SKKN Using some active games to improve the quality of teaching and learning English for students in grade 3

PART 1. INTRODUCTION

          1.1. The reasons for choosing the theme:

          In the trend of integration of our country and primary education today, English subject along with other subjects in primary schools have an important role to contribute to the training of comprehensive development people, meet the requirements of the country in the new period.

           We want the primary  students to be good at English, each teacher not only impart, explained according to the documents available in textbooks, in the manual and the design of a lecture, we make students learn passively. With such teaching, the learning of students will take place very monotonous, boring and the learning results will be limited. It is one of the causes obstructing their training into the dynamic, confident, creative people which willing to adapt to the new change on a daily occurrence.

           In recent years, the requirements of today’s education requires to change the teaching methods at all levels of education, to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Therefore, in general in English and English in primary school in particular should have a stronger innovation, promote positive, creative initiative of students, student-centered. So the teacher has to make attraction to learning for children by attracting them to participate in learning activities.

           Learning game is an activity that interests children most. The game has the rich content, using interesting and rewarding language suitable with their awareness. Through the game they will comprehend the knowledge and ability to use language to communicate easily, consolidate, deepen knowledge in a firm manner, giving them the passion, excitement in learning as well as in  working.

            When we give the game in English class regularly, then surely scientific quality in English teaching will more improve. Because of these reasons that I chose the subject innovative experience “Using some active games to improve the quality of teaching and learning English for students in grade 3 at Vinh Thanh primary school.’’

    1.2. The aims of the theme:

              Introduce the role of the game in teaching and learning English. In addition, introduce some basic games to help teachers and students find interest in teaching and learning English. Introduce the method as well as some basic tricks to perform the game in every lesson in a flexible, varied and effective way. Creating a lively atmosphere in every lesson, promoting the positive, proactive and creative nature of students.

  1.3. Objects of the theme:

            Students of grade 3 at Vinh Thanh primary school

            1.4. Study methods:

  For the study achieved good results, I used several research methods, which are mainly the following methods:

1.4.1.Method of observation: The implementation of self-exploration theme study, conducted attend classes visiting hours of your colleagues in the field.

1.4.2.The method of exchange, discussion: After the hour of colleagues, co-workers who take time to implement the project, colleagues and people to implement the project to conduct exchanges.

          1.4.3.Experimental Methods: Teachers conduct teaching purposes expressed in each specific request some lessons.

          1.4.4.Methods of investigation: Teachers ask questions to check understanding of content assessment of student lessons.

PART 2. STUDYING CONTENTS

          2.1. Theoretical basic:

We can say: playing games is a necessity for students in primary school, it is as important as eating, sleeping, studying in their lives. Therefore, they are always find the ways to spend time and in any condition playing. When they join the games they will try the best voluntarily and proactively. At that time they express their feelings very clear, They feel happy with victory and sad with failure. 

Glad to see the team to complete the task, they personally do not feel guilty  when good is his duty. Because of a collective they overcome difficulties and try their best to bring victory to the team, including their group. This characteristic is very  high emulation of the game. So when joined the game, students often use their best effort, focus attention, intelligence and their creativity.

Learning games is the game that its laws includes rules associated with the knowledge and skills have been in learning activities, close to the lesson content, which helps students to explore their own experience to play. Through playing students are applied the knowledge and learned skills in the situation of the games and therefore students do a practice to consolidate and expand knowledge and skills learned. Thus in the learning games, learning skills of English are included in the games.

Learning game changes forms of children’s activities, help students acquire knowledge in a positive voluntary way. It helps students to practice and consolidate knowledge and develop experience through playing activities.

Learning games train skills, promote intellectual activity, Thank to using learning games the teaching process to become a fun activity and more attractive, 

learning opportunities more varied.

The learning game is not only the means but also the methods of education.

So I have used the method “Using some active games to improve the quality of teaching and learning English for students in grades 3 at Vinh Thanh primary school’’ in the teaching process in the past year.

           2.2. Status of the problem:

 2.2.1.  Situation:

           2.2.1.1. Advantages:

– There is concern in the sector level, school board, parents and teachers.

– Students are progressively more aggressive look with this subject and most of them very eager to learn.

– The staff of teachers, ensuring the development needs of each school; copper the teachers are trained in the preparation, enthusiasm, energy and accumulation experience.

            2.2.1.2. Difficulty:

– English is a difficult subject for students in grade 3 so to attract students interested in learning this subject is so difficult to teach the children get the skills and coordination skills a mature way even harder for many reasons such as: students do not understand the importance of the subject so they are ignored, and learn coping mood; equipment in service of teaching and learning English in general and in particular to hear more limited, even teachers sometimes have to create teaching aids teachers even longer as the ‘Artist’ in the lessons due to lack of space intuitive map. Especially teachers have to work as a “speaker” or in other words to do the replacement of tapes of the hearing lesson. In the process of teaching, some teachers teach according sticky reside always important how to complete the lesson, complete all objectives, students master the knowledge without paying much attention to how to acquire knowledge easiest way. Led to some concern and fear children learn English from the results that affect learning English subjects.