Week 7 assignment
English Teacher
During my middle and high school years, I have met many fabulous teachers who taught me knowledge and life. Most of them were foreigners since I spent all of my middle school in international school in Hong Kong. Among them there is one teacher who really impressed me by heart. She was my English teacher in my sixth and seventh grade. I can definitely say that she is the one who led me to today's me. Thanks to her, English is not a subject that I should memorize or study, but a tool to communicate with my foreign friends.
She taught English in a very special way. Since all students were not native English speakers, she focused on how to get students familiar with English. There was a project which even now I remember very clearly. It was recording our dubbing of famous novel 'Christmas Carol' by Charles Dikins. For one whole semester, she and our class engrossed in this project. At first, students were not interested in the project since they were only used to memorizing vocabularies and finishing worksheets. In addition, students did not know each other because it was just a start of the year. However, as time passed on she led the class to excitement. I still do not recognize how she created such enjoyable class environment. As we learned how to pronounce correctly and followed original dubbing artists, we became closer and more interested in the project. At the end of the semester, we successfully finished recording our dubbing. I seriously benefited a lot from this project. Because it was my first year in Hong Kong, I was not only bad at speaking English, but also had not friend at all. Fortunately, through this project, I could be close with class mates and even be able to communicate with them easily. For me who was totally new in foreign world, her way of teaching was the very lesson needed.
Through her project, I perceived English not as a subject that I should memorize with brain, but another culture that I have to understand with my heart. That is how I could study English without boredom and major in English-related major. If I ever meet her again, I would like to thank her for what she taught me. She helped me very much by encouraging me warmly when I had difficult time with English. If it had not been for her, I probably would not have put effort in learning English this much. She is the teacher who I want to recommend for my friends who hate English.
What I like most in your writing is that you had hard time but you finally overcame that.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote about your best teacher you`ve met.
In last paragraph, the first sentence which is 'I perveived English not as a subject that i should memorize with brain, but another culture that i have to understand with my hear' was sooooo powerful for me because nowadays I study english only by my brain. And now i`m trying to understand English by my heart as you did.
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ReplyDeleteYour piece is easy to read and to understand what your topic is about. It's your your English language teacher who teached you a new way of learning English.
Maybe you could consider putting in some anecdotes or some examples in your writing about your teacher concering the dubbing project to make it more interesting to read.
During my middle and high school years, I have met many fabulous teachers who taught me knowledge and life. Most of them were foreigners since I spent all of my middle school in international school in Hong Kong. Among them there is one teacher who really impressed me by heart. She was my English teacher in my sixth and seventh grade. I can definitely say that she is the one who led me to today's me. Thanks to her, English is not a subject that I should memorize or study, but a tool to communicate with my foreign friends.
ReplyDeleteShe taught English in a very special way. Since all students were not native English speakers, she focused on how to get students familiar with English. There was a project which even now I remember very clearly. It was recording our dubbing of famous novel 'Christmas Carol' by Charles Dikins. For one whole semester, she and our class were engrossed in this project. At first, students were not interested in the project since they were only used to memorizing vocabularies and finishing worksheets. In addition, students did not know each other because it was just a start of the year. However, as time passed on she led the class to excitement. The class worked altogether such as reading the script altogether. It was really fun listening to others reading script lively. As we learned how to pronounce correctly and followed original dubbing artists, we became closer and more interested in the project. At the end of the semester, we successfully finished recording our dubbing. I seriously benefited a lot from this project. Because it was my first year in Hong Kong, I was not only bad at speaking English, but also had not friend at all. Fortunately, through this project, I could be close with class mates and even be able to communicate with them easily. For me, who was totally new in foreign world, her way of teaching was the very lesson needed.
Through her project, I perceived English not as a subject that I should memorize with brain, but another culture that I have to understand with my heart. That is how I could study English without boredom and eventually major in English-related department. If I ever meet her again, I would like to thank her for what she taught me. She helped me very much by encouraging me warmly when I had difficult time with English. If it had not been for her, I probably would not have put effort in learning English this much. She is the teacher who I want to recommend for my friends who hate English.