...of Mandarin), basic sentence structures, and everyday vocabularylike greetings, numbers, and simple conversational phrases. I also use real-life examples, visuals, flashcards, and repetition techniques to reinforce memory and pronunciation. I incorporate cultural elementssuch as festivals, etiquette, and traditionsto make the learning experience more engaging and relevant. What makes me confident in teaching Mandarin is not only my fluency in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English, but also my own experience learning and teaching across languages. I've worked...
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As a passionate educator with a deep-rooted love for Chinese language and culture, I am dedicated to inspiring my students to embark on a journey of linguistic and cultural exploration. With over 10 years of experience in tutoring, I bring a dynamic approach that combines traditional teaching methods with modern pedagogical techniques tailored to each student's unique learning style. I enjoy writing and journaling, cooking Chinese cuisine, travel and cultural exchange.
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...from UT Austin in 2015 with a B.A. in Economics and Psychology. Through the classes I took, I became interested in learning and motivation. I believe that education is extremely important, but learning should also be fun! My approach to tutoring involves a lot of communication and listening I try to figure out what the student understands and what the student needs help with. I hope to be able to inspire my students and help their...
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Hello! My name is Melissa and I'm a recent graduate from Georgetown University, with a BS in Business Administration-Management and minors in Environmental Studies and Entrepreneurship. Throughout my college years, I've had several experiences in mentorship roles, including leading the Iacocca Global Entrepreneurship Intensive for high school students. I'm excited to devote my newfound free time to tutoring others!
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I was a former professor at Kansas State University and an instructor at University of Houston. I am passionate about learning and teaching. I am a firm believer of good education, believing it to be absolutely necessary for an improved quality of life, better refined being. I try to impart this appreciation to all of my students.
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...a native Chinese speaker with experience teaching a beginning Chinese course in the middle school support program at the Wheeler School in Providence, RI. If you're interested in improving your Chinese (or just looking to start a new language!), please reach out to me! I will be working as a teaching assistant for a biology course at Brown this summer, but am always looking for more ways to get involved in education.
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...writing. I have a bachelors degree in Chinese from Brigham Young University and have been speaking Chinese since I was 19. From 2009-2011 I lived in Taiwan, and in 2013 I spent a semester studying in Nanjing. I am an excellent writer and have often been told by professors and potential employers that they are impressed by my English language skills. If you need help with writing (in English or Chinese), I'm your man!
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I have an engineering background and a strong knowledge of maths, and I speak native Mandarin Chinese. I also have managed a Chinese school and culture center. I would like to tutor all levels of students Maths and Chinese and help you to achieve your goals in different subjects. I look forward to working with you!... I would like to make my students feel more comfortable with their subject study and help them achieve a better...
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..."Say Yes to Education" for a year to help urban high school students to prepare for the SAT test and New York State regents in the Syracuse area. Helping students to work out questions with efficient methods instead of feeding them answers is my teaching strategy. With six years in higher education, I do know how to deliver my knowledge to students smoothly and effectively. I feel comfortable to help you with Algebra 1, Algebra...
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...food, the culture, and the people there so I decided to continue my studies as I returned to the United States. Since being home, I have been taking advanced Chinese grammar and culture classes and loving it! During this past year, I have also had experience teaching new language learners Mandarin. They, like I had previously done, were going to serve in Chinese-speaking parts of the world. I helped them go through an intensive 9-week...
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...worked on the invention of cryopreservative solutions used in human stem cells. After my Bachelor's degree graduation, I've got a job as a research assistant at The Department of Microbiology, CMU, working on a DNA vaccine for tuberculosis. While in college, I was constantly busy with classes, labs and tutors. My friends would ask me to explain the concept of complicated theories, methods and clinical applications. I always use metaphors in daily life or something evident...
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I am a polyglot that speaks 5 languages fluently and working on knowing another 2 more right now. I have been living nomadically since a very young age and love learning about people and cultures. I look forward to helping practice and learn a new skill. Language is so beautiful and can help you learn so much from people when traveling.
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...(MEC 290) of professor Daniel Gottlieb, Introduction to Microeconomics (Econ 1011) of professor Brian Rogers, and Development Economics (Econ 471) of professor Sanghmitra Gautam. As a tutor from 2012 to 2014 at California State University Fullerton where I got my master's degree in Economics (GPA 3.97), I helped undergraduate students, one-on-one, at Mihaylo College Tutoring Center, with courses such as Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, Introduction to Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics, and Intermediate Macroeconomics. Aside...
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...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 learned a lot from the students I've taught. To me, teaching is also a learning process. Not only reviewing what I know about the subjects, but most importantly, learning how to teach each student with different method, a unique one. Those teaching experience...
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...Chris, a writer and editor (and former Varsity Tutors user!) who's here to help you find your voice and communicate as smoothly as possible. I've been on tons of language learning journeys of my own, and I know how challenging it can be to improve, and I'm here to help you every step of the way. I can help with essay writing, creative writing, or crafting effective and compelling news articles, as well as helping...
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...while studying Mandarin on the side. Tutoring is one of the most satisfying things I've done. I take an interest in my students, and it's important to me to see them succeed. Helping them reach an understanding of something new, or of something they used to struggle with, really makes me feel great. Everyone is different, with a different cultural background, personality, and learning preference. I enjoy getting to know each one of my students,...
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...with an initiative that aims to ignite and nurture a passion for the brain throughout the Harlem community. Our program strives to make neuroscience education more engaging and accessible, to empower and inspire young students by extending mentoring resources to local East Harlem public schools. During my tenure with MiNDS, I've served as a volunteer lecturer during our neuroscience lecture series we put on for a class of 7th graders at East Harlem's Patrick Henry...
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Born and raised in China. Fluent no accent Chinese. Been here since 17 so no problem communicating with English. Ex-filmmaker. Probably the best Mandarin tutor you can find out in film industry. Experienced mandarin tutor with students age range 3 - 50. Personalize learning style just for you.
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My goal is to promote the language skills and understanding of the Chinese culture for Americans who are interested in Mandarin Chinese. Using typical Pin-Yin system and my unique teaching tools for guidance, you will soon discover that you can communicate in Mandarin Chinese and the ability of self improvement. That is your take away!
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Oxford 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 Oxford 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
