Using video, music to excite and reinforce knowledge in learning English in grade 3

EXPERIENCE INITIATIVE
Using video, music to excite and reinforce knowledge in learning English in grade 3.”
Part I: Opening topic
Reason base:
 Nowadays, education has been positively changed to meet the needs of an open economy policy. Primary education plays an important role in laying the groundwork for developing personality of students. Teaching English in primary school as well as other disciplines provides much initial knowledge, awareness of the English. Therefore, improving the quality of education in general and quality of the subject English in particular is one of the problems which is concerned. And it is especially important for students who are in elementary - beginners access to foreign language.
Teaching English in primary schools helps children improve the capacity of using English simple words. The basic English skills helps students develop their thought as well as give them new ideas. Moreover, the students have many chances to get emotional health and form the good qualities by themselves .
	I do not know how to help students have a rich vocabulary as well as create their passion for English courses? That's a question which I always pose after each lesson. That is why I have been searching, reading and testing new ways to contribute to innovative methods of learning English in primary school. As a result, We can enhance the coordination of individual activities with academic exchanges. 
 Learning vocabulary methods through pictures, music let the students 
learn- play, play- fun during their lessons, it can make them be able to remember and practice what they have learnt effectively. Moreover, the songs can help children improve their listening skills and pronunciation, besides that it also helps them improve their speaking skills. The songs are considered as a useful tool in learning vocabularies, sentence structures. And perhaps the biggest benefit of using songs to teach is that brings joy to children. The fun is an important part of learning a new language, the songs makes school become more interesting. 
 Researchers believe that music potentially profound mark on our brains, "the song can affect both the short and long term memory", "you can’t touch music, music can touch you".
 For the above reasons, I have decided to choose the topic:"Using video, music to excite and reinforce knowledge in learning English in grade 3.”
2. Researching purposes:
Using videotapes, music lessons helps English classes to become more interesting, effective. In addition, It does not put pressure and tension on our students. Otherwise, It gives the student so much excitement and enthusiastic in every lesson. As a result it promotes children’s creative ability. Therefore, the students not only have a plenty of vocabularies but also be able to make different sentences. 
3. Research subjects:
- Students in grade 3 in .. primary school. 
4. Method of research: 
In this topic, I used the following methodology:
- Theoretical research methods.
- Investigation, observation method.
- Experimental teaching methods. 
- Method of summarizing lessons learned. 
Part II:The content experience initiatives
2.1. Theoretical bases of experiences initiatives: 
      The teacher's task is to find out the best ways to organize activities which are in the textbook so that the students can get basic knowledge in their grade. The new mothods have shown that the role of teachers is largely controlled, leads students in active learning activities and actively in class (teacher is the instructor and academic institutions). The teacher have to make students interested in learning and become fond of their lessons. This is not a new problem, but not easy to implement. How do students love English courses? How English became the subject be respected students like other subjects, is the problem posed to each teacher every school. Therefore in the framework of this initiative experience I raise the issue and initially proposed measures to improve the quality of English lessons and help students enjoying this course.
My research project is based on the golden rules when teaching English for children in primary schools such as:
- Play more than teach.
It is said it is the method of "teaching without teaching". While the teacher is in the class, They don't have to follow their teaching plans that they have prepared. The teachers are free to organize plentiful and effective activities during their lessons. These activities are mostly controlled by students. While they are in the games, Their teacher is considered as an advisor . 
- Students need images than theory.
The activities used by pictures, games, music, painting, theater ...That helps children use English with a natural way. The various ones will bring them the best way to self study. Additionally, their own style is the foundation of quality and effectiveness of learning English for children.
- Listening, speaking more than writing:
	By listening to the video images are the songs, chants or even films, help the studennts to imitate the pronunciation, intonation standards. Speaking skills are easy to learn and imitate in learning foreign languages. And when it is, the children has gradually built up confidence sentiment in using English. In addition, focusing on speaking skills they also need to correct pronunciation. This depends greatly on teachers, teachers help children correct pronunciation easy. One drawback to teaching English for children cannot pronounce correctly, this program is to strengthen the pronunciation through tapes, television, music...
- Learning more specific curriculum:
The use of high-tech devices such as music players, phones, TV or computer and the included software will help accelerate the capture language. 
- Imitating than grammar.
Imitation will help students a lots in developing the child's pronunciation. Students close to the natives.
- More fun for points.
	Typically, in our country after each lesson parents often ask them "how many points you have today ” more than asking them “how do you feel at school”. Because of this, children have to pay attention to get a high score without playing funnily . 
- Need to combine with their parents at home :
	Parents should create an environment for children in the English language. The loving of parents helps children learning English to learn well and make emotional return home sticking. Planning a method for children learn English correctly and help children to learn more effectively. Nowadays, information technology is developing so parents can guide their children learning English at home by taking part in online courses, or watching programs on TV or youtube ... Besides, their parents regularly exchange with their teacher so that they can achieve the best results.
2.2. Status of the problem: 
	Through years of teaching, There are many advantages and some significant difficulties in teaching English.
2.2.1. Advantages:
a. Subjective factors have a positive influence in the topics:
- I have been teaching English for many years and spent much time researching, vocational love for kids, 
	- Personally, I always take the time to explore, research, reference materials, teaching methods, teaching forms to suit each lesson content.
	- I have attended many courses of English . 
	b. Objective factors positively affecting the subject:
- Managing board has the proper depth encouragement and the help of colleagues at the same time with the cooperation of the parents in time.
- Students are gaining a more positive outlook for this course and the majority of the children are keen on learning.
- Since joining group activities Cluster English, I get a lot of supporting and learning from peers. During the group meetings, I often talk to colleagues to form effective teaching.
2.2.2. Disadvantages:
a. For student :
For students grade 3 - is the youngest pupils are not able to recognize the importance of learning a foreign language or the main purpose of language learning so they have not determined a motive, learning the right attitude: purpose of learning? How to learn? Are the biggest concerns of the students.. Therefore, these students faced many difficulties in getting used to the new educational environment, such as a new program, a new studying ... 
	The new program focuses on listening and speaking skills, but new skills students are exposed to English in the first studying.
	This has caused psychological insecurities, timid, passive with students. These students are afraid when they said, not boldly asked the teacher about the problem that they do not understand.
 	Environment to practice speaking and listening skills through daily communication is limited, so easy to forget the knowledge students.
	In addition, a student's parents department undetermined purpose foreign language learning for children. Also the communication on the importance of language learning is weak, the collaboration between the school and parents is limited because most of their parents are farmers.
c. For schools and teachers :
	Schools do not have special rooms for teaching English, the facilities for teaching not guaranteed: audio visual, not to serve in document, not a rich reference books. Overall equipment for the teaching of English compare the program content and requirements of the subjects are poor.
	Currently, teachers have to spend time on the system of records and books, in addition to taking a lot of competitions in various fields ... so spending time in writing and researching articles documents used for longer-term teaching are limited. 
2.2.3 The exploration, survey before adopting initiatives: 
Class 3 B: 25 students
Number
content
Number of students
percent
1
The number of students likes their English lesson 
6
24
2
The number of students can remember the words they have learnt for the following lesson 
6
24
3
The number of students feel confident in learning 
7
28
4
The number of students is afraid of joining activities 
18
72
5
The number of students can speak a short sentences fluently . 
5
20
2.3. The contents and how to implement solutions and measures.
2.3.1. Prepare:
	Utensils for teaching include: computers, projectors, speakers, disks....
	Before teaching, teachers must study the lesson content to prepare lessons to suit the lesson and its content must be used in a radical way, lessons that will be more effective. There is such a valuable new lessons to students and learn to exploit better knowledge on the basis of exchange observations to inculcate knowledge group.
	Using videos, vivid images like the songs, chants, cartoons  for the teaching of English contribute to learn and absorb knowledge easier, create comfort for students. Using this method of teaching, the teaching role is to direct and master students in observing and actively explore research topics, as well as knowledge of new lessons, create excitement and stimulation curious and eager to learn in students. After the instructor's audio-visual to guide students towards building and the main content, the focus of all knowledge.
	Therefore, for teachers to prepare teaching materials is an important issue, it is critical to success for both lessons and teaching process, teachers need to plan research programs in preparation utensils.
2.3.2. Methods used utensils:
	To promote the use of best video combinations and flexibility needed to use some of the following basic methods:
	- Method entire physical responses (Total Physical Response - TPR) helps students with a comprehensive response based movements the link between language and natural action, this approach helps students to think and remember longer.
	- Method functionality (Functional Approach - FA) emphasizes the ability to use language in the sample sentences in context, specific situations and appropriate.
	- Methods of communication: considered the language used in the classroom have to be notified to exchange ideas and feelings between teachers - students and students with students.
	- Methods hear - say (Audio - lingual Approach - ALA) emphasizes the ability pronunciation .
Therefore teachers should:
- Increase the use of English in the classroom as a main language in English (the salutation, visits, orders ...) to give them the habit to hear and understand.
- More attention to the use of English as a medium of communication really precise towards phonetic and intonation.
- Encourage students use English more often.
- Create language environment to communicate in a foreign language to promote students to participate actively in communication activities.
- Help students overcome inferiority, shame, fear of failure by way of encouragement, instruction, correction rather gently interrupted when students are saying, do not criticize when they do wrong.
- Focus on communicative language teaching based on actions, not words pure grammar.
- Prepare a variety of activities to suit different objects.
- Provide students with these simples, easy to remember, easy to use.
Teachers can use pictures, real objects, gestures, speech or action to help students link between sound, voice recordings or own teachers. This way teachers can inspire and direct their attention to the study, while the association of memories and remember what is heard.
2.3.3. The specific contents of the initiative:
a. Greetings:
- Objectives: By the end of this video, students can:
+ greet others, ask and respond to the question “ What’s your name?”.
+ greet and respond to greeting, using “ How are you?” and “ I’m fine, thank you”.
+ say goodbye.
- This video uses in teaching Unit 2: What’s your name? Period 7: Lesson 1(part 1,2,3) in consolidation. In this cartoon is a dialogue between Tony, Jenny with Gogo . They uses many sentences to greetings such as:
 Hello, 
 What’s your name?- My name’s
 How are you?- I’m fine ,thank you.
 Goodbye,
It makes this lesson to be more interesting and it is easy to remember vocabulary and model sentences with funny images. Addition, the first video will helps students to have the passion, excitement and favourite subjects in English.
b. The alphabet song:
- The lyrics ABC songs:
(A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V
W X Y AND Z
Now I know my ABCs )2
Next time, won’t you sing with me.
 Thank you for singing with me .
- Objectives:
+ Introduces the alphabet in English for students by lyric ABC song. 
+ Helps students to recognize the alphabet and use them to spell their names .
- ABC song uses in teaching Unit 2: What’s your name? Period 9: Lesson 2 (Part 1,2,3) in Warm up. This activity is a good way to revise the previous lesson and to lead into the new. After listening, students can sing the song and use a finger to trace the letters. And then, a group of four or six goes to in the front of the class to give a demonstration. This song is simple and catchy for students. Finally, Students can spell their names in the new lesson.
c. Numbers: Counting from 1-10
- The lyrics number song: (chorus)
One, two, three
Four, five, six
Seven
Eight
Nine and ten
Do you know?
How to count?
Yes I know
How to count?
- Objectives: By the end of this song , Students can count the number from 1-10.
- The number song (1- 10) uses in teaching Unit 4: How old are you? Lesson 2 (part 1,2,3) in teaching vocabulary for students. Students can watch and listen to the lyric number song instead of writing new words on the board according to traditional way. This song present "Counting from 1 to 10", the first numbers song of a series dedicated to students. "Counting from 1-10" is easy for children to learn numbers and basic counting skills - and the tune is very catchy. I believe that children learn better through repetition, and fun. This educational numbers song is structured in an intuitive call and response format, so that children are encouraged to repeat each line, in every chorus. The music is energetic and engaging with a bouncy rhythm. Specially, this song is like a nursery rhyme and students are easy to learn and remember.
- Checking song: Teacher asks students to fill numbers in the blank:
One, . ,Three,, five, , seven, .., nine, .
d. Classroom Commands: Sit down/Stand up
- Communication Objectives: To learn to understand and respond to classroom commands. 
- Language Objectives: To learn to give and follow orders using short phrases in the imperative form.
- Vocabulary: commands - sit, stand, hands, clap, stamp, feet, up, down 
- Sentence Structures:  Sit down. Stand up. Clap your hands. Turn around. 
- Grammar: This lesson will focus on using imperative sentences for giving direct orders and requests. They can end in a full stop (period) or exclamation mark depending on the intensity of the command.
- Classroom Commands uses in teaching Unit 6: Stand up! Lesson 1 (part 1,2,3) in consolidation. The classroom command is simple, clear and easy to remember. This video uses TPR, it is a fun way to help students understand the language without putting too much emphasis on producing accurate English.
e.This is the way we go to school.
- The lyrics song:
This is the way we go to school, 
Go to school, go to school, 
This is the way we go to school
So early in the morning!
This is the way we dress ourselves, 
Dress ourselves, dress ourselves, 
This is the way we dress ourselves 
So early in the morning!
This is the way we wash our hands, 
Wash our hands, wash our hands, 
This is way we wash our hands 
So early in the morning!
This is the way we brush our teeth, 
Brush our teeth, brush our teeth, 
This is the way we brush our teeth 
So early in the morning!
This is the way we carry our books, 
Carry our books, carry our books, 
This is the way we carry our books 
So early in the morning!
This is the way we go to school, 
Go to school, go to school, 
This is the way we go to school 
So early in the morning!
- Objectives: By the end of this song , Students can sing to the tune.
- “This is the way we go to school” uses in teaching Unit 7: That’s my school. Lesson 1( part 4,5,6) in consolidation. In this song, melody is the sentence patterns and vocabulary that is repeatable many times. It helps students easily to inculcate into their minds and help them memorize a natural way.
Students sing the songs: “This is the way we go to school.”
f. School things: pen, pencil, bag
- The lyrics song:
This is my table.
This is my chair.
This is my bag.
That I take everywhere.
Sit down. Stand up.
One, two, three.
School, school, school
for you and me
This is my pencil.
This is my pen.
I use my school things
again and again.
Sit down. Stand up.
One, two, three.
School, school, school
for you and me
This is the window.
This is the door.
This is the ceiling.
This is the floor.
Sit down. Stand up.
One, two, three.
School, school, school
for you and me
- Objectives: simple fun song helps students to learn the English words for school objects, along with the grammar 'This is my...' . Students love school objects.
- This song uses in teaching Unit 8: This is my pen. Lesson 1( part 1,2,3) in cosolidation. Melody is the sentence patterns and vocabulary that is short repeatable many times easily to understand. After listening, Teacher asks students to identify school things ( pen, pencil, bag) and use the sentence pattern: This is my. to introduce about school things. 
g. Color song.
- The lyrics song:
 What color is it? What color is it? 
It's red. It's red.
(repeat with yellow, pink, green, blue, orange, purple, brown, black, grey, white)
- Objectives: By the end of this song, Students can :
+ use the words about color.
+ ask and answer questions about color.
- Before learning this song, teacher asks students to prepare school objects in many colors.
- This song uses in teaching Unit 9: What color is it? Lesson 2( part 1,2,3). It use in