SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỒNG NAI
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TRƯỜNG THPT TRẤN BIÊN
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(Do HĐKH Sở GD&ĐT ghi)

SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM

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(Ghi đầy đủ tên gọi giải pháp SKKN)

MINI-PROJECTS CAN HELP ENHANCE SOFT SKILLS FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

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Lĩnh vực nghiên cứu:
Người
thựclýhiện:
- Quản
giáo CHU
dục THỊ KIM
 PHƯƠNG
Lĩnh
vực nghiên
- Phương
phápcứu:
dạy học bộ môn: ............................. 
(Ghi rõ tên bộ môn)
- Quản lý giáo dục

-- Lĩnh

CD (DVD)
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học: ..............................
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SƠ LƯỢC LÝ LỊCH KHOA HỌC
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I. THÔNG TIN CHUNG VỀ CÁ NHÂN
1. Họ và tên: CHU THỊ KIM PHƯƠNG
2. Ngày tháng năm sinh: 12/10/1976
3. Nam, nữ: Nữ
4. Địa chỉ: C12 Khu dân cư Tân Biên, P. Tân Biên, Biên Hòa, Đồng Nai
5. Điện thoại:

ĐTDĐ: 01289909075

6. Fax:

E-mail:

7. Chức vụ:
8. Nhiệm vụ được giao : Chủ nhiệm lớp 12A1, dạy tiếng Anh các lớp 12A1,
12D1(tiếng Anh hệ 10 năm), 10A3 (tiếng Anh hệ 7 năm)
9. Đơn vị công tác: THPT TRẤN BIÊN

II. TRÌNH ĐỘ ĐÀO TẠO
- Học vị (hoặc trình độ chuyên môn, nghiệp vụ) cao nhất: Thạc sĩ
- Năm nhận bằng: 2010
- Chuyên ngành đào tạo: TESOL

(2016-2017) is the first time I have taught Tieng Anh 12.
With the ambition to get students to be well prepared when they leave school, I do
this small action research to help them build up soft skills through mini projects.
Advantages and disadvantages
While using this kind of material I have come up with some benefits and
limitations that I would like to include here.
Advantages
- I am strongly supported by my school authorities and colleagues, especially
I am greatly assisted by my group leader, who gives me more control and
freedom in teaching and writing lesson plans.
- Our school has two added periods for English per week so that I can fill in
the gaps of the lessons for my students.
- Most of my students are in the same level.
- The books are eye-catching enough to draw students’ attention and the topics
are varied.
However, I also deal with some drawbacks.
Disadvantages
- As the series are not widely used in secondary schools, the related sources
for reference are not rich and available. As a result, it requires the teacher
more time and energy to fulfill the task designs.

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- Since my students do not major in English, some lessons are hard for them
to cover as fully expected. Additionally, as 12th grade students, they are
devoting more time to their other major subjects.
Procedures
The procedures can be divided into three stages.
Stage 1: At the beginning of the first semester, students were put in groups to

help make some adjustments.
Week 3: asking students to
briefly report where they are,
what they did through a variety
of means of communication.
Week 7: reading the first
written draft and give feedback.
Week 8: reminding the deadline
and urging students to rehearse.
Week 11: Marking
presentations and giving
feedback.

Term definitions
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What are soft skills?
According to Wikipedia, soft skills are “a combination “of many skills such
as interpersonal people skills, social skills, communication skills, character
traits and attitudes.
Imman N. Khurshid also defined that soft skills are skills “ needed in
different aspects of life including your career.”
Collins Dictionary also refers soft skills as “interpersonal skills such as the
ability to communicate well with other people and to work in a team.”
Among the soft skills, communication skills are considered the most
important ones. Communication skills include Interview skills, Listening
skills, Conversational skills, Team-working skills, Decision-making,
Problem-solving, Negotiation, Presentation and Personal skills.
What is a project?

and be more trained in workshops or seminars about this issue.
As for students, they should be more aware of the importance of projects
because they not only practise the language but also develop soft skills,
which cannot be learned from books but only through practice. They should
take it particularly seriously like the way they spend time for their majors.

NGƯỜI THỰC HIỆN
(Ký tên và ghi rõ họ tên)

CHU THỊ KIM PHƯƠNG

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APPENDIXES

APPENDIX 1
AN OVERVIEW
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Grade
12

Speaking
Talking about a
historical figure

Writing
Writing a life

maintain cultural
identity

Writing an essay

Unit 1 LIFE
STORIES
Unit 2
URBANIZATION

Unit 3 THE
GREEN
MOVEMENT

Writing an essay
about advantages
and
disadvantages

Grammar
Past simple
Past continuous
Articles
Subjunctives

Project
Presentation: a
famous person
you admire
Finding out

networking
sites and apps.
Presentation:
cultural identity
of an ethnic
group in
Vietnam

APPENDIX 2

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Reference
Cambridge Dictionary Online - />Collin Dictionary online- />
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