Sáng kiến kinh nghiệm Project based learning – Custom of wedding in English 12

Lao Cai No.1 High School was established in 1961. It is located in the centre of the province which is a mountainous area in the North of Vietnam. Our school is equipped with enough facilities for teaching and learning such as wireless Internet, 1 English multi-media room. More than ten classrooms have computers and projectors. There are 6 Departments with a total of 80 teachers. Each department room has one computer with Internet and one laptop. There are 8 teachers of English in our school. All of them are well-educated, hardworking and enthusiastic in teaching.

There are 30 classes (10 classes for each grade) in my school with a student population of more than 1000. The students are obedient and quite hardworking. Every year the percentage of grade 12 students passing the national final exam is about 98%. However, very few students can use English to communicate with other people as well as foreigners.

In high schools in Vietnam, especially in mountainous areas, there are only 3 or 4 English lessons a week. There is no English environment outside classrooms. Thus, students’ English skills depend much on what they learn in these lessons. At present, teachers of English in our school teach students following the text book designed by the Ministry of Education and Training. We do not know well how to improve their language skills. After studying about project based learning, I have decided to apply this method with my students in class 12D to improve my students’ language skills.