INTEGRATING ENGLISH TEACHING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES FOR 7-YEAR-OLD PUPILS IN VIETNAM

Abstract

Improving students' English proficiency is one of the critical tasks in Vietnamese education. Finding new teaching methods and helping students to be active in learning is considered a solution in the current period. This paper presents the results of integrating English teaching in physical education classes for 2nd-grade students using the “Brainball” method. The study design consisted of a pedagogical experiment with a parallel group technique (experiment and control). The study results provide promising initial insights that using Brainball in PE classes could be a useful approach to improve mobility and academic performance for children.