THE UNIVIERSITY OF DA NANG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FACULTY OF PHYSICS LE THI ANH TUYET DESIGN OF ENGLISH ELECTRONIC LECTURES FOR TEACHING CHAPTER “GASES”, PHYSICS 10th GRADE BACHELOR THESIS Da Nang, 2018 Luan van THE UNIVIERSITY OF DA NANG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FACULTY OF PHYSICS LE THI ANH TUYET DESIGN OF ENGLISH ELECTRONIC LECTURES FOR TEACHING CHAPTER “GASES”, PHYSICS 10th GRADE BACHELOR THESIS Major : Physics Teacher Cohort : 2014 - 2018 Supervisor: Dr. NGUYEN QUY TUAN Da Nang, 2018 Luan van ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In completion of my thesis, I have received generous advice and help from many people whose lectures are very practical and useful. With deep respect and gratitude, I would like to express my sincere thanks to: Teachers in the Faculty of Physics, University of Education - the University of Da Nang taught, helped me equip the necessary and precious knowledge. Nguyen Quy Tuan who is my supervisor has guided and helped generously me in the process of completing my thesis.
Tran Thi Anh Dao who is a Physics teacher at Le Quy Don high school shared her valuable experiences with me. Finally, I would like to thank my family, my friends, who always care and encourage me. Although I have tried in the capacity and scope to allow myself to complete this thesis, not avoid the shortcomings. I hope to receive the sympathy and enthusiastic comments of teachers and friends.
I sincerely thank! Da Nang, April 2018 Student perform LE THI ANH TUYET I Luan van TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ABBREVIATION AND PHRASES. IV LIST OF TABLES. V LIST OF FIGURES.
Aims of the study. Subjects and scope of the study. Methods of study .4 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW AND PRACTICAL RESEARCH. Theoretical background of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English.
Levels of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English. The roles of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English. Practical basis of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English. Electronic lecture concept.
The roles of electronic lecture in teaching Physics at high school. The process of designing English electronic lectures. Some notes for designing the electronic lectures .9 CHAPTER 2: ENGLISH LESSON PLANS. Structural and content analysis of the chapter “Gases”.
Characteristics of the chapter. Task of the chapter. Schema of logic content knowledge of the chapter. Standard of knowledge, skills of the chapter “Gases”.
Designing the process of teaching electronic lecture in the chapter “Gases” 13 2. Specific teaching process .14 II Luan van CHAPTER 3: ENGLISH ELECTRONIC LECTURES. Some electronic lectures in chapter “Gases” Physics 10th grade. Structure of matter and Kinetic molecular theory of gases.
Isothermal process and Boyle – Mariotte’s Law. Isochoric process and Charles’ Law. Equation of state of ideal gases. The rubric to evaluate the quality of electronic lectures .107 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION .110 III Luan van ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ABBREVIATION AND PHRASES Association of Southeast Asian Nations : ASEAN Compact Disc Read Only Memory : CD-ROM Content and Language Integrated learning : CLIL Information technology : IT Video compact disc : VCD IV Luan van LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1 Standard of knowledge, skills of the chapter “gases” .13 Table 2-2 The rubric to evaluate the quality of electronic lectures .108 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 The process of designing English electronic lecture .7 Figure 2-1 Schema of logic content knowledge of the chapter “Gases” .12 V Luan van INTRODUCTION 1.
Rationale In the world, many countries have chosen English as their second language. In keeping with the development of the times, in addition to implementing the project of teaching and learning foreign languages in the national education system, the Ministry of Education and Training encourages schools to have bilingual classes in science subjects such as Math, Physics. Therefore, the project “Teaching and learning foreign languages in the national education system in the period 2008 – 2020” was approved by the Prime Minister on 30/9/2013. This is to aim at comprehensively renovating the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the national education system, implementing new curricula and teaching programs at all levels.
It is expected that by 2015, a significant progress will be made in the level of proficiency in the use of foreign languages in human resources, especially in some priority areas. By 2020, most of Vietnamese youths graduating from secondary schools, colleges and universities have the ability to speak foreign languages independently, confidently in communication, learning, working in an integrated, multilingual and multicultural environment; foreign languages become the strength of the Vietnamese people, serving the progress of industrialization and modernization of the country [9]. At the present, some schools in the whole country have implemented Physics and some other science subjects teaching in English. However, that is difficult.
Schools must learn how to implement this pilot program. The two biggest difficulties are the lack of qualified English teachers and the lack of standardized, uniform programs. As for teachers, schools are passive, have to train them, foster or find sources of rent, contracts from the outside are the main. Except for a few schools, teachers are trained abroad, trained, and taught in English as Le Quy Don High School, Tran Dai Nghia High School, and the rest are having the same difficulty [10].
To overcome the status of teachers who do not reach the bilingual level, Physics teachers are not good at English. Conversely, teachers who are good at 1 Luan van English do not teach Physics. Teachers teaching in English, the University of Education - University of Da Nang has started to apply the standard output level 3 according to the framework of foreign language skills from the enrollment level of 2013-2017 and apply later. Bilingual teaching in some subjects specialized for students 2014-2018, 2015-2019.
Physics teaching in English will create the premise, foreign language skills for children participating in the International Olympic Games, the international contest of science and technology. The teaching of natural sciences in general and Physics in particular in English is necessary for us to soon integrate into the world and at the same time to create an environment of striving for both students and teachers, give opportunities to improve professional qualifications, adopt quickly of new knowledge. However, Physics teaching in English materials such as textbooks, exercise books, electronic lectures are very limited. Therefore, it is necessary to design of English electronic lectures for Physics teaching, which will help teachers to have additional materials and lectures.
Starting from the above reasons, I chose the topic: “Design of English electronic lectures for teaching chapter “Gases”, Physics 10th grade” to research. Aims of the study Design of English electronic lectures for teaching chapter “Gases”, Physics 10th grade to develop foreign language skills for students. Evaluate the quality of electronic lectures. Research tasks Research the theoretical and practical basis of the topic.
Design of English lesson plans, study cards, homework. Design of English electronic lectures for teaching chapter “Gases”. Design of the rubric to evaluate the quality of electronic lectures. Subjects and scope of the study 2 Luan van The content of the chapter “Gases” in Physics 10th grade textbook and similar content in English.
Research scope: Chapter “Gases” textbook in Physics 10th grade. Methods of study Theoretical research method: research related material to the topic. Practical research methods: rubric. 3 Luan van CONTENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW AND PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1.
Theoretical background of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English 1. Levels of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English Depending on the specific situation, teachers and students can flexibly use teaching methods at different levels. For example, there are three levels of teaching- learning: Level 1: Teachers provide some Physics terms in English for students. Then teachers teach in the classroom, communicate mainly in Vietnamese.
In this way, students will not be able to develop important skills in learning English, such as speaking, writing and communication skills. Level 2: Bilingual teaching - simultaneous 50% English and 50% Vietnamese. This approach is often used in complex situations, which are too new for students to catch up and fail to grasp the content of the problem. Level 3: Teach and organize activities entirely in English.
This method is often used when the level of students is the same and the content is not too complicated but relatively familiar with the students. By maximizing the use of this method, students will have the opportunity to improve their English language skills [5]. The roles of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English English is an international language widely used in wide variety of fields including science, technology and education. Therefore, English is a tool for us to access advanced education and modern science and technology.
Vietnam is a developing country and international integration which help us to improve the efficiency of education and training, exchange and apply advanced technologies in the world. 4 Luan van Teaching physics and natural sciences in English at high school that is a strategic direction that will help solve the high demand for quality human resources in the coming years [5]. Practical basis of teaching the natural sciences subjects in English In the current socio-economic context, Vietnam is gradually integrating into the world. In particular, the ASEAN Economic Community established on December 31st 2015, has brought more opportunities and challenges than ever for Vietnam in general and our country’s education in particular to train generations.
The youth have the ability to study and work in the international environment. Therefore English plays an important role. Based on the results of the survey of 148 high school students in Da Nang City with the theme “the excitement of the students in learning bilingual language English-Vietnamese”, we find that most of the students look forward to study abroad and 28.6% of students prepare to study in developed countries using English as the United States. Thus, it is necessary to learn natural sciences in English, helping students increasingly contact to the world science.
Today, most of students are aware of the importance of English [3]. From the 2011 – 2012 school year, the teaching Math and the natural sciences subjects in English has been implemented in some high schools but it has some difficulties. First, it is difficult for teachers: Teachers in the subject areas have difficulty teaching natural sciences in English due to limited English. English teachers can’t teach natural science subjects because of lack of professional knowledge.
Subject teachers often have difficulty in: Explaining concepts in appropriate language to present concepts, questions, interpretations, clarify the content of knowledge in English; Use specialized terminology, science vocabulary and its pronunciation. In fact, many students have studied English for many years in the lower classes is very good in English, and teachers flinch to give lectures to these students. Next, difficulties for students: Students have difficulty in explaining the meaning of logical connections in Mathematics and Science. With difficult professional issues, if teachers use English for teaching, students will not understand when the foreign language is still a barrier.
Each student has a different 5 Luan van ability in English and wishes to receive a variety of support from the teacher. In addition, there are learning material problems: It’s often difficult for teachers and students to find appropriate science material for classes. They do not find additional materials for educational programs or it takes too long to adapt to the English material in the foreign documentary program. Currently, publishers are producing English language content for their own programs [2].
But these materials have not been censored by the Ministry of Education and Training. In recent years, there has been an urgent need for teaching science in English, so some authors have studied the subject: Pham Kim Chung has studied the topic: “Organizing the teaching of natural sciences in English for high school students”.