How To Teach Writing In Tieng Anh 12 Effectively?

Tên sáng kiến kinh nghiệm:

HOW TO TEACH WRITING IN TIENG ANH 12
EFFECTIVELY?
I. LÝ DO CHỌN ĐỀ TÀI:
* Phần giảng dạy này được đưa vào chương trình Anh văn 12 từ năm học
2008-2009
* Đề tài mang tính thiết thực phần nào giúp giáo viên giảng dạy các tiết
viết hiệu quả hơn, giúp học sinh rèn luyện kĩ năng đọc viết tốt hơn.
II.THỰC TRẠNG TRƯỚC KHI THỰC HIỆN CÁC GIẢI PHÁP CỦA ĐỀ
TÀI:
1. Thuận lợi:
• Có hướng dẫn của Bộ trong “Tài liệu bồi dưỡng giáo viên” và trong
sách giáo viên Tiếng Anh 12.
• Được tham dự các lớp tập huấn thay sách năm 2008,2011
2. Khó khăn:
• Chương trình mới chỉ mới được áp dụng trong bốn năm học.
• Giáo viên cần có kiến thức nhất định về CNTT và đầu tư nhiều công
sức cho việc tra cứu tài liệu, hình ảnh minh họa để soạn giảng.
3. Số liệu thống kê:
III. NỘI DUNG ĐỀ TÀI:
1. Cơ sở lý luận:
Đề tài liên quan đến kỹ năng viết, là một trong 4 kỹ năng không
thể thiếu trong quá trình học một ngôn ngữ.
2. Nội dung, biện pháp thực hiện các giải pháp của đề tài:
Trình bày những kinh nghiệm soạn và dạy WRITING trong Tiếng Anh
12 một cách có hiệu quả :
- Những khó khăn và giải pháp giáo viên cần biết trong việc dạy và
học tiếng anh thông qua kĩ năng Viết.

remember that the main point of teaching writing is teaching the students how to
write , not to test their writing.
Today, I would like to discuss some difficulties in teaching and learning
English through writing and the solutions to them and some of my experience in
teaching writing in TIENG ANH 12.
II/ CONTENTS : How to teach Writing in Tieng Anh 12 effectively?

1/ The problems in teaching and learning English through Writing and
the solutions to them
The problems:
a/The problems in getting students to write in the classroom
• Students don’t understand things what they will write about;
• They have nothing to write because they have lack of ideas and limited
vocabulary to express their opinions and they are disabled to use structures
,style or language in English standards.
• They don’t have enough time to write.
• Some students don’t participate in group works
b/. The typical mistakes a teacher might get:
• Teacher doesn’t get students to think about the topic or situation; to collect all
their idea, language focus (vocabulary, grammar) before writing about it (not
perfectly).
• Teacher doesn’t set up a pre task;
• Teacher neither gives clear instructions nor checks them
• Teacher doesn’t give suitable framework or outline.
• Sometimes teacher gives tasks without helpful cues.
• Teacher doesn’t do a lot of assisting weaker students.
c.Some writing tasks in textbook are not relevant

The solutions
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writing .
Controlled writing consists of gap-filling , re-ordering sentences and sentencebuilding.
Free writing consists of letter writing, paragraph writing, report writing, giving
instructions and describing chart / book / a sporting event
Problem for free writing: When facing a free writing such as writing a
paragraph to describe their own town or village, many students would probably
find it quite difficult and make many mistakes. If so they would find the task
frustrating and probably not learn very much from it. Students would probably
approach the task in different way and produce a wide variety of different
paragraphs.
Thus the only way to correct their work would be individually, book by book,
this would be very time consuming for the teachers.
Therefore, Teachers should help students progress beyond very controlled
writing to free writing by guiding their writing ( GUIDED WRITING)
+ Giving cues.
+ Giving a short text as a model.
+ Doing oral preparation for the writing.
Modelling
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- Reading a model and noticing certain grammatical features / vocabulary /
useful expressions / text organisation / style…
- Putting different parts of the text onto a writing frame
- Sequencing a jumbled text

reasons provided into correct column
• - Ask and answer in pairs about their choices
• - Report their choices or their partners’ choices
UNIT 15( English 12)
Difficult (especially the ways of writing)
• Explain the chart
• Provide more detailed information
• Ask and answer about questions in the textbook
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• (Teachers need to prepare the complete set of answers for task 1)
• Put all answers on the board in random and ask them to work in group to
reorder the sentences to make a passage.
• Comment and highlight some verbs and phrases used to describe a chart.
UNIT 16( English 12)
Give cues and outline

c/ Teachers should master the following writing techniques
Pre-writing Techniques
• Using a drill
• Using a listening text
• Using a reading text
• Using a survey
• Using picture dictation


( not ) be allowed

do the housework

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My father

( not ) have to

use the motorbike

( not ) permit
talk on the phone with friends
- T has some Ss read their sentences in front of class
Suggested answers :
My parents don’t let me come home late. I have to do the housework….
 Teacher leads to the new lesson : In each family there are some rules that
we must follow . Let’s WRITE about our family rules
UNIT 3 – ENGLISH 12 :WAYS OF SOCIALISING
D.WRITING : Warm -up
- T shows the picture of two people talking to each other and presents the situation:
+ You meet your friend in the street. You have talked to each other in a while.


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t t e
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endangered animals”
UNIT 11 – ENGLISH 12 :BOOKS
D. WRITING : Warm -up

T leads to the new lesson

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UNIT 12 – ENGLISH 12 : WATER SPORTS
D. WRITING: Warm -up

 Teacher leads to the new lesson
UNIT 13 – ENGLISH 12 :THE 22nd SEA GAMES
D. WRITING :Warm up
Clustering: Mapping out ideas

T leads to the new lesson : Describing a football match
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 Teacher leads to the new lesson: “Write a letter to a pen pal recommending a
significant place you are familiar with”
*In this section, I would like to demonstrate an example of a lesson plan ( Unit
16 – Tieng Anh 12 : Writing) in which I apply the techniques above:

D. WRITING
I. Objectives:
1. Educational aim: By the end of the lesson , Students will be able to know how
to write a letter of recommendation
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge:
Students learn how to write about the places they are familiar with
- Language: Words related to the topic
3. Skills: - Filling in each blank with the missing sentences
- Writing a letter of recommendation
II. Method: Integrated, mainly communicative
III. Teaching aids: letters of recommendation , posters
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IV.Procedure

Time
Teacher’s activities
Pre-writing: (13mn)

be the winner).
- T calls others to give remarks then
give corrective feedback if
necessary.
Teacher leads to the new lesson
Task1: Complete the letter of
recommendation with the missing
sentences in the box.
Teaching vocabulary :
- T teaches some new words and
phrases which appear in Task 1 so
that Ss can understand the lesson
more clearly
1.‘islet (n) = small island
Ss listen, answer the teacher’s
2.‘grotto (n) = small cave
questions, read the new words
3. i’deal (adj.)for sth = perfect,
and copy down
most suitable
4. ho’spitable (adj.) to/toward sb
= friendly and kind to visitors
T lets students read some new
words first in chorus and then read
individually

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- T asks Ss to read through task 1
first and work in groups to do it
-T goes around to offer help if
necessary.
- T asks Ss to read aloud the
answers then call others to give
remarks.
1. I would like to recommend a
well-known place in Vietnam to
you.
2. It is about 170km from Hanoi.
3. The beach is an ideal place for
swimmers.
4. People here are very friendly and
hospitable.
5. I’m sure you will have a
wonderful time here in Ha Long
Bay.

In this stage ,T

Some Ss read aloud the has to check s’
answers then others give reading
remarks
comprehension
to prepare them
for the


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4ms

T gives Ss some useful expressions
and vocabularies that can be used in
the Writing.
+ I am very happy to hear that ...........
+ On hearing that you are going to +
verb, I’d like...............
+ is located/ situated in/ on ........
+ Caves, grottoes, mountain, hill, island,
islet, spectacular, wonderful, attractive,
beautiful, ideal, .........
+ friendly, warm, hospitable, gentle,
polite, charming
+ speciality/ special food. Shrimp,
crab,........

6ms

Ss listen to the teacher and
take notes

Giving cues
helps Ss do the

Outline
+Date
+Salutation
+Body
mountains, sea with white sand
.location
beaches
.natural features
- entertainment: Resorts,
.places to visit
Vinpearl land, swimming
.food
- place to visit: Islands such as
Hon Tam, Hon dau, Dao Yen…
.people
- food: Fresh specialities: Squid,
........
lobster, crabs, tunny…
+Closing
- people: Not cold but friendly
+Signature
- T asks Ss to work in groups to and hospitable
Closing: My mom joins me in
outline.
sending very best wishes to you
-T goes round and offers help if all.
necessary
I’m looking forward to hearing

- Practise

It seems that such a long time
since we last met each other.
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I am glad that you are going to
spend your summer vacation in
Vietnam, a country with many
beautiful natural sights.
I’d like to recommend NhaTrang
to you , which is one of the best
resort towns in Vietnam.
It has rivers, mountains ,and the
sea with sand beaches that are the
best and interesting for swimmers.
You can go on a boat trip to the
islands such as Hon Tam, Hon
Dau, Dao Yen… and feel indulged
in the splendor of the nature
Besides, every year there is a
great celebration at Ponagar
Tower, an interesting place to
visit, which attracts many people
to come here to worship. Nha
Trang is also famous for sea food.
If you come here, you can eat
fresh specialities such as squid,

Homework:
- T asks Ss to do the writing task in -Ss listen to the teacher and written

their notebooks
write down homework
-T asks Ss to prepare the next
lesson: Language focus

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*Nowadays, many schools are provided with computers and projectors, so it’s very
easy for teachers to explain their lessons with the help of computer and projector.
For me, the presentation of a computer teaching plan lets students pay more
attention to the lesson and they will feel more interested in the lesson .
These are my slides to teach Writing (UNIT 16 – ENGLISH 12) with the help
of computer and projector(CD included)

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cannot have more creation, give out more new and interesting techniques and can’t
help having mistakes. I’d like you to give frank comments and help me to have
more interesting things about this subject.
Many thanks.
IV. TÀI LIỆU THAM KHẢO:
- “Tài liệu bồi dưỡng giáo viên thực hiện CT sách GK lớp 12
THPT” của Bộ GD & ĐT
- Tập huấn thay sách
- Giới thiệu giáo án Tiếng anh 12 (Vũ Thị Lợi chủ biên)-NXB
Hà nội
- Thiết kế bài giảng tiếng Anh của Trần Thị Ái Thanh- Hồ
Thị Tân Hòa Trang.- NXB Hà Nội
- Sources from the internet
Người thực hiện
Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hồng

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