Help the students of grade 5 use personal pronouns and possessive adjectives sensibly

Actually, the use of these measures helps primary school children use the correct personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in English.. After exploring and accumulating the experience

1.1 REASON FOR CHOOSING THE TOPIC

No one denies the importance of English language in the present time as global language It is clear that English has become more and more dominant around the world Actually, in some countries it is used as the mother tongue but, other countries learn it as second language in their schools There is no doubt that English is language of communication between the people from different cultures Moreover, English is the language of science and technology

It is also the language of computers that help to integrate the people around the world via Internet technology and e-mail Needless to say, people who know English can deal with the Internet Therefore, the need of mastering a foreign language especially English, is becoming more and more necessary English is one language serves as a means of actively supporting the most efficient process

of deeper integration of the country Communicative languages becomes an effective tool in every aspects of life Besides the mother tongue, the Vietnamese consider English as the second communicative language and the major subject in the school course To meet the growing demand as well as communication needs of society, the Ministry of Education and Training has put English into the progam at Primary School The English program in Primary Schools is to form and develop for students the knowledge and basic skills in English, through learning English, students gain knowledge and their love for the Vietnamese Learning English not only contributes for the development of personality and learning style but also provides students with basic knowledge and help students understand initially the knowledge about the people and culture of English speaking countries

At Primary School, English is a subject which has its own characteristics Therefore teachers are like an artist , he or she need to be creative and cheerful

in order to involve students in learning English excitingly As a teacher of English at a Primary School, I am always awared of researching the specific methods in teaching English, 'Language learning is hard work Effort is required at every moment and must be maintained over a long period of time Games help and encourage many learners to sustain their interest and work Games also help the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful The need for meaningfulness in language learning has been accepted for some years So improving the quality of education in general and the quality of English department in particular is one of the top concerns of today's educational career.That focuses more specifically for those students at the primary level and beginner's approach to foreign language.For primary school students are at the early stage of learning language programs as well as learning Vietnamese.Vietnamese is children’s native language, but they only learn initially Nevertheless, from Grade 1 students had to learn a new language and it is always parallel to the native language of the children.This makes them embarrased when using English to communicate in practising and doing exercises For that purpose, in order to respond the demands of teaching and

learning, I will offer one of the skills that I have applied in teaching personal pronouns and possessive adjectives Actually, the use of these measures helps primary school children use the correct personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in English

After exploring and accumulating the experiences from colleagues and myself, I have some experiences in teaching using the correct personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in English and achieved quite effective results The students are more interested in learning English and more confident in doing their exercises This improves that my methods are right With the passion and the love for teaching English, I have studied and developed the research:

" Help the students of grade 5 use personal pronouns and possessive adjectives sensibly”

1.2 THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH

- The research applies the methods of teaching using the correct personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in English to involve students in learning English well

- Creating the language circumstance to communicate in English and promote students to actively participate in communicative activities; offering some solutions and methods for teaching using personal pronouns and possessive adjectives sensibly

- Exchanging and sharing some experiences in teaching for colleagues as well as primary students

1.3 RESEARCH TASKS

- Systematizing some theoretical issues about the procedures and activities

in teaching, using personal pronouns and possessive adjectives sensibly of the Primary program according to the communicative approach

- Exploring the present situation of teaching using the correct personal pronouns and possessive adjectives at Primary School and suggesting some techniques in teaching to develop skills for primary students, helping them be more confident to communicate in English

1.4 RESEARCH TIME AND LOCATION

Research Time : School Year 2019-2020

Research Location: Nguyen Van Troi Primary School

Research Object: " Help the students of grade 5 use personal pronouns and possessive adjectives sensibly”

The respondents of the research: With this research I focused on the primary student, especially the students of grade 5

2 RESOLUTION

2.1 THEORETICAL BASIC

The need for meaningfulness in language learning has been accepted for some years A useful interpretation of 'meaningfulness' is that the learners respond to the content in a definite way If they are amused, angered, intrigued

or surprised the content is clearly meaningful to them Thus the meaning of the

language they listen , speak, read and write will be more vividly experienced and, therefore, better remembered

If it is accepted that games can provide intense and meaningful practice of

language, then they must be regarded as central to a teacher's repertoire They

are thus not for use solely on wet days and at the end of term!

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Language learning is a hard task which can sometimes be frustrating Constant effort is required to understand, produce and manipulate the target language Well-chosen games are invaluable as they give students a break and at the same time allow students to practise language skills

Learning a foreign language is easy and varied but any form that learning into 4 English learning skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing are very important.To help students have self-confidence in writing and speaking skills, the students not only need to have a rich vocabulary, but also understand how to use them properly, especially knowing the correct use of personal pronouns and adjectives basis in writing as well as speaking

2.2 REALITY

The students were familiar with the personal pronouns as the subject in the questions in each lesson.They are: I,He,She,It They ,We ,You Attached to each pronoun is equivalent to possessive adjectives like: My, His, Her, Its, Their, Our, your, But students always confuse personal pronouns and possessive adjectives

Example:

* Right writing:

This is my father His name is Hung He is tall.

* Wrong writing:

This is my father He name is Hung His is tall

The more complex grammar, most students are not focused on learning foreign languages, especially students in the suburbs Lack of teaching facilities, limited time Most teachers is to try to be able to complete all the available items

in textbook When the work is completed, it means that students can read fluently,speak all the contents, make the questions with the new language, give the meaning of the sentence in Vietnamese Teachers feel satisfied with teaching hours and think that was proving successfully

After reviewing the results of an actual teaching hours and some tests, the students also confuse personal pronouns and possessive adjectives, they do not remember how to use, so the result is not as teacher's wishes

In the second week of October, I conducted the first term in English in grade 5

Exercise 1 Read and complete with the correct possesive adjectives.

Exercise 2 Circle the odd one out.

Exercise 3 Complete the dialouge.

She my his her

A: Hello

B: Hello This is friends

A: What’s your name?

B: name’s Hoa

A Hoa, this is my brother

B: What’s name?

A: His name is Dung And this is my sister

B How old is she?

A: is 17 years old

Results of the survey are as follows:

From reality that to work on better efficiency achieving, I boldly innovative menthod to help students use the correct personal pronouns and possessive adjective by using some methods lively, more energetic to inspire students, make students more long remembered and use correctly, not to be confused to achieve the desired results

2.3 SOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION METHODS

2.3.1 Introduction using the sentence patterns

For example:

In order to introduce the sentence pattern: "Introduce your name", which uses personal pronoun “I” I write the model sentences on the board:

I am + name = I’m + name = And give some examples such as

I am Nam = I'm Nam I am Mai = I'm Mai

With the other sentence: Introduce my name ,but using possessive adjective

“my” In this lesson, I also offer the following sentences:

My name is + name = My name’s + name

And give some examples such as

My name is Nam = My name's Nam

My name is Quan= My name's Quan.

Then I ask students to repeat the model sentences and I write them on the board

My name is Peter = I am Peter My name's Peter = I'm Peter.

Explaining to students how to use the words “I and My” and I underlined them The word “I” is a personal pronouns subject in sentence, stand independent before “To be” But “My” is a possessive adjective clarify the meaning of the noun Therefore it is always standing in front of a noun, can not stand alone to do as subject as personal pronouns

I also explained the same to meet the personal pronouns You, He, She, It,

We, They and the possessive adjective equivalent to their ownership is Your, His, Her, Its, Our, Their

Example: He is Vinh = His name is Vinh

She is Lan = Her name is Lan

It is La = Its name is La.

We are Hoa and Lan = Our names are Hoa and Lan You are Tu and Thuy = Your names are Tu and Thuy They are Son and Huong = Their names are Son and Huong.

For example: When they came to the “We”, the teacher should explain:

This is the first person plural, the difference with the first person singular in that:

“I” say when only one person say but “we” say when have 2 or more people

So “To Be” is plural “Are” Thus we have the following sentences:

We are + name + name + name = We’re + name+ name + name

We corresponding to a personal pronoun “we”, have a possessive adjective “Our” and the word "name" here must also have at least 2 names, so

“To Be” “are” We have structured as follows:

Our names are + name + name+ name

Example:

We are Mai and Nam = Our names are Mai and Nam.

Also explained similarly to the throne “You, They” and possessive adjectives “Your , Their”

Example:

You are Linda and Quan They are Peter and Mai.

= Your names are Linda and Quan = Their names are Peter and Mai

By explaining so meticulously, I have to help students to understand and visualize using personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in English After finishing the lecture , I ask them to contact the Vietnamese what similarities and differences in the use of personal pronouns and possessive adjective

Example:

The personal pronoun “I” is a first person in English but “I” in Vietnamese has many meanings such as; grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, The possessive adjective “my” in English only one meaning But “my” in Vietnamese has many meanings; grandfarher’s, grandmother’s, father’s, The second person in English is “you”, It is grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, sister,

The possessive adjective “your” in Vietnamese; grandfarher’s, grandmother’s, father’s, sister’s, brother’s,

In this comparison I help my students understand more thoroughly about personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in English and Vietnamese.This

helps them to support more embarrassing when they use in comunication and doing homework So they are more interested in learning to acquire one new language

2.3.2 In practice pronunciation and communication.

After students have mastered the use of personal pronouns and possessive adjectives in theory, immediately I ask them to use what they had just been completed to practice pronunciation and communication with their classmates

For example: When I finished teaching the personal pronoun “I” and the

possessive adjectives “My”, I asked each stduent to stand in front of the class and introduce himself or herself about the name

Example: First student: Hello! I am Tan.

Second student: Hi! I am Kien.

Third student: Good morning! I am Mai .

The second time students have used possessive adjectives:

Example: First student: Good morning! My name is Tan.

Second student: Hello! My name is Kien

Third student: Hi! My name is Mai .

By introducing 2 times, students will remember well the way to use “I and My”

The personal pronoun “You” and the possessive adjectives “Your” I asked 2 students to go to the board One student pointed to other student and said: “ You are Mai” Then I asked other student to say the sentence using

“Your” and he said: “Your name is Mai” And then I asked students to practice speaking in group and I corrected mistakes

Example: When students learn the third person “He” and “His” or “She

“ and “Her” Every time I call three students go to the board A student plays who is a passer , 2 students are chating with each other Student A points to the passer and said, student B responeds:

Student A: That is my friend

Student B: What is his name?

Student A: His name is Phong.

Student B: Phong? He is Phong

Similarly to the third person “She” and other groups in the class also practice

When teaching the personal pronoun “It” and possessive adjective “Its” I brought some photos about animals as dog, cat, bird and sticked them on the board, then called each pair to ask and answer about the names of these animals

Example: A: This is my dog.

B: What is its name?

A: Its name is Pluto.

B: Pluto? It is Pluto.

Similarly with the other animals

When students have learned all personal pronouns, I asked them to practice with a long conversation

Example: A girl met the family of a friend in her class Her family has 5

people I asked 6 students to play role Student A is a father , student B is a mother, student C is a sister , student D is a brother, student E is the host, student F is her friend This is a conversation:

F: Good afternoon.

E: Good afternoon This is my friend

C: What's your name?

F: My name is Dat

E: Dat, This is my dad.

F: What's his name?

E: His name is Hung And this is my mum.

F: What's her name?

E: She is Anh That is my sister.

F: What's her name?

E: Her name is Tu And that is my brother.

F: What's his name?

E: He is Tien .

When the first group practiced, I copied the conversation on the board and ask them to change the possessive adjective sentences into the personal pronoun sentences Then I ask them to practice conversation two times: first time using personal pronouns to answer, second times using possessive adjective to answer, practising group 6, the teacher went around the class and help students

to correct mistakes Therefore students have been practicing very fluently, fun and exciting As a result, they absorb the lesson very fast, have a long memory and more excited to wait for until the next lesson The progress of the students

is more increasingly

2.3.3 Doing the homework.

The progress of students are in solving the exercises that I delivered

* Giving the exercises at the beginning of class.

Firstly, in order to check the old lesson I ask students to answer questions by writing to the questions:

What's your name?

Students answer and write 2 different sentences on the board:

My name is Tuan = I am Tuan

What are their names?

They are Nam, Ba and Thuy = Their names are Lan and Thuy.

I check by giving exercises and ask students to fill one word in the gap

Example : Fill the words “His, Her, Your, My” in the gap.