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Teaching English as a foreign language to young learners need special approach since young learners have special characteristics, they have their own way of learning.. The main objective

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1 The reason for choosing topics:

As we know, English is an important language, commonly used worldwide and is used in different fields In the national construction, development and integration with the world, English has become a vital tool,

work tool and communicative tool between all of the modern people, it is an

important second language after their mother tongue Teaching English from primary schools is very necessary and contributes to the education of the younger generation to become comprehensive people English learners have the opportunity to learn, access to the rich, fascinating culture of oldest countries in the world In our country, English is considered the language of transaction in economics, politics, culture, and has been teaching at the elementary, secondary, college, university In process of learning English, we know more in another language, a different culture and also more love Vietnamese and Vietnamese culture Since English has become an international language, more and more people learn English The importance of English as a world language has made people to learn English as early as possible Teaching English as a foreign language to young learners need special approach since young learners have special characteristics, they have their own way of learning The forms of fun activities for children are songs and rhymes The main objective of this experience initiative is to emphasize the importance of using short songs in teaching of English as a foreign language to young learners Their functions, criteria for election and the way of presenting them to the class will also be analised Song and rhymes are amazing tool for teaching language, especially to children Young learners pick up pronunciation, vocabulary, grammatical structures and rhymes of language English has become the main language of communication all over the world and early learning of English in the school context is becoming more common Teaching of English from primary education

is very common in many countries, including Viet Nam Learning English starts

at the age of 5 and 6 Teaching children can be immensely rewarding, teachers who has experienced that can tell about it But it’s not fun and games all the time, and sometimes it’s just not that easy English teachers who wish to teach children must be aware of the challenges and difficulties they may encounter, and prepare accordingly But still the young age is different, children learn language faster than adults, they do not learn through traditional language teaching methods Through fun activities children can learn a language better as

learning becomes natural for them since these activities do not make them conscious that they are learning a language

Children can learn better through interesting activities and for this reason short songs are very useful tools for teaching them a foreign language Actually these are the tools that help children learn in an enjoyable environment without making them feel the pressure of learning a foreign language

Songs are full of lexicon, they are authentic language and students can take advantage of their repetition and musicality, contributing to the learning of expressions When students listen to them again and again they acquire and receive a great language input unconsciously They also help to create a relaxing and pleasant atmosphere, motivating students in the learning and introducing fun and happiness in the foreign language classroom

Songs and rhymes work wonderfully as a part of an ESL program for children, for a non-native speaker at the beginning stage it is clearly easier to sing or recite a rhyme in English than it is to communicate personal information, wants or needs The rhythm and rhymes naturally appealing to a child, the child

is a eager to be a part of the rhythm and to participating in reciting the rhyme A class in which every child feels welcomed as a participating member is a vital factor in effective teaching A class in which every child feels welcomed as a participating member is a vital factor in effective teaching Sharing songs are easy to memorize, the children derive visible satisfaction and confidence from this newly acquired fluency that comes so quickly

Most primary school teachers generally use songs as a teaching technique and Cameron (2001) claims that the use of short songs is also important for young learners in foreign language classrooms Likewise, Johnstone (2002) claims that teachers of young learners may make an important contribution to children’s early language education by introducing their classes to recorded songs, and Demirel (2004) claims that the most effective way to teach listening comprehension, pronunciation, and dictation to young leaners is through teaching songs

After exploring and accumulating the experiences from colleagues, I have some experiences in teaching songs and achieved quite effective results The students are more active and interested in learning English and more confident

in speaking before the class This improves that my methods are right With the passion and the love for teaching English, I have studied and developed the

research: "Some experiences to interest the grade 3 students in learning English by creating short songs.”

2.Purpose of the study :

- The research applies the methods of teaching songs 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 songs and chants

- Exchanging and sharing some experiences in teaching songs for younger

learners

3 Objects of the study:

Research Time: School Year 2019-2020

Research Object: "Some experiences to interest the grade 3 students in learning English by creating short songs."

The respondents of the research: With this research I focused on the primary students, especially the students of class 3A, 3B, 3C Some theoretical issues about the procedures and activities in teaching songs in for young learners according to the communicative approach and explore the present situation of teaching short songs at Primary School and suggest some techniques in teaching songs to develop speaking and listening skill for elementary students, help them

be more confident to communicate in English

4.Methodology of the study:

- Method of literature review

- Method of survey (Questionnaire)

- Method of secondary data

- Method of statistical analysis

PART II: CONTENTS

I The basis issues.

Along with the trend of social development, English has become a popular language in everyday life Learning English well for primary school is a solid stepping stone for students to study well in this subject in the next grades Teaching foreign languages to young children is not only about teaching the knowledge and skills of a new language, but also teaching elements of a new culture with similarities and differences from the Vietnamese culture Music plays an important role in learning foreign languages in general and English in particular, especially for children When singing an English song over and over, children will memorize words, phrases and model sentences in a gentle, interesting way and help children speak English more naturally, practice pronunciation more We know that for elementary school students, it is easy to

arouse interest in learning, but it is also difficult to maintain that interest in them The fact that students sing the same song over and over in several periods reduces the attractiveness of the songs themselves The diverse use of short songs in multiple classes helps students Primary school in general - 3rd graders

in particular love and love to learn English Therefore, I boldly apply the topic

"Some experiences to interest the grade 3 students in learning English by creating short songs.”

II The reality of the research

1 Reality:

Teacher of young learners use music, namely songs ubiquitously in the English classroom Though songs are commonly used, teacher may not fully aware of the benefits of music in the young learner classroom The Vietnamese educational system believes in a well-balanced education for all, cooperative behavior, group discipline, and conformity to standards General Education for Children Education is widespread in Vietnam The Vietnam Ministry of Education is instrumental in developing and maintaining national curriculum guidelines as well as supporting materials It is common for Vietnamese children

to participate in additional activities not provided by the public school Vietnamese children also participate in many arts or sports activities such

as music lessons, commonly, dance, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming and painting These activities create greater motivation for students and a broader school experience Music is part of the educational system from kindergarten through high school level, with several private and public schools focusing on arts training The Ministry of Education provides arts education in the schools, museums, libraries, and other institutions, providing the most official support and patronage of the arts Though music books boast a variety of musical genres, the ministry favors traditional arts and crafts and "high culture "Music education in Vietnam begins with its youngest children Before children enter school, many are exposed to music through TV programs Vietnamese Broadcasting Corporation provides publically funded programming They have many educational TV programs for children One of their most popular programs, The Vietnamese Voice Kids has been running for many years Hosted

by many children, the program invites many young learners to participate in singing songs and dancing Vietnamese culture and the educational system are unique in many ways By understanding of the educational system, the power of groups, the challenge of developing independence, individuality, and creativity, the influence of perfectionism, the perception of Vietnamese uniqueness and its

influence on language and the importance of music, both Native English speaking teachers and Native Vietnamese speaking teachers might be able to teach English language to children more effectively Analysis of my school’s result in teaching and learning English in recent years showed that our average score in speaking and listening has been consistently lower than those schools in urban areas It was a situation that was of concern and motivated the examination of the school’s approach to the teaching of speaking and listening Our school is a public primary school in a rural area in Thanh Hoa province It is

a large school with around 500 students, ranging from 6 to 10 years old There are three to four classes in each year levels, meaning that collaboration among teachers is extremely important to ensure consistency in learning programs Songs are taught in Lesson 1, Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 in English 3, 4, 5 After several years of teaching the book Tieng Anh 3, I found that many students cannot speak or listen well However, they like singing and dancing during the lesson Songs and use melody, strong rhythm and simple vocabulary to arouse children's interest and attention They set up a situation where children learn and remember the target language unconsciously

From those factors, I find that songs use melody, strong rhythm and simple vocabulary to arouse children's interest and attention They set up a situation where children learn and remember the target language unconsciously

So if we use short songs in teaching English for young learners, the pupils will understand and remember the lesson easily an defectively Although, it might be difficult to get the class used to the new songs, we will find that all children like them very much We have to take advantages of love to enrich the language – teaching environment There are numerous variations of activities and teachers are advised to choose what best suits their learners

2 Result and effect of the current reality

Based on the present situation of students in class 3, the level of all students is acquired after a few weeks of the school year with the methods of teaching songs to develop speaking and listening skill I had 40 minutes to test grade 3 students to survey and classify the students The following will show the result in the students’ speaking and listening skills:

Table 1: Results of the Classes 3A, 3B, 3C School Year: 2019-2020 (September 2019)

3A 32 5 15,6 15 46,9 12 37,5

After doing the survey, I have classified the students and immediately applied the methods and experiences which I accumulated over the years to improve the teaching and learning quality And I want to introduce with you "

Some experiences to interest the grade 3 students in learning English by creating short songs” to consult with colleagues.

III Measures carried out:

After thinking for a while to try to find more effective solutions to improve students' learning status, I proceed as follows: 1 Select short songs with cheerful, bustling tones, following familiar, easy-to-copy rhythms to teach them 2 To be more effective, I boldly organize a variety of singing styles (when the children have already memorized the songs well) to increase the effectiveness in using their songs Students or teachers can preliminarily explain the content of the songs as well as have students read the lyrics fluently once before singing Singing with a clear understanding of the song's content will make the singer more enjoyable and memorable Thereby the nested language will be used many times and more flexible and engraved Here are some of the forms I have used very well:

* Always give them the habit of singing an English song at the beginning of each class Sometimes in order to avoid stress and fatigue in the middle of the last class period I set them up to one or two short, gentle songs in a cheerful tone

- accompanied by double-beat applause beat one, the beat became faster and faster then stopped, in order to return the excitement, excitement, joy, and excitement in the classroom

* Combine a few suitable movements or gestures while singing Singing in combination with play like "Exam singing" (do not sing again one of the words

of the topic that has been sung before as prescribed by the teacher)

* The form of chase singing is a very meaningful and fun way to sing, it attracts the interest of the students Chasing singing (with 2 or 4 groups) gives the singers, groups, parts and even the listener a mess at first when the groups sing differently (with different lyrics but the music still follows the same pattern ), and then the same thing again - sing the same line If we can sing correctly, we will help create confidence, independence for the children, not obeying, not following other members At that time, they will surely be very happy and even

proud Thus, we know that the ways to support English lessons are not only through playing games, storytelling, acting but also through short, fun songs

to encourage the use of language English in a practical, creative way Use more English, learn as much English as possible for communication in daily life and

in modern society today

The following is the content of some songs I apply in the lessons:

1 Hi.How are you?

A: Hi How are you?

B: I’m fine.

This song was used in Unit 1: Hello lesson 2 - part 4, 5, 6 in the warm-up activity for 5 minutes to check the vocabulary first time and ask them to take turns reading aloud the words they have learned

-The teacher says:" Now, listen to the radio and call out the words you know one

by one"

- The teacher plays the CD

- Student 1: Hi

- Student 2: Fine

- Student 3: Thanks

- The teacher corrects students' mistakes and gives remarks

-The teacher says:" Well, listen again and call out the model sentence you have

just learnt in the previous period"

- Student 1: Hi How are you?

- Student 2: I'm fine, thanks

- The teacher corrects students' mistakes and gives remarks

- The teacher plays song twice more and asks children to sing along the recording

For this lesson, you can also replace the above song with the song "Hello, teacher" with similar teaching steps

2 Hello teacher.

(Hello teacher)2 (How are you?)2 (Very well ,I'm thankyou)2 (How are you?)2

3 Goodbye teacher

(Good bye teacher.)2 (See you again)2 (Bye See you tomorrow.)2 (Bye Goodbye.)2

I used this song in Unit 2: Thank you Lesson 2 Part 1, 2, 3 after they

finished Lesson 2 This song was written on power point, with the Gap-fill

activity With the above lyrics, with the blanks, where there are the same words,

I will type the same number, and at the same time will project the lyrics numbered like the students on the screen

( 1 teacher.)2 ( 2 you again)2 (Bye 2 you tomorrow.)2 ( 3 .1 )2 After that, I organized a game for the children to play in the form of

"ringing the golden bell" Tell them to listen to the lyrics 3 times, after each time they will fill in the missing word in their child's board in order 1,2,3 The player who writes correctly will continue the game, the student who writes the wrong word will be disqualified The winner is the one who correctly writes all 3 words above After praising the winner, I will have the whole class sing this song once again with the complete lyrics shown on the screen

4 Hello What’s your name?

A:Hello, Hello (What’s your name?)3 Hello, Hello What’s your name?

B:My name is Peter

I used this song when they finished Lesson1 Part 3 -Unit 3: This is Tony Firstly, I played the recording for them to listen once so they got used to the melody, then I let the children sing line by line to the recording, while singing while looking at their lyrics, I played the song a few more times, let the children sing along the record Finally, I let them practice singing in groups, and then organize for the children singing competition in group With flexible teaching arrangements, similar to theme 1, in the next themes, I cleverly incorporate different songs in order to give them excitement when studying English

5 School song

This is my desk This is my chair

This is my bag That I take every where

Sit down Stand up One, two, three

School, school, school for you and me

This is my pencil This is my pen

This is my ruler This is my eraser.

Sit down Stand up.One, two, three

School, school, school for you and me

I used this song in warm up- lesson1 Part 4, 5, 6 (Unit 6: Stand up! ) to test vocabulary about the school things I divided the class into 3 groups, each group assigned a group leader to write down the words I asked for in the extra-board using learning and command words in the classroom After the third listening, they have 30 seconds to check, and then ask them to hang their extra-board on the board, the team that scored the most correct words will win

6 This is the way we go to school.

This is the way we go to school, go to school, go to school

This is the way we go to school in this early morning

That is the way we go to the classroom, the classroom, the classroom That is the way we go to the classroom in this early morning

This is the way we go to the library, library, library

This is the way we go to the library in this early morning

This song was used in Unit 6: Where’s your school, after they finished lesson1 This is a song with a melody similar to the song “This is the way” they have just learned in part 5 lesson1 I let them sing the first two lines of this song After that, I painted pictures of a room Ask them to repeat the word in English, and then ask them to replace the underline of the first line with the classroom, the classroom, the classroom with the same music, the second line I ask them I replaced the word school with the word the classroom For the next two lines, I also taught with similar teaching steps I just showed up on the projector with the first 2 lines of lyrics and the alternate underline In the end I had the whole class sing the whole song again with the full lyrics appearing on the screen

7 Family song – My family song

I have a father and a mother

I have a brother and a sister

I have a grandma and grandfa

And we all love each other

This is my… This is my…

This is my family

8 Ten Little numbers

One little two little three little numbers

Four little five little six little numbers

Seven little eight little nine little numbers

Ten little.

9 How old are you?

How old are you? I’m older than you

How old are you? I’m older than you

I’m one I’m two I’m three

I’m four I’m five I’m six

I’m seven years old

I’m eight I’m nine years old

One, two, three, four, five

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

10 The house song

Where’s your father? He’s in the bedroom

Where’s your sister? She’s in the living room

Where’s your brother? He’s in the bathroom

Where’s your mother? She’s in the kitchen

Bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen (not chicken)

It’s a kitchen

With Using different forms of teaching organization, I used Family song

in Unit 11: This is my family Lesson 2 Part 4, 5, 6 Before this lesson, I

introduced two new words for family members grandma and grandpa I used

The Little numbers in Unit 4: How old are you ? after they have finished Lesson 2 to help students to reinforce the words of numbers I used How old are you? In Warm up activity to test vocabulary about numbers and how to ask qand answers about ages The song The house Song was used in Unit 12 after the

students have finished Part 3 Lesson 1 to help them remember words that refer

to each room of the house easily

11.The weather song.

(What is the weather like?)2

It is sunny and windy in my home town

(What is the weather like?)2

It is cloudy and rainy in my home town

12 How’s the weather?

How’s the, how’s the weather? How’s the, how’s the weather?

It’s sunny It’s sunny It’s sunny now It’s sunny now

How’s the, how’s the weather? How’s the, how’s the weather?

It’s rainy It’s rainy It’s rainy now It’s rainy now

How’s the, how’s the weather? How’s the, how’s the weather?

It’s cloudy It’s cloudy It’s cloudy now It’s cloudy now

How’s the, how’s the weather? How’s the, how’s the weather?

It’s windy It’s windy It’s windy now It’s windy now

13 I have a lot of pets