Since English is a worldwide used language, I was required to learn English when I was about five years old. However, there were lots of difficulties when I started to learn English, especially in word comprehension. Besides, it was not easy for a five-year-old kid to keep focusing on the contents during class. Luckily, the teaching method of my English teacher changed my attitude towards English. Before every class, she made cards with graphs representing the meaning of the words and taped the cards on the blackboard. Then, she would say a word we learned in class, and we would run to the blackboard and choose the card. Since the first one who chose the correct card can get a piece of candy, all of us participated actively in the game.


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Her teaching method not only makes me interested in English but also has a huge influence on my project presentation method. Instead of only using words to introduce my projects, I always use videos at the start of the presentation. For instance, when I presented the project about the mathematical model of the number of cranes a month ago, I used a short video to introduce the features of cranes, such as their average life span, and their living habits. Not only did the video draw the attention of the audience, but it also made the background of my project more understandable compared to word description.

References

Earth Rangers. [Earth Rangers]. (2012, September 26). Whooping Crane [Video]. YouTube. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_2iQYNwRY&t=1s