Table of content Page Introduction……………………………………… Chapter 1: 1.1 Rationale……………………………………………………………… 1.2 Research scope………………………………………………… … … 1.3 Aim of the study………………………………………………… … 1.4 Methods of the study…………………………………………………… Chapter 2: Literature review……………………………… 2.1 Effortless English……………………………………………… …………3 2.2 Seven essential rules of “ Effortless English” method………….…… …3 Chapter 3: The application of “effortless english” Method in teaching the students of class 11A3 to speak English naturally at Quan Son Upper Secondary school………………………………………………… 10 3.1 The purpose…………………………………………….……………… 10 3.2 The participants……………………………………………………… 10 3.3 Time and the process of this application………………………………… 10 3.4 Some important points of” Effortless English” method used in this study.10 3.5 Some suggested listening topics………………… ………………… 11 3.6 An illustrating example for a lesson……………………………………….11 3.7 The result and findings of the study……………………………………….16 Chapter 4: Conclusion………………………………………… 17 References ( enclosed CD with the listening tracks of the illustrating lesson) Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Rationale In the last two decades, English has been a compulsory subject in schools, colleges and universities throughout Vietnam Although, the learning and teaching of English have been paid much attention to, there exits certain problems in learning English in Vietnam, especially in upper- secondary schools Despite the fact that upper- secondary school students have a large amout of vocabulary and structure, they tend to find that it is difficult to use what they have to speak, especially in communication in real life The GCSE examination and the entrance examination for uppersecondary school students are replaced by only one examination- the national examination English is one of the core subjects, which are complusory in this examination Therefore, Students have invested a lot of time in studying it However, it can be said that most of students are stressed and frustrated about their speaking abilities Some feel completely hopeless and feel they will never be able to speak English powerfully Generally speaking, students often feel nervous or shy when they try to speak English They even struggle to understand what someone is saying to them despite years of study They are embarrassed about their pronunciation or worried that they speak too slowly Despite the fact that they have vocabulary and grammar, it is difficult for them to actually to use their English to speak Quan Son is one of the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa province The living condition and studying condition are poor and restrict Although students who are in grade 11 have been learning English for years, they still feel that English is a very difficult subject, especially the speaking skill They have many difficulties in using English to speak or communicate with others Besides, Quan Sơn has the boder with Lao and a lot of foreigners come here every year They mainly use English to communicate with people living here However, most of them can’t speak English, even students For these reasons, I would like to choose the topic” teaching the students of class 11A3 to speak english naturally through “effortless english” method at Quan Son upper- secondary school in Quan Son, Thanh Hoa” in the hope of guiding upper-secondary students, especially the students of class 11A3 at Quan Son upper- secondary school the ways to speak English naturally I also expect that this study may help the students be able to gradually speak English easier and more fluently without hesitation and nervousness 1.2 Reseach scope The study focuces on applying” Effortless English” method in teaching speaking to the students who are in grade 11 so that they can speak English easily and naturally in studying as well as in real life 1.3 Aim of the study The study is aimed to help the students of class 11A3 use English naturally in speaking step by step 1.4 Methods of the study In order to achieve the above aim, the teacher supplies topic- listening videos or tapes After that, students will have time to lisen them again and again After listening in a period of time, they will gradually know spoken English and speak natuarally Chapter 2: Literature review 2.1 Effortless English “Effortless English” is a teaching method developed by A J Hoge- a native English teacher He is the author of ” Effortless English- Learn to speak like a native”, the host of “ The Effortless English Show” with over 40 million downloads worldwide This method includes seven essential rules for learning English which can lead learners to fluency “Effortless English” is going to be the result of the work learners put in everyday By following his system, learners will make progress and achieve the result of speaking naturally and “ effortlessly” ( unforced, without stress, hesitation or nervousness) In other words, “effortless” is the result, not the beginning The goal is to speak English efforlessly In fact, the name Effortless English was inspired by the Taoist idea of “ wu wei” or effortless effort It’s a description of that flow state where learners can be expanding a lot of effort and yet it feels totally effortless and natural, not forced So the point is that “Effortless English” is not about laziness, quick, fixes or impossible scams… “Effortless English” mean learners speak English fluently They not struggle as they speak They not feel nervous or stressed They not think about grammar rules or translation When learners speak English effortlessly, they communicate their ideas clearly They express their feelings powerfully They focus on connecting with other people, not on conjugating verbs They actually enjoy the process of speaking English as they work, travel and learn Effortless English enables learners to learn English naturally and autommatically- the way children learn before they enter school In this method, learners are trained to speak English easily, fluently and naturally 2.2 Seven essensial rules of “Effortless English” method 2.2.1 The first rule- Learn phrases, not individual words A phrase is a group of words It’s not a whole sentence but a part of a sentence When finding a new word, learners always write down the phrase it is in When they review, they always review all of the phrase not an individual word For example, they have the word "hate", and they want to learn this new word They just write down the word "hate", and then they will find in their dictionary the meaning and then they'll memorize it Hate, hate, hate, hate That's the old way In school they probably remembered a lot of individual words They had those big vocabulary lists, they tried to memorize all of them, trying to remember all these individual single words It's not a good way to learn Much better if they learn a phrase, a group of words They find these phrases in the real English podcasts that they're listening to, in the real English story books that they're reading So they don't memorize a list in a book They listen to real English and when they hear a new word they write it down Or when they're reading a story book and they see a new word, they write it down But not just write down that word, they write down the whole phrase Instead of saying "hate", and they just write down "hate", they would say they would write down "John hates ice-cream" They write down the whole phras, because phrases give they a lot of information, much more information Firstly, phrases are easier to remember, because they have meaning, they have a kind of a picture, a story, especially when learners get them from something that they're reading or listening to They'll remember it "John hates ice-cream" They remember the whole story, they remember who John is, they remember that he had ice-cream and then they remember he hated it, he didn't like it So they have all these extra pieces of information, all this extra information helps them remember the meaning of the phrase and the meaning of that word So it helps their memory Much easier to remember Secondly, when they learn phrases, they are learning grammar also They are not only learning an individual word, they're learning grammar, they're learning how to use that word correctly They don't need to think about the grammar They don't need to know the rules It's automatic This is another way that native speakers learn English grammar They learn groups of words, not just one word by one word by one word Word by word is slow and it doesn't help, and they don't learn any grammar But when they learn a whole phrase, they write down a phrase, they're getting extra information For example "John hates ice-cream" Just that word, that -s on the end: "hates", John hates They know from grammar study that they're making the subject and the verb agree They don't need to think about that Just write down the phrase "John hates ice-cream" and study it, and review it Always learn the phrase, not just that word And so, in the future, whenever they say "he hates ice-cream", "she hates ice-cream", they will add that S, the "sss", because that's how they learned it They learned it correctly On the other hand, if they learn it from a text book, they just learn: the word "hate" means "does not like" And they only learn that form, "hate", "hate", "hate", and they study, they study, they study, they memorize it That's when they start making mistakes, because they learned it only this one way They didn't learn it with other words, so sometimes they'll say "he hate icecream" They'll forget the S because they, they never learned it correctly in a sentence Therefore, every time they find a new word, they shoud write the phrase or the sentence When they review that word again, when they study it again, always study the entire phrase or sentence Never study just the word, always the whole phrase Do this every time Their grammar will begin to improve It'll improve much faster And they'll remember the vocabulary faster and more easily And they will use that vocabulary more quickly So they get a lot of great benefits A lot of great stuff happens when they learn phrases instead of words Therefore, students shoud learn phrases, not individual word as the first rule when they want to speak English easier and more fluently 2.2.2 The second rule- Grammar study kills your English speaking When learners study grammar rules, they focus on grammar rules, they focus on analysing English In other words, they think about English, they think about the past tense, the present tense, the future, the present perfect, the past perfect For writing English, They can go slowly, they can write very slowly, they can think about it, they can erase when they mistake But for speaking there's no time They not have time to think about the rules for the present perfect tense in English when they're listening and speaking There's no time Someone asked them a question, and they must answer immediately They have no time to think about preposition, verb tenses… How native speakers learn grammar? An English native speaker never studied grammar rules Not until high school, and he/she studied grammar rules for writing In college, native speakers study grammar rules again For writing But not for speaking Native speakers learn through listening, through hearing correct grammar, again and again and again and again A lot of correct grammar So the best way to learn English grammar is through input In other words, English coming in, mostly through their ears If they focus on grammar rules, it will hurt their speaking They'll speak more slowly, they'll understand more slowly In conclusion, to speaking English naturallly, learners should not care much about grammar rules 2.2.3 The third rule- Learn with your ears, not with your eyes Listening, listening, listening and more listening is the key to speaking excellent English It's the most important thing because if learners listen a lot, they will learn vocabulary, grammar so they will get faster and understand better Listening is kind of the magic key to great English speaking There's a lot of research about this and it all shows the same thing: listening is the most important thing they can When they learned English in school they probably learned mostly with their eyes Most English schools, middle school, high school, university, private English schools focus on text books in the classroom So that's the problem In school, basically, they learn with their eyes, learn to write English They also learn to think about English So they know a lot about grammar rules In fact, they know more about grammar rules than most Americans, most Canadians, most British people because native speakers don't study that stuff very much Native speakers learn to speak English with their ears, by listening, listening, listening And that's what they must if they want to speak English quickly, easily, automatically, correctly, just like a native speaker The most important thing is they must listen to easy English It must be easy What they should understand 95% [per cent] or more without stopping, without a dictionary They want a lot of easy English listening Now, they might try children's programmes They might try children's audio books Or maybe audio books for teenagers, like Americans who are 13, 14, 15 years old If that's too difficult, find something easier If something's more difficult they can still use it, but they usually need the text, they need to be able to read it They can get an audio article or a speech, or a lesson, and they have the text, so they can read and listen at the same time But listening is the most important thing Listen, listen, listen Every chance they have Get an i-pod, they know, get an MP3 player or an ipod Listen to English all the time Listen in the morning when they get up, listen when they go to work, or when they're at home, listen when they're at lunch, listen when they're coming home from work, listen in the evening Lots and lots and lots of English listening Lots of easy listening 2.2.4 The fourth rule- Repetition is the key to spoken mastery Deep learning basically means repeating what they learn again and again Most schools have a lot of pressure to go fast Students have to learn more vocabulary, new grammar every week So, the problem is, the students learn a lot of stuff, but then they forget it, they forget what they learnt Or they remember the basic idea but they can't use it So, for example, all students who have studied English learned the past tense, they learned the past tense, but they studied it in a text book and then, they went and they learned more grammar They learned possessives, the future, the present perfect, etc……… They're constantly going very fast, so they never mastered the past tense They did not learn the past tense deeply like a native speaker That's why they make mistakes with the past tense They studied many years but they still make mistakes with the past tense It's because they never mastered it, So they need to slow down and repeat everything they learn again and again For example, when people use Efforrtless English lessons, they listen to the same lesson set, the same group of lessons, the same topic, every day for two weeks It's the same lessons, maybe two or three lessons, they listen to the same ones on Monday, Tuesday, same lessons, Wednesday, same lessons, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, for one week, two weeks If it's still difficult, then they it again, three weeks, four weeks It's not a race They want to learn everything very deeply so that they really learn it, so that they never forget it, so they can really use it That's deep learning They can have a few things or maybe they have two or three audio articles and each day they listen to them all, but then they repeat them again They're learning deeply Even after they know the vocabulary, continue listening to the same thing Because knowing the vocabulary just means they can take a test and they say the meaning, but when they hear it, they instantly understand it? Can they use it quickly and easily, automatically? If the answer's no, they need to repeat more, they need to listen to that same word, phrase, sentence, article, lesson, again and again and again Many, many times This is one of the key secrets to speaking faster and learn grammar For example they listen to a story in the past tense Listen to that story again and again , one week, two weeks, three weeks Then another story in the past tense, one week, two weeks, three weeks And then another story in the past tense, one week, two weeks, three weeks They never stop! So they never stop this basic, key, verb tenses, grammar, learning all of it, - the most common words, they keep listening to them like a native speaker, they hear them every single day They repeat them again and again They just need more repetition, they learn more deeply Focusing on the most common verbs, the most common vocabulary, the most common English, through listening and then repeat When they that, that's the key, that's the secret, that's how they will develop, that's how they will get automatic speaking 2.2.5 The fifth rule- Learn grammar intuitively and unconsciously We tell the same story but we change the point of view In other words, we change the time, for example Or we change the grammar somehow in the story : For exaple: There is a boy, his name is Bill Bill goes to the store He buys a bottle of water He pays two dollars for the water He has a lot of money That's the little story in the present, and all they need to is just listen to it Listen, listen, listen, listen again Deep learning, they repeat it a lot of times Next, the same story, but now it's the past: There was a boy named Bill Yesterday, he went to the store He bought a bottle of water He paid two dollars for the water He had a lot of money Now, in a normal point-of-view story, longer and it's more difficult Don't think about the grammar rules, they not think "oh, this is the past tense, oh, paid is an irregular verb" Just listen to the story and understand the meaning That's all they need to Listen to the first story, understand the meaning Listen to the second story, understand the meaning That's all There will be a boy His name will be Bill He's going to go to the store and he'll buy a bottle of water He's going to pay two dollars for the water So that's the end of our short example in the future They just listen to this little easy story in the future They listen in the present They listen to the past They listen to the future And then they can it again, they can practise There was a boy Since last year, he has gone to the store every day He has bought a bottle of water every day And every day, since last year, he has paid two dollars for the water He had a lot of water He was a very famous man So, they don't need to know the name of the grammar or the verb tense that are used It's called the present perfect but they don't need to know that All they need to is listen to the story They understand the meaning But they don't need to think about that That's why these stories are so easy and powerful They just listen They listen to story number one They listen to the story number two, the story number three, the story number four, and they learn the grammar like a native speaker, like a child When they learn grammar like this, using these kinds of stories, it goes deep They learn to use grammar automatically, quickly They learn to understand it instantly, quickly, automatically They don't need to think about a bunch of rules They Forget the rules, they don't need to know them They want to learn it automatically, the same way all native speakers learned English grammar Learn English grammar using these point-of-view stories Their grammar, their speaking grammar will really improve quickly, and they'll feel more relaxed because they'll start to use correct grammar automatically, they won't even think about it They can stop thinking so much They can just relax, listen and speak 2.2.6 The sixth rule- Learn real English and trash your textbook Rule number is to use real English materials Only use real English materials that are for native speakers or that are very similar to native speaker materials For example, when learners read, don't read text books Text books are terrible things to read, they don't want to use those If they want to read English, and reading is great, they should read easy English story books Easy maybe a romance book, maybe an adventure story It should be an easy story They should focus on your listening Their listening should be 80% of your learning they should listen to easy English that they enjoy They should enjoy the speaker, their voice, their energy and the topics Listen to people who are speaking more naturally Just like these videos are good to listen to, actually They can also find audio books Audio books are another great way to practise your listening An audio book is just a book that someone's reading and they're recorded, so instead of reading the book, they listen to the book Again, choose audio books that are easy They may need to start with children's story books Enjoy them, it's more fun than a text book As they get better, when their level is higher, they can listen to audio books for young adults or for older children And they just keep listening, listening, and when it's too easy then they choose something a little more difficult and they listen, and a little more difficult Eventually, when they are advanced, they can listen to CNN or the BBC or American movies, British movies, Australian movies, etc But that's at an advanced level In the beginning start with easy stuff Therefore, they're always choosing these real things: audio books, podcasts, movies, TV shows (they can be children's TV shows, that's ok) Not text books and not text books CDs This is so important, because when they listen to real English materials, they get real spoken English Text books don't teach them real English, they teach formal English They teach written English, in fact The vocabulary in text books, the grammar, the style, it's all for writing Real English materials only, not text book CDs It's again a very simple, easy rule And now on the Internet, it's so easy to find these real materials Just a Google search 2.2.7 The seventh rule- Learn English with compelling stories Rule number helps you to speak quickly and to understand instantly, automatically, immediately This is true fluency, true automatic speaking Rule number 7, the last rule is to use listen-and-answer mini stories In school you probably learnt with a lot of listen-and-repeat For example, the teacher said: "repeat after me, class: hi, how are you?" and the class together, everybody said: "hi, how are you?" Then, the teacher said, "I'm fine, and you?" Then, all of the class together said, "I'm fine, and you?" This is listenand-repeat It's an old way to learn English But it's not powerful When you listen and repeat, you don't need to think in English, you don't need to think You just repeat what the teacher said Maybe you don't understand, or know Much more powerful is: listen and answer, especially listen-and-answer mini stories These are special kind of stories where the teacher "asks" a story The teacher asks a lot of very simple and easy questions, the student must answer questions constantly Hearing a question, answering Hearing a question, answering This is like real conversation When you use these listen-and-answer stories, you teach yourself to understand quickly and to respond quickly, to speak very quickly and automatically No thinking That's why these are powerful You learn to think in English and you learn to speak quickly, without thinking, without translatin Imagine there's a short, little story In the old method the teacher would say: "repeat after me", and the teacher says: "There was a boy, he went to the store, he bought a candy bar" And then the students repeat the story: "There was a boy, he went to the store, he bought a candy bar" In listen-and-answer stories the teacher asks the questions, the teacher asks a lot of questions, very easy questions If the question is difficult, you might stop and think, but if the question is very easy, you can shout an answer One word, two words, ok For example, the teacher would say: "Class, there was a boy Was there a boy?" And you shout "yes, yes" And the teacher say "was there a boy or was there a girl?" And you immediately, instantly shout "a boy, a boy" And he says "Ah, so, there was a boy?" Again you shout "yes, yes, there was a boy" And he says, "Ah, I see, there was a boy What was his name?" You don't know, so you guess "John", or "Jim", anything You shout an answer And he says "Ah, yes, his name was John" Was John a boy or was John a girl? And you shout "a boy, a boy" And then he continues, more questions, more questions And because you are constantly answering questions, you learn to think in English, you learn to respond, to answer very quickly in English Chapter 3: The application of “EFFORTLESS ENGLISH” METHOD in teaching SPEAKING English naTURALLY to 10 the students of class 11A3 at Quan Son UpperSecondary school 3.1.The purpose The application is aimed at guiding students to speak English natuarally through “effortless english” method for the students of class 11A3 at Quan Son upper secondary school then improving their speaking skill From this, they will have more confidence in speaking English and be able to use their English to communicate better in their daily lives 3.2 The participants The application is carried out with 36 students of the class 11A3 who have been learning English for years( years at lower secondary school with English 6,7, 8, and years at upper secondary school with English 11, 12) These students are from Quan Son Upper Secondar School in Quan Son, Thanh Hoa Among 36 students who take part in the study, most of them have good knowledge in English Although they have enough vocabulary as well as structure to speak, they are quite shy when they speak out, even they not know what to say 3.3.Time and the process of the application The study is carried out on extra lessons on Wednesday afternoons of the class 11A3 Each lesson last 45 minutes once a week at class and everyday at home The study lasts months ( from January,4th, 2016 to May 4th 2016) with 16 lessons The teacher have students listen audio files or videos on Projector( as mentioned in Literature review) and gets the students to listen and answer the short questions again and again Students have these listening files on their computers or mobile phones From listening many times, they may develop their speaking skills - The students are listened an audio file in weeks They listen once a week at class and everyday at home - They have new listening audio file every weeks 3.4 Some important points of” Effortless English” method used in this study 3.4.1 Listening is the first skill and the most important one to be ale to speak ( the third rule) The most important thing is they must listen to easy English It must be easy What they should understand 95% [per cent] or more without stopping, without a dictionary They want a lot of easy English listening Now, they might try children's programmes They might try children's audio books Or maybe audio books for teenagers, like Americans who are 13, 14, 15 years old If that's too difficult, find something easier If something's more difficult they can still use it, but they usually need the text, they need to be able to read it They can get an audio article or a speech, or a lesson, and they have the text, so they can read and listen at the same time But listening is the most important thing Listen, listen, listen 11 Every chance they have Get an i-pod, they know, get an MP3 player or an ipod Listen to English all the time Listen in the morning when they get up, listen when they go to work, or when they're at home, listen when they're at lunch, listen when they're coming home from work, listen in the evening Lots and lots and lots of English listening Lots of easy listening To be able to speak English, students should listen first in a period of time, like a child 3.4.2 Deep learning ( the fourth rule) Deep learning basically means repeating what they learn again and again Most schools have a lot of pressure to go fast Students have to learn more vocabulary, new grammar every week So, the problem is, the students learn a lot of stuff, but then they forget it, they forget what they learnt Or they remember the basic idea but they can't use it So, for example, all students who have studied English learned the past tense, they learned the past tense, but they studied it in a text book and then, they went and they learned more grammar They learned possessives, the future, the present perfect, etc……… 3.4.3 Listening and answering( the seventh rule) Some suggested listening topics Basin on the content of units in the textbook of English 11and the requirement about the communicative English I recommand some topics such as: - People: Introduce yourself, the family,the hobby, the person they like, the person they admire, the closest friend, the idol… - Education: the school, the subject they like, the teacher they admire, the education system they wish, describe theyr school day… - Sport: the popular sport in theyr country or in the world, the kind of sport they often play in their free time… - Tourism: the place they want to visit, the famous places in their hometown, their villages… - Job: their dream, the job they would like to in the future, 3.6.An illustrating example for a lesson A lesson consists of parts: Main Article (nội dung chủ đề học) Vocabulary Lesson (bài học nghe giải thích từ vựng luyện phát âm chuẩn) Listen & Answer Mini Story (bài học nghe trả lời, luyện kỹ giao tiếp phản xạ tự nhiên) Point of View Grammar Story (bài học văn phạm tự động) Commentary (phần tác giả bình luận thêm chủ đề) An illustrating Lesson : A Kiss Main Article:( Students listen to a tape and watch a video illustrating for the content of the article in minutes twice) 12 Carlos buys a new car It's a very expensive car It's a huge, blue, fast car While driving down the street, Carlos sees a girl on a bicycle She has long blond hair and is beautiful He yells to her, “What's up?” She ignores him He yells, “How's it going?” She keeps going and ignores him He yells, “Hey, why won't you talk to me? I want to go to dinner with you I'll take you to an expensive restaurant.” The girl turns, gets off the bike, and looks at him She says, “I don't want to go to dinner But if you give me your car, I will give you a surprise.” Carlos says, “OK!” He jumps out of the car He gives her the keys and says, “Here are the keys.” The beautiful blond takes the keys and then kisses Carlos on the cheek Then she jumps into the car and drives away Carlos stands on the sidewalk Now he has no car and no girl He says, “That's it, just a kiss on the cheek?” He gets on her bike and rides home Vocabulary( they listen the tape, remember and read after the tape)- 10 minutes Carlos buy a new car It’s very expensive It's a huge blue fast car, huge, huge means very very big, super big, so it's huge, huge, hugemeans very very big, very very very big, it's a very very big car, it's huge car While driving down the street he sees a girl, so while means at the same time, same time driving down the Street, seeing the girl same time, they happen at the same time, So while driving down the street, Carlo sees a girl on a bicycle, he yells to her what's up, what's up is a common way to say hello, we saywhat's up, what's up, its very popular to say what's up, instead of saying hello, if you have a friend, you see your friend, someone you know, you say what's up, when I see my friends, sometimes I say what's up, it means hello or how are you, what's up So Carlo says what's up to the girl but she ignores him, to ignore means you don't listen to someone, and you don't pay attention to someone, you don't look at them, you don't listen to them, that's ignore, he ignored her, means he did not listen to her, he did not look at her, he ignored her or ignores present, ignores, she ignores Carlos, she does not look at Carlos, she does not listen to Carlos, sheignores him And Carlo yells how's it going, how's it going, how's it going means how are 13 you, how are you, we often say how's it going or how's it going, that the last sound good, sometimes “g” (going-going), sometimes “no g sound” (goin-goin), the same meaning, same just different pronunciation, so how's it going means how are you So he yells to her how's it going, she keeps walking and ignores him, keeps, here, keeps means continues, keep has another meaning,keep can mean something else but here in this article, keeps means continues, continues, she continues walking, she keeps walking,keeps and continuous So she keeps walking and she ignores him, he yells hey why won't you talk to me, won't means will not, why will you not talk to me, is what he's saying, but in normal speech, normal speaking, we don't say will not, we usually say won't, i won't go to the store, means I will not go to the store, and it’s future, future, so he asked her why won't you talk to me, why will you not talk to me And he does I want to go to dinner with you, and he wants a date, he wants to go to a restaurant with her, i take you to an expensive restaurant, not a cheap restaurant, right, and he wants to take her to an expensive restaurant, finally the girl turns and looks at him, and she says I don't want to go to dinner, but she says, if you give me your car, I will give you a surprise, give me your car, and i will give you a surprise, so if you give me your car, so he has to that first, the first action, and if that happens then she will give him a surprise, Carlo says okay, because she's beautiful, he jumps out of the car, he gives her the keys, and he says here are the keys, here are the keys, we say here, here is the book, here are the keys, we say here is or here are when we give something to someone, here is the key, here isthe money, here are the keys Okay so Carlos gives the keys to the beautiful blonde girl, beautiful blonde girl takes the keys, and then kisses Carlo's on the cheek, cheekis the side of your face, right, she kisses Carlo's on the side of his face, on the cheek, he kisses on the cheek, then she jumps into the car and drives away Carlo's stands on the sidewalk, sidewalk is next to the Street, it's where people walk, so the street, the street is for cars, cars and buses only, and the sidewalk next to the street, right, sidewalk where people walk side of the street Okay so he stands on the sidewalk, and now he has no car and no girl, he says that's it, just a kiss on the cheek, that's it, that's it,that's it means there is no more, there is nothing more, nothing more is coming, nothing more to get, nothing more to do, so basically means finished, so that’s it means he only got a kiss, he will not get more from her, he will not get something else, only a 14 kiss, that's it,sometimes we say that's all, that's all, same meaning, that's all or that's it, it means totally finished, In a restaurant you will use this when you finish eating, the waiter or the waitress will come and ask you, you want something else, you want more food, you want more drinks, means if you're finished, you say that's it, that's it means we are finished eating, we don't want more food, we don't want more drinks, right, we are finished bring the check, bring the bill, so at the end when you finish eating in a restaurant, tell the waiter that's it, you're finished Okay and then he says that's it just a kiss on the cheek then he gets on her bike, he gets on the girl's bicycle, bicycle or bike same, and he rides home, poor Carlos Okay that's it, that's it the lesson is finished, the vocabulary lesson is finished, that's it Mini- Story ( Students go on listening and answer the questions)- 15 minutes Carlos bought a new car Did Carlos buy a new car? Yes Yes, of course He bought a new car Did Carlos buy an old car? No Carlos didn’t buy an old car Carlos bought a new car Did Carlos buy an old car or a new car? A new car Carlos bought a new car Who bought a new car? Carlos, right? Carlos bought a new car What did Carlos buy? A new car Carlos bought a new car Was the car expensive or was the car cheap? Ah It was expensive Carlos bought a very expensive car Did Carlos buy an expensive bicycle? No, no He didn’t He didn’t buy an expensive bicycle What did he buy? He bought an expensive car Was the car small? No, no It wasn’t small He bought a huge car – very, very big car How big was the car? It was huge It was huge Was it a huge bicycle? No, no It wasn’t a huge bicycle It was a huge car Who bought the huge car? Carlos Carlos bought the huge car What color was the car? Was it yellow? No What color was the car? Blue It was blue It was a huge, blue, fast car 4+5 Teacher’s activities( 10 minutes) - Teacher asks students to speak any phrases or sentences they hear without interrupting to correct( minutes) - Let students listen the article one more time - Teacher gets them to listen more at home, at least three times a day whenever they want 3.7The result and findings of the study 15 With the test in the first lesson without the teacher’s guidance, most of the students (more than 20 students) feel shy to speak After listening lessons at school and at home , more than two- thirds of the students in this class are able to speak more easily, fluently, automatically and naturally Level Before After Excellent students 10 students Good students 16 students Bad 29 students 10 students From the result of the study, it can be clearly seen that the number of students who can speak without shyness or nervousness has increased The students have improved and developed their speaking skill through “ Effortless English” method applied in teaching the students to speak naturally Chapter 4: Conclusion In conclusion, speaking is a complex and difficult skill in learning English It is the process that learners need time to listen before speaking like a child learn the way to speak before they go to school 16 By applying Effortless English in teaching English at class, the teacher and the students would feel easier in speaking or communicating with other in class as well as in real life Through Effortless English, the students start speaking step by step and finally they will feel easier to speak out whay want They won’t feel worried and have difficulty when they are asked in English It can be said that this method may help the students in general and uppersecondary school students in particular improve the speaking skill as well as confidence in communicating in English This is my own experience in teaching English to the students of class 11A3 this school year With the requirement of learning English now, I believe that the students will have more confidence in their speaking skill to prepare better for their real lives Finally, I hope to receive ideas from other teachers so as to have the better study Tôi xin cam đoan sáng kiến thân, không chép Quan Sơn, ngày 10 tháng 05 năm 2016 XÁC NHẬN CỦA BAN GIÁM HIU Ngi thc hin Lờ Th H References Hoàng Văn Vân( Chủ biên)( 2011) Tiếng Anh 11, Nhà xuất gi¸o dơc ViƯt Nam Jeremy Harmer( 2008), How to teach English, Longman 17 A.J.Hoge( 2014), Effortless English, Effortless English LLC Brow, H Doughlas( 2001), Teaching by principles, New York Pearson Education http://www.effortlessenglishclub.vn/demo.html http://effortlessenglish.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aBzlymON2I 18 ... Chapter 3: The application of ? ?EFFORTLESS ENGLISH? ?? METHOD in teaching SPEAKING English naTURALLY to 10 the students of class 11A3 at Quan Son UpperSecondary school 3.1 .The purpose The application... students of class 11A3 to speak english naturally through ? ?effortless english? ?? method at Quan Son upper- secondary school in Quan Son, Thanh Hoa? ?? in the hope of guiding upper- secondary students, ... is aimed at guiding students to speak English natuarally through ? ?effortless english? ?? method for the students of class 11A3 at Quan Son upper secondary school then improving their speaking skill