Applying English songs in teaching vocabulary and grammar to students grade 6 in Loc Thinh Secondary School

ABOUT INITIATIVE
Name of the initiave : "Applying English songs in teaching vocabulary and grammar to students grade 6 in Loc Thinh Secondary School"
Scope of application of the initiative : English – Secondary School
Time to apply initiatives: 2017-2018 
Writer : 
Full name : Nguyen Giang Nam
Year of birth : 1983
Qualifications: Teachers University English.
Job: Teacher.
School: Loc Thinh Secondary School – Ngoc Lac – Thanh Hoa.
Where to apply initiatives: 
 Loc Thinh Secondary School – Ngoc Lac – Thanh Hoa.
- Address : Loc Thinh Commune – Ngoc Lac – Thanh Hoa.
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ABOUT INITIATIVE
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Scope of application of the initiative :
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I : GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
 1. REASON FOR CHOOSING THIS TOPIC :
 2. THE AIMS OF THE THEME
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PART II: STUDYING CONTENTS
 1. REAL SITUATIONS:
 1. 1. Advantages:
 1. 2. Difficulties:
 2. SOLUTIONS:
 2.1. Choose from teaching:
    2.2. Applying the initiative in some lessons in each unit
 2.2.1 English 6 – Unit 1: Greetings
 2.2.2 English 6 – Unit 2: At school.
 English 6 – Unit 3: At home.
 English 6 – Unit 4: Big or small. 
2.2.5 English 6 – Unit 5: Things I do.
 English 6 – Unit 6: Places.
2.2.7 English 6 – Unit 7: Your house.
 English 6 – Unit 8: Out and about.
2.2.9 English 6 – Unit 9: The body.
 English 6 – Unit 10: Staying healthy.
 English 6 – Unit 11: “What do you eat?”
 English 6 – Unit 12: Sports and Pastimes.
 English 6 – Unit 13: Activities and the seasons.
 English 6 – Unit 14: Making plan.
 English 6 – Unit 15 Countries.
2.2.16 English 6 – Unit 16: Man and invionment 
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PART III : FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
 3.1 Results of implementation:
    3.2 Evaluation learn from experience:
 3.3 Recommendations
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PART I : GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
1. REASON FOR CHOOSING THIS TOPIC :
As we know, English has become popular worldwide and more than forty countries are using English as a primary language, and nearly 400 million people are using it as a second language in communication. In Vietnam, English is seen as a key that leads to the success today.
As a teacher of English department, we always want our students to understand fast and efectively, especially the children can apply the knowledge in actual communication. For this, we need to have innovative teaching methods so that each class students are more interested in active learning and memory training class at all.
We all know that any languages ​​in the world which we use to communicate with requires us a large vocabulary because vocabulary is an integral part of the language. In studying English we can not train and develop the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing that are not based on the foundation of the vocabulary.
Indeed, without the necessary vocabulary, they will not be able to develop good skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing whether they have mastered phrases and grammar is trhuc.
Therefore, to help students master the vocabulary and the grammar in use is very important that concerns me and I decide to implement the project:
"Applying English songs in teaching vocabulary and grammar to students grade 6 in Loc Thinh Secondary School"
2. THE AIMS OF THE THEME: 
	- To help Students be interested in learning a foreign language , which give them the chance to widen knowledge about every fields in their lives. Moreover, Students can update modern technology all over the world, so nothing is better than they have a large amount of vocabulary and deeple understanding about grammar in use.
 - To help students study the vocabulary well and use it in real life with correct grammar.
PART II: STUDYING CONTENTS
1. REAL SITUATIONS:
	1. 1. Advantages:
     - The school board has always been interested and create favorable conditions for facilities and service literature for teaching subjects: Paintings, music cassettes, ..
     - Local governments and organizations inside and outside schools who always support teachers in the process of work.
   - Teachers themselves always receive support from teachers and professional in groups and colleagues in their school.
     - The majority of students in the class love learning English and prepare books and supplies for learning.
     - Most parents are concerned and they all facilitate their children's learning.
2. Difficulties:
      - The majority of them are students in deep, they don’t have method of learning vocabulary really effective. To the parents, it is very difficult for them to check or guide them to learn at home because they all do not know a foreign language.
     - Some students especially boys often distracted and less interested in studying and learning vocabulary.
     - Some students have little time at home studying outside school hours because they have to help their parents with housework, farm work ...
     - They have limited access to communicate in English and they are also afraid to communicate and exchange each other in English outside school hours.
     - The majority of students in the class are disadvantaged so they have little reference to raise capital from outside the vocabulary that provide textbooks.
To promote good positive creative initiative of students in learning, we need to organize the teaching process in a positive way the activities of the school, in the process of teaching and learning, the teacher is only the transmission of knowledge to students, students want better comprehend the knowledge that, then you have to learn by their own activities.
Dominant method of teaching foreign languages ​​in our integrated, meaning that new words should be taught in context, the context can be a reading, a conversation or a keyword. However, it comes with the teaching and learning of foreign languages ​​is still teaching new words like? Teach new sentence structure as students know how to use new vocabulary and structures in communication in foreign languages.
From the beginning, the teacher should consider the various procedures for each step in the processing of vocabulary new context: suggestive, teach, test and reinforce vocabulary.
- There should be taught everything from the new one? Teach how much of the information in a medium?
- Use pre-learned phrases or going to school to introduce new words.
- Use pictures, visual aids to introduce new words.
- Ensure that students understand the structure, using lexical structure to improve communication functions, establish the relationship between the new structure and vocabulary have.
- Fix memory deep vocabulary of students passed through the sample questions and practice exercises.
The result of the first -term school year:
class/Total
Excellent
 Good
 average
 bad 
6A/24
NU
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NU
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NU
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NU
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10
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43
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43
class/Total
Excellent
 Good
 Average
 bad 
6B/23
NU
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NU
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NU
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NU
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10
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	- From the survey above, There are only 4% of excellent students in class 6A and 3% of excellent students in class 6B . 
	- Last but not least, My aim is to guide students how to learn the new vocabulary and grammar in the most efective way. This is the best way to help them love learning and to be active to achieve their daily lessons.	
2. SOLUTIONS:
2.1. Choose from teaching:
English is an important subject, it is a language to communicate with other countries in the world. If we want to communicate well with foreigners we are required to have a rich vocabulary.
In general the current environment, when it becomes to new language is mainly talking about grammar and vocabulary, vocabulary and grammar are always clings relationship with each other, always be taught in collaboration to clarify the meaning of each other. However teach vocabulary is introduced and specific issues. Usually in a lesson always appear new words, new words are not finished yet and should be included in teaching. To choose from to teach, teachers should consider these issues:
We all know how to teach two different types of words. From actively involved in the four skills (listening - speaking - reading - writing). For this type of investment teachers need time to introduce and guide students to practice more.
With passive teacher just stop at getting to know, do not need to invest time into the application operations. Teachers need to know the options and decide what will be taught from such an initiative from the public and as a passive.
For the initiative was only for students that writing and defined as dictionary is not enough, so that students know how to use them in communication, student teachers need to know how to pronounce, is not unique retail, but also know the correct pronunciation of the word in the speech chain, especially the meanings of words.
      - The number of words to be taught in all, depending on the content and level of students. Never teach all the new words, for they will not have enough time to perform other activities. However, in a class should be taught from a maximum of 6.
 - If the word is needed to understand the text and in accordance with the level of students, then it belongs to the group of positive, so you have to teach the students.
      - If the word is needed to understand the text but harder than the level of the students, it is not in the active group, so then you should explain to the students understand the meaning of it immediately.
      - If the word is not necessary for understanding the text and is not that hard, you should ask students to guess.
   2.2. Applying the initiative in some lessons in each unit
 	Teachers can use some easy English songs in introducing new words to help students learn new words happily. Beside, English songs also help students master the gramar better. I will introduce some lessons which I’ve applied the songs while I was teaching both vocabulary and grammar. 
2.2.1 English 6 – Unit 1: Greetings
In this lessson, after teaching vocabulary and the English’s habits in comunicating I use the funny and easy songs for them to revive the things that they have learned. 
 The song: “Hello, hello”
Hello, hello
How are you? 
I’m fine, thank you.
I’m fine, thank you.
Hello, hello
What your name? 
My name’s..
That’s my name.
Goodbye, goodbye.
Goodbye to you
With this song students can remember the new words and the model sentences that they have learned better.
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTQYAWTXrsA
2.2.2 English 6 – Unit 2: At school.
	I teach students the song “Open the book” in order to help them remember and practice the new structure that they have been introduced by the teacher. The structure: 	What is this? 
	What is that?
The song: 	 	“Open the book” 
What’s this? 
What’s this?
It’s a book.
Open the book, 	
	Close the book.
What’s this? 
What’s this?
	It’s a door 
What’s this? 
What’s this?
	It’s a bag.
What’s this? 
What’s this?
	It’s a window..
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJtyrgWJ6s
2.2.3 English 6 – Unit 3: At home.
	When I teach them about family member, in stead of asking them to learn by heart at home and check their revision during the next lesson. I teach them the song: “In my family”. With this song they even are widened the family vecabulay by knowing more new words, example: grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin
The song: 	 “In my family” 
In my family,
	In my family,
	Lots of love,
	For you and for me.
	Mum and Dad,
	Sister and brothe,r
	Grandma and grandpa,
	Not like any other.
	Aunt and uncle,
	And cousins too,
	My family helps me, 
	My family helps, you.
	In my family..
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGiryS-O5O4
English 6 – Unit 4: Big or small. 
In this unit, while I teach students Part C: “Getting ready for school”. There are some new words about the activities before going to school, students usually feel difficult to remember these new words so I teach them the song:“What do you do in the morning?”
The song: “What do you do in the morning?” 
	What do you do?What do you do?
What do you do in the morning?
I get up.
I have my breakfast.
I go to school.
That’s what I do. That’s what I do.
That’s what I do in the morning.
What do you do?What do you do?
What do you do in the afternoon?
I have my lunch.
I learn at school.
I go home.
That’s what I do.in the afternoon.
What do you do?What do you do?
What do you do in the evening?
I do my homework.
I have my dinner.
I play with my toys.
That’s what I do.in the evening.
What do you do?What do you do?
What do you do at night?
I say goodnight.
I brush my teeth.
I go to bed.
That’s what I do at night
With this song, I teach them not only the new word related in the lesson but also the othe new words that I want them to remember more. For example: Play with toys, say goodnight
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqt94W2-rIo
2.2.5 English 6 – Unit 5: Things I do.
	There are some new words that students have to know how to read, write, and communicate in reality so students must be remember clearly. In order to help them remember wll I teach them the song: “Days of the week” on youtube. This is an easy song to remember the new words.
The song: “Days of the week” 
	Sunday, Monday
	Tuesday,Wednesday
	Thursday Friday Saturday
	And it’s Sunday once again!
	These are the days of the week
These are the days of the week
These are the days of the week
And seven days there are
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ
2.2.6 English 6 – Unit 6: Places.
         In this unit, When I teach students vocabulary and the grammar about prepositions and the structure asking position of people and things, I also teach them the song: “Where is my teddy bear?”. This song helps them remmber the vocabulary a lot. They always feel excited in the songs, I think they do not have any difficulties with these new words.
The song: “Where is my teddy bear?”. 
	Where is my teddy bear?
Where is he? 
Where is my teddy bear?
I can’t find him any where.
Look behind the bedroom door,
Is he hiding there?
Look behind the bedroom door,
I can’t find him any where.
Look in front of the sofa.
Is he hiding there?
Look in front of the sofa.
I can’t find him any where.
Look between the bed and chair.
Is he hiding there?
Look between the bed and chair.
I can’t find him any where.
Look next to the big toy box.
Is he hiding there?
Look next to the big toy box.
Yes, my teddy’s hiding there.
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkuDSoZlvYY 
English 6 – Unit 7: Your house.
         In this unit, When I teach students vocabulary and the grammar about transportation and the structure: “How do you go to school?” in part C: “On the move” , I also teach them the song: “How do you go to school?”. This song helps them remmber the vocabulary a lot. They always feel excited in the songs, I think they do not have any difficulties with these new words.
The Song: “How do you go to school?”
	How do you go to school?
	I go to school by bus.
	History is on Monday.
	I don’t like that much.
	How do you go to school?
	I go to school by bike
	Music is on Wednesday.
`	That I really like.
	How do you go to school?
	I go to school by car.
	English is on Monday.
	That’s the best by far.
	Through this song, students not only remember the new vocabulay about transportation better, but they also revive the previous vocabulary that they studied the last lesson. For example: days of the week, subjects.
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2FHylPXuLY
English 6 – Unit 8: Out and about.
      In this unit, there is a quite difficult grammar about a new tense: “The present progressive tense” my students have some difficulties in appying into making example. So I decide to teach them a song: “What are you doing?”. After that they feel relax and understand the new tense very well later. 
The song: 	“What are you doing?” 
What are you doing? 
I”m walking. 
I’m running.
I’m jumping.
I’m dancing.
I'm reading.
I’m eating.
I’m drinking.
I’m sleeping.
I’m putting on my shoes.
I’m putting on my hat.
I’m saying goodbye.
Goodbye!
	All the songs I list above, I realize that this song brings students the most happiness. And I feel sucessful with this. Thanks a lots to the writer of this song.
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHqq8xJiU4
English 6 – Unit 9: The body.
When I teach my students about colors in this unit, part B: Faces, I just realize that all of my students have difficulty in remember correctly the colors. They usually make mistakes with practising the exercises which I give them after the lesson. After singing the song: “Sing a rainbow” they all agree that the difficulty disappears. They do very well with all the exercises both pracising and doing test.
The song: 	“Sing a rainbow”
Red and yellow
And pink and green
Purple and orange,
And blue
I can sing a rianbow,
Sing a rianbow
Sing a rianbow too.
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTdq0VsLGQ
 English 6 – Unit 10: Staying healthy.
In this unit, there are lots of new words about food and drink and the strucre to invite each others with these new words: Would you like ..?, What’s for lunch?, Is there anything to .....? My students still find difficulty. They urged me to find a suitable song that can helps them in learning. I tried and found the song: “At the supermarket.” As a reult, the song helped them alot. Vocabulary wasn’t matter any more with them.
The song: 	“At the supermarket”
	I would like some lemons,
I would like some meat.
I would like a melon,
They’re very fresh and sweet.
At the supermarket
We buy something to eat.
Apples, bread and biscuits,
Pasta, rice and meat.
I would like some onions,
I would like some rice.
I would like some apples, 
They’re healthy and they’re nice.
	I really like this song both the lysics and the words. When the students sang chorally I myself sang with them with a lot of happiness. Thanks the writer so much.
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb1RG8C21m8
 English 6 – Unit 11: “What do you eat?”
In order to help students study well with this unit, I tried to surf on the Youtube a song that related to this unit. At first, I could find out any suitable song. However, I have a sister who is very good at finding the information on the net. She agreed to help me and my students. She found, for me, a suitable song for this unit. 
The song: 	“How much?”
How much? How much? How much is that dog? 
How much? How much? How much is that dog?
It’s 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.
Hey, I’ll take it.
How much? How much? How much is that cat? 
How much? How much? How much is that cat?
It’s 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.
Hey, I’ll take it.
How much? How much? How much is that monkey? 
How much? How much? How much is that monkey?
It’s 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.
Hey, I’ll take it.
How much? How much? How much is that banana? 
How much? How much? How much is that banana?
It’s 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.
Hey, I’ll take it.
After listening and singing thi song my students can use the new structure to comunicate well. Not only that, they can widen their vocabulary with some new words in this song. 
Link song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pmP8ikcBaU
 English 6 – Unit 12: Sports and Pastimes.
It’s quite easy for me to find out the suitable songs for this unnit because the theme of unit 12 is about sports and pastimes. I can choose even 4 or 5 songs for this unit, but I just introduce 1 of them.
The song: 	“Sport songs”
	What do you like?
What do you like?
What do you like?
Baseball, baseball, I like baseball.
	Basketball, basketball, I like basketball.
	Volleyball, volleyball, I like volleyball.
	Soccer, socc