SKKN Organizing English Club to develop the communication skill for the grade 10 students at Quynh Luu 4 High School

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After a year of organizing and maintaining activities of the club up to now with 
many activities and events, we have obtained some positive results as follows: 
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* About student assessment 
To see the effectiveness and feasibility of the research topic, I have organized two 
surveys as follows: 
- The first survey was conducted in two time periods: At the beginning of the 
school year when we had not yet conducted the activities of the English club. The 
time is at the end of term II, when we have conducted some activities of the 
English club. 
 - In the first and second survey, we selected 156 members who registered to join 
the English club from 10th grade, with 100% of the total students in the club to 
conduct the survey. With the same 2 questions as follows: 
Question 1: Is it urgent to participate in activities in the English club to improve 
communication for students? 
 + Very necessary 
 + Necessary 
 + Less necessary 
 + Not necessary 
Question 2: Do you think it is possible to organize English club activities to 
improve communication skills for students? 
 + Very feasible 
 + Feasible 
 + Less feasible 
 + Not feasible 
 After doing this, I got the following results: 
* Survey results at the beginning of the school year: 
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Question 1 Question 2 
Very 
necessary 
Necessary Less 
necessary 
Not 
necessary 
Very 
feasible 
Feasible Less 
feasible 
Not 
feasib
le 
38 0 4 34 0 4 7 17 10 
% 0 10,5 89,5 0 10,5 
26,3 63,2 
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* Survey results at the end of term II: 
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Question 1 Question 2 
Very 
necessary 
Necessary Less necessary Not necessary Very 
feasible 
Feasible Less feasible Not 
feasible 
38 4 25 9 0 10 22 6 0 
% 10.5 65.8 23.7 0 26.3 57.9 15.8 0 
From the above survey results, we can see that after conducting English club 
activities, students have low evaluation and lack of trust in English club activities 
to improve communication skills. continued to be significantly improved. The 
children were more interested, and had the right view, more sympathy and 
especially they saw the importance of the English club in helping them improve 
their second language ability. Thus, the reality clearly shows the effectiveness of 
the method of using the English club form to promote the improvement of students' 
communication skills, so that students can be more interested in learning, bring a 
worthy position for the subject of English. 
* For Students 
Through the activities of the English club, students can not only communicate and 
interact in English in a real environment, but also develop their ability to work in 
groups, think creatively, and demonstrate their skills. own appeal. Students will 
live responsibly with the community, appreciate and promote their abilities, 
develop their capacities and qualities, and be aware of and apply learned 
knowledge to solve practical problems. . Thereby, they try their best to study and 
practice to become useful people to contribute to the construction of their 
homeland and country. 
 It is thanks to the passion for English subject, the ideal of bringing Vietnam to the 
world, forged by students right from the time they sit in school, many students 
have a sense of strive to practice morality, competence, good qualities, and have 
the thought of studying abroad in the future. 
 * About the spirit and attitude of students towards English subject 
Students from apathy, fear, and disinterest in English in general and club activities 
in particular have had a more serious attitude and self-discipline to study, many of 
them have turned interested and drunk Because of their passion for English, many 
of them have already communicated with their friends in this second language. 
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PART III. CONCLUSION 
1. Conclusions 
The process of researching the topic is carried out according to an objective and 
scientific process that is applied to English club with different levels of students. 
When implementing a topic related to improving students' communication ability 
through English club activities, we do research, inquiry, and assume that this is the 
concern of many researchers as well as English teachers all over the country. 
Therefore, I chose the topic of organizing an English club to improve 
communication skills for 10th graders as a research topic with the desire to 
contribute a little bit of energy in the "war" to improve subject English position in 
general and English club activities in particular. The research is drawn from my 
own practice and teaching experience, initially implemented at Quynh Luu 4 High 
School with positive results. 
The renewal of English teaching methods in general and the strengthening of 
activities in English club activities in particular, especially the use of activities to 
improve communication skills, have significantly increased the effectiveness for 
students' English speaking ability. As a result, students feel excited about club 
activities, which will change their views on the subject, increase their enthusiasm 
and curiosity, leading to more and more interested in the English subject. Through 
activities organized in the club, students will be motivated to be confident and be 
comfortable when participating in class lessons, have confidence with their 
communication ability, enhance observation, and collective work; at the same time, 
contributing to fostering students' initiative, positivity, cooperation, promoting and 
regularly using English in daily communication. 
This topic has greatly influence on us, helping us to have a better applying method 
in improving students’ communication ability. Besides, this initiative also helps 
colleagues when applying new and highly feasible methods organizing English 
club activities. 
2. Learned Lessons 
*For teachers: 
When organizing the club, it is necessary to follow the teaching plan at the 
beginning of the year of the group, group, and school, based on the actual teaching 
situation and the English communication ability of each student to choose the 
form. teach appropriately. Actively collect materials to build activities, innovate 
organizational forms to create interest in learning among students. 
*For professional groups: It is necessary to closely follow the guiding documents 
of the Ministry of Education, Department of Education, schools, discuss, discuss 
and develop educational plans from the beginning of the school year. Based on the 
actual situation of schools and classes to choose the appropriate form of activity. 
When conducting extracurricular activities, or experiential activities, it is necessary 
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to have a meeting, make a specific plan, divide tasks for each group member, 
coordinate smoothly to ensure the safety of students, and achieve success. highest 
efficiency. 
*For schools and related organizations: 
It is necessary to strengthen coordination and facilitate support in terms of 
organization, funding, and human resources to manage students to encourage 
teachers to enhance the effectiveness of this activity. 
3. Suggestions 
For the scope of the study, the author has only carried out the investigation in 
applying some activities in English club to teach improve communication skills at 
10 grade students. From the real situation of the language using, research supports 
some cues for further study: 
 This study is very small part related to a stage in teaching language skill 
with 156 students at Quynh Luu 4 high school. Another study should focus on 
other activities to 11 or 12 grade students at high school. 
 The study basically depends on one source of data, questionnaires, which 
may be subjective on the side of the respondents; thus the author cannot guarantee 
the reliability of the information collected. As a matter of the fact, any implement 
outside the classroom context requires carefully thoughts and consideration. 
The study only applied for post-reading activities, and it has not solved 
completely the limitation such as lack of knowledge and vocabularies or 
insufficiency grammatical structures yet. This need more time to improve. 
Additionally, this is focus on a small field; others should use some interactive post-
reading activities to apply for other language skill such as speaking, listening and 
writing. 
Hopefully, the above problems could be solved in other studies after this 
research in the near future. 
4. Summary of the conclusion 
This research is carried out as a contribution to the knowledge of all teachers 
and students of English in their teaching and learning. 
To have achievement like that, the research conducted many steps in 
previous chapter. However, it is effective or not, it depends very much on real 
situation. 
 The author of this research does hope that this study would be of some 
value to both teachers and students in their language teaching and learning process. 
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Appendix 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER KEYS: 
1. Topic: FAMILY LIFE 
1 
take care of 
baby 
2 
breadwinner 
3 
household 
chores 
 4 
heavy lifting 
5 
split 
6 
cooking 
7 
homemaker 
8 
Take out 
garbage 
mending/ 
fixing/ 
repairing 
grocery 
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9 things 
10 
11 
watching TV 
12 
Washing up 
13 
laying table 
14 
sweeping 
15 
quarreling 
16 
travelling 
2. Topic: “THANKYOU MOM” 
1. When will Vietnamese women’s Day 2023 occur? 20th October 
2. Who was created Mother’s Day? By Anna Jarvis 
3. When did Mother’s Day become an official US holiday? In 1914 
4. In Thailand, when does Mother’s Day often occur? In August (not May) 
5. What is the message of Mother’s Day? Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring 
motherhood. 
6. What will children traditionally give for their mother on Mother’s Day? 
Flowers, cards and gifts. 
7. Which flower is the symbol for motherhood? Peony( hoa mẫu đơn) 
8. Which company was held “Thank you, Mom” campaign in Vietnam? P&G 
company. 
9. Which song was performed by Dong Nhi singer to honored motherhood? 
“khi con là mẹ” 
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10. What is the traditional costume of Vietnamese women? “Ao dai” 
3. Topic: “MY BELOVED TEACHER” 
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4. Topic: “MERRY CHRISTMAS” 
5. Topic: “HAPPY NEW YEAR AND TET HOLIDAY” 
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1. what do children receive on Tet holiday? 
2. what is traditional cany on Tet holiday? 
3. which country has the same New Year with Vietnam? 
4. which animal is symbol for new year 2023? 
5. when do the Tet holiday hold? 
6. what do people of say in the first New Year days? 
7. what do people often not do in the first day of New Year? 
8. According to the tradition, what do young people do show respect with 
ancestor? 
9. what is square cake made from? 
10. what are often hold in New Year? 
11. which flower is symbol of Tet holiday? 
12. what do people often set off to welcome new year? 
6. Topic: VALENTINE 
Difficult questions: 
1: Who invented the first Valentine's Day candy box? 
Answer: Richard Cadbury 
2: What do yellow roses symbolize? 
Answer: Friendship 
3: Who is known as the Mother of Valentine's Day? 
Answer: Esther Howland 
4: When was February 14 first declared to be Valentine's Day? 
Answer: 1537 
5: What country has a holiday on the 14th of every month? 
Answer: South Korea 
6: Which chocolate company created the first heart box of chocolates? Cadbury 
7: Why do people write X and O on cards? It means hugs & kisses! 
8: Which infamous king declared Valentine's Day a holiday? King Henry VIII 
9: Make a sentence containing 4 words on the cards 
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Suggested: Men often buy many rose flowers, cards, and chocolates for his lover 
on Valentine day 
10: Make a sentence containing 3 words on the cards 
Hug, love letter, Teddy Bear 
Suggested: 
In his love letter, he said that on valentine day he would hug a big Teddy Bear to 
give her. 
11: What is the name of the flying baby-like creature that represents love? Cupid! 
 12: Which color rose symbolizes purity and innocence? Answer: White 
Easy question: 
1. What is the most popular Valentine's Day candy? 
Answer: Box of chocolates 
2. What is the most popular flower to give on Valentine's Day? 
Answer: Red Roses 
3. Who receives the most cards on Valentine's day? 
Answer: Teachers! 
4. Who buys the most flowers on Valentine's day? 
Answer: men 
5. Which 3 colors represent Valentine's Day? 
Answer: Red, pink, and white 
6. Who buys the most cards on Valentine's day? 
Answer: Women 
7. Where does Valentines Day come from? 
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Answer: Rome 
8. When is White Valentine day? 
Answer: March 14th 
9. Who is Valentine day name after? 
Answer: Saint Valentine 
10.Look at the pictures, make a sentence with 2 words on pictures 
11. Look at the pictures, make a sentences with 2 words on pictures 
12. What is the most common phrase used on Valentine’s Day? 
Answer: I love you 
7. Topic : MY HOBBIES 
8. Topic: “HISTORICAL PLACE” 
Answer: 
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1. Quynh Lam village 
2. In 1725 
3. Quynh Nghia village 
4. Nine 
5. Ho Hung Dat 
6. C 
7. C 
8. A 
9. Quynh Hung 
10. Can Vuong 
11. Ho Tung Mau 
12. In 2008 
9. Topic : “PROTECT ENVIRONMENT” 
1. China and India only produce a very small percentage of their electricity 
from _______ facilities. 
2. The term "plastic" is ______ from the Greek word "plastikos", meaning fit 
for moulding. 
3. The doctor said the vitamin would _________ my calcium deficiency 
4. If we continue to ______ our natural resources, our children will pay the price. 
5. When hiking in the wilderness, it is important to properly _____ of anything you 
can't pack out. 
6. We buy _____ food at the farmers' market. It costs a little bit more, but we think 
it's better for our health. 
7. Jane Goodall studied chimpanzees for many years in their native ________ in 
Africa. 
8. _________ is the protection of things found in nature. 
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