VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ---oOo---PHẠM HỒNG TRANG USING MULTIMEDIA TO IMPROVE ENGLISH LESSON
Trang 1VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-
GRADUATE STUDIES
-oOo -PHẠM HỒNG TRANG
USING MULTIMEDIA TO IMPROVE ENGLISH LESSONS
(SỬ DỤNG CÔNG NGHỆ ĐA PHƯƠNG TIỆN ĐỂ CẢI TIẾN GIỜ HỌC TIẾNG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 5 TẠI MỘT HỌC VIỆN ANH NGỮ)
M.A MINOR PROGRMME THESIS
Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111
Trang 2VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-
GRADUATE STUDIES
-oOo -PHẠM HỒNG TRANG
USING MULTIMEDIA TO IMPROVE ENGLISH LESSONS
(SỬ DỤNG CÔNG NGHỆ ĐA PHƯƠNG TIỆN ĐỂ CẢI TIẾN GIỜ HỌC TIẾNG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 5 TẠI MỘT HỌC VIỆN ANH NGỮ)
M.A MINOR PROGRMME THESIS
Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr Lâm Quang Đông
HANOI – 2017
Trang 3Title: “USING MULTIMEDIA TO IMPROVE ENGLISH
LESSONS FOR 5 TH GRADERS AT AN ENGLISH
Phạm Hồng Trang
Trang 4First of all, I would like to send my sincere and special gratitude to my supervisor,Assoc Prof Dr Lâm Quang Đông, who has given valuable assistance, guidance,precious suggestions, advice, and reference materials to me so that I can completethis thesis The success of my paper would have been almost impossible without histireless support
My thanks and gratitude also go to all professors and lecturers at Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, VietnamNational University, Hanoi for their valuable lectures
Post-I am also grateful to the manager of Smartcom center for his cooperation so that Post-Icould fulfill my thesis better
Last but not least, I would like to send my gratitude to my parents, all members in
my family and my friends for their support and encouragement during the process
of writing this thesis
Trang 5Multimedia plays an important role in all stages of second language acquisition.Multimedia has been considered an effective tool for enhancing English teachingand learning process The paper aims to study the use of multimedia for enhancingthe quality of English teaching and learning process at one English center in Hanoiand investigate its effectiveness to the 5th graders at this center In order to conductthe study, three tools were used: (1) observation, (2) recording and (3) interview.The findings show that learners in the center were very excited about the lessonswhen multimedia was used It also means that multimedia can support the teachers
in attracting the learners to the lesson In other words, using multimedia broughtmany benefits for not only learners but also teachers in the center However, usingmultimedia caused a couple of disadvantages For example, the interaction of somelearners decreased when they used multimedia before class and it took the teacherconsiderable amounts of time to prepare the lessons Hopefully, the study can be auseful source of reference for those teaching English to young learners
Trang 6TABLE OF CONTENT
DECLARATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENT
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 Rationale
2 Aims of the study
3 Research questions
4 Methods of the study
5 Significance of the study
6 Structure of the thesis
PART II: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
1.1.Learning styles of learners
1.2.Teaching English to primary graders
1.3.Multimedia
1.3.1.Definitions of terms
1.2.2.Why should teachers use multimedia?
1.2.3 The use of multimedia in English teaching
1.2.4.Review of previous related studies
1.3 Conceptual framework
1.4 Chapter summary
CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY
2.1 The setting of the study
2.2 The participants
2.3 Research question revisited
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2.4.1 Data collection instruments 16
2.4.2 Data collection procedure 17
2.5 Chapter summary 31
CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 32
3.1 Data analysis 32
3.1.1.Data from observation 32
3.1.2.Data from recording on the website 32
3.1.3.Data from interviews 38
3.2 Findings and discussion 39
3.3 Chapter summary 41
PART III: CONCLUSIONS 42
1 Conclusions 42
2 Limitations of the study 43
3 Suggestions for further research 43
REFERENCES 45 APPENDIX I
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Figure 3.2Table 3.1
Table 3.2Table 3.3
Trang 10Smartcom Academy1, the English center chosen for this study, is not an exceptionwhen the class time does not really attract one hundred percent of children‟sattention To address such problems, using multimedia in teaching English seems to
be one of the best solutions to improve English lessons for children Therefore, Iwant to use the multimedia to see how effective it is for children, especially 5thgraders in Smartcom
2 Aims of the study
The research aims to enhance the quality of English teaching and learning process
in Smartcom Academy, particularly the 5th graders‟ English in this center by usingmultimedia
1The researcher managed to obtain the center‟s consent to use its real name, as provided in the Appendix.
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In order to achieve the aim above, the study focuses on answering the researchquestion: How effective is the use of multimedia in teaching and learning English to
5th graders in Smartcom Academy?
4 Methods of the study
Action research is chosen for the study As its name suggests, action research hastwo targets: action and research Action is to bring about change or improvement in
a specific teaching situation; and research is to examine the practice and understandthe situation (Dick, 1992; Hughes & William, 2001) These are appropriate to mypresent study which is to plan and perform an intervention using multimedia tochange the traditional teaching situation
In order to find out the answer to the research question, I conducted the study in sixstages: planning, acting, observing, recording, interviewing and data analyzing
5 Significance of the study
The study is carried out with the first hope that it can improve English learningoutcomes in Smartcom Academy in particular and in other English centers inVietnam in general Another possible contribution of the study is that it can provide
a better way of English teaching, especially English teaching for primary gradersthrough multimedia to create an interactive environment instead of traditionalgrammar classes
6 Structure of the thesis
The thesis is organized as follows:
PART I: INTRODUCTION - introduces the rationale; aims of the study; researchquestions; methods of the study; significance of the study; and the thesis structure.PART II: DEVELOPMENT – the main part of the study, consists of three chapters:Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK –
Trang 12reviews and presents relevant theories and studies to the study Chapter 2:METHODOLOGY – describes the setting of the study, the participants, researchquestion, methods and instruments Chapter 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION –presents an analysis of the data and discusses the findings of the study.
PART III: CONCLUSIONS – summarizes the study, limitations of the study andsuggestions for further research
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FRAMEWORK
English language education has changed dramatically in recent decades all over theworld In different countries, especially those in the Expanding Circle (Kachru,1991), a large number of parents want their children to start to learn English early It
is crucial for language educators to understand children‟s psychologicaldevelopment at different ages and have an accurate concept of approaches tolanguage teaching and teaching aids in use This chapter reviews and presents thecurrent understanding of second language teaching to primary graders, and the use
of multimedia in English teaching The theoretical framework upon which the studyrelies is also presented
1.1 Learning styles of learners
According to studies of professors and Neuro-linguistic programming specialists,learners receive information through five senses including three main ways: visual,auditory and kinesthetic These three ways form learning styles for each learner.1.1.1 Visual: learners prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.1.1.2 Auditory: learners prefer using sound and music
1.1.3 Kinesthetic: learners prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch
According to Dunn and Dunn (1978), only 20-30% of school age children appear to
be auditory learners, 40% are visual learners, and 30-40% are tactile/kinaesthetic orvisual/tactile learners Barbe and Milone (1981) stated that for grade school childrenthe most frequent modality strengths are visual (30%) or mixed (30%), followed byauditory (25%), and then by kinaesthetic (15%) Barbe and Milone (1981) statedthat primary grade children learn better via auditory (verbal) means and are leastwell developed kinaesthetically, however between kindergarten and sixth grade a
Trang 14modality shift occurs and vision becomes the dominant modality and kinaesthesiaovertakes audition (Barbe & Milone, 1981) Barbe and Milone (1981) also wrotethat adults are more likely to have mixed modality strengths than children Inaddition, it has been found that modality strengths differ with regard to achievementlevel Price, Dunn, and Sanders (1980) found that very young children are the mosttactile/kinesthetic, that there is a gradual development of visual strengths throughthe elementary grades, and that only in fifth or sixth grade can most youngsterslearn and retain information through the auditory sense Carbo (1983), investigatingthe perceptual styles of readers, found that good readers prefer to learn through theirvisual and auditory senses, while poor readers have a stronger preference for tactileand kinesthetic learning.
In a classroom environment students with limited English proficiency rely heavily
on visual clues for the comprehension and acquisition of learning content (Olmeda,2003) In a study on perceptual learning styles and achievement in a university levelforeign language course, Renou (2004) found out that there is no significantdifference between the predominant learning style groups and course graders Inother words, whether one is a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner, this has nosignificant bearing on achievement in school as measured by grades In theirresearch, Kia, Alipour, and Ghaderi (2009) found that among students in PayameNoor University in Iran, those with visual learning style have the greatest academicachievement Peacock (2001) has examined the learning style preferences of EFLand ESL students The results of these studies show that students prefer kinestheticlearning styles above others, whereas the teaching methods mostly suit auditorylearners
1.2 Teaching English to primary graders
As English becomes the world‟s common language, many countries all over theworld have utilized English language instruction as a part of their education system
Trang 15Many countries choose the primary level to begin teaching English, and students arestudying the language at younger and younger ages (Jenkins, 2009).
Diana et al (1999) asserted:
The purpose of teaching English in the primary school is to develop pupils‟abilities to communicate effectively in speech and writing and to listen withunderstanding It should also enable them to be enthusiastic, responsive andknowleadgeable readers‟ (National Curriculum Order for English, 1995).Such communication is central to society, and the media encompass this intheir everyday functions In other words, the raison d‟être of the media iscommunication, and to this end a rich tapertry of literacies are employedwhich reflect and shape society (p.169)
Teaching English to young learners at primary school is different from that toadults English teachers at primary schools, therefore, need to master the theories oflanguage teaching-learning to primary graders
In this case, the teachers must completely understand the concept of languageacquisition and learning Language acquisition is a process of getting languagenaturally or sub-consciously Krashen and Terrell (1983) state that acquiring alanguage is “picking it up” It means that developing language ability by accessing
to it regularly in daily situations On the contrary, language learning is a process ofgetting language consciously Language learning is “knowing the rules” In otherwords, learning is getting conscious knowledge about grammar Teaching English toprimary graders should require context in which children can acquire language byacquisition rather than learning
Teaching foreign language effectively to children needs specific skills that differfrom teaching adults It is important to consider four categories proposed by Brown(2001) They are as follows:
Trang 16The word “media” comes from Latin (Oxford2) Accordingly, “multimedia” could
be called multiple media There are various definitions of multimedia According toCambridge dictionary, multimedia is a “combination of moving and still pictures,sounds, music, and words, especially in computers or entertainment” Multimedia isdefined in Oxford dictionary as “using more than one medium of expression orcommunication” Marshall (1999) states, “multimedia is the field concerned withthe computer-controlled integration of text, graphics, drawings, still and movingimages (video), animation, audio, and any other media where every type ofinformation can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed digitally”.According to Mayer (2001), multimedia simply presents both words and pictures
In short, basic elements creating multimedia are shown as below:
2 Retrieved August 7 2017, from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/media
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In this study, multimedia refers to multimedia materials used for improving Englishlessons for the children The materials include the content from Power PointPresentations and Storytelling website
1.2.1.2 Power Point Presentation
PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft PowerPoint is “asoftware package designed to create electronic presentations consisting of a series
of separate pages or slides” (Oxford dictionary3) As a part of Microsoft Office,PowerPoint has become widely used presentation program PowerPoint isconsidered an effective pedagogical tool in classroom when it integrates images,graphics, text, sound, animation and hyperlinks to other documents They allowusers to make animated and interactive presentations According to Bozarth (2008),interactivity is very necessary to support instruction
1.2.1.3 Storytelling website
Storytelling is an “activity of telling or writing stories” (Oxford dictionary4).According to Pesola (1991, p.340), storytelling is “one of the most powerful tools
3 Retrieved August 7 2017, from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/powerpoint
4 Retrieved August 7 2017, from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/storytelling
Trang 18for surrounding the young learner with language” Accordingly, storytelling canimprove their four language skills (Wilson, 1997) Storytelling seems to be apractical and powerful teaching tool, especially for language learning.
Similar to PowerPoint, storytelling website also integrates texts, graphics, sounds,animation, and so on to create an interesting and lively foreign language learningenvironment
1.2.2 Why should teachers use multimedia?
It is important for teachers, especially primary teachers, to recognize thatmultimedia plays a significant role in children‟s lives Children cannot “escapeexposure to the technology revolution which generates so much information and somany ideas, nor should they” (Diana et al., 1999)
The teaching of English is concerned primarily with communication via the writtenand spoken word, and thus, it is obvious that excluding multimedia from theprimary English curriculum will prevent children from accessing a significantlanguage resource “which is representative of a high proportion of society‟scommunication” (Diana et al., 1999)
In short, the teacher should take advantage of multimedia to help the children havebetter language development
1.2.3 The use of multimedia in English teaching
The common use of multimedia can bring a big change for people in sending,receiving and expressing information Pea (1991) states:
Multimedia functions to help students for several reasons, among them are:
first, it is much better that written text so that student can understand the material well Second, it provides the context for the abstract word or explanation such as different emotion on human face Third, it may overcome
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Lin & Chen (2007) thought that multimedia is beneficial for foreign languagelearners Joshi (2012) showed in his study that using multimedia in classroomsupported learners in enhancing their language acquisition
The new function of multimedia led the programmer to develop new softwares forteaching and learning process A more interactive program such as story, animationand games has grown in the last decade Interactive video discs, CD-ROM, and CD-
I become more accessible to teachers and learners Multimedia allows integration oftexts, graphics, audio, and motion videos in a range of combinations As a result,learners can interact with textual, aural, and visual media in a wide range offormats In brief, there are a diversity of multimedia uses in teaching Teachersshould consider the suitable form of multimedia to learners‟ objectives so as toachieve better results
1.2.4 Review of previous related studies
The roles of multimedia and its effectiveness in English teaching have been thesubject of many studies Recently, Rostami, Akbari and Ghanizadeh (2015) studiedthe effect of technology-enhanced environments on learners‟ readingcomprehension ability in Smart schools The population in this study consisted of
124 female students in the first grade of two different high schools Smart board,Power Point Presentation and World Wide Web were used as multimedia tools inthis study The results presented that this application had a positive and significantinfluence on learners‟ reading comprehension ability and on the retention ofreading materials
Another study by Shao (2012) aimed to examine the use of multimedia software tovocabulary acquisition It explored the effectiveness of multimedia application inChinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and the learners‟ attitudestoward multimedia application as well The participants were 80 freshmen students
Trang 20in China The results revealed that students had highly positive attitudes to theapplication of multimedia software The results also showed the effectiveness ofmultimedia software to the development of vocabulary acquisition.
Al-Hammadi (2011) had a quasi-experimental study to research the effectiveness ofmultimedia software for developing listening skills among EFL Saudi secondaryschool students The study showed that the software was useful to the development
of students‟ listening skills
Junjula, Leksirilak and Kaewpradidt (2010) developed multimedia on Englishvocabulary for sixth grade Thai learners The results indicated that the learners‟achievement after learning with multimedia was much higher
Abdurrahman (2006) investigated the effect of Computer Assisted LanguageLearning (CALL) on 83 learners with the age of 11 to 13 years old in the UAE Theinstrument was a pre- and post-achievement test The results proved that CALL had
a positive effect on English learning
In short, relevant studies above show that multimedia seems to be an effective tool
in teaching English to every age Thus, the present study was conducted with theaim to see whether multimedia has effects on teaching English to the fifth graders atSmartcom or not
1.3 Conceptual framework
According to Mayer (2003), the rationale for using multimedia is that “people learnmore deeply from words and picture than from words alone” (p47) In other words,the main purpose of multimedia is to improve teaching – learning process Hence,using multimedia in class needs to be based on approaches to teaching and learning.Constructivism theory and cognitive psychology are two conceptual frameworks ofmultimedia in English teaching
Constructivism is a learning theory which interprets how people can acquireknowledge The theory suggests that learners construct knowledge from their
Trang 21experiences It emphasizes the learner‟s active engagement during studying process.Accordingly, the process focuses on learner-center and the teacher plays the part of
a facilitator Therefore, teachers should put effective new modes in usingmultimedia in English classroom to enhance active engagement in learners (Zhou,2004)
Cognitive psychology focuses on learners‟ advances and features such as attention,memory, acquisition and use of knowledge Based on the cognitive psychology,learning process must depend on learners‟ interests It means that teachers shouldarouse leaners‟ interests in teaching by using integration of multimedia such astexts, images, sounds, animation and so on to present the lesson in a multi-dimensional way (Matlin, 1989)
Therefore, the researcher will use these two theories as a conceptual framework toconduct the action research
1.4 Chapter summary
The chapter has provided the ways to teach English to young learners effectivelythrough theories of children‟s language development Previous related studiesreviewed in this chapter also show that using multimedia is such a good way inteaching English to the children Besides, the chapter has presented the conceptualframework for doing the study The next chapter will present how the study wasconducted
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2.1 The setting of the study
The English center in this study, Smartcom, has its headquarter based in Hanoi.Smartcom was established in 2006 It has opened various branches until now Theone where I am teaching is a new branch of the center
Each classroom in the center is equipped with a white board and a big screen TVconnected to a wireless network The TV is used as a computer and a projectorscreen Each classroom is about 30 square meters The children in this study tookthe course that lasted about two months
As mentioned above, the branch I am teaching is a new one of the center It meansthat everything is new from teachers to learners Before becoming an officialteacher in this center, I had a chance to observe some classes in the branch in thefirst week In my observation, I realized that most of the children here were verysmart; they learnt everything very fast However, some students were problematic.They were very passive and they did not focus on the lessons most of the time,especially when learning from Vietnamese teachers That could seriously affect thequality of the learning process of other students at times Thus, I assumed that I had
to do something for a change However, I did not know what to do at that time until
I became an official teacher in the center An idea of using multimedia began toform in my mind Then I decided to apply it in my first lesson in the center
I was assigned to teach two 5th classes in this center Each class had about 13 younglearners The number of two classes was not fixed because the classes sometimeshad new members Each lesson lasted three hours per week The main content of thefirst two hours taught by a foreign teacher focused on one chapter of a story Morespecifically, the foreign teacher had to teach vocabularies related to the story Thestory would be told through the voice of the teacher when the learners mastered the
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on PowerPoint All activities had been designed carefully on PowerPoint by otherVietnamese teachers of the center before the lesson My task in these two hours was
a teaching assistant and an observer
Figure 2.1 The lesson in the first two hours
In the last one hour, a Vietnamese teacher had to design the grammar lesson herself
As mentioned above, after observing some classes in my first week, I realized thatteaching grammar in traditional ways with a white board was not definitelyeffective The participation of most learners was not high They could concentrate insome first minutes and they were easily distracted after that, especially when doingexercises on worksheets
Trang 24After consideration, I chose two main multimedia tools to design the lesson in myone hour They are PowerPoint and storytelling website.
2.2 The participants
The study was conducted on two 5th classes with 26 learners, one foreign teacherand one Vietnamese teacher – the researcher The children were from 8 to 11 yearsold with 14 boys and 12 girls There was no difference between them in terms ofsyllabus The only thing that may distinguish them from others was the enthusiasm
in study In order to ensure reliable data, real names of the learners are kept and theresearcher obtained their consent to use them
2.3 Research question revisited
The study was carried out to answer the question: How effective is the use ofmultimedia in teaching and learning English to 5th graders in the center?
In order to answer this question, it is necessary to define the concept of “effective”.Defining the effective teacher, effective teaching and teaching effectiveness can becomplex and controversial “Effectiveness” is a contested term that can evokestrong emotions because of its perceived links with notions of professionalcompetency and high stakes accountability in some systems It may questionindividual teachers‟ beliefs about their professional autonomy Notions of whatconstitutes high quality or good teaching, the idea that teaching is an art or a craftrather than a science, are sometimes used to raise concerns with narrower concepts
of effectiveness However, beliefs about what constitutes „good‟ or „high‟ qualitypractice in teaching can vary markedly for different age groups of students, atdifferent times and in different contexts
Effective teaching requires criteria for effectiveness These criteria refer to theobjectives of education in general and of teaching in particular Thus, the objectives
of education and the definitions of the quality and effectiveness of education areclosely connected This means that defining effective teaching must be done in
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2.4 Methods and instruments
2.4.1 Data collection instruments
The study employed qualitative method for gathering and analyzing data from theuse of multimedia In order to collect reliable and valid data, three instrumentsadopted in this study were: (1) observation; (2) interview with the learners in thetwo classes and (3) recording from the website
2.4.1.1 Observation
Observation is a way to collect “live” data It is useful means to gather informationabout phenomena in a second and foreign language classroom, such as types oflanguage, activities, interactions and instruction (Mackey & Gass, 2005) Theresearcher observed the learners‟ reaction and performance while she was usingmultimedia to introduce the grammar lesson, assign the grammar practices andreview the story in the class The children were not informed of being observed sothat they could respond, act, or behave as naturally as possible Data from theobservation was analyzed according to the children‟s reaction to the program –physical, facial and verbal expressions
2.4.1.2 Recording
The children‟s performance in doing exercises was recorded right on the storytellingwebsite Besides, the teacher recorded her voice to comment on their speaking cards onthe website as well Data from the recording was analyzed according to the followingcriteria: (1) the percentages the children were engaged in using each part of the websiteand (2) the progress they obtained when doing speaking cards
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Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 young learners in the twoclasses The main aim of each interview was to investigate how the children‟s use
of the storytelling website at home affects their in-class performance
2.4.2 Data collection procedure
In order to collect information related to the study as much as possible, theresearcher carried out the study in the following stages:
Figure 2.2 Research procedure
As shown in Figure 2.2, data of the study was collected during the process ofmultimedia application Thus, data collection procedure will be presented in thefollowing part
2.4.2.1 Application of multimedia in teaching 5 th graders in the center and data collection
The observation was carried out with two 5th classes in the Vietnamese teacher‟sone hour within 8 weeks These two classes had the same syllabus and teachers (one
is the foreign teacher, the other is the Vietnamese teacher) Some noteworthy issues
Trang 27were taken notes during the lesson Then they were collected for the teacher to writeclass reports at the end of each lesson.
2.4.2.1.1 Application of PowerPoint in the class and observation
I believed that PowerPoint was a perfect combination of images and sounds Moreinterestingly, it has great tools to show information attractively Hence, I used it todesign grammar lessons in my one hour The following illustrations were shown in
my first grammar lesson:
Figure 2.3 The name of the grammar lesson
Figure 2.4 The first slide of the language input
Figure 2.5 The second slide of the language input
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Figure 2.7 The fouth slide of the language input
Figure 2.8 The fifth slide of the language input
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The images above are examples of the input presentation in one grammar lesson.The next images are illustrated for the exercises:
Figure 2.10 The first activity of the practice
Figure 2.11 The first question in the first activity
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Figure 2.13 The second activity of the practice
Figure 2.14 The first question in the second activity
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Figure 2.16 The third activity of the practice
Figure 2.17 The first question in the third activity
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Figure 2.19 The fourth activity of the practice
Figure 2.20 The first question in the fourth activity
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There were about 4 or 5 activities for the learners to practice Each activity had 8questions After practicing, the teacher would revise the lesson for the class Forexample, in this lesson, the teacher summarized the lesson with the table ofPossessive adjectives and Possessive pronouns and showed the children what theymust notice Before changing the color from black to red, the teacher asked thelearners about special things they saw in the table The children tried to outdo oneanother in answering the questions
Figure 2.22 Table of English possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns