On Monday afternoon, freshmen of Internet and New Media in Communication University of Zhejiang learned a sign language song Chinese Nation on their ideological and political class. The lecturer was Professor He Renfu from School of Marxism, who has been trying new teaching methods in his 14 years teaching career. He said, "Singing, while making gestures will integrate the meaning of lyrics and the body, leaving more vivid impression on students. "

Whenever he taught the sign language song, Pro.He would choose a song relevant to the teaching theme on that day. For example, on the first day of school, he taught the song Starting All over Again to remind students that they should "never forget why they start" and adapt a good learning attitude. In the teaching about harmonious relationship, he chose the song Loving Family. Now, students have been used to this teaching pattern.

Professor He mentions that it takes a lot of time and energy to learn a sign language song. Before class, he always practices these movements with videos. Sometimes, he practices with his wife late into night. He also asks his students to perform sitcoms to deepen their understanding of theories.

This reflects a teaching mode conceived by himself --- "life-oriented" and "disposition oriented", which aims to transform teaching contents into something more closely related to the life of students, and guide them to further understand life through self-exploration, thus cherishing and respecting life. In this way, the goals of ideological and political class, namely convincing people by reasoning, moving people by emotion, educating people by morality, and finally people's self-cultivating, have been realized. His efforts have also gain wide recognition and positive response from students.

(Executive Editor: Lubin WANG)