...but also through tutoring others. Before coming to the US, I managed an ELS school and also taught English there. During my 20 years in the US, besides working full-time as an biomedical researcher, I have tutored English and Chinese to my family, friends and new immigrants. I believe that a language is inseparable from its culture and an increased understanding of a culture can greatly enhance the enjoyment of learning the language. As your...
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...learning environment where students feel empowered to explore and express their ideas. I strive to connect with each student by tailoring my approach to their individual learning styles, ensuring they not only grasp the material but also develop a genuine interest in the subject matter. My goal is to inspire curiosity and critical thinking, guiding students toward academic success while instilling a lifelong love for learning. In my free time, I enjoy exploring cultural studies...
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Hi, I am Noah and I'm an actuarial science major at Illinois State University. I'm pretty good at math and science. I also have experience teaching English abroad.
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...or anyone curious about Mandarin. My teaching style is warm, patient, and empowering. I believe that building confidence is just as important as mastering content. I focus on simplifying complex ideas, encouraging questions, and helping students gain both academic success and personal growth. If you're looking for a supportive tutor who understands your unique learning needs and can guide you through subjects like Accounting, Marketing, Business Fundamentals, or Mandarin, I'd love to work with you....
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I am currently an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Math and Economics. In high school, I was the Founder of my own nonprofit organization and a 2019 Coca-Cola Scholar.
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...tour guide and travel agent, catering to international tourists from the United States, Canda, and Australia during their visits to Taiwan. Whether it involves introducing attractions, arranging accommodations and dining options, or resolving any issues that arise, my role has enabled me to actively listen, understand learner's needs, and communicate effectively. I believe that learning language is not only about learning the knowledge, but about utilizing the language in daily life and understanding the meaning...
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...graduated with Master in Finance at Johns Hopkins University. Before that, I majored in British and American literature. I have always enjoyed tutoring, either it's teaching Chinese and English or Math, Accounting, and Finance. I'm a tango and bachata dancer and a realistic portrait sketcher. I like hiking and was lucky enough to reach Mt. Everest base camp. I'm planning to have some training, so that I can reach the top in the not too...
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...in France! I love to tutor language and writing, Chinese is my maternal language, but I'm also fluent in english, french, and spanish. I am also now pursuing a masters degree in france where alongside continuing to teach languages and social issues at the university level (most recently for the University of Paris Nanterre) I am working on a thesis about the history of communism told through collaborations between state sanctioned publishing houses in China...
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...University. After graduation, I studied Mandarin Chinese for a year in Taiwan and then went backpacking through China. I can help you learn basic Mandarin Chinese (1 and 2), walk you through your political science studies, or bang out a killer essay. My two biggest priorities as a tutor are to teach you the *practical* skills you need to master your subject, and to give you a learning experience that is both fun and engaging.
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...at Boston College. My favorite part of teaching is getting to know students and creating course materials that engage students to make learning fun and accessible. I mainly tutor math and Chinese. I believe that each student is fully capable of understanding material. It just depends on how the material is presented to them. My goal is to meet each student where they are at, and support them in learning the way they learn best!
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...Multilingual Interpreting and one in Asian Studies - as well as two certificates in other areas. I have extensive tutoring experience, ranging over many subject areas. I currently teach English to students in China via video call. I'm familiar with current school expectations for students, especially local curriculum, as well as college-level work. My favorite subjects to teach are languages - I speak 7, at varying levels of proficiency. I like to laugh and have...
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...skill levels. Each student is unique, and I firmly believe in tailoring my teaching approach to meet their individual needs. I strive to create a supportive and engaging learning environment, where students feel comfortable asking questions, expressing their challenges, and exploring mathematical concepts at their own pace. My teaching philosophy centers around the idea of making math accessible and relatable. I understand that many students find mathematics daunting and overwhelming. Therefore, I focus on breaking...
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...ranging from biology to math to languages (Mandarin, Spanish, ELA/ESL). In addition, I will be starting medical school in the fall of 2020 so I can tutor subjects related to the MCAT or college/graduate admissions. My philosophy is to explain the new information in a way that you can relate it to your own life and gain a deeper understanding of it. I'm excited to work with you to achieve your academic goals!
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Mathematic Lover. Like to discuss and solve different math questions with students. I would like to use my skill and passion to inspire my students through the number.
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I'm excited to help students reach their goals, particularly students that have issues with the formats and nature of tests themselves. I know that testing itself can flummox some students who are otherwise bright and qualified, which is why I want to help them overcome this.
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...tutored with MIT's Academic Teaching Initiative to teach high school students AP Computer Science during my freshman year in college. I've also worked at the Smithsonian summer camps as a counselor for a programming camp and digital arts camp. Outside of academics, I'm in MIT's all female a capella group, the MIT Muses, and I do copy editing with MIT's student newspaper, The Tech. I also enjoy cooking, running, and photography in my spare time.
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I am a determined, responsible tutor that will help students succeed academically. As a student myself until not too long ago, I understand the importance of getting clear instructions and having supportive instructors.... I put myself in the student's shoes. I often ask myself, if I'm the student, what will be the most confusing part?... I ask the student what is bothering him and what he knows about the subject.... I teach the student the strategy...
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My interest in numbers led me to a bachelor's degree in Actuarial science and a master's in Statistics with the focus on data analysis. I was on the Dean's Student Awards List the entire undergraduate years and in honor college during the first two years of study. While exploring my passion for statistics during my master's degree, I also have taken part in various financial classes and machine learning classes at Columbia.
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...and ni hao! I'm Tom, and I tutor Psychology, English, and basic Chinese Mandarin, as well as their respective standardized tests. I'm a graduate of SUNY Stony Brook and St. John's University, and am currently a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology. Prior to my doctoral studies, I was an adjunct teaching Psychology in Tucson, AZ, as well as a Chinese linguist. I believe learning can and should be fun, especially in subjects as embedded into...
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Mandarin Chinese 1 Tutoring FAQ
Mandarin Chinese 1 courses equip you with knowledge of the core fundamentals of the Mandarin dialect and prepares you for more advanced studies in the language. While this may be the first in a sequence of Mandarin classes that you are planning to take, you should not assume that it will necessarily be the easiest one. It's possible you may encounter more trouble in this class than in more advanced ones because of the initial challenges that learning Mandarin Chinese presents. Throughout the course, you will be expected to familiarize yourself with several different ways of representing Chinese text, including Pinyin Romanization, simplified characters, and traditional characters. For students who grew up speaking a language based on the Latin alphabet, this can present a large obstacle from the very first day of instruction. Additionally, students must learn to work with both hand-written and typed forms, which can cause additional stress. If this challenging subject has you down, get connected with a Mandarin Chinese 1 tutor in your area for one-on-one instruction.
Certain features of spoken Mandarin also present a bit of a learning curve. For example, Mandarin Chinese's use of four tones can create a stumbling block for new students. English makes extremely little use of tones, while Mandarin speakers rely on tone as a significant factor in determining the meaning of a spoken sentence. These initial difficulties must be surmounted before students can proceed with the main work of Mandarin Chinese 1, which is learning the core vocabulary needed to express yourself and communicate with others in the language.
Classes typically expect you to express your own opinions and back them up with evidence using vocabulary and grammatical knowledge that has been gained. They also require you to develop comprehensive understanding of cultural implications and the ability to discuss Chinese culture in the Mandarin tongue. If you are having trouble mastering the features of Mandarin Chinese or retaining all of the vocabulary that you need to memorize, one-on-one Mandarin Chinese 1 tutoring can give you the personalized help that you require to excel.
At Varsity Tutors, our educational directors connect you with a private instructor based on your individual needs. To make the process as effective as possible, your independent tutor will analyze your current Mandarin Chinese knowledge, your concerns about your class, and the teaching methods that allow you to learn best. They can then use this information to help you connect with a Mandarin Chinese 1 tutor who suits your academic profile. Your knowledgeable tutor can take stock of your Mandarin knowledge and create an individual learning plan for your Mandarin Chinese 1 tutoring sessions. This plan can focus on just the aspects of Mandarin Chinese in which it would most benefit you to improve your understanding. This way, you do not need to review material that already makes sense to you, allowing each of your tutoring sessions to be efficient and effective.
A Mandarin Chinese tutor can guide you through exercises targeting your weakest areas, answering your questions and providing feedback along the way. A tutor can even provide opportunities to practice your conversational skills and help you master the tone-based pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese terms if this aspect of the language is giving you trouble. No matter what parts of your Mandarin Chinese 1 class you are struggling with, a tutor can address these troublesome areas with targeted assistance. The Varsity Tutors live learning platform allows you to meet with a private tutor either in person or face-to-face online. This gives you the flexibility to meet with your tutor at the time and location of your choice, whether it be daytime, evenings, or even weekends, and whether it's at a local library, cafe, or in your own home.
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Recent Mandarin Chinese 1 Tutoring Session Notes
In this class, we worked on the Chinese consonants and vowels. As a singer, the student was very talented in grasping different tones, he was able to read every tone accurately. We also practiced reading more pinyin by showing some sample words. We will do more practice and introduce some characters in Chinese.
The student had a good session today. He learned his dictation words and copied two sentences containing those words. He read a passage out loud in Chinese. He checked his work and made corrections to previous workbook page and completed one additional page in his workbook.
The student and I went over the previous session's dialogue on date and time, and then we went over a new dialogue involving hobbies. We also reviewed basic sentence structures and various modifications of sentence structure, and we practiced a few grammar drills. We also discussed ways to maintain Mandarin skills, including watching movies or TV shows in Mandarin.
We mainly reviewed the characters learned in the past two weeks. I asked the students to read and recognize the characters I put on the presentation paper. The characters were about colors and common objects in real life so I also reviewed the meanings of them by asking them to connect the colors to the objects by reading the characters. We played a game in which the squares were presented in Chinese characters to improve their recognition. I also introduced a traditional Chinese food, zong zi, as today is the holiday to have that food.
I taught the student eight words (up, down, big, small, you, me, hello, goodbye) and reintroduced the word for dog. We did some charades to help memorize the new words and created very simple sentences to help her remember and contextualize the vocabulary. For example, I taught her how to say "my dog is big" and "your dog is small". We used flashcards to help teach this point, which I think helped a lot. I told her to study her flashcards and bring them to our session next week.
New monthly vocab: Last name, name, called. Chinese last names: Wang, Li, Chen, Zhang
History of Chinese last names
Vocab practice (word search)
Listening practice (online videos)
Convo practice (What is your name? What is your brother's name? Where are you from? What is your favorite Chinese food? etc.)
Character writing practice
