This is part of my personal statement,please help me This is part of my personal statement, and I really need your advice. I have also acquired practical experience in teaching. I first taught an American Chinese when I was a sophomore. I taught him daily dialogues and Chinese characteristics. It gave me a strong sense of achievement when native Chinese speakers were surprised how well his Chinese was and he replied “Xiexie! This is because I have a good Chinese teacher!” Over the past three years, I have worked as a Chinese teacher and a youth worker to young adults during summer vacations. My experience working in varied environments has enabled me to develop a range of practical skills. I am able to manage challenging behavior effectively, conduct activities safely and communicate with people from diverse backgrounds. This semester I interned at the XX University, and I faced more challenges than I had expected. I found that students could not remember much of the previous lesson and could not reproduce expressions in dialogue practice. I adjusted the teaching method, reduced the number of vocabularies they needed to learn, and increased the repetition rate. I also encouraged them to create new scenarios to vary language patterns. The students' interest and accuracy increased, and this experience made me realize the importance of teaching methodologies. I also helped organize activities such as “World Culture week” that engaged students in raising general awareness about cultural diversity. Chinese teachers do not just take the responsibilities to provide students means of better career, but also contribute to making people in different cultures come closer. As a graduate of a Chinese department, I have a clear vision of the present state and the promising future of Chinese teaching. We are in want of not only solid principles of second language acquisition, but also effective teaching methodologies. For that reason, I am applying to your Master's Program in Teaching Chinese As A Second Language. The program attracts me with its outstanding faculty and curriculum which provide knowledge about second language acquisition theories and methodologies about teaching Chinese in international curriculum such as IB, GCSE, AP. It also provides opportunities for students to experience in the real second language classroom and gives theory a chance to perfect itself in practice.