Sollutions to improve speaking skills for students in grades 6-7

 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING YEN THE
 DONG LAC SECONDARY SCHOOL
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REPORT SOLLUTIOS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITIVES
 DISTRICT LEVEL TEACHER CYCLE 2022-2024
 Sollution:
 Sollutions to improve speaking skills 
 for students in grades 6-7
 Full name: Nguyen Thi Bao Hoan
 Subjects taught: English
 Qualification: Bachelor's Degree
 Position: Teacher
 Working unit: Dong Lac Secondary School
 Dong Lac, April 20, 2023
 1 PART A - PROBLEM
 Nowadays, English has become a popular language all over the world, it is 
an essential communication tool in all areas of social activities. In the era of 
globalization, the need to communicate between people of all countries is 
imperative.
 Learning a foreign language is more difficult than other subjects. Currently, 
the curriculum and textbooks are very innovative, but the difficulty is also higher, 
requiring students in the learning process, in addition to mastering language 
knowledge, to master the 4 skills of listening - speaking - reading - writing, which 
emphasizes the formation and development of students' communication ability. 
For students in grades 8, 9 is already difficult, for students in grades 6 and 7 it is 
even more difficult because they have just moved from primary school and are not 
familiar with how to learn and a large amount of knowledge, communication skills 
are still lacking. very limited, they are very afraid to use English in communication 
due to various reasons such as: shyness, reticence, fear of saying the wrong thing 
will be ridiculed, incorrect pronunciation, not enough vocabulary to speak or do 
not understand the grammar structure, sentence patterns ..etc How to improve 
the above situation and attract students study, be passionate and love the subject 
more. I have used very effectively the combination of methods in active teaching 
in each lesson, during the school year. And focus on forging skills for students as 
well as fostering good students because that is a very necessary issue to create 
high-ranking students. By his practical experience over a period of time, he has 
successfully applied the methods of forging skills for students, although they have 
been applied to different grades and students, but within the framework of In this 
topic, I would like to introduce and go deeper into "Speaking skills for secondary 
school students". Good organization of speaking practice will help overcome these 
limitations. That is also the reason for this topic.
 2 PART B. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
 I. The current situation of teaching and learning English at Dong Lac 
Secondary School
 1. Advantages
 With the attention of the industry leaders, the specialist in charge of the 
junior high school division of the District Department of Education and Training. 
With the enthusiastic care and support of the School Board of Directors.
 The school's English teachers are qualified in terms of training qualifications 
and are always enthusiastic in teaching. Participating fully in seminars, seminars 
and professional training courses organized by the Department and the Education 
Department.
 The school has been recognized as a National Standard School, so most 
teachers are always aware that maintaining the educational quality of a standard 
school is very important.
 Facilities and equipment for teaching and learning English are quite 
complete. The school is equipped with subject classrooms with computers, 
projectors, a Lab with Internet connection and the use of soft books in learning and 
teaching English. Most students have full textbooks when studying.
 Parents also realize that their children's learning is very important, so they 
regularly create conditions for students to develop to their full potential.
 2. Limitations and causes of limitations
 2.1. Teacher
 The quality of the English subject at the school every year is often low. 
After a period of teaching, the teacher noticed that the level of the students was 
uneven, there were students with good academic ability, but most of them were 
very weak. Although they have studied English for many years in primary school, 
but English is only an elective subject, so they do not focus on learning English, 
even, especially, there are students who do not know anything, cannot speak. 
floating a simple English sentence.
 3 2.2. Students
 Currently, the majority of students studying English are very weak, due to 
the loss of basic knowledge, they are weak in skills, not diligently passionate about 
the subject, grammar and basic vocabulary are still lacking. too little does not meet 
the requirements of the subject.
 They do not know how to learn to achieve high efficiency, have no sense of 
self-discipline in learning, slow and low ability to acquire basic language 
knowledge, rote learning and inability to apply knowledge into practice.
 Some students, when studying English, do not pay attention to the lecture, 
do not study old lessons at home and do not have the habit of preparing new 
lessons when they come to class.
 Secondary school students at Dong Lac Secondary School are weak in all 
four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Especially speaking skills 
are still weak. They are very shy to speak English in class, are not brave in 
studying because they do not understand the lesson deeply, have not firmly 
grasped the knowledge, lack of confidence, passiveness and shy, reserved 
mentality, afraid that others will laugh when they do. say incorrectly. Most 
students tend to pronounce English in a Vietnameseized way, have little chance to 
meet and communicate with native speakers, so their pronunciation is not standard, 
or they are shy and the biggest weakness is fear of speaking. wrong, so most of 
them are still shy and reserved.
 II. Measures: Practice speaking skills for secondary school students
 1. Measure 1: Practice pronunciation for students
 - In the process of communicating in English, in order for others to 
understand what they are saying, students need to pronounce words and sentences 
clearly.
 - When introducing materials and sentence patterns, teachers need to read 
correctly both phonetics and intonation for students to imitate because this is a 
basic element in teaching listening and speaking, students must pronounce 
correctly. because if they pronounce it wrong, the listener will misunderstand what 
 4 the speaker means, and the wrong pronunciation will become a habit that will have 
a bad influence in the process of learning and communicating later. So when 
teaching words, I tried to teach students to read words correctly by using soft 
books with each word being transcribed, accented and for students to hear the 
pronunciation of native speakers, then students Repeat it a few times so you can 
read the words correctly.
 - Practice for students to have the habit of reading concatenation. 
 Example: Get-up ['gổtʌp]
 - It's a pencil. /itzəpensl/ .
 2. Measure 2: Train students to use correct intonation
 - Intonation is simply understood as the rise and fall of the voice. Listeners 
can misunderstand or completely misunderstand the speaker's meaning if the 
speaker uses the wrong intonation, because intonation is compared as the soul of 
the sentence.
 - It should be noted: stress, rhythm, phonetics, and intonation are important 
factors in speaking English. It helps listeners easily understand the content of the 
conversation
 - Usually in English, the main stress is often placed on words that have 
important content meanings in the sentence.
 - Intonation: raise your voice at the end of Yes-No questions and lower your 
voice at Wh-questions
 +/ With Yes/No questions, the intonation is low at the beginning and 
gradually increased at the end of the sentence.
 For example: Do you like playing football?
 +/ Raise your voice at the end of a definite but meaningful question.
 For example: You really think so?
 +/ For question types with question words, lower your voice at the end of 
the sentence.
 For example: What is your hobby?
 How far is it from your house to school?
 5 After instructing students on how to use intonation I usually give them 
practice by listening to the tape and asking them to repeat it in the correct tone and 
intonation, I remind them to try to speak fluently right away. Don't be afraid to be 
wrong the first time, if wrong, I will read it again next time to make it right.
 3. Measure 3: Organize activities in pairs-groups:
 - To effectively implement the student-centered approach, it is necessary to 
organize for all students to participate in learning under the supervision of the 
teacher's class. In addition, teachers need to guide students to practice their English 
speaking skills in many forms such as pairs, groups, and teacher-to-class 
conversations. This is the most effective and ideal activity during speaking 
practice. All students will be working at the same time. Students learn from each 
other during practice, it is an opportunity to share information and learn from each 
other what they do not know, and at the same time, the teacher can easily control 
students by walking around the class, listen and help when needed. If so, the 
practice of speaking English will be more effective.
 4. Measure 4: Apply different types of exercises to develop speaking 
skills
 a. Yes-no question: Question to guess information
 + The teacher gives a title to practice.
 6 + The teacher provides some suggested words, background knowledge, the 
teacher models and then lets the students speak freely.
 b. Ask and answer: ask and answer
 + Students can practice by themselves in pairs
 + If practicing in groups, the group leader asks some questions, other 
members of the group have the task of answering.
 c. Dialogue build: 
 + The teacher has basic suggested words or pictures to show -> students 
build a dialogue and then practice speaking
 d. Substitution drills: Replace learned dialogues or problems with grammar 
and vocabulary with new lines, grammar problems, and vocabulary.
 e. Onion ring:
 + The teacher gives the topic to practice.
 The teacher begins by asking a certain student a question. The student that 
answered the teacher's question was then tasked with asking another question to 
the next student. This student is responsible for answering and asking a question 
for a third friend, so this form of chain practice is continued.
 + Thematic questions may not need to develop into immediate dialogue.
 7 f. Picture stories :
 + The teacher collects pictures and pictures with content relevant to the 
program studied.
 + The teacher models, plays roles in the comics, uses the suggestions in the 
pictures as words for the characters. Students observe and practice role-playing the 
characters in the picture.
 + The teacher can ask students to rearrange the pictures according to the 
order of events of the story. -> Students then look at the picture and retell the main 
content.
 + The teacher can suggest with questions
 + The teacher can ask students to match the pictures with the story: Write 
the story on the cardboard, arrange the pictures and the story in a messy way -> 
Ask the students to observe the pictures and match the narration in order. of the 
episode taught in the picture is also the order of the narrative written on that cover
 g. Role play :
 + Role-playing games to reinforce students' understanding
 + Divide each group to play a scene according to the theme requested by the 
teacher
 5. Measure 5: Practice speaking skills in project presentations
 As you know, with 45 minutes for an hour in class, with a lot of activities, 
the teacher must be very flexible to be able to teach all the basic knowledge in 
class and have very little time to practice. focus on students. So the project 
presentation is very necessary. With this presentation, the children have time to 
practice and develop skills such as: Listening - Speaking - Reading - Writing, 
language especially speaking skills.
 * The principles that I applied to students giving good presentations.
 - Students must prepare the presentation carefully and in accordance with 
the project content.
 - Create confidence and comfort for students.
 - Consolidate basic knowledge related to the presentation topic.
 8 - Simplify the content of the exercises and gradually increase the difficulty 
in a way that is suitable for the students' level.
 - Always let the children study in groups or pairs to create rhythmic 
coordination, unity and certainty about the knowledge they still remember.
 - Regularly check the preparation and the tasks assigned by the teacher in 
the previous period.
 - Promptly encourage and praise to create interest and interest in speaking of 
students.
 2. Illustrations in classroom practice sessions
 Above I have outlined some measures to practice speaking skills in the 6th 
and 7th grade program. Here I would like to illustrate with some specific lessons
 * English 7 Unit 1 - Speaking:
 The requirement of this lesson is that students must be able to talk about 
their hobby and the benefits of that hobby. Request: Work in groups. Ask one 
another the following questions. Then present your partner’s answer to the class.
 9 Onion ring: Students stand in a circle asking and answering in a circle. Then 
the teacher called on some students to talk about their friend's hobby.
 1. What is your favorite hobby?
 2. What are its benefits?
 Example:
 My friend Mi's favorite hobby is collecting stamps. It helps her be more 
patient.
 English 7: Unit 6 – A closer look 1. Activity 3: Work in pairs. Answer the 
questions about your school.
 1. Can you name some gifted students in your school?
 2. When does the first-term test take place?
 3. Do you have to take an entrance examination to study at your school?
 4. What kind of facilities does your school have?
 5. What types of outdoor activities do you like to take part in?
 English 7: Unit 9: Lesson 4: Communication
 Students practice in pairs, ask and answer, then record their friend's answer. 
Students talk about you in front of the class.
 Yes No
 1. Do you go to school on foot?
 2. Do you use public transport?
 3. Do you use low energy light bulbs at home?
 4. Do you use solar energy to warm water?
 5. Do you turn off the lights when going to bed?
 6. Do you turn off the TV when not watching it?
 10 - Ask them to speak according to their own ideas, as much as possible by 
applying knowledge and vocabulary related to the topic “Films”
 - This is an opportunity for children to practice their language knowledge to 
talk about their thoughts on the topic they are studying. In general, the children 
were very excited to present their ideas, and the teacher supported them to use the 
language in a number of situations that arise.
 - The teacher listens to the students' presentation and promptly corrects 
some pronunciation errors for them. Thus, teaching English speaking is not only 
taught in lessons with the "Speaking" section, but teachers have to give students 
regular speaking skills, throughout English lessons in many different parts of a 
single program. Lessons like: A closer look 1, A closer look 2, Communication, 
Skills 1, Skills 2 and Looking back and Project too.
 SECTION C. EVIDENCE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF MEASURES
 (List and attach documents, reports, and data on student progress.)
 Total 
 number 
 of Excellent Average 
School year Fair (%) Weak (%) Poor (%)
 students (%) (%)
 grade 
 6,7
 Term II:
 47 2 = 4,25 12 = 25,5 22 = 46,85 11 = 23,4 0 = 0
 2021-2022
 Term :
 47 4 = 8,5 19 = 44,7 18 = 38,3 4 = 8,5 0 = 0
 2022-2023
 11 PART D. COMMITMENT
 (Teachers pledge not to copy or infringe copyright; measures taken and 
evidence of student progress are honest).
 Dong Lac, April 20, 2023
 TEACHER
 (Sign and write full name)
 Nguyen Thi Bao Hoan
 PART E. SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS AND COMMENTS
 1. Evaluation and comments of the group/professional group
 Dong Lac, April 20, 2023
 PROFESSIONAL TEAM/TEAM LEADER
 (Sign and write full name)
 Phan Thị Oanh
 2. Evaluation, comment, confirmation of the Principal
 Dong Lac, April 20, 2023
 PRINCIPLE
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