Sáng kiến kinh nghiệm Creating English space_classroom-based zone by project based activities to improve high school students' communicative competence

 2.3. A day as a journalist 17 
2.4. Poster design 20 
2.5. Vocabulary desk labels 24 
III. FINDINGS AND EVALUATION 26 
 C. CONCLUSION AND APPLICATION 27 
 I. CONCLUSION 27 
 II. APPLICATION 28 
 REFERENCES 29 
 APPENDIX 30 
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 students' communicative competence” I hope it will be a useful way to help 
students and teachers improve the quality of teaching and learning English. 
 II. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 
 The purpose of the topic is to help students have more chances to interact and 
experience with English, create a language practice environment where learning and 
using English can take place at all times. In this process, Students can react flexible 
in all situations by using topics, differents areas of knowledge being suitable for 
Vietnamese culture, customs and habits. With simple activities and the simplest 
space like the classroom, students have the opportunity to experience, use foreign 
languages in real situations, actively support for the regular class time. 
 To teachers, using “English space_classroom-based zone” will help them 
solve difficulties in teaching reading effectively. According to the theory of multiple 
intelligences (Theory of Multiple Inteligences), each student has a different type of 
intelligence, with different strengths such as: linguistic intelligence, mathematical 
logic intelligence, musical intelligence, physical intelligence, personal interaction 
intelligence, inner intelligence, natural intelligence and so on. Therefore, when the 
children participate in activities with each other, work on different projects, students 
might have the opportunity to show their strengths and teachers assess students' 
abilities more accurately and fairly. 
 In addition, I personally want to share this teaching experience with my 
colleagues so that they can apply it in the teaching process to bring the highest 
efficiency. 
 I chose the tenth graders to illustrate my topic for several reasons. Firstly, 
students who have just entered the grade 10 will have many difficulties in 
approaching new programs and study environment. Secondly, the lessons in this 
textbook will be longer and more complicated than those they studied at Lower-
secondary Schools. Moreover, choosing these students will soon help them improve 
their critical thinking and develop language skills. 
 III. DUTIES OF THE STUDY 
 In order to achieve the purpose of the study, the following tasks need to be 
performed: 
 - Research the requirements in the new high school program for English 
subjects. 
 - Learn and research the focus of knowledge and teaching topics in high 
school English. 
 - Research and design activities outside of regular school hours in an attractive 
and interesting way for students to have an environment to use English. 
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 diversity of our society. These strategies will encourage all students’ cultural 
awareness, enhance each student’s sense of identity, and foster inclusion in the 
classroom community. 
 a. Get to Know Your Students 
 Teachers should ensure that cultural awareness is promoted in the classroom 
because of the understanding of teachers with each individual student. They might 
take the time to learn about each student’s cultural background, hobbies, learning 
styles, ect. Learning about each student and their culture will help establish trust and 
allow teachers to form a bond with them. If students feel appreciated and 
comfortable with the teacher, they will feel more comfortable to talk in the class. 
 b. Maintain Consistent Communication 
 Teachers should also continue to maintain ongoing communication 
throughout the semester or school year. Scheduling meetings with students will 
allow the teachers to consistently improve how accessible the classroom. 
 c. Acknowledge and Respect Every Student 
 It is also necessary for students to respect their own diverse backgrounds, as 
well as others’. In other words, teachers should encourage students to research and 
learn about their own ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This allows them to better 
understand their own culture as well as the differences between cultures. As a result, 
This will allow students to give presentations about their family traditions and 
culture. Learning how to talk about other cultures in a respectful, mature way is 
essential for success in life outside the classroom. 
 d. Practice Cultural Sensitivity 
 Although It is important to keep an open dialogue amongst students, the 
teachers should make sure you are being sensitive to everyone’s culture, beliefs, and 
language.Time should be used to understand each student’s culture – from learning 
styles to the language they use . This will help teachers easier to design their lesson 
plans. 
 e. Incorporate Diversity in the Lesson Plan 
 The classroom environment is important for fostering cultural awareness, but 
teachers also should ensure diversity is represented in their actual lesson plan. 
Regardless of the subject, teachers ought to always try to present and connect lessons 
to real-world issues. It’s easier to promote cultural awareness within the lessons 
when students can relate to a real example. 
 f. Give Students Freedom and Flexibility 
 As a teacher, you can act as a facilitator and encourage conversation and 
healthy debate between diverse opinions. Group assignments are also a great way to 
expose students to diverse perspectives, allow them to work together to explore and 
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 2. Students take on the role of project designers, possibly establishing a 
forum for display or competition. 
 3. Students discuss and accumulate the background information needed 
for their designs. 
 4. The teacher-coach and students negotiate the criteria for evaluating 
the projects. 
 5. Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project. 
 6. Students create their projects. 
 7. Students prepare to present their projects. 
 8. Students present their projects. 
 9. Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the 
criteria established in Step 4. 
 2.4. The advantages of project method 
 a. As students get proper freedom to execute the project in accordance with 
their interest and abilities, because of which they get their psychological needs 
satisfied to considerable extent. 
 b. This method is not only subject centered, but due importance is being 
provided to the students also. 
 c. Through this method, students are provided with various opportunities by 
which they can satisfy their interests and desires. 
 d. Habit of critical thinking gets developed among the students through this 
method. 
 e. With this method, students get the ample chances in which they can develop 
coordination among their body and mind. 
 f. Through this method, teacher can lead a well-balanced development of the 
students. 
 g. Through this method, science teaching can be done with considerable 
success, as science is a practical subject and this method is also scientific and 
practical in nature. 
 h. This method helps in promoting social interaction and co-operation among 
the students, as they have to work in a group and have to interact with various 
persons for gathering information. 
 i. As students gain knowledge directly through their own efforts, thus, they 
acquire permanent kind of information, which is retained by them since a long period 
of time. 
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 measures that are appropriate for all students. Because students' entry scores are in 
other subjects, there is a difference in English proficiency. As a result, some students 
who are good at it will find it very boring if the activity is too simple. while low 
level students will feel frustrated if the activity is too difficult and will be more self-
conscious in the process of learning English. As a result, I have felt difficult to design 
suitable activities for all students in class. 
 Last but not least, time and facilities are also obstacles. Although the 
classrooms have already installed TVs, there are no networks or projectors. Facilities 
for English classes are limited, there are no specialized rooms, and are not fully 
equipped with a projector system, which is really necessary for illustrating 
specialized activities during the lesson. Students will be more interested in the 
lessons with lectures through vivid and realistic images. Students do not have 
enough ideal conditions to learn English. In addition, when the children complete 
the products and display them in the classroom space with the specified positions, it 
also takes time for the groups to present and evaluate the projects. 
 In conclusion, It is necessary to create an English communication 
environment for students outside of regular school hour. Therefore, I will introduce 
some ways to create an English space in the classroom with some project-based 
learning activities that are simple, easy to implement for teachers. 
 2. Creating english space-classroom-based zone by project-based 
learning activities to improve high school students' communicative competence 
 2.1. Photo exhibitions 
 *Activity description: 
 Students collect or draw and take the pictures on their own following the topic 
given by the teacher, then name and annotate their own pictures in English. 
 * Purpose of the activity: 
 - To help students strengthen with English outside of regular school hours, 
improve reading and writing ability in English. 
 - To help students practice the skills of searching, selecting and synthesizing 
information, expand basic knowledge and enhance creative thinking. 
 *Time and scope of exhibition: Students have about 3 days to prepare and a 
week-long exhibition in the classroom space. 
 *Implementation plan: 
 (1) Grouping: The teacher divides students into 4 groups, gives them a topic 
and guides them in how to do it. 
 (2) Forming ideas: Students collect pictures, draw/take pictures following the 
creative ideas of the group. 
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 Photo exhibition space with the theme: The place you want to work 
 Exhibition of Group 1 
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 2.2. Class mag 
 *Activity description: 
 Students collect or compile several English articles classified by category, 
design their own products, and exhibit them. 
 * Purpose of the activity: 
 - To enhance students' practice of reading and writing English skills. 
 - To train skills of analyzing and synthesizing information in English, 
expanding background knowledge related to many fields of life, society, economy, 
science for students. 
 - To share the creative experiences, memories about school and all the 
concerns of students about life issues. 
 *Time and scope of implementation: A magazine is displayed in the 
classroom every month. 
 *Implementation plan: 
 (1) Grouping: The teacher divides students into 4 groups. 
 (2) Forming ideas: Each group collects or writes articles according to the 
categories suggested by the teacher and students. Each journal includes at least 05 
different entries, each entry consists of at least 02 articles. 
 (3) Discussing: The groups discuss selected articles according to the given 
topics. Within a week, students need to design and complete the journal (cover page, 
introduction page, table of contents, content decoration and so on.) 
 (4) Posting on Fanpage: After completing the journals, students proceed to 
post them on Fanpage. 
 (5) Exhibiting: By the second week, groups will exhibit their journals 
according to their assigned positions in the classroom. Each group will send a 
representative to present their journal. 
 (6) Evaluating the journal: The teacher and the rest of the groups will listen 
to the presenter, evaluate the journal and complete the score sheet (one score sheet 
per group). (Score sheet - APPENDIX 03) 
 (7) Announcing the results: After the four groups have completed, the teacher 
collects the score sheet from the groups and sums up the results (group scores with 
coefficient 1, teacher scores with coefficient 2), then announces the winning group 
and rewards that group. 
 (8) Feedback: After finishing this activity, teachers can survey students' 
opinions on the level of satisfaction with the content and form of the "class journal" 
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