Name: Đặng Nguyễn Thanh Hằng

Student ID: 42.01.701.023

REFLECTION- ELT2

I.PRONUNCIATION
It is my previous thought that teaching pronunciation would concentrate on
reading and writing phonetic transcripts of words ;however;it is advisable to
focus on the students’s ability to identify and produce English sounds
themselves because of phonetic transcripts are more abstract and less
meaningful for learners,especially young students.
I was on the dilemma of whether or not teaching the sounds of English
individually or ignore but I found out that we just Sometimes we need to focus
on some individual sounds because students are able to pick up the sound
system of the language by listening to teacher
e.g Teaching sound [ð]
1.Introduce the sound [ð]
2.Say the word alone [ð]
3.Say the world in 1 or 2 words
4.Conduct repetition chorally ([ð]-this)
5.Conduct repetition individually (pick students)
6.Explain how to make the sound

II.TEACHING VOCABULARY
 I used to think that the order of presenting the words in spoken form or
written form is not important but now I realize that it is necessary to
present the worlds in spoken from first ,otherwise students will try to
pronounce the worlds as they written.
 There are various way to show the meaning of lexical items that I can apply
to vary the way I explain
E.g:Teaching the item vehicle, I can:
-Show 3 pictures of car,train,bike and elicit answers from students.

-Give concise meaning :vehicle is a machine used for

transporting people or goods on land, especially on roads.
-Other ways
 I may teach a new word before learning this lesson by these steps:
-Select new word
-Write it on board with form and meaning:An expl+e.g
-say the word aloud and conduct repetition
=>It is a mistake if I did such a way because students will try to pronounce the
words as they written and find it boring as well as not have an impression of
this word on their mind.Instead,the procedure will be:

-Select new word

-Choose appro technique to show meaning
-Say the word aloud and write it in BB
-Conduct repetition
-Show form(key transcription +stress+word class)
-Write meaning:an expl+e.g
*Especially,the example in presenting the meaning should be similar to the way
teachers use in choosing technique to show meaning.
Concern:Is it a must to conduct all steps of teaching pronunciation in teaching
vocabulary?In my view,it is time-consuming and we just need to focus on some
individual sounds and conduct repetition if they are difficult or ambiguous.

III.TEACHING GRAMMAR
 It is my usual thought that grammar will be almost presented deductively
but it seems more effective to obtain general laws from particular facts or
examples in most cases.It is advisable to teach new knowledge associated
with their old knowledge.
 In meaningful practice,it is interesting to note that the way:getting
students to say real things about themselves can be mechanical, which
means students could ask the questions correctly without any idea what
they were asking.Therefore,I can apply to give my students situations
which imply the structures,but leave students to decide exactly what to say
E.g:Teacher lets students say real things about themselves

I and my brother’s weight : My brother is fatter than me.

What about?

a/ your mother and your friend’s mother’s age.

b/ you and your brother’s hair

 Learn to teach grammar in context :Teach grammatical forms in association

with their meanings. The choice of one grammatical form over another is
always determined by the meaning the speaker or writer wishes to convey.

E.g:You are a strager.Ask about…

 When teaching grammar,it is encouraging to keep explanation brief and

simple with clear,ambiguous example.

My concern:How and when do we deal with errors in grammar when they

occur in the course of a communicative activity? Should we correct it
immediately while the focus is communication skill?