(SKKN HAY NHẤT) raising the students’ awareness of energy saving and environment protection through

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I. INTRODUCTION

1. Reasons for research

With the aim of improving the quality of full education for the young, to meet

the human resources for the industrialization and modernization of the country,

to meet the needs of learner, general education has been strongly reformed

according to century’s goals. They are learning to know, learning to do, learning

to assert themselves and learning to live together. So the goal of general

education has shifted from equipping the knowledge to the necessary capability

for the students.

In addition, the popular education method has also been innovated in order to

raise the sense of initiative and creativeness of the students, which is suitable

with the characteristics of each class, students’ psychology and the age;

strengthen the students’ groupwork and train the skill of applying the knowledge

to the life to integrate the life skills for themselves. The content of life skills

education has been integrated in many subjects and other educational activities.

With the advantages of the subject, we find that the education of life skills

through English is practical in the stage of the globalization.

During the teaching process at Thach Thanh 4 High School, when applying

some positive techniques in teaching English and integrating the life skills

education for students, I realised that it is suitable for my students and the

characteristics of the school. So, I bravely choose the topic “ Raising the

students’ awareness of energy saving and environment protection through

the integrated topic “Sources Of Energy” for the 11th students at Thach

Thanh 4 High School by using some positive teaching techniques.”

2. Purposes

We have known that intergrating knowledge in solving a problem of lesson is

essential, which make learners not only study and improve the knowledge from

other subjects but also help them understand and solve the matter fast and

perfectly. Intergrated knowledge of subjects such as: Geography, History,

Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, knowledge from culture, Civic education and

life in unit 11: Sources of energy, English 11 provides them a brief information

about the advantages and disadvantages of sources of energy. Morever, with the

images, videos about the state of environment pollution describing people’s

exploitation or burning some sources of energy , students are aware of their

duties in protecting the environment – the habitat of all species as well.

Consequently, students learn life experiences and adjust their behavior. In order

to do this, teachers must have appropriate teaching methods and techniques to

stimulate students' creative thinking and making their lectures more attractive.

3. Subjects

On the subject, I study and apply some positive teaching techniques to teach the

integrated reading topic Sources of energy for the class 11A1, 11A2. Applied

these techniques, I helped my students participate in the lecture actively and

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limit their laziness in groupworks .

As we known, people’s exploitation and using sources of energy, environment

pollution and climate change are urgent problem of the globe. The information

of this theme is great, so I help students study the topic Sources of energy in

small groups. Each group must deeply study about a source of energy . Besides,

I give my students chances to discover the interest of the lesson by giving each

group a handout contained duty and doing the task 4 following the gameshow

format “The big wheel”. In further practice part, I help students study some

information about Biomass-another clean source of energy which can be used

widely in the countrysides or moutainous areas and do the task 5 following

gameshow format “Who wants to be a millionaire?”

As I mentioned above, the lesson is so attracting that my students are all excited

at doing research to get more information which is not mentioned in the passage.

4. Methods

To make my solutions effectively, I have used some following methods.

Firstly, I always get advices from colleagues through co-working.

Secondly, I usually study, create and use new methods in teaching English such

as using images, pictures, posters, real objects, etc.

Thirdly, I apply science and technology in teaching, use projecters, presents,

video clips to make the lesson actively. For example, I show the pictures

describing the formation of fossil fuels and negative effects of burning them on

environment, pictures and videos about the advantages and disadvantages of

water energy, nuclear power…

Next, I apply four positive teaching techniques to teach this topic: the mindmap

in lead-in, the table-cloth technique and the graft technique in practice, and the

questioning technique when giving the duties for the students.

Lastly, I use the format of gameshow “ The big wheel” and “ Who wants to be a

millionaire?” to teach the task 4 and task 5, which inspires the students.

II. CONTENT

1. Theoretical Background

Normally, the teacher is considered to succeed in teaching reading skill when

he/ she helps students practise some new words, do all the tasks that follow and

understand the lesson in one or two periods. Each lesson relates to a theme, so it

requires the teacher has both technique knowledge and understanding about the

places, people and events from the lessons. However, the teacher must not

explain so much that makes the lesson excursive. Part A Reading in unit 11:

Sources of energy is an exciting lesson that have attracted me for a long time.

As I love the nature but the nature are in danger. Everyday, I can see the

negative environmental effects of the human in the real life as well as on the

television, radio or newspapers. The humane race are affecting their habitat

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