INTRODUCTION
Reasons for the study
In today's world, creating a language-rich environment both inside and outside the classroom is increasingly essential By fostering positive language learning experiences, students can effectively apply their classroom knowledge to real-life situations, enhancing their confidence, engagement, and enthusiasm for learning English.
The advancement of technology has significantly transformed various sectors of society, leading to enhanced productivity and improved living standards Education has also benefited from the impact of Industry 4.0, as teaching content, methods, and formats have evolved to meet contemporary demands Technology supports both educators and learners, facilitating better outcomes both inside and outside the classroom.
Extra practice has long been vital for academic progress, enabling students to review and reinforce their learned knowledge To enhance this experience, I plan to implement a teaching initiative utilizing Quizziz.com and Liveworksheets.com, aimed at motivating students to engage actively and enthusiastically in additional practice beyond the classroom.
New points of the topic
Homework has long been a staple in education across all subjects, including English, where it plays a crucial role in the teaching and learning process However, many teachers struggle to engage students effectively with their assignments When surveyed about their homework experiences, students acknowledged the importance of homework but expressed a lack of interest in it Common tasks, such as memorizing vocabulary, completing workbook exercises, and preparing for upcoming lessons, often leave students feeling bored and unmotivated.
Incorporating web tools like quizzes and live worksheets into extra practice offers students innovative learning experiences that boost motivation and engagement in their homework These online resources also enable teachers to assess student comprehension effectively and receive prompt feedback, allowing for adjustments in future teaching strategies to enhance learning outcomes.
Aims of the study
The aims of the research are as follows:
- To design interesting kinds of activities for extra practice
- To help students actively and eagerly participate in extra practice
- To help students improve English skills effectively and skillfully so that they get the highest scores.
Methods of the study
- Read materials relating to the topic
- Design suitable extra activities for students
- Collect information from students and other teachers
- Learn from experience based on achieved results.
Scope of the study
CONTENT
Theoretical and practical background
1.1.1 The importance of creating learning environment outside the classroom
The learning environment encompasses the diverse physical locations, contexts, and cultures where students acquire knowledge This term highlights the variety of settings, including outdoor and community spaces, in which learning occurs, making it a broader and more contemporary alternative to the traditional concept of a classroom, typically characterized by desks and chalkboards.
The term refers to the culture within a school or classroom, highlighting its ethos and defining traits It encompasses the interactions and treatment among individuals, as well as the methods teachers use to structure the educational environment to enhance learning.
While children acquire a lot of knowledge in school, their learning process continues beyond the classroom In reality, one period in a high school always lasts
45 minutes In order to understand the knowledge that teacher has taught, a lot of extra activities are prepared to help students consolidate the knowledge or widen it for better understanding
As the definition above, it is believed that learners can study in many different ways in diversified environments
1.1.2 The importance of interest in study
Interest refers to a person's unique inclination towards an object that holds significance in life and provides enjoyment during activities and studies.
Interest significantly influences individual attitudes and outcomes in work and study German psychologist Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841) was a pioneer in educational theory, highlighting the central role of interest in learning He argued that interest serves not only as a motivational force but also as a crucial goal of education, as noted by Nguyen Duc Nhan.
Interest in learning significantly enhances student engagement and motivation, allowing them to focus for extended periods It serves as the foundation for active memorization, positive attitudes, and emotional investment in the learning process This intrinsic motivation fosters creativity and maximizes individual potential, encouraging learners to actively participate in educational activities When students are genuinely interested, they are more likely to assert themselves in the subject matter, leading to a deeper acquisition of knowledge and exploration of new learning resources.
1.1.3 The definition of extra practice
The extra practice activities are designed so that teachers can assign different levels of activities in each unit to students based on their needs and abilities
Revision worksheets provide a review of the unit content based on more challenging activity types, to reinforce what has already been learnt
Extension worksheets are more project - based and they encourage students to revise what they have learnt and apply it to broader areas The emphasis here is in production
1.1.4 The effectiveness of Quizziz.com
Quizizz serves as both a vibrant community hub for engaging quiz games and a powerful tool for educators to design multiple-choice questions for effective teaching and learning The app enhances student engagement and offers a quick, user-friendly platform for teachers and parents to create assessments.
- Be suitable for classroom activities
- Use quizzes to have the whole class play together, or assign homework to each activity
- Choose from a collection of teacher- created and shared quizzes
- Be suitable for all learners
- Integrate with learning management systems
1.2.1 Brief introduction about Tan Ky 3 High School
Tan Ky 3 high school is located in a mountainous area in the western part of Nghe An province If people have an opportunity to come here, they easily see the
1.2.2 Actual situation of giving extra practice outside the classroom
Traditional methods of providing extra practice to students often involve textbook exercises or copied worksheets, which they complete at home and submit to their teachers While this approach can reinforce learning, it may also lead to student boredom and place a heavy burden on teachers, especially in large classes.
Moreover, as the author observed, the traditional ways of handing in the products and cheking them have triggered some problems
One significant issue in education is that teachers often fail to incorporate diverse activities in their lessons Although they assign homework to students, they frequently neglect to review it, leading to a lack of effectiveness in the learning process.
Many students lack enthusiasm for completing homework, often approaching it with reluctance This leads some to resort to copying assignments from their peers, which in turn creates anxiety about being discovered.
At my school, many parents, despite limited resources, prioritize purchasing smartphones or computers for their children These devices serve as tools for socializing, relaxation, and studying Acknowledging the benefits of technology, the authors advocate for leveraging these devices to develop diverse extra practice opportunities for students to engage in at home.
1.2.3 The actual situation of modern education
In the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, the current information explosion, the form of online learning and testing is expanding globally
The Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted education globally, particularly in Vietnam, during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years As a result, online teaching was implemented across nearly all schools and educational levels in the country.
Solutions
In order to stimulate students to be keen on doing extra practice, the authors have designed a lot of ways as follow:
+ Activities to help broaden vocabulary through activities: crosswords, matching and multiple choice
+ Activities to help improve listening skills through activities: gap filling and multiple choice
+ Activities to help improve writing skills through rewriting a sentence and word formation
+ Activities to help improve grammar points through gap filling and multiple choice
+ Activities to help improve reading skills
+ Practice tests for GCSE exams
2.1 The steps to assign homework in Quizziz and Liveworksheets
Step 1: Proceed to the Quizziz page and then proceed to create an account by a valid email
- The registration to use the tool can be operated on a smartphone To increase the convenience, users can download the Quizizz application to their phones
Step 2: Log in your account
Step 3: Choose the kind of activity you would like to do with
Teachers can create various types of assessments, including multiple-choice, polls, fill-in-the-blank, open-ended questions, drawing tasks, and sliding scales They have the flexibility to design a single type or combine multiple formats to enhance the assessment experience.
Step 4: Assign the activity as homework
- Teacher can select Connect Google Classroom (if you have created classes on the Google Classroom platform) or Create a Class, send a link to invite students to the class
Teacher can check the results in reports
Step 1: Proceed to query the Liveworksheets page and create an account then proceed to log in your account information
Step 2: Click on “Make interactive worksheets” and choose “ get started”
Step 3: You click "Select file" to upload the PDF file and then click
"Upload" to download the appropriate file
The tool exclusively supports downloading files in PDF, jpg, and png formats, with an optimal size limit of 5MB Users are advised to convert their Word documents to PDF format to ensure successful assignment uploads.
Step 4: At this point, your file will be uploaded
Depending on the type, users can design different worksheets:
To complete the task, click on each answer provided in the question and draw a box around it For the correct answer, write "Select: yes," and for the incorrect answers, write "Select: no."
2 Answers drop-down list selection exercise
To create an interactive exercise, draw a box at the sentence gap and type "choose: " followed by the answers you want students to select from, separating each option with "/*" For instance, you could write: choose: news reporter/*fix/*drive/*catch.
To effectively format your content, conclude each question with "join:1" and create a designated box at the top of the response for question 1 labeled "join:1." This same structure should be applied consistently for questions 2, 3, and 4, ensuring clarity and organization throughout the article.
How to do: Draw a box in the option and then write "drag:1" -> Draw a box at the option you want to move to the above option and write "Drop:1"
5 Fill-in-the-blank exercise
How to do it: You draw a box and then fill in the blank with the option
Learn how to effectively create online worksheets with Liveworksheets, allowing you to easily and quickly design assignments in PDF, Word, or audio formats.
In Liveworksheets, teachers can easily create a workbook by clicking on
“Make interactive workbooks” and choose “Get started”
You will be able to create a workbook as the following:
The crossword puzzle is a traditional intellectual game that is often applied by teachers when they teach English It makes homework more interesting and exciting
Sample :Unit 1: FRIENDSHIP (Tieng Anh 11) B Speaking
Aim: Help students revise and widen vocabulary related to adjectives used to describe someone’s physical appearances and personalities
Sample Unit 9: NATURE IN DANGER (Tieng Anh 11) A Reading: Aim: This activity is used for checking and widen vocabulary after lesson
Sample: Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS (Tieng Anh 12) A Reading:
Aim: This activity is used for checking vocabulary after the lesson
In Liveworksheets: contains audios from other webs
Sample: Unit 13: HOBBIES (Tieng Anh 11) C.Listening
Aim: This activity is used to practise listening skills after the lesson
1.swimming 2 adults 3.citizens 4 child 5.practising
6 anyone 7 taught 8 twice 9.workout 10 fit
11.vehicles 12.sticks 13.judge 14.expensive 15 golf
Sample: Unit 12: THE ASIAN GAMES (Tieng Anh 11) C.Listening
Aim: This activity is used to practise listening skills after the lesson
2.2.3 Activities to help improve writing skills
* Rewriting sentences without changing the meaning
Aim: This activity helps students practise the way to rewrite sentences in a suitable condition
Unit 5: ILLITERACY and Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
Aim: This activity helps students practise the way to change the sentences in direct speech into reported speech, using infinitives and gerunds
Word formation exercises are made to check students’ understanding about nouns, verb, adjectives, adverbs In English, this kind of test is popular in GCSE exams or FCE tests
Sample: A practice for word-formation from FCE book 1 test 1:
2.2.4 Activities to help improve grammar points
All of grammar points can be designed in liveworksheet and quizziz to help students improve language using skills in both grade 11 and grade 12
Aim: This activity helps students practise relative pronouns
Sample: Unit 7: WORLD POPULATION E: LANGUAGE FOCUS Aim: This activity helps students practise conditional sentences exercises
Example: Unit 3: A PARTY (Tieng Anh 11)
Aim: Help students practise gerunds and infinitives
Sample: Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST (Tieng Anh 11)
2.2.5 Activities to help improve reading skills
Example: Unit 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY (Tieng Anh 12) A Reading:
Aim: Encourage students' reading habit
Example: Unit 10: NATURE IN DANGER (Tieng Anh 11) A Reading:
Aim: Encourage students' reading habit
2.2.6 Practice tests for GCSE exams
The authors express their appreciation for the website's functionality, which allows students to practice GCSE tests online, eliminating the need for paper This digital approach is particularly appealing because students receive immediate results upon completing the tests, enabling them to quickly verify the correctness of their answers.
Aim: Help students practise GCSE trial tests
Teacher can check which questions students can answer right or wrong, they can click the name of the student A following result will appear b In Liveworksheets:
Teachers can get students’ results in their emails or from a mailbox in the web
4 The effectiveness of the solutions
Quizziz and liveworksheet are widely used all over the world This means that they have demonstrated a lot of good points In two years, 2020-2021 and
2021 -2022, we have applied them in our teaching, which have brought a number of benefits:
- Easily receive quick feedback from students
- Help students consolidate and revise the lessons
- Get free questions from other users in free sources of the web
- Help improve both students and teacher’s IT skills
4.2 Students’ evaluation a Form of the survey:
The authors have used Google form with 5 questions to investigate students’ attitude toward these new kinds of giving extra activities
Question 1: Which one would you prefer, paper homework or online homework?
Question 2: What is your attitude toward online homework?
Question 3: What do you like most about Quizziz and Liveworksheet?
Question 4: What do you think about the suitability of Quizziz and Liveworksheet for schools?
Question 5: Do you think that Liveworksheets and Quizziz can motivate you in doing homework? b Results of the survey:
There are 120 students of three classes : 11A2, 12A1 and 12A7 taking part in the survey
Question 1: Which one would you prefer, paper homework or online homework?
Question 2: What is your attitude toward online homework?
Question 3: What do you like most about Quizziz and Liveworksheet?
- I can get the mark quickly
- It is easy to use
- I don’t need to write down
- I can know the answers quickly
- I can practise a lot of skills
Using Quizizz allows for multiple attempts at a quiz, facilitating thorough review and understanding It streamlines the testing process by eliminating the need to write down class names or manually circle answers, thus providing more time to focus on the questions This efficiency enhances the overall testing experience.
"luxurious" feeling and is more suitable for the 4.0 era
- I find it convenient, helps students reduce stress, can study and play at the same time I think that helps a lot to understand the lesson more deeply
- I find it easy to grade on quizz for teachers, practice quick reflexes, better memory
Question 4: What do you think about the suitability of Quizziz and Liveworksheets for schools?
Question 5: Do you think that Liveworksheets and Quizziz can motivate you in doing homework?
Based on the theoretical and practical analysis of using Quizizz and Liveworksheets for assigning homework at Tan Ky 3 High School, several key conclusions can be drawn regarding their effectiveness in enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes.
1 Using the tools in assigning homework is a measure that contributes to improving the ways of learning and teaching, which leads to better study results
2 Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools are suitable for modern educational trends
3 Quizizz and Liveworksheets are supported with a lot of utilities in the free version, which can be applied to many subjects, many educational ranges
4 Difficulties when using Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools in teaching:
To use the Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools, first of all, we need to meet the prerequisites required:
To enhance the learning experience, both teachers and students need reliable internet access and devices Educators should dedicate time to create tailored question packages that align with the tool's format, building a personalized library of quiz questions that effectively address each lesson, topic, or review session for their students.
Quizizz.com Liveworksheets are versatile educational tools that can be effectively utilized across various subjects There is no one-size-fits-all teaching method; therefore, educators should embrace flexibility and creativity when integrating these tools This adaptability enhances their effectiveness in aligning with specific lesson objectives, learning goals, and the overall teaching environment.
The effectiveness of the solutions
Quizziz and liveworksheet are widely used all over the world This means that they have demonstrated a lot of good points In two years, 2020-2021 and
2021 -2022, we have applied them in our teaching, which have brought a number of benefits:
- Easily receive quick feedback from students
- Help students consolidate and revise the lessons
- Get free questions from other users in free sources of the web
- Help improve both students and teacher’s IT skills
4.2 Students’ evaluation a Form of the survey:
The authors have used Google form with 5 questions to investigate students’ attitude toward these new kinds of giving extra activities
Question 1: Which one would you prefer, paper homework or online homework?
Question 2: What is your attitude toward online homework?
Question 3: What do you like most about Quizziz and Liveworksheet?
Question 4: What do you think about the suitability of Quizziz and Liveworksheet for schools?
Question 5: Do you think that Liveworksheets and Quizziz can motivate you in doing homework? b Results of the survey:
There are 120 students of three classes : 11A2, 12A1 and 12A7 taking part in the survey
Question 1: Which one would you prefer, paper homework or online homework?
Question 2: What is your attitude toward online homework?
Question 3: What do you like most about Quizziz and Liveworksheet?
- I can get the mark quickly
- It is easy to use
- I don’t need to write down
- I can know the answers quickly
- I can practise a lot of skills
Using Quizizz allows for multiple attempts, enabling thorough review and understanding The platform streamlines the testing process by eliminating the need to write down class names or manually circle answers, providing more time to focus on the questions This enhances the overall learning experience.
"luxurious" feeling and is more suitable for the 4.0 era
- I find it convenient, helps students reduce stress, can study and play at the same time I think that helps a lot to understand the lesson more deeply
- I find it easy to grade on quizz for teachers, practice quick reflexes, better memory
Question 4: What do you think about the suitability of Quizziz and Liveworksheets for schools?
Question 5: Do you think that Liveworksheets and Quizziz can motivate you in doing homework?
CONCLUSION
Based on the theoretical and practical analysis of utilizing Quizizz and Liveworksheets for assigning homework at Tan Ky 3 High School, several key conclusions can be drawn regarding their effectiveness and impact on student learning.
1 Using the tools in assigning homework is a measure that contributes to improving the ways of learning and teaching, which leads to better study results
2 Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools are suitable for modern educational trends
3 Quizizz and Liveworksheets are supported with a lot of utilities in the free version, which can be applied to many subjects, many educational ranges
4 Difficulties when using Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools in teaching:
To use the Quizizz and Liveworksheets tools, first of all, we need to meet the prerequisites required:
To enhance learning, both teachers and students need reliable internet access and devices Educators should dedicate time to create tailored question packages that align with the tool's format, building a personalized library of quiz questions that cater to specific lessons, topics, or review sessions for students.
Quizizz.com Liveworksheets are versatile educational tools applicable across various subjects While there isn't a one-size-fits-all teaching tool, teachers can enhance their effectiveness by being flexible and creative in adapting these resources to fit their specific lessons, learning objectives, and teaching environments.