Some tips on teaching English vocabularies in grade 7 effectively

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
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A. Introduction
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I. The reason for choosing topic.
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II. Research purposes.
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III. Subjects Research. 
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IV. Research methodology.
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B. Content .
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I. Advantages, disadvantages and the need of the subject.
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1. Advantages.
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2. Disadvantages.
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3. The need of the subject.
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a. Rationale.
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b. Practical basis.
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II.Situation issues before applying experience initiative.
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III. Some tips on teaching vocabulary
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1. Presenting a new word.
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2.Practice the use of the word.
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3.Wordgames.
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4. Expansion of vocabulary for students.
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IV. Experiment a lesson
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V. The effectiveness of the experience initiative.
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C. Conclusion
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I. Conclusion
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II. Recommendations and suggestions. 
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 The references
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A. INTRODUCTION
I. The reason for choosing topic.
  Our country is in the development stage, taking the knowledge economy as the foundation for the development of education and training is considered the first national policy and improving the quality of teaching and learning in order to complete the training human resources for industrialization and modernization of the country. To survive and developers to build and protect the country to keep up with developed countries requires us to grasp the most advanced achievements apart to put the country of Vietnam became a thriving civilization. Besides English is a language used to communicate popular worldwide so that today the teaching and learning of English in the school has made major changes in the content and methods teaching, to match the objectives and requirements set out for the education department in the reform program. The most basic views on the new method is to promote a positive, proactive students and create optimal conditions for their development and practice their language skills and communication purposes, not is the supply of plain language knowledge. 
 As a teacher of English in secondary school, I always think about how to achieve quality teaching and high effeciency . To do get it, ask the teacher to apply the procedure in all forms of diversity, abundance, making foreign language classes lively, charismatic, compelling them to help the get you promote capacity towards the end of "I am the organizer, student self-guided, self- control in class."
 Although instructional time is not long, but through their own experience with the reference material, I realized: "To help students tobe cofident in their studies, teacher has to improve their abilities to use word. To achieve this, I think that providing ways to learn words is very important". Through real-time application in secondary school , I have achieved certain effects get. That's why I choose the topic "Some tips on teaching English vocabularies in grade 7 effectively " .
II. Research purposes:
- To encourage students to use English in class, not using native.
- To help students to be confident in English.
- To investigate the difficulties of using “Classroom Language” of secondary school students.
III. Subjects Research: 
 Some tips on teaching English vocabularies in grade 7 effectively
IV. Research methods:
1.Observation method.
2. Research methodology and practice.
3. Intergrated method. 
B. Content
I. Advantages, disadvantages and the need of the subject:
1. Advantages:
- In English courses applied in recent years. So some students feel excited, or favorite subjects are new to this, so every class, most students are very positive.
- The concerns of the Board of Management to help the school, peers and siblings preceded created conditions for teaching and learning English is better. There are sufficient textbooks and equipments such as tapes, disc, speakers, projectors serve for teaching and learning.
2. Disadvantages:
 According to the current distribution programs in English Secondary,there are 3 periods per week. Besides, the students here live in bad conditions and circumstances, parents do not understand the importance of English subjects, so they should not be interested and urge them to study this subject. In addition, the development of all aspects is limited, conditions for students to be exposed to the mass media, entertainment programs use less English. Leading to the possibility of their communication is limited, let alone communicate in English
 To the students, besides a number of children seriously, there are many students only learn through the speakers, not to inculcate the lessons in mind, reading, writing regularly, not interested lesson, until the teacher asks them not to succeed.
 For the teacher, it is also very difficult to check or guide them to learn at home because the foreign language isnot popular. This is a very difficult problem in managing the student's home .
3. The need of the subject:
a. Rationale:
 Education Act 2005 (Article 5) stipulates that "educational methods to promote a positive, self-discipline, initiative and creative thinking of students, training for self-study learning capacity, the ability to practice, passion for learning and will rise. "
With the goal of universal education is "Helping students develop a comprehensive moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and basic skills, develop personal power, dynamism and creativity, image the human personality Socialist Vietnam, build and responsibilities as citizens, to prepare students for further education or go into working life, participate in the construction and defense of the homeland ". General education program attached to Decision No. 16/2006 / QD - 05/05/2006 Ministry of Education and Training of the Minister of Education and Training has also stated: "It promotes the positive, self-discipline, initiative and creativity of the students, in accordance with specific subjects, objects student characteristics and conditions of each class, students foster self-learning method, the possibility of cooperation, skill Games knowledge into practical, emotional impact, bring joy, excitement and responsibility for student learning.
b. Practical basis:
 As you know, for many years now almost all students in Viet Nam has not only aimed at passing their exams and getting some further studies for their future life, but also they have had a desire to be integrated into the culture, the civilization, and the people of English speaking countries. Many students are not confident to speak and express their English in class whereas most of the English lessons are carried out in traditional methods. That is, the teacher presents new words verbally, and then students listen and repeat. Finally, teacher call some good students to read before class.This method doesnot limit the number of words. As a consequence, the students find it hard to remember as well as to communicate in the real life naturally.
II. Situation issues before applying experience initiative.
    For a long time, teachers become familiar with traditional thinking.It is 
very difficult to change their mind. As you all know, English is now a global professional language . English is used in every corner all over the world. With the importance of learning languages, especially English, considering teaching English widely in schools is one of a main subjects to develop students' abilities. In teaching English, teaching vocabularies is a vitally process in all lessons. Having rich vocabularies helps students develop all four skills - listening, speaking, reading, and writing. However, infact, almost students are very lazy to learn words. They arenot able to remember the words that they learnt. Others can't find out suitable ways to learn words, so they donot remember both the meaning ang using of the words. 
 Through teaching English, the hours of colleagues, professional training courses,...I draw out for myself the method of teaching vocabulary effectively.
III. Some tips on teaching vocabulary.
1. Presenting a new words. 
1.1.Eliciting the words. 
 Open-mindedness is an important step in teaching new words. Teacher can use many different techniques to elicit such as:
a. Visuals : use pictures,map, chart, diagram,...
Ex : cushion (n) : tấm đệm gối
Teacher shows the picture and ask: “What’s this ?”
Students look at the picture and answer: It’s a cushion
b. Mime : perform in actions.
+ Facial expression
+ Guesture
+ Body action
Ex: slice (v): thái miếng 
Teacher do an action and ask : “ What am I doing ?”
c. Realia : use real things.
teacher brings clock , chair , telephone, an apple, flowers. Into the class )
Ex: apple (n): 
Teacher points the envelope and ask : “ What’s this ?” 
d. Situation / Explanation : Teacher use real situation.
Ex : invent (v): 
Teacher ask: Who is Thomas Edinson?
 - He invented the elictric bulb.
e. Examples : Give examples.
Ex: disease (n)
Teacher tells names of some diseases such as headache, toothache, broken heart, lung cancer,....These are diseases.
f. Synoyms / antonyms : 
Ex : bad # good , quick # slow
 sick = ill
g. Translation: Use this way to present abstract words.
 Teacher: How do you say “phát minh” in English?
 Student : invent (v)
1.2. Modelling : Teacher reads word loudly and clearly.
Ex: “ Listen to me , disease.............disease.....................disease................” 
* Choral repetition : Students repeat word which teacher has read.
Ex : 
 T : “ Class, listen and repeat...................
 SS : disease
 T : Again, please !
 SS : disease ( 3 times )”
* Individual repetition : 
Ex: 
 T: Nam, again
 Nam : disease
 T : Long
 Long : disease 
1.3. Checking pronunciation: Check students' pronunciation. 
Ex: 
 Long : “disease”
 T : No, listen to me “ Disease / z/ not /s/”
 Long : “ disease”
1.4. Copying, checking meaning: Teacher writes the word on the board and ask students copy down on their notebooks.
Ex : 
 T : Copy this, please! “ disease” in Vietnamese ?
 SS : căn bệnh
1.5. Checking stress, form, use.
Ex:
 T : “ disease / ‘dizi:z/ or disease / di’zi:z/”
 SS : disease /di’zi:z/
 T : noun or verb ? 
 SS : noun
1.6. Checking understanding: 
 After presenting new words, teacher is able to use some techniques to check students' understanding.
a. Rub out and remember : After students write new words, teacher asks them to close their notebooks.
+ Delete some English words, point to Vietnamese meaning and ask: 
“ What’s this in English ?”
+ Ask students to write English words on the board.
Ex:
(n) : máy khâu
(v) : khâu vá
(v) : thử
b. Slap the board : 
+ T elicits and write all words on the board ( may use Vietnamese or pictures)
+ Call two teams.
+ Teacher reads, students slap the board.
+ Student who slaps first gets a point. Team that has more points is the winner. 
Physical education
Ex :
Geography
Music
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
c. What and where :
+ The teacher prompts and repeats the learned words.
+ Write the words on the board and circle them.
+ After writing all new words, teacher deletes the words and leaves the circles.
+ Teacher points to each circle on the board.
+ Students repeat and remember the position of each word.
+ Teacher put student up on the board and fill in the correct word.
Ex :
 last
 use
 map
be interested in
how to use
computer science
d. Matching :
Ex :
e.Bingo :
+ Teacher asks syudents to write six new words on a piece of paper.
+ Teacher reads some words. If it matches with your words, students mark the piece of paper.
+ Students who mark six words will shout "Bingo" and is the winner.
f. Pelmanism: This technique may be used to teach verb infinitive, past or past participles, synonyms and antonyms.
Ex :
 1 2 3 4 5 6
go
talk
buy
 be
visit
have
went
talkedd
bought
was / were
visted
had
 7 8 9 10 11 12
g. Ordering Vocabulary: After introducing the new words, the teacher reads a paragraph containing the new words, but not in the correct order on the board. Students listeb and number 1, 2, 3.... on the words that they hear .
 Some above techniques are able to apply for all students. They can remember both words and the meaning of words.
2. Practice the use of the word. 
 In class, teacher usually has no private lesson to practice using words. However, vocabularies can be practiced in grammar period, reading, listening, further practice, warm-up and speaking. For example, in grammar lesson, the teacher guides students how to use words through grammar structure, using adjectives and adverbs. (Unit 13: Period 81. A3,5. Sports)
 He is a good soccer player. He plays soccer well 
 bad badly
 careful carefully 
 skillful skillfully
 quick quickly 
 Or let students substitutes the elements of the sentence in his or her language to form a maeningfull sentence.
Ex : I’d like to buy some stamps and envelopes
 S1: I’d like to buy a phone card
 S2: I’d like to buy some meat 
a. Odd one out:
 Literature - author, writing, paintings, stories
 History - basketball games, famous people, world events, important days
 Science - experiments, meter, preposition, temperature
 English - words, verbs, England, pronouns 
b. Matching: Match the verbs to the correct phrases 
 Play an essay
 Use the refrigerator
 Do the guitar
 Repair experiments
 Write a computer 
c. Gap - fill: 
+ Ex1: Add the mising verbs to complete the recipe
 (1) Slice the beef
 (2)......... the green pepper and onions ( slice )
 (3)..........the pan ( heat )
 (4)..........the beef ( stir - fry )
 (5)..........some soy sauce to the dish ( add )
 (6)..........rice ( cook )
 (7)..........salt to the the spinach ( add) 
+ Ex2 : Use the words given to complete the following sentences
medical records temperature waiting room scales weighed
 (1) Your............... is 37 degree celsius.
 (2) They filled in their medical..................
 (3) The students are having a.................... check - up.
 (4) I’d like to weigh you. Would you stand on the..................., please ?
 (5) We are sitting in the .................... to wait for the doctor.
 (6) I’m 40 kilos. The nurse ..................... me. 
Answer key :
 (1) temperature (2) records (3) medical
 (4) scales (5) waiting room (6) weighed
+ Ex3 : Fill in the gaps with correct letters
 (1) h- - rd- e- - er ( hairdresser )
 (2) dr- - sm- k- r ( dressmaker )
 (3) h- bb- ( hobby )
 (4) c- sh- - n ( cushion )
 (5) m- ter- - l ( material ) 
d. Sentence making : 
Ex : Make sentences using these following phrases 
 - play basketball ( I like playing basketball )
 - some coffee ( Would you like some coffee ? )
 - go to the beach ( Let’s go to the beach ) 
 - go shopping ( I usually go shopping with my mother on Sunday )
 - listen to music ( What about listening to music ? )
e.Multiple choice :
Ex :
 (1) What’s your ( height / kilos / weight ) ? - I’m 40 kilos
 (2) The medicines can relieve the ( symptoms / fever / temperature )
 (3) The common cold is a common ( sickness / disease / pain )
 (4) He got a ( note / paper / form ) from the doctor
 (5) What was ( problem / matter / wrong ) with her ? 
f. Story, text, picture retelling: After reading or listening a text, a story, the teacher asks students to retell by their own language or use pictures to retell that story.
Ex : Part A2 ( P. 87 - Unit 9 ), teacher asks students to retell the Robinson's trip to Nha Trang based on pictures on page 88. This exercise helps students revise the words as well as the meaning of words.
g. Grouping: The teacher writes a list of about twenty words and then asks students to group words with different topics.
Ex : Put these words into 2 groups : sports and diseases
baseball, roller - skating, temperature, roller - blading, symtoms, headache, badminton, swimming, tennis, stomachache, toothache, basketball, common cold, skateboarding, volleyball,...
 Sports Diseases
baseball, roller – skating, tennis temperature, symptoms, headache,
roller – blading, badminton, swimming stomachache, toothache, common cold
basketball, skateboarding, volleyball
h. Arrangement : Ask students to arrange the words into the sentence.
Ex : 
 visit / should/ You / grandmother/ your 
 dinner / fish / we / have/ for / lunch / our / and / often
 very / are / good / your / for / health/ vegetables
 chicken / likes / and / does / so / Mai / Hoa
 in / vacation / starts / June / Our / months / for/ lasts / and / three
+ Answer key :
 (1) You should visit your grandmother
 (2) We often have fish for our lunch and dinner
 (3) Vegetables are very good for your health
 (4) Mai likes chicken and so does Hoa
 (5) Our vacation starts in June and lasts for three months
3. Wordgames : 
 Get students have fun with the lesson and avoid stress, the teacher should apply some games in section Warm-up or at the end of the lesson in order to help them have more chance to practice words and urge their learning spirit.
a. Bingo .
b.Kim’s Game:
Ex: Show the pictures. Teacher asks students to write the activities in the pictures.
- Activities: read, listen to music, skip rope, watch TV, play soccer, play video games, play badminton
c. Jumbled words :
Ex: athm ( math )
 ishryto ( history )
 phygeogra ( geography )
 sicalphy ucaedtion ( physical education ) 
d. Crossword puzzle:
Ex : “ At the post office” -Unit 8 .
e. Wordsquare:
R
T
T
F
S
L
I
N
R
O
P
O
H
L
I
I
F
S
H
E
V
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I
G
Q
S
G
I
V
E
W
C
N
M
U
T
A
T
B
A
A
L
K
V
P
E
S
K
A
T
I
E
O
S
I
N
G
P
O
C
T
A
L
K
A
Z
I
M
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H
D
N
S
Z
J
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O
O
U
J
Q
A
P
V
T
K
S
T
O
P
 give, sing, talk, stop
 wait, clean, think, listen, sit, eat
f. Shark attact / Hang man :
Ex : 
 It is the name of thing in the house
 - - - - - - - - - - ( Television ) 
 - - - - - - - - - ( Telephone )
4. Expansion of vocabulary for students.
a.Related words
Ex: Some words relate to “cook”, : 
 bake
 stir - fry fry
 cook
 steam stew
 boil 
 roast
 grill 
b Theme words.
Ex: Sickness temperature 
 flu
 runny nose 	common cold
Sicknesss
 fever toothache
 stomachache headache
 cough 
c.Synonyms and Antonyms.
Ex:
 careful # careless
 quick # slow
 bad # good
d. Prefixes and suffixes.
Ex: 
-Prefix: tell - retell ( TiÒn tè “re, do” mang nghÜa ng­îc l¹i )
 do - undo
- Suffix : quick - quickly ( Adj + ly = Adv )
 work - worker ( V + er = N chØ t¸c nh©n )
e. Compound words.
Ex: ten - minute break
 number + N = Adj
f. Game “ building house ”
Ex: 
- Teacher give the word “ good”, ends “ d”. Students find word that starts with "d" and continue.
 good
 desk
 key
 year
 .................
IV.Experiment a lesson.
Unit 9: At Home And Away
Period 56: A2,3.A holiday in Nha Trang (page 87, 88)
A. Objectives
	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge
 -tell the story of Liz’s trip to Tri Nguyen Aquarium
 -answer the questions and retell the story in summary base on the given picture. 
2. Skills
	- interactive skills
3. Attitudes
	- like to retell about one’s trip
4. Competences
	- co- operation
	- self- study
	- use the pictures to retell a story
 B. Language content & preparation
 1. Language content
	* Vocabulary: shark,dolphin,exit......	
	* Grammar: The past simple tense
	2. Preparation
	* Teacher: Textbook, workbook, teaching plan......
	* Students: Textbook, workbook.
C. Procedures
Teacher's & students' activities
Contents
I. WARM UP: (5'):Kim’s Game
* Methods and techniques: Kim’s games.
* Competences: flash remembering
 T presents some words on the board, then erase them, ask Ss to rewrite
- Ss skim the words given and rewrite them without looking back 
-The Ss rewrite more right words s the winner
II. KNOWLEDGE FORMING (15')
 1.New words
* Methods and techniques: TWc/individual-guessing/transtation/realia/What and where 
* Competences: memory words , meanings and pronunciation
- Teacher elicits the words from students.
- Follow the seven steps