SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH THANH HÓA
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HUYỆN NGA SƠN

SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM

SOME MEASURES TO TEACH VOCABULARY FOR
GRADE 4 STUDENTS AT NGA TRUNG PRIMARY SCHOOL,
NGA SON DISTRICT, THANH HOA PROVINCE

Người thực hiện: Mai Thị Thoa
Chức vụ: Giáo viên
Đơn vị công tác: Trường TH Nga Trung
SKKN thuộc lĩnh mực (môn): Tiếng Anh

THANH HÓA, NĂM 2019


CATEGORY
Content
1. Introduction
1.1. Reasons for selecting an initiative
1.2. Research purposes
1.3. Research subjects
1.4. Research Methods
2. Content
2.1. Rationale
2.2. Reality
2.2.1.The benefit
2.2.2. The situation results
2.3. Some measures to help students in grade 4 Nga
Trung Primary School learn English vocabulary well.

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2.3.6. Measure 6. Teaching new words is highly effective
through communication

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2.3.7. Measure 7. Teaching new words is highly effective
through paragraphs

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2.3.8. Measure 8. Teaching new words is highly effective
through practice

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2.3.9. Measure 9. To overcome status students use more
Vietnamese :

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2.4. Effectivenes of the themes

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3. Conclusions and recommendations
3.1. Conclude
3.2. Request

lessons. Continuous improvement of teaching methods in a positive direction,
promoting active innovation and self-learning ability of students is the basic
solution to improve the quality of education. , and study teaching vocabulary to
students to get the best results and that's why I choose the topic: " Some
measures to teach vocabulary for grade 4 students at Nga Trung Primary
School, Nga Son District, Thanh Hoa Province".
1.2. The purpose of the study
I personally find that teaching vocabulary to students is an essential task to
help students develop and complete the 4 basic skills of English learners:
Listening (Listening), Speaking (Speaking), Reading (Reading) and Writing
(Writing) and also gradually improving the quality of English teaching for
students in grade 4 of English teaching for students in grade 4 of Nga Trung
primary school in particular and elementary students in general in a positive and
creative way.
1.3. Research objects.
Introduction of methods and techniques for teaching vocabulary English for
students in grade 4 of Nga Trung primary school.
1.4. Research Methodology
Teachers need to apply various research methods such as:
- Methods of investigation.
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- Empirical Method.
- Research Methodology theory teaching language .
- Research and teaching methods from within the document, online,
television.
2. CONTENT
2.1. Theoretical basis.
In order to promote the positive, self-initiative, creative thinking of

The theme of the lesson is structured according to the topic, interesting
topics, close, closely linked from grade 3 to grade 5.
In addition, providing capital for students to ensure continuity between
levels of education. Providing students with a rich vocabulary helps them shape
and develop their ability to use English as a communication tool.
Currently all levels and sectors, as well as the vast majority of people are
aware of the importance of learning English, so parents are interested in
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investing for their children to study English such as: full books, equipment and
facilities useful for learning are also fully equipped.
2.2.2. The situation results
Primary students are still playing, not focusing on studying.They are not
aware of the importance of English. I see that Nga Trung students speak very
hard the local language makes the pronunciation of English become difficult and
inaccurate, and that affects the psychology of speaking English, they are often
very afraid, lack of confidence and hesitant to learn English. so their ability to
memorize words is limited. The importance of the initial stage is to develop the
ability to communicate simply in a new language without fear of making
mistakes, significantly affecting student motivation.
There is a fundamental factor affecting language learning: children will not
learn without motivation. Almost all students pronounce incorrectly. Examples:
'teacher', library, e'raser, etc. - Also, they cannot play the ending sound but
almost eliminate the sounds like: s, z, t, k. For example: / s / ->, class, student.../
z / -> is, zoo, season... / t / -> eat, hat, kite... / k / -> books, milk, like...
Primary students are very active, so it is easy to lose focus, forget quickly,
In particular, many parents in Nga Trung work away from home, they stay at
home with grandparents. And most parents do not know how to guide their
children to learn English.

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From the above practice results, I have been thinking, researching and in
order to make the work better, help students enjoy learning English and improve
the quality of education in the school, I would like to present some measures
practical as follows:” Some measures to teach vocabulary for grade 4
students at Nga Trung Primary School”
2.3. Some measures to help students in grade 4 Nga Trung Primary
School learn English vocabulary well.
2.3.1. Measure 1: Improve the students' awareness about learning how
to learn vocabulary in English
Propaganda is the first method chosen to raise awareness for students. As
you know, some elementary students do not pay more attention to learning
English because this is a subject that has not been a compulsory subject in
elementary schools. This is also a difficult subject at school. Therefore, I always
persuade my students about the importance of learning English. Learning
English to be able to travel around the world, they can easily make friends with
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foreigners, they can chat with foreigners on facebook or zalo, they can easily
find a good job. With high salaries in the pioneer company in the future, they
can read books, newspapers, stories or watch movies in English. If you want to
learn English well, the first and the most important thing is to learn, memorize
vocabulary, accumulate yourself vocabulary because without vocabulary you
will not be able to convey the idea of I let others understand or read books, listen
to music .... Thanks to my persuasion, my students can understand why they
should learn English vocabulary. When they play an important role in learning
vocabulary, they will work hard to learn well the four skills of listeningspeaking - reading - writing English effectively.
2.3.2. Measure 2. To overcome status students are not interested in

the subjects they are studying in class
T: What subjects are you learning in class?
Ss: We are learning English, maths, Vietnamese….
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- While- teaching subject vocabulary, Ask students to observe the pictures
a, b, c ... f then the teacher introduces the vocabulary
Example: Picture a
T: What is this subject?
Ss: It is Maths
T: Maths
Example: Picture b
T: What is this subject?
Ss: It is science
T: science
……………..

Subject learning vocabulary helps students memorize words faster and
longer. In Unit 8: What subjects do you have today?- Grade 4 after learning the
vocabulary about subjects. I found my students remember the names of the
subjects very well
Example : Unit 19: What animal do you want to see?- Grade 4
Similar when I teach vocabulary about the topic of animals my student learn
very excited
Example: Picture a
T: What animals are these?
Ss: They are Kangaroos
T: Kangaroos
Example: Picture b

when it comes big word, they also think of small words…. I found that applying
vocabulary teaching method with antonyms to 4th grade students in Nga Trung
primary school, students learn better, remember longer words.
2.3.4. Measure 4: Steps to teach words are interesting for students.
In English to teach new words of a lesson, teachers need to divide the
teaching into 03 stages: Pre teaching, While teaching Post teaching. Therefore,
in order for a lesson to be effective, I have to carefully study and select the
appropriate activities for each lesson in each stage. As follows:
a. Pre – teaching: This is a very important step that plays a decisive role in
the success of a lesson. In this stage, teachers need to give a general introduction
on the topic of teaching to create attraction, interest for students, create a need
for students to study and encourage students to think about the topic of
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vocabulary. They will study. During the class I have applied the following tricks
and skills for the Pre-teaching step:
- Using visual tools (using video channel in textbooks): picture is the
information channel that the brain can remember more easily. Primary students
enjoy the images so using vocabulary pictures will help them memorize good
words. I use pictures in the textbooks to attract students' attention to create
exciting atmosphere for the class.
-Example : (unit 9: What are they doing? - grade 4)
To teach new words playing football I used pictures in books
T: What are they doing?
Sts: they are playing football
T: playing football

- Using intuitive:
It's in the classroom objects, pictures, drawings sketches (rod), picture

T ask: what am I doing
Ss: You are swimming.
T: swim
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This is also a method I have applied to my 4th graders, they are very
excited. they enthusiastically raised their hands on the board as a gesture for
them to guess the word. With this method will help students confidently speak
English, be more interested in this subject, create a more natural learning
atmosphere without putting pressure on them.
- List name
For example, teaching words “drink” I have listed words of drinks such as:
water, orange juice, fruit juice, lemonade ...

b. While- teaching
In the process of teaching vocabulary, I take each step:
- Step 1: "listen", I let students listen to new words by reading samples or
use native language CD.
- Step 2: "speak", after the students have heard three times I asked
repeat students. When giving the students a repeat, tell the class first, then
call them personally to check and correct them immediately.
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- Step 3: "read", write the word on the board and have students look at it to
read. Have students read the whole class, then read individually and correct the
students' mistakes. At the same time, encourage them to make good
pronunciation to stimulate their learning spirit.
- Step 4: "write", after students have read the word correctly then I will ask

b.vegetable

c.fish
In this game my students work very well. they are eager to participate, the
lesson becomes comfortable and effective.
- Slap the board:
After teaching vocabulary in a lesson I often let students play games like
Slap the board: I write new words and circle words or take pictures on the board.
Then I called the two groups up on the board, each group of 6 students to play
this game.

The game helps students strengthen their skills in listening to learned
words, as well as recognizing letters and quick reflexes for them. Most of my
students are excited about this game.

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2.3.5. Measure 5: Help students to memorize vocabulary through song
or chant
Learning English through songs helps children learn vocabulary in a
simple and fastest way. The melody of the song and the song to go into the
memory of children, children will remember long and accurate.
As you know, students who want to learn English well, the first thing we
have to do for children to love it. Music will help students receive vocabulary
naturally, and especially in songs or chant words that are repeated many times
with a fun melody that makes them excited to learn and relax. They are easy to
remember words.
to check the pronunciation of students reading verbs transferred to the past
tense. I have them sing and read chant:

Example : Unit 14: What does he look like?- Grade 4
I asked the class to look at the pictures and join the study. The class leader
will stand up and ask you questions and appoint you to answer the question,
similarly you will answer the next question ... just like that until you finally.
Picture a: S1: What does she look like?
S2: She is tall.
Picture b: S2:What does she look like?
S3: She is short.
……..

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When students learn words through sentence patterns, I often let them
work in groups, in pairs. I myself will edit the pronunciation for students who
have not pronounced correctly, creating a comfortable learning atmosphere that
does not put pressure on them. Learning words through communication helps
students understand the meaning of words more easily. On the other hand, it also
stimulates the need for new students to use words.
2.3.7. Measure 7. Teaching new words is highly effective through
paragraphs
A short paragraph contains lots of vocabulary and short sentences, with
learning vocabulary through your texts so you can memorize vocabulary
correctly in terms of meaning and usage. The important thing is, through the
passage you can easily speak a lot of English texts, this is our ultimate goal
when learning English.
There are many ways to make lectures easy on students' memory such as
using images, inserting new words into a practical, interesting use context,
telling English stories with words students need. Besides, in the paragraph there
are many complete vocabulary and sentences. So learning words through texts

6. What animal is yellow?

Sort of the same themes .
- The teacher gives a mixture table words.
- Students from the appropriate thematic.
+ Example 1 :
soccer chicken cold milk skirt eggs
oranges
noodles
T.shirt wet rice
mouth swimming tennis
warm
beef
cap
fish jeans meat
bananas sandals
apples
carrots
basketball
soda
hot potatoes
dry
coffee
lemonade
volleyball
blouse cool bread table-tennis

* Keys:
- Food & drink : chicken, milk, eggs, noodles, oranges , rice, beef,
fish ,meat, bananas , apples, carrots , soda , potatoes , bread, lemonade


nurse
tortoise

* Keys:
- people: dentist, worker, engineer, nurse, farmer, doctor.
- Animal: tiger, dolphin, shark, fish, tortoise, monkey, fox
- place: factoryt, history, book store, foodstall, shoe store, foodstall.
The purpose of this test form has created a positive and exciting
atmosphere in learning, helps students to generalize and categorize vocabulary.
This procedure requires students to remember vocabulary in many different
themes.
After incorporate some form of exercise and check I find that students
were initially excited about learning new words and new words really feel not
hard to remember.
2.3.9. Measure 9. To overcome status students use more Vietnamese :
When find out the opinion of many students that how to learn new words,
most of them think that only know these word in Vietnamese but little they
know how to apply them. In the lesson, students use more Vietnamese to discuss
or explain the issues related to the lesson. To help children become more
confident in using more English in class I have incorporated some forms of selfconfidence to help them use English in class as much as possible.
- Find words learned by definition:
For each vocabulary teacher can explain in simple English words and that
is to find a new definition for the words.
For example, when teaching Unit 15. When’s children’s day ?(English 4)
After the introduction of the new words and some common words related
to the lesson to students, the teacher gives students the definition of that word
and ask students to find the word. This way teacher can test what students have
learned.
Specific:

and their people

In History

We learn to read and write
in Vietnamese.

In Maths

We learn how to use
computer

In Geography

We study past and events in
Viet Nam and aroud the
word.

In Information
Technology

We learn about numbers

Key
In Vietnamese, we learn to read and write in Vietnamese.
In History, we study past and events in Viet Nam and aroud the word.
In Maths, we learn about numbers.
In Geography, we study different countries and their people.
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3. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1. Conclusion.
In learning English, there are 4 skills: listening, speaking, reading and
writing. Learn any language, you need to learn 4 skills well, but to do these
skills well, you need a rich vocabulary.
Vocabulary plays an important role in learning English and especially
develops skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Properly taught English for elementary students helps students acquire

MAI THỊ THOA

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IV. References
Teaching English to children. A.Scott, Wendy & H.Ytreberg, Lisbeth
(2004). UK: Longman
Teaching languages to young learners. Cameron, L. (2005), Cambridge
University Press.
How to use games in language teaching. Rixon, S. (1984), HongKong:
Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Teach English. Adrian Doff. Cambridge University Press.
500 Activities for the Primary classroom. Carol Read. Macmillan books for
Teacher.
English for Primary Teachers. Marry Slattery & Jane Willis. Oxford
University Press.

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V. LIST
THE INITIAL EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN CONFERENCED BY THE
EXPERIENCED EXPERIENCE COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION AND
TRAINING OF DISTRICT, PROVINCES AND HIGHER LEVELS OF
TURKEY
Full name: Mai Thi Thoa
Position and job: Teacher Nga Trung Primary School
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