...very fulfilled from helping students learn a new language. I have two philosophies when teaching Cantonese: 1) practice makes perfect, 2) listen and watch. I believe Cantonese students become successful when they use these two philosophies to learn the tones, unique sounds, and complex phrases. My interests are in public health and hospital administration. I am more than happy to share or give advice about working in the health field. Outside of work, I am...
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...a minor in Public Policy. I previously was a teaching assistant at the University of Washington for a summer writing course aimed towards middle and high school students, as well as a volunteer at the Coalition of Refugees from Burma, where I assisted an adult technology and conversational English class. After completing the IB Diploma program two years ago, I would love to tutor middle to high school students in subjects related to English writing...
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...taken courses and seminars at the Warner Graduate School of Education. I have taught English and Social Studies to K-9 students throughout New York City and prepared high school students for college applications and essay writing. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about English, Literature, History, and foreign languages (Mandarin and Japanese). In my experience, I found that helping my students develop a love for learning is by far...
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I am a Brooklyn native who loves to travel and teach. Since completing my Bachelor's and Master's in Math Education at Hunter College/MaCaulay Honors College (2009), I spend most of my time doing volunteer work, private tutoring and teaching...
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...nurses in medication use) learning. I also set up a residency program and provided bedside teaching. A valuable experience to allow me to grow in my career as a healthcare professional and teacher. I am also Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) and Geriatric Pharmacy (BCGP). Recently I moved back to New York City and have been serving the community by educating and providing information to clients visiting the pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Preparing for...
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As an enthusiastic and dedicated educator with two years of teaching experience, I am deeply passionate about inspiring students and fostering a love for learning. My journey as a teacher has been guided by a commitment to creating engaging and inclusive learning environments where every student feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential.
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...and daily applications. I am confident in helping my students understand difficult concepts or principles. I believe everyone has the potential in being successful in the fields that one desires, and I love helping people and seeing them perform better and better. I understand that struggling with a subject can be frustrating, and I try my best effort to help my students in a timely manner. I am excited for the opportunity to help you...
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...of America in 2015. In addition to supervising the children and helping them with their school works, I produced two academic papersone strongly advocates for more funding on youth anti-violence programs, and another one identifies the challenges that international students might confront and provides several viable solutions. I also partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County and Big Brothers Big Sisters, aiming to enable children to reach their full potential. For...
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...University of Portland. I spend part of my leisure time tutoring students and peers in Mandarin at my school for 2 years. I enjoy working with students with pronunciation, reading, writing and speaking conversations. I grew up in Hong Kong. I learned to speak three languages fluently since I was in kindergarten. I am confident in helping with your Mandarin skills. I believe everyone could succeed in excelling in the language if they try.
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...activities to make learning a joyous experience. My work experience has also confirmed my ongoing passion for teaching, as demonstrated by the award I received in 2021 for The Outstanding Prospective Teachers Award Gold Award. During the selection process, my passion, sincerity, and teaching skills were recognized by the judging panel, who are principals from different primary and secondary schools. My teaching philosophy revolves around a student-centered approach. Recognizing the pitfalls of a teacher-centered model,...
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...professional in Accounting field for over 22 years. I have a Bachelors of Science major in Accounting, and minor in Business Administration, I also obtained a Professional Diploma HR Management . I am Bilingual English/Arabic Classic and Egyptian Dialect. I passed the State Exam for Language other than English LOTE for Teaching, at Superior level. I have a great passion for teaching and reach my utmost self-satisfaction when I hear and see the "Ahaa gotcha"...
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...There is another thing that is really important---feedback. As we learn and as we go, if we don't get feedback we will started to lose interest and motivation. That is why it is so important to let students know what they made on the test as soon as possible. I believe my experience and concept of teaching will make a great fit for you and anyone who needs it. Give me a try and I...
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I am a Ph.D. student studying Organizational Leadership. I am passionate at helping students learn because I myself love education. My preferred tutoring subjects are languages, mathematics, and Biblical Studies. I speak English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and I can read and write Greek and Hebrew. I want to make you successful in your learning whether you are trying hard to get that diploma or you are preparing yourself for your future career.
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...Perhaps you are looking for help to take the first step in the right direction; perhaps you are looking for the jump-start that will get your brain cells fired up; perhaps you are looking for ways to figure out seemingly unsolvable problems, whichever your case might be, I am willing to help. I graduated with a BS in Chemistry and am currently pursuing my Master's degree in Chemical Engineering. Therefore, I have a strong backgroud...
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...skill to weed out noises, lies, and falsehoods from all the information available to us. Knowing this, in my teaching practice, I try my best to inculcate a critical thinking method in my students so that they can achieve lifetime learning on their own. I will teach students how to gather information and evaluate the voracity of it, and how to apply good information to solve a problem. My goal is to help student to...
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...a perfect learning environment. When I was a teaching assistant in high school, teaching Chinese to middle school students from UK was really a stressful work. I remember the first few days, sitting in classroom was so boring that every one was trying to escape. When the teacher decided we all drop the textbooks and went to the playground, students were cheering, we talked and laughed. I realized the words we taught them in the...
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...with the process of learning. Feedback from successful students has allowed me to recognize how effective the approaches toward tutoring mine have been for all learning types in various academic subjects. While my tutoring students gain much from their experiences from me, I equally gain so much insight and knowledge from the students I tutor. I have a passion for learning and my goal is to help every student I tutor to cultivate their own...
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I was educated in China and the United States. Having taken many mathematics courses in both countries, I learned many ways to solve math problems by using strategies learned in both cultures. Therefore my background, in both learning and teaching math, is very strong.
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...Calculus 1 and Calculus 2. I have a strong foundation of Calculus since I joined an intensive Calculus program in City College in my junior year in high school and got a 5 in AP calculus AB in my senior year. The math course in Cooper Union is very challenging, but that's what motivate me to do better. I have developed strategies to break down math problems into smaller pieces for my students to help...
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...and psychology, as I've mentioned, I also tutor Chinese. In fact, I am currently tutoring an elementary student. Through my tutoring experience I have found ways to modify standards and to to gain feedback from my student. As I am a linguistic lover, I like to explore the language field with my student by sharing the topics we both like most. In the free time, I like to read new academic information in my field...
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Cantonese Tutoring FAQ
Cantonese is a dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong and internationally, and is notable for its relative popularity in the United States. If you've made it your goal to learn Cantonese, whether in preparation for a trip, for business purposes, or to fulfill an academic language requirement, it is important that you be particular about the way in which you go about learning this language. Classes that simply teach you Chinese may very well teach you Mandarin, the dialect of Chinese that is spoken by the greatest number of people. While Mandarin and Cantonese both are represented using Chinese characters, a great number of differences between the dialects make them extremely distinct, to the point where speakers of each are unintelligible to one another. Your Cantonese tutor can assist you in speaking and writing this dialect most fluently.
The way in which a Mandarin speaker and a Cantonese speaker pronounce a certain character can differ widely, and Cantonese involves unique grammatical rules and sentence structures in comparison to Mandarin. Cantonese also includes characters not used in Mandarin, and to make matters more confusing, certain characters can mean one thing in Mandarin and a completely different thing in Cantonese! Obviously, if you want to learn Cantonese, you need to find instruction and resources that deal with this dialect specifically. In the long run, you will be able to effectively communicate and possibly find opportunities you never thought possible - from detailed conversations with Chinese friends to furthering your studies in this area, or landing a job that requires such abilities. A future trip to China can end up being productive and interesting, being that you'll be able to communicate on an impressive level with the locals.
What's an eager student to do, however, if the only Chinese instruction offered to them deals solely with the Mandarin dialect? Varsity Tutors can help you hurdle this obstacle by helping you connect with personalized Cantonese tutoring. One-on-one Cantonese tutoring can help you learn the language efficiently, while helping you build the skills needed to reach your specific goals. Our educational directors can help you select a superb, independent tutor whose skill set best equips them to help you, taking into consideration your current understanding of Cantonese and your previous education in the language. They look at the aspects of Cantonese you understand well, the aspects of the language you find confusing, and even your preferred learning style. Your tutor can identify any gaps in your current level of Cantonese knowledge and then create a curriculum for your Cantonese tutoring sessions focused on helping you master the material you most need to learn or review.
Additionally, because each Cantonese tutoring session is conducted in a one-on-one setting, you can have your instructor's full attention. That means if you have a question about the material, you can have it answered immediately in a way that makes sense to you. You can also receive feedback on your work as soon as you finish an exercise, or practice your conversational skills with an excellent speaking partner. The tutor's level of detail will certainly challenge you, but in a way that makes sure you know how you are progressing. This will leave little guesswork once you are fluent and able to communicate with someone whose first language is Cantonese. 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.
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Recent Cantonese Tutoring Session Notes
I went over her practice test that she had taken earlier that day in preparation for her chemistry exam on 4.26. The test reviewed many topics from this semester as well as new material on the crystal field theory and splitting energy.
Today the student had to take a practice midterm exam of the first six sessions since we started working together. As far as the material goes, she seemed to be pretty comfortable with it. There are still some things she needs to work on, but we had already gone over those together. We also reviewed the second half of material since we picked up our sessions again. Since those are more recent, she didn't have many questions with the concepts.
To start I gave the student a quiz on the vocabulary from lesson 4, dialogue 1, which he did very well on. We briefly reviewed grammar, then spent most of the remaining time working on translations, mostly from English to Chinese.
Today, we talked about pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, and quantifiers in Chinese. We finished the core vocabulary for preparing the test, so next class we will start talking about the sentence structures.
Reading practice ( a short poem)
Writing practice
Final 4 week review of:
-Personal introductions
-Basic greetings
-Words in the class room (teacher, students, classmates etc.)
Vocabulary memory game
Go Fish
Today, we practiced and performed the presentation that the student had prepared for her mother. She gave a presentation using photos of her family and explaining who each member was in Mandarin Chinese. We then sang and danced to a children's song in Mandarin. The rest of the class focused on pin-yin pronunciation practice.
