Teachers have always employed memorization and recitation techniques in education.

In 1977, I founded the Cinema Language Academy. Attendees sat in a cinema theater, reciting aloud visuals displayed on the screen. The darkness alleviated their fear of making mistakes. For instance, in the first lesson, we were introduced to a homeowner showing us her house. Every time she mentioned a room, a close-up of her lips was projected.

She repeated each sentence three times in succession.

The audience followed her pronunciation, reciting the sentence with her, just like karaoke.

Each sentence was projected and audibly repeated three times:

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"THIS IS THE BATHROOM, THIS IS THE BATHROOM,

THIS IS THE BATHROOM"

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The cinema operator encouraged participants to join and loudly speak the text.

Thus, for 45 minutes, the audience, like a choir, loudly spoke dozens of English words and sentences for everyday use.

Knowledge tests employed the same method.

A room's picture was projected on the screen, and when a predetermined sound played through the speakers, the entire audience shouted the room's name together, loudly and joyfully, encouraged by the operator.

In the darkness, no one was ashamed to shout or make mistakes. Thousands of people learned spoken English this way in the six branches I established in cinema halls.