When I was a child, our house would be bustling with activity every Chinese New Year, when all our relatives and friends gathered together. These moments always made me feel especially relieved and happy. At this time, my grandfather would always tell stories to the younger generation, such as the legend of the “New Year’s Beast” and how the Spring Festival had become an important festival for the Chinese people. I still remember that I was naïve enough to believe in the existence of the New Year beast. As time went by, my grandfather’s stories about the New Year’s beast deeply influenced me and stimulated my interest in traditional festivals, as well as my interest in Chinese history and traditional culture.

If you’re interested, you can check out the link I’ve provided, which describes the Chinese Lunar New Year.

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/chinese-new-year

I used Twine to create a game short story.

The game I’ve created is a short, heartwarming story that I hope will make you smile.
Here are the screenshots of the game.

file:///Users/stone/Downloads/little%20story.html

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In this week’s study, I learned to use pictures and audio descriptions to attract the audience. The video images also help me to visualize what I’m going to say next. I tried to use Mayer’s Segmenting Principle, Mayer’s Spatial and Temporal Contiguity principles, and UDL Guidelines. I did not utilize Mayer’s I didn’t utilize Mayer’s Signalling principle because I couldn’t find any other source for the video.
However, when I record a video, I need to prepare what I’m going to say in advance, and that’s what I do. I hope that the next time I shoot a video, I won’t rely too much on my prepared script.

-In this week’s reading, I think Malcolm Gladwell’s speech was my favorite. He impressed his audience by describing the characterization of a person. Providing a lot of detail to make the character come to life in the audience’s mind.

-I used to write my speeches as if they were scripted in advance. Although I might forget some details when I’m nervous, preparing in advance makes me feel more at ease. I know that I should also work on my ability to improvise, so I’m trying to improve my skills in my future studies.