CATEGORY
PART 1: INTRODUCTION

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I. Reason for choosing the topic

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II. The objectives of the topic

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III. The object of the topic

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IV. The research methods

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PART 2: DEVELOPMENT
2.1. Theoretical base of experience initiative.

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2.2. The actual status of teaching and learning vocabulary
at Lam Kinh high schools

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- In the era of the development of science and technology and of
acculturation, they require each of us to basic knowledge and certain skills. In
particular, foreign language skill, especially English, is the key for us to open
the important door to step out in the world. Besides the skills of listening,
speaking, reading and writing, the vocabulary is very necessary for a foreign
language learner. Vocabulary is also a very important platform for students to
complete their skills in the learning of English in secondary schools. However,
in practice, the vocabulary is not easy so students often encounter many
difficulties. One of the difficulties of the students is absorbing and memorizing
vocabulary that they have learned or once used before.
2. Practically:
Along with the development of society and the need to reach out to the
world, the English teaching methods and course content is constantly being
renewed and improved. The English mateiral for grade 10 with a lot of different
topics gives students more knowledge about life and diverse society. However,
the diversity of subjects and requires students to memorize more vocabulary.
This is a major barrier for the students, especially for those in rural and
mountainous areas.
Therefore, how to find the most effective way of teaching vocabulary to
help students understand each lesson easier is the responsibility of every foreign
language teacher. Nowadays, there are many good methods of teaching
vocabulary, but the selection and the application of those methods in a flexible
way for each unit is not easy for each teacher
In the process of teaching vocabulary to students at the school, I and some
of my colleagues in the team faced many difficulties in finding suitable methods
to improve the quality of education.

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- Based on innovation-oriented method of teaching English in secondary
schools by the Ministry of Education and Training, basic criteria of the new
teaching methods that operate independently and actively the activeness of
students in solving the tasks to communicate in the language. Key criteria to
assess the learning outcomes of students is the ability to communicate and
conduct capacity tape language in practical situations. In particular, the
vocabulary is the main component in communication activities. Thus, helping
students master the vocabulary is a task that is equally important.
- Based on the objectives of foreign language learning is not only to
knowabout the phonetic system, vocabulary, grammar, but also to use that
system to achieve the purpose of communication. Therefore, I know that
encouraging students to use vocabulary in context communication is a
indispensable and relatively difficult task to each teacher, especially with those
students in rural and mountainous areas.

2.2: The actual status of teaching and learning vocabulary at
Lam Kinh high schools
Through the teaching of English, especially English program grade 10,
I notice some following problems .
- The majority of foreign language teachers have done their utmost to
teach and inspire a love of learning a foreign language students. However, due to
a lack of facilities and equipment needed for particular courses of visual aids
cater for teaching vocabulary, teaching vocabulary should not achieve high

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efficiency. Besides, traditional methods of teaching vocabulary often reduces the
quality of the language lessons and absorptive capacity of the students.
- Although most English teachers in the school are making great efforts to


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average level accounts for less than 35%. The test results show that the student's
vocabulary is very limited compared to the amount of knowledge provided in
the textbooks.
- From this result, I have adopted a number of measures to improve the
efficiency of teaching and learning vocabulary for students in my class. With
each lesson, I use diverse forms of teaching vocabulary to suit each student
object and I also try to make full use of the poor teaching conditions in my
school.
- In 10th grade English, vocabulary is divided into several topics and
many different groups. With each group, we will have many different methods to
help students understand, remember and use new words quickly and effectively.

2.3. Solutions and Implementation
2.3.1: Teaching vocabulary by grouping from each theme, from the type
or level of use
2.3.1.1. Building a number of topics of English vocabulary:
Teachers can arrange words in groups of different topics to the students
easy to remember, easy to learn, easy to understand, depending on the content of
each post
- Example 1: Unit 1: A day in the life of/ Part B: Speaking/ page 14/
10th grade English
Theme: Subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, History,
Geography, Biology, Physical Education, Civic Education......
- Example 2: Unit 5: Technology and you/ Part A: Reading/ page 54/
10th grade English
Theme: Computer: keyboard, mouse, computer screen, software,

field

Countryside

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village

- Example 2: Unit 11: National parks / Part D: writing/ page 117/ 10th
grade English
Rejectio
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Acceptan
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Applicatio
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Letter

Thankyou

Invitation

Refusal

Inquiry

2.3.1.3: Teach vocabulary through words belong to a group of sense

2.3.2: Teaching vocabulary through visual aids
The use of real objects, photographs, film material in teaching vocabulary
always has a strong impact on interest in learning of students. This approach
helps teachers convey lexical semantics quickly and conveniently and it also
encourages students to understand and remember words in a faster and more
efficient way.
2.3.2.1: Realia:
When teaching vocabulary to students, teachers can use the model objects
or related vocabulary to explain the meaning of the word to students. This
method is often highly effective because students can directly observe the
objects, especially in the case of the words that the teacher find it difficult to
explain the meanings of words in language.
- Example 1: Unit 5: Technology and you/ 10th grade English
Part A: reading/ page 54- new words:parts of computer system. Teachers use
the parts of a real computer

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Speakers

Printer

CD Room

Floppy disk

Computer screen/ keyboard

Usb

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regularly screen the short film related to the topic of the lesson to help them
understand the vocabulary faster.
- Example 1: Unit 8: The story of my village/Part A: reading/ page 82/
10th grade English
I often use illustrations to describe the change of the Vietnamese
countryside in the past and nowadays to help them understand the content, at the
same time I offer students some new words.
- In the past:

houses/ straw and mud/ poor/ simple

TV set

farmer/ field/ plough/ buffalo

travel/ bike

- Now:

Brick houses/ motorbike

new farming method/ bumper crop

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do some shopping

review session will become more attractive and more effective because students
will be eager to participate.
2.3.3.1: Wordsquares
Example : Unit 13: Film and cinema/Part A: reading/ page 132/ 10th
grade English.
Content Review: different kinds of films
Teachers can make suggestions about the kinds of films for students to find
different kinds of films. The teams will work together to find the correct
answers, the team that scores the higher points will be the winner.
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Some suggestions:
1. If you like films with exciting story, especially ones about crime
or spies, enjoy a..........( thriller)

English.
Content Review: different kinds of music
lokf
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korc
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zjaz
-> jazz
cicsslala -> classical
2.3.3.3: Crossword
Crossword is a form of exercise requires the ability to exercise judgment
and critical thinking of students. To do this exercise form, students must conquer
the crossword puzzle with clues given. After understanding the clues, students
will use their ability to remember words to find the exact words to match the
crossword.
This kind of exercise will require students to find keywords is a vertical
box has been prescribed. Teachers usually apply this exercise as a game to
increase the attractiveness. After studying vocabulary with this form of exercise,

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students will be trained about the ability of brainstorming. Besides, they will
inculcate the vocabulary after completing crossword.
- Example : Unit 6: An excursion /Part A: Reading / page 62/ 10th grade
English.
Content Review: some new words in the reading passage

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2.3.3.4: Slap the board
Slap the board is an energetic vocabulary activity - it can be used for
revision, presentation and testing - which involves students running to and
hitting the board.Teachers put the vocabulary items on the board in any order –
jumbled.
Form groups. Give a mother tongue translation for one of the words on
the board. The students have got to recognise the word which translates to that
word. They then run to the board and slap the correct word. The first person in
each group to slap the right word gets a point.
Alternatively, you can form teams and one person from the team runs to
the board, as a representative. The first team to hit the correct word gets the
point. The representative changes, ready for the next word… This is a little
calmer than if everyone is running to the board.
The teachers can reverse the translation, by putting the mother tongue on
the board. And of course, they could use definitions or opposites if you want to
avoid using the mother tongue.


lobster

seal

fish

- Example 2: Unit 10: Conservation /Part A: Reading / page 104/ 10th
grade English.
Below are some words in the game "Slap the board" that I've designed to
revise vocabulary for students
Teachers stick the colorful card-boards with the new words on the board
then ask students to run up to slap on board containing the word that teachers
read aloud. This game should be played in teams to increase the enthusiasm and
excitement to the lesson.
supply

defence

run

soil

run off

destroy

law

circulatio

the orphanage

2.4: The efficiency of the experience initiative
Based on the teaching process and experimental results from tests of
vocabulary in three classes 10B1,10B2, 10B6, I can see the positive eficiency
after the application of measures to improve the efficiency of teaching
vocabulary English for students. The improvement in the ability to remember
and use vocabulary application is demonstrated by the number of students
getting good marks and average ones as follows:
Table 1:

Before applying the measures
Class

Total
The number of students scoring proficient
Percentage
The number of students scoring pretty
Percentage
The number of students scoring average
Percentage
The number of students scoring below

10B1

10B2

10B6

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33,33%

28,57%

30,96%

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Table 2:

52,39%


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6

11,9%

7,14%

14,28%

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(from about 40% in Table 1 to about 75% in Table 2)
In each lesson, students are more active, more flexible and enthusiastic
participation in the vocabulary section. Students are no longer passive listening
and memorizing mechanically as it once was. In every classroom lessons, many
students have the ability to remember a large number of basic vocabulary.

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I do not take too much time to explain words and practice from them.
With some games, students can organize themselves, so it has increased the
confidence and positivity of students in learning English.

PART 3: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
I. Conclusions
This result indicates that the measures which I have applied to improve
the efficiency of vocabulary learning for students has yielded positive results.
Students are not only able to remember and use more vocabulary, but also feel
excited about learning vocabulary with different groups. They no longer have to
meet the psychological fear of exercises or tests of vocabulary. On the contrary,
the foreign language lessons becomes more fun and more exciting.
These are some of the measures that I have learned, consulted and adopted
into their lesson in the grade 10th English program. However, in the course of
use, there are still many difficulties and limitations in the application these
measures into teaching and learning .Therefore, I look forward to receiving
constructive feedback so that I can complete my work better.

II. Recommendations
Derived from the application of innovative experiences and the results obtained
above, I give some suggestions as follows:


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REFERENCES
1. Học từ vựng tiếng Anh theo chủ điểm, tác giả Nguyễn Phương Mai, NXB
Đại học quốc gia Hà Nội
2. Vui học từ vựng tiếng Anh, Song Phúc chủ biên, NXB Giáo dục
3. English vocabulary in use by Michael Mc Carthy
4. English Vocabulary For All By G K Puri
5. website: http://www.vnsay.com/hoctienganh/
6. website: http://tienganh123.com/
7. website: http://www.englishrainbow.com/
8. website: http://forum.vietnamlearning.vn/

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APPENDIX:

EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
TEST 1 ( Before conducting the research)
( Time allowed: 10 minutes)

Choose the best answer:
1. I like to work with figures, so I like..................
A. Maths

B. Literature



5. ............is traditional music of a country
A. Pop music

B. Rock’n’roll

C. Classical music

D. Folk music

6. I like to learn English best because it is an ................ language.
A. Nation

B. Region

C. International

D. Traditional

7. When the winter comes, everybody feels.................
A. Cool
Keys: 1.A

B. Hot
2. D

3. A

C. Cold
4. B


D. Application

3.............is a modern music that is popular with young people
A.Pop music

B. Traditional music

C. Classical music

D. Folk music

4. Jack is a (an)...............part of the team because we can not do without him.
A. Intergral

B. Tiny

C. Unnecessary

D. Impossible

5.We call a group or groups of animals or plants..........
A.Fauna

B. National parks

C. Flora

D. Species




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