PowerPoint is a software that has been causing many professors at home and abroad to scratch their heads and scratch their heads recently.
It was precisely because Hu Bingwen saw the power of this software in teaching when he went abroad for exchanges, so when he came back, he suggested that Chinese and overseas teacher teams fully promote it.
However, China Overseas College itself is a liberal arts institution. In addition to reading books in various languages every day, the teaching team also holds various Chinese and foreign dictionaries. The computer usage rate itself is not high, and there are even many professors. Can't operate a computer at all.
The teaching team of China Overseas Chinese Language and Culture University has used blackboards and chalks to teach for decades. Even young teachers who know how to use computers are only able to perform some very simple operations and cannot type correctly.
PPT is an advanced professional software that no one had ever touched before Hu Bingwen went abroad for exchanges.
It just so happened that China Overseas College had been extremely poor in the past two years. In order to tighten their belts to build a new campus, the teaching team did not even have a few computers for teaching, so everyone's progress in learning PPT was extremely slow.
Hu Bingwen studied tirelessly throughout the winter vacation, and found that his operational level was not as good as that of a primary school student compared with Xu Yiyang.
While he was shocked in his heart, he couldn't help but quietly get closer and take a closer look at the content on the screen.
It didn't matter at first glance, the content in Xu Yiyang's PPT shocked him even more.
This kid is actually doing English courseware!
Look at the title of this PPT:
“How To Speak English Like a Native Speaker?”
“How to speak English like a native speaker?”
Hu Bingwen couldn't help but sigh: "This tone is really not small!"
But this kid is obviously still a student, so why should he be taught English courseware
Does he want to teach students? !
Watching Xu Yiyang make PPT, Hu Bingwen found that the page layout, tone layout and presentation form when he made PPT were very professional.
The PPTs he has been exposed to all use the most common black text on a white background to write out the content you want to express, and at most add a picture, but that already makes people feel very powerful.
However, Xu Yiyang's operation is much more advanced.
In order to make the PPT more beautiful, he did not enter many title text directly in the PPT. Instead, he cut it into Photoshop, rasterized the text in PS, and then added certain visual effects.
For example, in the title of "How To Speak English Like a Native Speaker?", Xu Yiyang beautified and adjusted the font of this string of English words, added shadows, gloss, and adjusted the angle, making this title very effective. Three-dimensional visual effect.
In Hu Bingwen's view, this title is like making each letter into a physical object, and the effect is quite magical!
Not only is it more beautiful, it is also more imposing and artistic.
Seeing this, Hu Bingwen was even more surprised!
Awesome, really awesome!
Watching him do PPT, it's like taking a class on "how to do PPT well". The key is the advanced class course.
Moreover, after watching for a while, Hu Bingwen discovered something that even more horrified him.
Xu Yiyang not only made the PPT beautiful, but also made the content in the PPT very professional.
No, it should be extremely professional!
He could tell that Xu Yiyang was making a set of courseware to teach students how to speak well in spoken English. He only saw a few pages of what he had made, and felt that the content he made was better than the regularly published speaking textbooks he had seen on the market. , all need to be professional!
Not only is it professional, but it also makes him feel very advanced in terms of teaching concepts, knowledge points, key points, and presentation methods!
As far as these few pages of PPT are concerned, the level has reached its peak.
Hu Bingwen was so amazed that he couldn't help but wonder to himself: "What does this kid do? Teacher? He's not the right age, a college student? It's possible, but which college student's level can be so high?"
Little did he know that the content Xu Yiyang has written into the courseware is all accumulated from his many years of English training.
It contains not only his hard work, Gu Sijia's hard work, and the hard work of so many foreign English teachers, but also the hard work of so many excellent training materials on the market.
Now he is the master of English speaking training in the next twenty years.
Hu Bingwen himself is a master of English education, so he can tell at a glance that Xu Yiyang is different.
At this moment, he urgently wanted to know why this young man had such ability at such a young age.
It happened that the seat next to Xu Yiyang was still vacant, so he calmly sat down next to Xu Yiyang.
He was going to find an opportunity to talk to Xu Yiyang first, get to know his general situation, and then get close to him.
Just when he was about to speak, the mobile phone in Xu Yiyang's pocket suddenly buzzed.
Xu Yiyang took out his cell phone and saw that it was Quancheng's landline number, so he guessed that it was Billy Stone calling him.
After all, he only left his number to him.
When I got on the phone, it was as expected.
Billy Stone's voice came, and he asked in English: "Hi, Xu, have you returned to Yingzhou?"
Xu Yiyang also replied in proficient English: "Hi, Billy, I'm already at the long-distance bus station now. I'm taking the eleven o'clock bus back. What's wrong? Do you have anything to do with me?"
As soon as Xu Yiyang said these words, Hu Bingwen was stunned.
Good guy!
This kid actually speaks with standard British pronunciation!
With his speaking skills, he should have no rivals at China Overseas International Studies University.
Even some English professors in the college may not have his speaking standards.
At this time, Billy on the phone said to Xu Yiyang: "Xu, that's the case. I have a classmate and good friend who is also an international student. She is very interested in the job you have arranged for me. She wants me to ask you if you are there. Still need someone?”
Xu Yiyang asked curiously: "Which country is she from?"
"British."
"That's good!" Xu Yiyang was overjoyed.
Americans and British people are the best candidates to be foreign teachers, because the English pronunciation in these two countries is relatively standard. If you switch to Australia, New Zealand or some European countries, the English pronunciation is magical.
If Billy could bring another British foreign teacher over, he would be more worry-free! At the same time, it can also further expand the scale of Jiayang Education!
So he asked Billy: "Is she graduating soon?"
"Yes!" said Billy Stone. "She's in the same situation as me."
With that said, Billy Stone hurriedly said: "Xu, if it's inconvenient for you, I can give her half of my workload and half of my salary. Do you think this is okay?"
Xu Yiyang smiled and said: "Billy, you don't need to do this. Please tell your friend and ask her to come to Yingzhou with you on Thursday. I will definitely make arrangements for her then."
Billy Stone said excitedly: "That's great, thank you! I will definitely take her there on Thursday!"
Xu Yiyang smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll see you on Thursday."
"OK, see you on Thursday!"
Xu Yiyang hung up the phone and prepared to continue working on his courseware.
Hu Bingwen on the side looked at him with a somewhat fanatical look, and his heart was already filled with turmoil.
This guy is an all-rounder in English!
What does he do
The technology in making courseware is very high, the content editing level is higher, and the speaking standard is impeccable...
Could it be that he is an ethnic Chinese who has lived overseas since he was a child
After all, without a good language environment and long-term training, it is difficult to develop such a good speaking level.
And Xu Yiyang doesn't look very old, so this can only be explained.
While Xu Yiyang had just hung up the phone and hadn't put on his headphones yet, Hu Bingwen finally couldn't hold himself back and asked Xu Yiyang: "Young man, what are you messing with?"
Xu Yiyang looked sideways and found an old man in his sixties or seventies sitting next to him, looking at him curiously.
He thought the other person was just an old man with a lot of curiosity, so he smiled and said, "It's nothing, just making some things that I need for study."
Hu Bingwen nodded. He guessed that Xu Yiyang might feel that he didn't understand, so he responded vaguely.
In fact, he could see that what Xu Yiyang made was not for study, but for lectures.
So, he asked tentatively: "Young man, I heard you were speaking English when you answered the phone just now. Did you grow up overseas?"
Xu Yiyang shook his head: "I have never been abroad at all."
"Huh? Never been abroad?"
Hu Bingwen was shocked, and all his previous judgments were overturned.
He couldn't help but ask: "Has anyone in your family studied abroad?"
Xu Yiyang said in his heart, my wife studied abroad, but I can't tell you this.
So he shook his head again: "No, none of my relatives have ever gone abroad."
Hu Bingwen feels a little dizzy. What's going on? Guessed wrong again
After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Xu Yiyang, an all-rounder in English, must be a college student from the English College.
The two best English colleges in the country are Zhonghai University and Yanjing University of Foreign Studies.
I have never heard of such a number one figure in China Overseas Chinese Language and Culture University. I estimate that 90% of this guy is a top student at Yenching International Studies University.
So, he pushed up his glasses, looked at Xu Yiyang and asked, "You must be a college student, right? Which university are you from?"
As a result, Xu Yiyang shook his head again: "I'm still in my third year of high school."
(End of chapter)