Sáng kiến kinh nghiệm THPT: Using meaningful activities to improve high school students’ spoken competence

The study aims at finding out about the effects of using meaningful activities on the development of high school students’ spoken discourse at the school. The research also aims to identify students’ speaking problems with the hope that meaningful activities can help promote their spoken competence.
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Sáng kiến kinh nghiệm THPT: Using meaningful activities to improve high school students’ spoken competence SỞGIÁODỤCVÀĐÀOTẠOĐỒNGNAI Đơnvị:THPTNGÔQUYỀN _________________ Mã số:……………… SÁNGKIẾN USINGMEANINGFULACTIVITIESTOIMPROVEHIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS’SPOKENCOMPETENCE Ngườithựchiện:TrầnVănNghia ̃ Lĩnhvựcnghiêncứu: Quảnlýgiáodục  Phươngphapgiaogiaoduc ́ ́ ́ ̣  Phươngphápdạyhọcbộmôn:TiếngAnh  Lĩnhvựckhác:  Cóđínhkèm: Môhình ĐĩaCD(DVD) Phimảnh HiệnvậtkhácNămhọc:20192020 SỞGIÁODỤCVÀĐÀOTẠOĐỒNGNAI Đơnvị:THPTNGÔQUYỀN SÁNGKIẾN USINGMEANINGFULACTIVITIESTOIMPROVE HIGHSCHOOLSTUDENTS’SPOKEN COMPETENCE Ngườithựchiện:TrầnVănNghia ̃ Lĩnhvựcnghiêncứu: Quảnlýgiáodục  Phươngphapgiaoduc ́ ́ ̣  Phươngphápdạyhọcbộmôn:TiếngAnh  Lĩnhvựckhác Nămhọc:20192020 CONTENTSAppendix3 ABBREVIATIONLIST1.TESOL:TeachingEnglishtoSpeakersofOtherLanguages2.IELTS:InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem3.TOEFL:TestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage4.TOEIC:TestofEnglishforInternationalCommunication ,THÔNGTINCHUNGVỀSÁNGKIẾN 1.Tênsángkiến: Usingmeaningfulactivitiestoimprovehighschoolstudents’spokencompetence 2.Lĩnhvựcápdụngsángkiến:PhươngphápdạytiếngAnh 3.Tácgiả: Họvàtên:TrầnVănNghĩa Nam(nữ):Nam Trìnhđộchuyênmôn:ThạcsĩchuyênngànhgiảngdạytiếngAnh Chứcvụ,đơnvị côngtác:Tổ trưởngtổ tiếngAnh,THPTNgôQuyền–BiênHoàĐồngNai Điệnthoại:0913130131 Email:Johnnghia5@yahoo.com.vn Tỷlệđónggóptạorasángkiến(%):100%8 USINGMEANINGFULACTIVITIES TOIMPROVEHIGHSCHOOLSTUDENTS’SPOKENCOMPETENCEINTRODUCTIONMyinterestintheimprovementofhighschoolstudents’spokencompetencestartedwhenIattendedaconferenceinHoChiMinhCityonTESOLmethodologyin2016.Asanattempttoimprovehighschoolstudents’competence,Idomybesttocarryoutthisminiresearchwithempiricalmethods,andIholdthebeliefthatIcanmakeaninnovationinEnglishlanguageteachingandlearningatNgoQuyenHighSchool,wherethereareover1000studentswantingtobecomecompetentEnglishspeakers.Thisresearchfocusesontheexpectedeffectivenessofusingmeaningfulactivitiesinimprovinghighschoolstudents’spokencompetence.1.Background/contextDongNaiisanindustrialprovinceintheSouthofVietNam,wheremanyforeignbusinessmenandvisitorscometoworkinindustrialzones,todobusinessandtobeon holiday. These foreigners need to use English to communicate with theircolleagues,officeworkers,localresidents.ThatiswhyEnglishhasbeenconsideredtobethemostpopularandimportantlanguageforadultsatworkandyoungpeopleatschooloruniversity.Theprovincehasover50highschools,andNgoQuyenHighSchoolisthemostfamousoneintheprovince.Eachyear,theschoolhasoveronethousandstudentswho are good at many subjects including mathematics, chemistry, physics andbiology,buttheirEnglishcommunicativecompetencemustbecarefullytakenintoconsiderationtosomeextent.Ininformaldiscussionswithstudentsandteachersintheschool,Ihaverecognizedthat problems facing the reality of teaching and learning speaking are that realcommunicationisnotalwaysachieved.Mostformisfocusedanddisplayquestionsareoftenexploited.Theteachersmakequestionsavailableinthetextbooksinordertocompletetheirlessonplan.Therefore,thestudentsmeetdifficultyachievinggoodresultsinIELTS,TOEFLandTOEICtests.2.ThescopeoftheresearchTheresearchconsistsofanintroduction,areviewofworthwhileliteraturerelatedtotheindependentvariable:“meaningfulactivities”andtheirbenefits,adescriptionofstudents’ learning styles, learning habits, preferences and their views of thesespeakingactivities.Thefinalpartsoftheresearchpaperaresectionsaboutresearch9methodology, anticipated outcomes and possible problems which may come upduringtheresearchtogetherwithashortconclusion.Theapplicationofmeaningfulactivitieswillbecarriedoutamongaclassofthirtyfive10gradersatNgoQuyenHighSchool.Thestudentswillbetestedonorallycommunicativeabilitybeforeandafterthetechniquescalled“meaningfulactivities”areappliedintheclassroominordertoseehowmuchimprovementthestudentsgain.Bothteachers’attitudesandstudents’feelingstowardsmeaningfulactivitiesasteachingandlearningtoolswillbereflectedthroughinterviewsandquestionnairesrespectively.Thiswillprove,tosomeextent,theusefulnessandthefeasibilityoftheseactivitiesinEnglishclassrooms.3.RationaleStudentsacquireaforeignlanguagethroughthefourfundamentalskillsincludinglistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Profici ...