Last week, we learned the strategy of “associating.” “Associating” means relating new language information to concepts already known. For example, when we learn a new word “billboard,” we first find the familiar part of the word“board,” then learn the other part of the word“bill.” And then think of each part’s Chinese meaning. Finally, guess the meaning of the new word “billboard” and learn the word by making the associations.

My teacher gave me a chance to give a lesson to our experimental class on “associating.” At first, I was nervous to face the eyes of my classmates. When I showed the first word “Christian,” I asked, “How many words can you think of when looking at ‘Christian?’ Please guess the meaning of the word.” We first thought of “Christmas,” then “Jesus Christ” and then guessed the meaning of “Christian.” I asked my class to guess “Christianity” by giving the sentence “Christianity is one of the major religions in the world.”

Later, I read two words “costume” and “customer.” I asked my classmates, “Are the two words the same?” I said “customer” looks like “costume,” we should pay attention that they are two different words.”

As the lesson went on, I became confident and succeeded in giving the lesson.

After the lesson, I felt very proud of myself! I am grateful to my teacher’s tutoring and my classmates’ participation in my class.