INDEX
Contents
1. Preamble.
1.1. Reasons for choosing the theme.
1.2. The purposes of research.
1.3. Subject of research.
1.4. Research methodology.
2. Contents.
2.1. Theoretical background.
2.2. The status of the problem.
2.3. Solutions and implementation.
2.4. Achievements.
3. Conclusions and recommendations.
3.1. Conclusions
3.2. Recommendations.
References
A list of teaching experience initiatives

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and studying English, especially with distant regions and with many difficulties
as Luan Thanh, a mountainous commune of Thuong Xuan district.
I noticed at this psychology age, most of these children are very fond of
singing, it was demonstrated in the details of their favorite music lessons.
Especially if they can sing a song in English language not only brings
excitement of learning that language knowledge but it is also etched forever in
their minds. Because of these concerns, I have boldly choosen the theme, that
is: "Using songs to teach some English vocabularies and structures for
grade 6 students at Luan Thanh Secondary School” in order to help students
learn and remember vocabularies together with new structures more easily.
1.2. The purposes of research.
From the current status of teaching new English vocabularies and
structures over the years at secondary school where I am working, I have
improved a positive teaching method appropriate to each lecture and student.
But the scale of this subject I have no ambition and not enough time to make all
the methods of teaching and learning English vocabularies, with the hope that
this approach can help the students learn, practice and hone another to make

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some necessary vocabularies. Thereby, they gain experience easier in learning
and practicing their vocabularies.
1.3. Subject of research.
Because of limited time, I just mentioned applies the method of teaching
and revising new vocabularies and structures in a number of lessons in grade 6
for Luan Thanh secondary school’s students in this topic.
1.4. Research methodology.
- Theoretical research methods: Research documents and curricula related
to research problems by means of analysis, synthesis, comparison to draw the

2.2. The status of the problem.
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Each the school's English Department has its own characteristics, causing
amorous curiosity of many students learning but also inevitably cause
difficulties dampened apprentice position. Therefore, teachers must pay attention
to all of students interested in learning English.
Stemming from the point '' learner-centered '', methods of teaching and
learning have made fundamental changes. The teacher is not the only one who
holds the knowledge and imparts knowledge that is only a guide, facilitator,
mentor and checkers. Learners no longer a passive acquisition of knowledge
which is the center of the teaching process, initiatives and creativity in the
learning process to achieve high results in learning and know how to apply in
real life.
General language teaching, teaching English in particular the renewal of
teaching methods is crucial. To master the language knowledge, implement 4
skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing was very difficult for them,
especially for the 6th grade students to be acquainted with the discipline
department. Because they do not have many new vocabularies and structures to
use.
From the point on the use of appropriate songs for the lessons to help the
students are extremely interested in the subject, especially help them much
easier to memorize new words and structures.
2.3. The solutions and implementation.
Basing on the above concerns, I thought and found out a number of
measures for the implementation of the project.
Firstly, I carefully selected the songs and did not use them widespread. I
considered the time of each lesson and students of each class to use a suitable
song. I borrowed the music songs may be familiar to children's Vietnamese

- Example 1: Unit 1: Greeting
To review or practice for students the greetings, name question, or
question about one’s health, I used the following songs:
“The hello song”
Hello, hello, hello!
What's your name?
Hello, hello, hello!
My name is Nam.
My name is Nam.
Hello, Nam
Hello, Nam!
Hello
Basing on the below song, students turn in turn to sing his/her name in
order to drill and sample salutation name questions.
Hello, hello, hello!
What's your name?
Hello, hello, hello!
My name is Lan.
My name is Lan.
Hello, Lan!
Hello, Lan!
Hello
After that, I let students listen to the song “How are you?”
Hello, Peter. How are you?
I’m fine, thank you. How are you?
Thank you , Peter. I’m fine, too.
Let’s go to school together.
How are you Ba, Lan and Nga?
Thank you, Miss Hoa, we’re fine.
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Who’s she? She’s my grandmather.
This is my family.
…
- Example 7: Unit 3: C. Families
I used the song “Two kind doctors”, I let the students listen to the song
once, I divided class into groups and gave them the pictures of different jobs.
The second listening, I replaced the lyrics with different words, students of the
groups listened to the name of the group of occupations, they had to raise the
right picture.
Two kind doctors meet in a land. (students raised this picture)
Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?

Two kind farmers, meet in a land, (students raised this picture)
Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?

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Two kind of nurses, meet in a land. (students raised this picture)
Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?

Two kind of teachers, meet in a land. (students raised this picture)
Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?

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How many days in a week?
How many days ?
How many days ?
How many days in a week?
Sunday, Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
What time is it?
What time is it?
It's six o'clock.
It's time to get up.
What time is it?
It's six fifteen.
It's time for breakfast.
What time is it?
It's six forty-five.
It's time for school.
- Example 10: Unit 9: The body
I used the song "Ten fingers on my hands”, then they replaced the
lyrics with words such as the following:
Ten fingers on my hands, on my hands,
Ten fingers on my hands, on my hands, (Students sing out with
spreading ten fingers, clap their hands)
Two eyes, one nose all on my face. (pointing to the eyes, pointing
to the nose then pointing to the face)
Ten fingers on my hands, on my hands.
Students replaced the underlined words into a new post with the above
gestures.
Ten toes on my feet, on my feet.
Ten toes on my feet, on my feet.

song: “You are happy in Summer holidays!”
When are you going to have a holiday?
In summer, in summer.
Where are you going to visit?
Ha Long Bay, Ha Long Bay.
Where are you going to stay?
In a hotel, In a hotel,
What are you going to eat?
Nice food, delicious food.
What are you going to do?
I'm going to visit the Bay.
Then I ask them to replace the various sites in the song in order to
remember the structures quickly.
- Example 14: Unit 15: Countries.
To practice the sample question "Where are you from?" And the name of
some countries in English, I let students listen to the song:
“Where are you from?”
Where are you from? Where are you from?
Where are you from?
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And where are you from?
I’m from America. I’m from Australia
I’m from England. I’m from China
Where are you from? Where are you from?
Where are you from? And where are you from?
I’m from Canada. I’m from Korea
I’m from China. I’m from Japan
Where are you from? Where are you from?

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I have had my small contribution to the achievements of my school, put
my school get the targets that we had set.
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I will try to maintain the aforementioned methods and constantly learn
and exchange with colleagues to take time to teach more effectively. In this
project, I tried to exploit and explore methods of teaching vocabularies and
structures in secondary school and go on analyzing the causes, factors affecting
the method of teaching vocabularies and structures to find out specific measures
so that given the specific methods to students. However, the restriction is
inevitable.
This is just my personal experience, but I find its feasibility is very useful
for Luan Thanh secondary school’s students. The way to apply in reality isn’t
too complicated but effective. I only use some simple ways but after changing
teaching method of using songs (before, teachers introduce new words and
structures, then ask students to read, remember them and finish exercises in the
textbook), I found the students were more excited during the lessons, faster
understanding and they remember the lesson better. Some students can sing
English songs well, they are very excited with those songs, so they can
remember new words and new structures better. Therefore, I hope that my
experience itself will contribute to improve the quality of teaching and learning
English in junior high school.
3.2. Recommendations.
English is a difficult subject but my school doesn’t have many reference
books. The facilities and teaching aids aren’t enough, especially no functional
classrooms. So students do not have many favorable conditions to learn English.
To achieve high results in teaching and learning English, I would have
some following recommendations:
Every year, the education division needs to organize seminars for teachers

5. Listen & Download Http://mangamnhac.net
6. Learn English Online. Children's song Www.tienganhonline.com
7. English child songs
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8. For kids. Website for children
9. CD Xuan Mai Music.top.vn
10. Lyrics Planet English Subtitles English Vietbao.vn
11. Let’s go 1.
12. English text book of grade 3,4.

SOME EXPERIENCE INITIATIVES THAT WERE EVALUATED AND
RANKED BY THE SCIENCE COUNCIL OF THUONG XUAN
EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIVISION
Full name: Trinh Thi Nga
Position and working unit: English teacher of Luan Thanh secondary school

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Evaluating council

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3.

Some ways to
teach new
vocabularies in
texts at English
textbook 9.

Thuong Xuan
education and training
division

B

2013 - 2014

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