lesson and make certain language requests or exercises

- Painting illustrations (self-created or purchased): to introduce and practice new lessons is required No illustrations are required to ensure high aesthetics, but there must be a close relationship with the lesson content

If you cannot afford to buy, you can enlarge the illustration in the textbook

- Need to build a reasonable, scientific lesson Teachers need to plan their teacher activities, game activities, time for activities, requirements of each exercise, and student response options Prepare handouts, redesign hard and long exercises - Discuss, discuss teaching plans in professional teams, with colleagues The effectiveness of listening lesson will be improved if the teaching plan is discussed with colleagues before teaching, this job not only brings positive results for teaching period but other skills also have results so

+ For students:

The teacher asks students to be well prepared for the next lesson by :

- Giving a system of open questions about the lesson that they are about to learn so that students have time to think, learn materials

- Ask students to do some exercises related to the content of the lesson, but for the other skills lessons there are also results like that

- Encouraging and motivating students to be confident, proactive and creative to raise issues and questions related to the lesson content

2.4 Good implementation of the process of teaching readings

+ Step 1: Skimming for content

Aims: With reading comprehension, the first step is to read the first paragraph

to learn the basic topic of the reading Then skim the first and last sentences of the paragraphs, trying to extract the basic content in each paragraph

KNOW WHAT YOU WANT

Before you start skimming, ask yourself what you want to get from the book or article under your nose Think of two or three terms that describe what you want

to know, and as you skim, keep an eye out for those two or three terms

Aimlessly skimming with no particular purpose can cause drowsiness, and eventually, sleep

READ VERTICALLY AS WELL AS HORIZONTALLY

When skimming, you move your eyes vertically as much as you move your eyes horizontally In other words, you move your eyes down the page as much as you move them from side to side Skimming is a bit like running down stairs Yes, you should take one step at a time, and running down stairs is reckless, but you also get there faster by running

THINK LIKE THE AUTHOR

Every article, book, and Web page is written to make a point of some kind, and

if you can detect the author’s strategies for making his point, you can separate the important from the unimportant material in the course of your reading You can focus on the original, meaningful material and skip over the material that just supports the author’s argument without advancing it

Detecting the author’s strategies requires you to put yourself in his place

Besides noticing the material on the page, notice how he presents the material.

See whether you can recognize how the author places background material, secondary arguments, tangential information, and just plain frippery

PREREAD BEFORE YOU START SKIMMING

Examine an article before you read it By prereading an article before you skim, you can pinpoint the parts of the article that require your undivided attention and the parts that you can skip

+ Step 2: Solve vocabulary questions.

Aims: These sentences require "scanning" skills.

After having the most general view of the passage, look at the questions:

Form 1: Reference questions.

Question : Which choice does the word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A His spelling B His chair C His French D His name Question The word “them” in paragraph 3 refers to _.

A words B slang phrases C memories D the majority Question : The word "it" in line 22 refers to _.

A writing poetry

B becoming famous

C earning a living

D attracting readers

With form 1, we look at the sentence immediately before the sentence with the word bold, easily find the answer To be sure, please change the answer back to see if there is any change

Form 2: Vocabulary questions.

Question : The word “institution” in paragraph 3 refers to _

A the presidency of the United States B American society

C The Bank of the United States D democracy

Question : The word “brutal” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _

Question : The word “conceal” is closest in meaning to which of the following?

Question : The word "dispel" in the passage is closest in meaning to .

A solve B eliminate C discourage D lessen

Question : The word "succeeding" in line 19 is closest to _.

A inheriting B prospering C diverse D later

• As for form 2, because each word has a lot of meaning we need to read the whole sentence to determine the definition that the expression represents, from which to choose the right answer Well, if the word is "new" then read the sentence to guess, or try to match the 4 answers to see if this works

SPECIAL ATTENTION

See if the question is nearly meaningless or antonym, avoid being distracted and choose the wrong answer

+Step3: : Use the information questions in the lesson.

Aims: A cursory reading of all the main ideas of Essay, not going into the

content of any paragraph You do this reading quickly by reading through the title to see the article content, reading topic and indexing sentences because the paragraphs in English are mainly written in two ways: interpretation and inductive, attention more on important nouns to master the main content

Form 1: Factual questions:

According to the passage Why/ what/ when/ where…?

Example:

Question : According to the passage, why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the

United States?

A He thought it benefited only rich people

B It started a war.

C It opposed electing him “King Andrew”

D It opposed giving common people the right to vote

Question : According to the passage, why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the

United States?

A He thought it benefited only rich people.

B It started a war.

C It opposed electing him “King Andrew”

D It opposed giving common people the right to vote

Question : According to the passage, most guyots are found at a depth of _.

A between 600 and 3,200 feet

B more than 8,200 feet

C less than 600 feet

D between 3,200 and 6,500 feet

Question: According to the passage, which of the following two processes were

involved in the submersion of guyots?

A Erosion and volcanic activity.

B The sinking of the sea floor and the rising of sea level.

C High tides and earthquakes.

D Mountain building and the action of ocean currents.

Question: According to the passage, when did sea level significantly rise?

A From 8,000 to 11,000 years

B In the nineteenth century

C In 1946

D 80 million years ago

Question: According to the passage, which of the following does the author

imply?

A Duncan Fife and his father had the same first name

B Duncan Fife worked for his father in Scotland

C Duncan Fife and his father were in the same business

D Duncan Phyfe made over 100 different kinds of tables.

Form 2: Negative factual information.

Except…

Not mentioned…

LEAST likely

Example:

Question : Which of the following could NOT be inferred about Andrew

Jackson?

A He served his country throughout his life

B He supported democratic reforms.

C He inspired populist politics

D He was president during a violent war

Question : Which of the following could NOT be inferred about Andrew

Jackson?

A He served his country throughout his life

B He supported democratic reforms

C He inspired populist politics

D He was president during a violent war

Question : The author mentions all of the following as requirements for slang

expressions to be created EXCEPT _

C interaction among diverse groups D a number of linguists

Question: Which statement is NOT true, according to the passage?

A The pollution index in southern Thailand used to exceed 300

B Seven provinces in Thailand suffered from the haze

C The haze reached a hazardous level in the city of Songkhla

D The local authorities warned the citizens against going out

Question: The following actions are taken by the authorities in response to the

haze EXCEPT

A closing sports stadiums

B sending students home

C issuing warnings

D disrupting flights

Question : Lewis and Clark encountered all of the following EXCEPT _.

A mountains B buffaloes C dinosaur herds D friendly people Question : In his business, Duncan Phyfe used all of the following EXCEPT .

A division of labor

B an assembly line

C continental designs

D the least expensive materials

To do this lesson, we have to pay attention to the key words of the question, and find the paragraph containing that information, read the passage and the question to find the correct answer

A very interesting thing is that the question is arranged according to the paragraph order so if the above sentence is in paragraph 2, then the sentence is found in paragraph 3 onwards This saves considerable time

ATTENTION

Almost all answers will be expressed in a different way, so if there are answers that contain the same words in the paragraph but express the content incorrectly

It is possible to exclude that answer

+ Tep 4: questions about content.

Now we have a basic understanding of the reading, quickly skimming the lesson once (skimming), stringing everything and finishing the questions about the remaining content

Form 1: Main idea:

 What is the topic of this passage?

 What is the main idea expressed in this passage?

 Which title best reflect the main idea of the passage?

Example:

Question: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A Standard speech

B Idiomatic phrases

C Different types of vocabulary

D Dictionary usage

Question : What is the author’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A To describe feature of the undersea world.

B To trace the career of Arnold Guyot

C To present the results of recent geologic research.