THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING THANH HOA CITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING INITIATIVE USE THE KNOWLEADGE OF MUSIC, ART, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH TO TEACH THE 20TH PERIOD,UNIT ENGLISH AT DONG THO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL The researcher: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong Position: Teacher Working place: Dong Tho junior high school Subject: English THANH HOA YEAR 2019 INDEX 1.The opening and body 1.1 The reason for choosing this topic .1 1.2.The aim of the research .1 1.3.The aspect of research .1 1.4.The research method .1 1.5 the new aspects of the initiative The content 2.1.The basic theory of the research 2.2.The reality before using this method 2.3 The solution to this topic 2.4.The result 14 3.Conclusion , suggestions 14 1.The opening: In order to contribute to the educational goals of our Party and State “Train our students into dynamite, independent, creative people, absortbing modern scientific knowledge and apply it suitably in the real life for themselves and society” Because of those aims,learning foreign language in the schools play an important role for the development of our country As we know, teaching and learning English in school has had a great change in the content as well as the teaching method to meet the demand of reforming programs.The basic aim of the method is to enhance positiveness, activeness of the students and give them the best chance to develop their language ability and communication As a teacher of English,I always try my best to teach English well with high quality because I know that only by having the best methods and techniques can I have very useful lessons which attract the interest of students in learning a foreign language.With my ten years of teaching English at school,I have combined the knowleadge of many subjects to provide the attractive lesson to my students.And now I would like to introduce to you 1.1 The reason for choosing this topic: In order to meet the demand of higher knowledge of students and provide the most attractive lessons to them,I think we should combine the knowledge of many subjects to teaching, because I think there is connection among many subjects, only by doing that way can we provide the students the most attractive lessons 1.2.The aim of the research: To provide the best methods of teaching in order to improve the quality of teaching and give the students the most attractive lessons and provide them the knowledge of many things in life and perfect their knowledge 1.3.The aspect of research: This topic will tell us how to combine knowledge of many subjects to teaching English periods to give the best lessons to students 1.4.The research method: I use many methods to this research such as : survey method and information collection method 1.5 the new aspects of the initiative: -Intergrating knowled of art, music, geography, history in to the lesson Students draw pictures themselves about the ethnic groups Speaking actively and naturally The content : 2.1.The basic theory of the research: Last year, when Dong Tho junior high school held the contest for teachers to use the knowleage of other subjects to get a better result in studying, I found that it was very interesting and effective, I took part in When I applied this way to my teaching, I got a surprising result My students found interested in learning English and my colleagues, my leaders really approved my method So now I want to write something about this to share with you I hope that it will be useful and effective I use the pictures from the Internet to illustrate what I want to say when I combine the knowleage of Music,Art, History and Geography to provide the knowledge of Commamder-in Chief 2.2.The reality before using this method : In our daily English teaching methods, I rarely see the combination of subjects in teaching so most of those periods, students find boring, they not want to study and they not have the knowledge of other subjects After many years of thinking, especially when our ministry of education and training hold a subjectcombination contest for teachers, I get the way Since then, during my English – teaching period, I always combine the subjects to provide the interesting lessons to our students I think my students like this way a lot because they are provided the knowleage of many other subjects By doing that ,they perfect their understanding However,when I apply this method to teaching I meet some difficulties,for instance,it takes me a lot of time to make a teaching plan, it lengthens my teaching period time …But I think I am doing the one of the most perfect missions: to train the best citizens for our beloved country, with this motivation, I overcome many difficulties and always try to bring the interesting lessons to our beloved students This is the result before I did the research: Below excellent good average bad average Grade total SL % SL % SL % SL % SL % 160 27 16,7 53 33,3 58 36,6 11 6,7 11 6,7 2.3 The solution to this topic: UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM PERIOD 20: SKILLS I Objectives: Reading for information about the life of an ethnic group Talking about the life of ethnic groups II Language contents: Vocabulary: - poultry (n), Weave (v)(n)Scarves(n) … III Teaching aids: Textbook, projector, flash cards, students’ drawing, …… IV Procedures: * Greeting and taking attendance: * Review of the previous lesson:` * New lesson: - T has Sts watch the video about a famous song of an ethnic group and asks them to tell where they are.Then T asks Ss some questions about these places + which ethnic group is it ? + Where they live? Do you want to visit this place? + What is their population? + Can you tell us some information about this ethnic group? -Then teacher can give the suggestions : +They are The Thai + By knowing that it will help us to enrich our knowledge + Then ask students to tell about them + Give more information about The Thai READING a Pre-reading : New words: - poultry (n): (picture) - Weave (v)(n): - Scarves(n): (picture) (picture) - Bamboo items(n): (picture) - Worship (v): (picture) Ornament (n): (picture) b While-reading : Provide some information about The Thai by watching a video clip - Ask student to the tasks 1, Give the students to the questions in pairs and then in class Encourage students to make guesses if they are not sure - Call students to read the questions in task and ask them to read questions aloud Remind the rest of students to think about what the answer will be, without looking at the text ( in pairs) - check the answers as a class c.Post –reading: Ask student to tell something about the Thai based on their knowledge SPEAKING: Introduce some information about other ethnic groups for students to practise speaking - BRU VAN KIEU: Proper name: Bru, according to some researchers Other names: Bru and Van Kieu Population: 40,132 people Local groups: Van Kieu, Tri, Khua and Ma Cong Language: The Bru language belongs to the Mon-Khmer language group (of the Austroasiatic language family), which is close to languages spoken by the Tay Oi and Cotu people A new Bru writing system is now emerging, which uses Latin transcription Some vocabulary and phrases are different between certain subgroups History: The Bru are believed to be the most permanent residents in the Truong Son region Production activities: The Bru live mainly on swidden fields, using simple tools such as the axe, the cutlass, and the rice harvesting knife They practice slash-andburn agriculture, using a digging stick to make holes in the ground for sowing seeds Weeding and rice harvesting are done by hand Multi-crop and rotating cast crops are grown each year between March and October Apart from paddy, the Bru also grow manioc, gourd, banana, egg-plant, pineapple, sweet potato, etc Forests and streams are the two main sources for additional food and other benefits Almost every family raises buffalo (later cows), pigs, chickens, and dogs Local handicrafts are less developed Meanwhile, the Bru engage in barter trade primarily with the Viet people as well as with Laotians Diet: The Bru-Van Kieu enjoy eating roasted meat Soup usually made with a combination of vegetables, rice, and fish or frog meat For everyday meals, ordinary rice is often eaten with the hands On special occasions, sticky rice is cooked in a fresh bamboo tube Unboiled water and can (pipe) wine are the most popular drinks (although nowadays distilled spirit is becoming more and more popular) Men and women smoke cigarettes and pipes made from earth or the le plant (a sort of bamboo shoot) Clothing: According to Bru customs, the men wear loin cloths and the women wear dresses with a sleeves blouse or pullover The Bru buy textiles from Laos Dressing in the style of the Viet people is becoming more and more popular, with cloth wrappers still being worn In the past, people used to make clothing from the fibre of tree bark People adorn themselves with chains, necklaces, and earrings Formerly, Bru men and women wore their hair wrapped in a bun or chignon on the top of their heads For an unmarried girl, the chignon of a married woman is generally at the center top of the head Lifestyle: The Bru-Van Kieu live in the Truong Son-Tay Nguyen region in the west of Quang Tri, Thua Thien_Hue and Quang Binh Each village is a residential community Each family owns a house, built on stilts, with the heart and kitchen placed on the ground level The Bru-Van Kieu avoid sleeping in a direction that is across the width of the house, in the sub-groups of Tri, Khua and Ma Coong, the house is divided into smaller bedrooms for the aged parents Transportation: The Bru uses many kinds of woven back-baskets, with the straps being tied around the shoulders of the carrier The multi-purpose back-basket and the carrier inseparable like the human body and its shadow Social organization: Villagers, who are of different family lineages, live in harmony, with land plots (even fallow land) being divided for each family The eldest person in the village plays an important role in the village’s life The gap between the rich and the poor is increasing, but there is little difference in the standard of living at the village level Valuables are counted in gongs, pots, cooking pots and buffalo, etc Human exploitation or servitude is uncommon Beliefs: The Bru attach great importance to ancestor worship They believe that the embodiments of their dead love one’s souls exist in such objects as a fragment of a pot or a bowl Etc in some places, people believe in the god of their own fortunes: each member of the family has a bowl to his or her own fate, placed on a common altar People also believe in various Yang (God) such as god of paddy plants, and mountain, the land and earth, the river, the tree and the kitchen, etc the genie or protective spirit of the wife’s family is also worshipped by the husbandin-law Festivals: The Bru perform different rituals in an attempt to harvest bumper crops These rites are connected to specific stage of agricultural production, such as clearing the field, sowing the seeds, and harvest Sowing seeds, in particular, is organized as major festivals of the village The life of a Bru is accompanied by serials of rituals: birth, sickness, marriage, death…The most important event is the buffalo sacrificing ceremony Tet is celebrated in villages at different times, usually after the rice has been harvested and threshed Calendar: their calendar is made based on the position of them moon The Bru identify days of good luck (the 4th, 7th, 9th of the lunar month) and bad luck (30th and 1st of the lunar month) Each year, the agricultural calendar adopted by the Bru comprises 10 months, followed by holidays, before entering into the next crop cycle Artistic activities: The Bru preserve a large number of old tales about the origin of local family lineages, peoples, and orphans, etc Folk singing is popular, such as Oat (alternative chants between men and women); Prdoak, songs of greetings; Xuot, songs of public occasions; Roai tol, Roai trong, sad sung stories; and Adang kon, the lullaby When there are burials and buffalo sacrifice festivals, songs are often accompanied by dances The most popular musical instruments are: gongs, drums, string instruments (achung, plua, talu), and wind instruments (aman, taral, kho lui and pi), etc KHO ME PEOPLE Name of ethnic group: Khmer (The Viet is of Mien origin and Khmer Krom) Population: Over 1,100,000 Locality: Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Can Tho, Kien Giang and An Giang provinces Language: The Khmer speak a language belonging to the Mon-Khmer language group Customs and habits: The Khmer mainly practice Brahmanism and Hinayana Buddhism Before reaching adulthood, young Khmer people often go to pagodas to study and improve their virtues and knowledge Culture: The Khmer have managed to preserve their own language and writings They usually live with the Kinh and Hoa in "soc" (villages), and "phum" or "ap" (hamlets) The houses are simply built with thatched or tiled roofs Major Khmer festivals include "Chon Cho Nam Tho May" (New Year Festival), Buddha's Birthday, "Don Ta" (Forgive the Crimes of the Dead), and "Ooc Om Bok" (Moon Worship) Beliefs: The Khmer worship Buddha, and their ancestors There are also agricultural rituals, such as worshiping the field's God (Neak Ta xie), calling the rice's spirit (Ok Ang Leok), and the Moon (Ok Ang bok) Housing: The Khmer live on the Mekong delta, especially around those districts of southwest Vietnam Moreover, they centralize around these three areas; on the delta, along the coast, and on the southwest mountainous area near the Cambodia border Before, the Khmer live on house-on-stills Now, however, they live in houses built on the ground, with a simple straw roof and thatch wall Economy: The Khmer have a long tradition in wet rice cultivation Animal husbandry, weaving, pottery and sugar making from the "Thot Not" Tree are other forms of economic activity Spiritual life Before the introduction of Buddhism into the south of Indochina, the ancestors of the Khmer had already developed indigenous culture, the vestiges of which can still be seen in their religious beliefs The local totemic elements are found in the tattooing of the human body and the veneration of the néak — the terrestrial dragon considered as the ancestor of the Khmer The roofs of religious constructions are adorned with the image of this sacred sickle-handle-shaped animal - Devide the class into two groups , each group talks about one thnic group with the drawings they drew - then call some volunteers with their own pictures to present to the rest of the class Finally, let students talk about their own ethnic group *Consolidation: Consolidate what have been taught *Homework: Ask the students to learn words they have learnt in this part and prepare the next lesson 2.4.The result: When I combine the knowledge of many subjects to teach this period ,there are more students understanding my lesson and they pay attention to my teaching I think I get success in this period : Below excellent good average bad average Grade total SL % SL % SL % SL % SL % 160 40 25 74 46,6 40 25 1,7 1,7 3.Conclusion , suggestions : - Conclusion : Now we are in glabalization progress, so mastering English or having good knowledge is one of the keys for the better life for our next young generations.We are English teachers,we have the duty to equip our students with good English knowledge.To achieve that aim,we must have good method of teaching for each students’levels in order to get good result in each English lesson Having applied the knowleadge of other subjects in learning English suitably in each lesson is one of the best ways to get the interest of students in a foreign language learning lesson – the basic step for an interesting English lesson -Suggestion : Apart from that I hope that the authorities pay more attention to theinfrastructure educational equipments and the teaching- method exchanges among English teachers among schools in our city in order to give us more chances to meet each other to share the experiences of teaching to improve the quality of teaching English at junior high schools I hope that you will read and give me more advice Thanh hoa, date 15 month year 2019 The headmaster ‘s signature I affirm that this topic is written by myself ... beliefs The local totemic elements are found in the tattooing of the human body and the veneration of the néak — the terrestrial dragon considered as the ancestor of the Khmer The roofs of religious... about the ethnic groups Speaking actively and naturally The content : 2.1 .The basic theory of the research: Last year, when Dong Tho junior high school held the contest for teachers to use the. .. chances to meet each other to share the experiences of teaching to improve the quality of teaching English at junior high schools I hope that you will read and give me more advice Thanh hoa, date