...cultural background, born in Beijing, China, and growing up in Nagoya, Japan. I have also lived in Florence, Italy for a year studying fashion design, and lived in NYC for over 12 years being a fashion designer. I have moved to Portland, Oregon 2 years ago and loving the closeness with nature surroundings and the beautiful forests here. I'm passionate about languages and sharing different cultures, I also enjoy being creative and spend time doing...
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I am Chinese and fluent in Chinese as well as profession in English. I hold a master degree in Early Childhood Education from University of Georgia. I have Gerogia teaching certificate (k-5). I have participated in a teaching internship as well as student teaching. Additionally, I taught Chinese children English for half year.
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I am a recent graduate of physics at the University of Arizona, with two years of teaching experience at the college level. During my education, i always found teaching one of the most enjoyable aspects of my day and continue to believe that teaching can spread not only knowledge of a subject, but passion and interest.
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...student can work together very effectively. My teaching philosophy is made up of just four simple words: Love, Motivation, Fun, and Strategy. The first step in leading students is to help them love the subject. Education is not all about teaching knowledge and skills. The most important thing is to enjoy learning and help them shape their academic future. When students love a particular subject, they will be motivated to put in more time and...
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...2 years of experience, I am dedicated to helping students excel in subjects ranging from ACT prep to Mandarin Chinese. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Chinese Language & Literature at the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, I draw on my academic background to provide tailored support for diverse learning needs. My teaching philosophy centers on understanding each student's unique challenges and adapting my lesson plans to foster their confidence and success....
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...an easier way to solve questions. My teaching philosophy is that there is no student who cannot improve: every individual has a preferred method for arriving at an answer, and it's up to the tutor to guide them towards optimal performance. Although I graduated with a science degree, I study philosophy and history for fun. I enjoy playing board games and piecing puzzles together. Nothing makes me more proud than to nurture students into mature,...
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I am an honest and self-motivated person with strong sense of responsibility. I love to make innovations, no matter in computer science or in music. I dreamed to combine my background in both information technology and music to explore realms in modern, computer-aided music composition/performance.
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...and your soon-to-be favorite Chinese tutor. By day, I work in cyber threat intelligence (yes, I really do track hackers online), and by passion, I'm a lifelong language lover who genuinely enjoys helping others learn Mandarin without fear, confusion, or endless grammar drills. I speak Mandarin natively, English like a D.C. local, and Russian and Serbian like someone who's taken too many language exams for fun. Born Tibetan and raised in the richness of multiple...
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Mathematics is a fundamental tool for understanding and exploring the real world.... My teaching philosophy is to maximize the potential of each student, and to help them find the best solution and learning skills for them by using my professional knowledge and patience.
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My interest in tutoring stems from my love of learning and passion in sharing the learning process with others. I have roughly two years of experience tutoring one-on-one and at learning centers in both high school and college. My hobbies and interested include Jogging, hiking, yoga, reading, language learning, traveling, video gaming and comic books. ... Besides imparting knowledge, one of the most important lessons a teacher can teach a student is "how to learn" and...
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...Buffalo this February. I majored in TESOL (teaching English to Speaker of Other Languages) for my graduate study. I'd like to get to know my students and help my students enjoy learning by their own characteristics and help them to improve their lanaguage use in their L2. I'm a native madarin speaker from Beijing, and I'm proficient both in madarin and English, so if you are a madarin speaker or an English speaker and you...
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I know that it's hard to learn and master a foreign language without help. I have had experiences in language tutoring. I'm very happy helping others in their studies. Both my language level and my teaching skills will guarantee the quality and efficiency of the tutoring.... Set a good communication between us, try to understand the student's goal and needs, and clarify the basic rules to follow in all sessions.... Interactivity between teacher and student is...
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...I was in college back to the year 1993. Starting with the math lab tutor in the college, I've taught hundreds students over the past 20+ years. I have experience with younger students (elementary school) from the after school programs and summer camps. Also, I have experience with junior and senior high school students. Of course, being a college math lab tutor, I gain some valuable experience working with the college level students. I also...
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My name is Zhupeng Li. Originally, I am from Beijing, China. I just graduated from Southern New Hampshire University. The major of my masters degree is Teaching English as a Foreign Language. I also got the Certificate of teaching Chinese as a foreign language in China.
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...in I/O Psychology at Hofstra University. I am teaching an undergrad statistics class (in behavioral science), and I love the experience -- helping students always fill me with a sense of accomplishment which I enjoy. I have my strength in research methods and statistics, and these are the subjects that I have most experience teaching and practicing. I am properly equipped to help anyone from undergraduate to doctorate studies regarding these subjects. I am also...
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As a dedicated tutor currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in International Relations at Brigham Young University, I have over 2 years of experience teaching subjects such as Algebra, History, Geography, and Mandarin Chinese. My goal is to help building confidence and success in individuals actively trying to grow. In my spare time, I enjoy exploring diverse cultures through travel and language, which enriches my perspective and enhances my tutoring methods.
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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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I moved to University Sates to work for a university job from China over 11 years ago. Currently, I am working for an industry company. I received my PhD in food science from South China University of Technology in 2011. In addition, I received my MBA from West Texas A& M University in 2019. I am able to tutor a variety of subjects including daily conversation, school projects and business setting negotiation.
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...University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with a minor in Chinese and obtained a teaching licensure in secondary sciences. As a student teacher and a certified science teacher, I have taught both Standard and Honors Chemistry, honors Earth Environmental Science, and AP Environmental Science. My tutoring experience started when I worked with elementary school students and continued during my high school years and college. I peer...
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Waterloo Mandarin Chinese 2 Tutoring FAQ
Students taking Mandarin Chinese 2 build on the language skills they acquired in Mandarin Chinese 1 in order to improve their fluency in the dialect and gain a more complete understanding of Mandarin Chinese-speaking cultures. The biggest challenge for many students taking Mandarin Chinese 2 turns out to be keeping their knowledge of previously learned concepts fresh and ready for active use while learning new material. Certain challenges that first appeared in Mandarin Chinese 1 may persist as obstacles that need to be continuously surmounted in more advanced coursework.
When learning new vocabulary, students are still expected to express terms in traditional Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters, and Pinyin Romanization, as well as pronounce vocabulary using the unintuitive tonal system of Mandarin Chinese. If students struggled with any of these topics in their previous coursework, it might spell trouble for them in Mandarin Chinese 2. While it is difficult enough to expand your understanding of increasingly complex grammatical constructions, learn additional vocabulary, and master new social details, it is the cumulative nature of the course that often proves to be a student's most imposing challenge. Classes spend relatively little time in reviewing previous course content, and you may have a hard time figuring out exactly which concepts it would most benefit you to review. Even if you can self-identify the weak points in your understanding, mastering this content can be extremely difficult without knowledgeable assistance.
If you are looking for guidance in your course, Mandarin Chinese tutoring might be just the thing to help you streamline your studies. Whether you need help with vocabulary or a grammatical concept from your previous course, your tutor can focus on exactly the material you need to review. Your tutor can create a customized learning plan for your Mandarin Chinese 2 tutoring sessions that focuses on the material you struggle with most, saving you time and energy by not asking you to review concepts that you have already mastered. If it is your speaking skills that could use more practice, your tutor makes for an excellent conversation partner. If it is reading or writing in Mandarin Chinese that you find most confusing, your tutor can help you work through targeted practice exercises, providing feedback and answering any questions you may have about the material along the way. If you need to prepare for an exam, your tutor can help you focus on reviewing the content that it will test. No matter what your particular concerns are with your Mandarin Chinese 2 course, your tutor can help you address them.
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Recent Waterloo Mandarin Chinese 2 Tutoring Session Notes
We worked on Lesson 13 Asking Directions. Giving directions is one of the hardest topics in learning Mandarin. We worked on direction and location words. Also, we practiced comparative sentences, special Mandarin word usages such as "dao," "guo", and resultative complements.
I did needs analysis at the beginning including at the student's current level, Chinese learning background, expectation from this tutoring session, and the general schedule to meet every week. We started some vocabulary for "family tree" as warm-up, and I left some homework for preview and extra homework. She didn't show me grades but I prepared some exercise as a quiz to see where she is. From her feedback, we decided to use her textbook as the main materials, include all language skills especially grammar and writing. We'll meet once a week for 90 minutes at 2:00pm, at the Library.
In the session, I was impressed by her Chinese proficiency. She has no difficulty understanding my questions and can express herself perfectly. We went over the grammar and practiced two sets of questions, we also had a dictation to help her review the vocabulary. I truly enjoyed working with her.
The student made a mother's day card for his mom in Chinese. He also needed help preparing for his math test tomorrow, so we reviewed the distributive, commutative, identity, and associative properties of addition and multiplication. He also completed some challenging problems using those properties and then I gave him some FOIL problems, which he figured out on his own with no teaching from me.
The student and I started off by going over common conversational phrases and trying to have a conversation in Mandarin using the question-response format. We went over "Where are you from?", "Where is the bathroom?", "What time is it?" etc. We also went over two old dialogues, one involving hobbies/going out and one involving family, in order to review old vocabulary. We finished off by going over a new dialogue which expanded the vocabulary relating to hobbies.
This is the last session and we did revision of most the vocabulary of the semester. There were at least three different kinds of vocabulary, and we made sentences or asked questions to connect them together to strengthen the usages of them as well as the recognition. With scaffolding the student could made sentences using most of the vocabulary.
