The miracle circle new improvement in teaching test yourself periods in english 10,11

In order to have a good quality English lesson, giving students aninspiration when learning the lesson, the teacher must really have unique andattractive methods.. In order to have a goo

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HÓA

THANH HÓA NĂM 2020

TABLES OF CONTEN TS

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1.Introduction 1

1.1 Reasons for choosing the study 1

1.2 Aims of the study 2

1.3 Subjects of the study 2

1.4 Methods of the study 2

2 Contents of the study 3

2.1 Rationale of the study 3

2.2 Current status of the problem before applying the study 3

2.3 Using “ the miracle circle” to help students more interested in “Test Yourself” periods in English 10, 11 ………

5

2.3.1 Introduction of teaching aids model “ The miracle circle”…… 5

2.3.2.Illustrative examples……… 6

2.4 Effectiveness of the study for educational activities, with myself, the colleagues and the school

15 3 Conclusions and recommendations 16

3.1 Conclusions 16

3.2 Recommendations 16

Reference books 18

Categories of experience initiatives were evaluated by the education and training department…

19

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Reasons for choosing the study:

Each subject has its own unique teaching methods For teaching foreignlanguages in general and for English in particular, the teaching method must be atop priority In order to have a good quality English lesson, giving students aninspiration when learning the lesson, the teacher must really have unique andattractive methods Each subject has its own unique teaching methods Forteaching foreign languages in general and for English in particular, the teachingmethod must be a top priority In order to have a good quality English lesson,giving students an inspiration when learning the lesson, the teacher must reallyhave unique and attractive methods

Teaching is an artistic process that stimulates, directs, and guides.Teaching is not just a simple transfer of knowledge but also a process of makingrelationships between teachers, learners and teaching materials Through theprocess of direct teaching, I realize that in addition to the knowledge and style of

a foreign language teacher, the teaching method is also an extremely importantfactor in attracting students to enjoy and focus and love the subject as well.Currently, there are many new teaching methods that have been applied in theprocess of teaching foreign language classes such as listening, speaking, readingand writing, etc in high school These are good methods, easy to use and havecontributed to improving the quality of the subject However, there is an equallyimportant lesson in the program, but it seems that students do not feel interestedand have little attention or even ignore is the "Test Yourself" periods after everythree units ( text) in English 10, 11 although this is a lesson to reinforceknowledge In this topic, I present a new improvement that I have applied toimprove quality of "Test yourself" periods in English 10,11

1.2 Aims of the study

In the contest of designing teaching aids organized by Tho Xuan IVHigh School in the school year 2019-2020, I designed a product model called

"The miracle circle" in order to:

- Put the content of "Test yourself" periods into a game activity tostimulate students' interest in learning

- Promote the ability to use language, listening, speaking, reading andwriting skills, to bring students closer to the goal of teaching English to developlanguage skills

- If well-prepared, teachers can test a greater amount of knowledgethrough the system of questionnaire in each "Test yourself" period

1.3 Subjects of the study

This study will investigate the student's interest in learning English Thenset out a number of activities to help students to improve quality of "Testyourself" periods in English 10,11

1.4 Methods of the study

Methods to build the theoretical basis: Learn the reality of the problemthen find out the solutions to solve the problem

Methods actual survey, gathering information: Distributing questionnaireslearning attitude of students towards subjects in English before performing thesubject Then gather information to grasp the spirit of their learning

Statistical methods, data processing: After applying the theme will be theresult statistics about the level of student progress to evaluate the success of yourproject

2 CONTENTS OF THE STUDY

2.1 Rationale of the study

The main reason why the quality of "Test Yourself" periods is not highand does not attract the attention of students is probably because these classesare quite general, monotonous knowledge testing method, There is no realinterest for teachers as well as learners As a teacher, you always want all of yourlessons to be good, effective, and attract the attention of students Learning aforeign language requires a lot of enjoyment People who teach and learn aforeign language should not think that playing language games is a waste oflearning time Students will learn foreign languages very well if they feel reallycomfortable Group activities, emulation activities help change the atmosphere

in the lesson and make lessons less stressful and easier to understand, sometimeshelp learners to remember and acquire knowledge in a profound way Therefore,

in order to implement this topic, I have conducted many researches onorganizing group activities in teaching English In this experience initiative, Iwould like to present a new improvement that myself have used quitesuccessfully in teaching "Test yourself" English textbooks 10,11 and turn theselessons into a collective activity, an interesting and rewarding game

2.2 Current status of the problem before applying the study

2.2.1 For students:

To know exactly excited about studying English and learn whether they

liked Test yourself period or not ? We conducted the survey found, with 90

students in the class 10A1 and 11A2 Sample surveys are as follows:

Please tick your choice

1.You like or dislike studying English?

Like very much Like

Normal Dislike 2.You enjoy learning “ Test yourself” period?

Like very much Like

Normal Dislike 3.Why do you like (dislike) to learn“ Test yourself” period ? .

Thank you for your cooperation !

And this is the result:

Total Like very

so boring that they felt asleep whenever these lessons came up Besides, someactivities in the textbook are not only difficult but also very poor, boring andmonotonous The lessons about this part are often tedious and very few studentsinvolve For these reasons, they are very passive in the period and they are notinterested

Moreover, the high school where I am teaching myself located in areas ofrural, the economy is difficult The main income of the people are dependent onagriculture, so the investment in learning for their children has not been focused.Therefore, students have difficulties in learning, even they do not have enoughmaterial serving for learning

2.2.2 For teachers:

The majority of English teachers were aware that teaching “Test yourself”period is very important but in fact that these periods usually makes teachersheadache when they start teaching for the following reasons: The number ofstudents in a regular classroom in our country today is 45 students, even thoseclasses of over 50 students Therefore, teachers find it difficult to organize someactivities with the numerous number of students and they are said to be veryhard, can not control all the activities of the students

Besides, some tasks in English 10,11 are not entirely suitable for students,there are many activities designed too hard but there are too easy activitiescompared with levels of students Therefore, teachers find it hard to motivatetheir students in “ Test Yourself” period

2.3 Using “The miracle circle” to help students more interested in “Test Yourself” periods in English 10,11.

2.3.1 Introduction of teaching aids model "The miracle circle"

2.3.1.1.Regarding design:

"The miracle circle" consists of two basic parts:

Part 1: A circle made of wood with a diameter of about 50 cm, the center of

the circle is a spinning wheel to help the circle move, centered by an arrow Thecontent on the circle is divided into seven sections that are specific to the 7question areas (listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, fun questions andlucky boxes), along with the number of points corresponding to the increasingdifficulty gradually from 20, 40 to 60 points

Part 2: A rack made of wood has three fixed legs, a length of 50cm used to

fix and help move the circle

• Illustration of product model “the miracle circle”

2.3.1.2.How to apply " The miracle circle" to the " Test yourself" periods:

- The content of "Test Yourself" period is codified and designed by teachers

in question packs for group activities according to the principle of group games

- The teacher divides the class into 4 groups corresponding to 4 groups(depending on the model, the number of classes that the teacher regulates thenumber of groups participating in the game) Each group nominates arepresentative group leader, the group leader’s task is to rotate the ring to selectthe question package and the corresponding score For example, the wheel hits

the Listening box 20 means that the group has to answer the questions of

listening skill in the content of "Test yourself" repaired by teachers If membersgive correct answer they will get 20 points.

- The questionnaires are prepared by the teacher into a system and shown onthe screen Once the students have selected their questions, the teacher will showthe corresponding numbered questions in the lesson plan

2.3.2 Illustrative examples:

Below, I would like to present some sample lesson plans that I used in some

"Test Yourself" in English textbooks 10, 11

2.3.2.1.Lesson plans for the content of the lesson " Test yourself B”

(Grade 10 English textbook program page 72, 73)

The system of corresponding questionnaire on the rotation are as follows:

* "LISTENING" QUESTION PACKAGE: (Including 5 sentences)

 2 questions (10 points for

each): Listen and choose the

best answer A,B,C or D:

Question 1: Reading lies about

… miles to the … of London,

and it has about … people

A.15/west/12.000

B.50/east/ 120.000

C.50/ west/ 120.000

Question 2: Oxford is located

… England and it has a

population of …90.000

A.in the middle/over

B in central/ about

C.in central of/ over

 2 questions (20 points for

each): Listen and decide Tor F

statement Correct the false one

Question 3: There are so

many computer companies in

Oxford

Question 4: What is really

of interest in Oxford is the car

- The teacher introducestwo places that studentswill hear in theslideshow

- Go back to theirgroup to listen tothe tapescript,answer and explainanswers if required

by the teacher

factory at Cowley.

 1 questions 60 points:

Question 5: Listen again, look

at the screen and make a

summary

Car factory

questions corresponding

to the students' choice

on the screen, open thetapescript part of thelesson for the students

to listen and give themtime to answer

- Teachers provideadditional informationand explanations

Keys:

Question 1: C Question 2: B Question 3: F (in Reading)

Question 4: T Question 5: Oxford has a population of about 90.000 It is the city of unniversities such as Cambrige, oxford and many car factories.

* QUESTION PACKAGE "READING": (Including 5 sentences)

 2 questions (10 points for

each): Read and decide whether

the statement T or F

Question 1: … It is necessary for

students to work at home in their

free time

Question 2: … Most people think

that homework is not fair

 2 questions (20 points for

each): Read and answer the

question:

Question 3: Why do students have

- The teacher slidesthe questions thatcorrespond to thestudents' choice onthe screen, carefullyread the text and givethem time to answer

- The teacherprovided additionalvocabulary in the

Students circle,

questionnaire andscore accordingly

- Go back to theirgroup to read theparagraph

Oxfor

d

90.00 00

Cambridge university

to repeat tasks which they have

already done at school?

Question 4: According to the text,

is homework necessary?

 1 questions 60 points : Read

and answer the question:

Question 5: What is the main idea

Question 2: T (line 6)

Question 3:Because most teachers donot properly plan the homework tasks they give to students.

Question 4: No, it isn’t

Question 5: It is about homework.

carefully, focusing

on the main content

of the relatedquestion, answerand explain theanswer if requirsed

by the teacher

* QUESTION PACKAGE "Grammar": (Including 6 sentences)

 2 questions 20 points (10 points

for each): choose the best

answer :

Question 1:You can’t drive a car

… you have a driving license

A unless C if

B when D because

Question 2: Steven Spielberg’s

film, … More than $ 100 million

to make, was a great success

A which it cost C which cost

B that cost D who cost

 2 questions (20 points for

each):

Question 1: Combine, using

- The teacher slidesthe questions thatcorrespond to thestudents' choice onthe screen, allowingstudents to discussusing the answersheet if necessary

- Return to thegroup, answer andexplain the answer

if asked by theteacher

relative pronoun

The girl chatted with him

yesterday

She arrived here at 6.30 a.m

Question 2: Choose the mistake

and then correct it

That’s the man who daughter is

A B

studying with me

C D

 2 questions (30 points for

each): Question 1: Put the verb

in bracket in correct form

Sue … (come) to see us

tomorrow She … (travel) by

train and her train arrives at 10.15

I … (meet) her at the station

Question 1: Change into passive:

Nobody has invited her to the

party

Keys:

1 The girl who chatted with him yesterday arived here at 6.30 a.m

2 B (whose)

Keys:

1 Will come/ is going to travel / will meet.

2 She hasn’t been invited to the party.

* FUNNY QUESTION PACKAGE "fun corner": (Including 3 sentences)

1 questions 20 points : Look at

the picture and make a suitable

- Return to thegroup, answer andexplain the answer

if asked by theteacher

1 questions 20 points Which

thing runs continuously without

stopping?

1 questions 20 points

Make a sentence base on the

picture, using will or be going to

flower.

2 2 Time

3 3 She is going to have a baby.

2.3.2.2.Lesson plans for the content of the lesson " Test yourself A" grade 11 English textbook program page 42)

The system of corresponding question packages on the rotation are as follows:

* "LISTENING" QUESTION PACKAGE: (Including 5 sentences)

 2 questions 20 points (10

points for each): Listen and

choose the best answer A,B,C

or D:

Question 1: They’ve known

each other for …… years

A.25 B.35 C.45 D.55

Question 2: They’ve been

living here in Brighton since

……

A.1988 B 1990

C.1995 D 1999

 2 questions 40 points (20

points for each): Listen and

answer the question

Question 3: They didn’t see - The teacher slides thequestions that

- Students circle,

questionnaire andscore accordingly

- Go back to yourgroup to listen tothe tapescript,answer and explainanswers if required

by the teacher