...these subjects, and hope they both play an active role in my career and life. My goal within the next two years is to earn a Masters degree in a psychology-related field, such as social work or counseling. Currently, I am a tutor for Mandarin Chinese. I learned most of my Chinese while living in Taiwan for a year and a half, 2013-2014. During that time, I would spend many hours every day interacting with...
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I am a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese. I have lived in New York for more than two years and I am currently working as a development associate for a non-profit organization. I am sufficiently qualified to teach Chinese. I spent two years working as a social worker, so I was trained to be patient, and detail-oriented.
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...to serve a two-year religious mission. During my two years at the Academy, I greatly improved my study habits, workout routines and military proficiency. I worked hard in order to give each class and duty all my effort. In addition to the academics, military, and physical requirements, I volunteered for many extra duties and loved being involved. Some of the extracurricular activities were; I received the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge my 3rd class year,...
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...most instrumental in drawing out my students' innate motivation and ambition through the power of storytelling, so I always try to empower my students by giving them greater command of language. It helps that writing can often be incredibly fun. When I'm not at work, I am a musician studying violin, guitar, and voice. I also try as much as I can to get to the beautiful lakes of Minnesota and the Boundary Waters, or...
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...am Flagship certified with Distinction, having attained a Superior level on the ACTFL scale in speaking, listening, and reading. I have a passion for learning languages and would love to share them with you! I have experience tutoring Japanese and Chinese at the college level and would be happy to help tutor, whether for an AP class, testing, or even more accelerated independent study. Due to years of personal study, not only can I help...
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...this pandemic. I had been working on my ITTT TEFL and TESOL training since the beginning of last October. In the same month, I got accepted from Southern New Hampshire University and enrolled in their Community Health Education online program. I was so excited and nervous about this new experience, but I am doing well so far. I finished my human subjects research training from the CITI program on December 4, which is only valid...
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...actually my parents! I taught them Cantonese words, so they could at least know what to listen for. I have lived in the US for 10 years. My fiance is American and he speaks in perfect Mandarin now! He says Ni Hao to everyone! If I can help him from zero to conversational, you've got much more potential! I'm here to teach you easy and fun ways to improve your Chinese skills. Let's dive in!...
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...minor in Anthropology. During my time at ND, I tutored Freshman ND students in organic and inorganic chemistry for two and a half years. Some of my other extracurricular activities included founding the World Health Assimilation Through Notre Dame (WHAT ND) club, participating in rare and neglected diseases research, and volunteering in my local communities. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about science (chemistry and biology), math (K-college), and...
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...small however I think language studies are immensely important. Studying Chinese language is my passion so I always try to encourage other students to continue with it. Learning a language can be challenging but I've found it the most rewarding. I take great pride in how far I've come with Chinese and love seeing excitement for languages in others. My goal is to encourage other students to pursue or continue pursuing languages and share with...
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...with students as a private tutor, supporting children in English reading, writing, and speaking, and other subjects like math. In those sessions, I helped learners improve their grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and confidence in expressing their ideas. My teaching philosophy centers on patience, encouragement, and tailoring lessons to each learner's individual needs and interests. I aim to make learning collaborative rather than instructional. I'm deeply passionate about theatre-makingwhether it's directing, playwriting, or acting, I find...
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...field in China. And now I am based in NYC and I have been here for over 3 years. I received my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Arts, specializing in Art History and Art Market. During my time in college, I taught Australian and Korean students Chinese, with a focus on conversational mandarin. I always taught language on a one-on-one basis. I believe it is best to understand the goal and purpose of the language...
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...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 our daily lives...
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...of Texas at Dallas in 2013, I have a multitude of both professional and private teaching/tutoring experience and skills. The teaching certification program I completed is heavily focused on STEM education and creating well-rounded students for today's technology centered world. Our lesson plans were both hands-on and thoroughly engaging while ensuring efficacy in education. I firmly believe that every student has the potential for "math literacy"; with a little help, anyone can be a math-confident...
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...in Bronx, New York. In my class, a 8th grade student who used to struggle in math proudly solved problems on the 9th grade level. The big smile on my student's face is the biggest reward to me. I want to bring out the confidence in math for many other students throughout the country. Currently I am a math teacher at a local learning center. My students are from 7th grade to 12th grade. Recently...
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...an up-to-date understanding on how to interact with Chinese people today. I want to emphasize that I was not a "natural" language learner. I do not think there is such thing as "natural" language learners. I have found from my own experience that patience, hard work, and a sense of humor make all the difference in learning a difficult thing such as Mandarin. In terms of teaching, I like to use as many real-life situations...
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...academic tutor is to help students to make the seemingly unmanageable manageable. Things are changing in the world of education, especially with standardized testing, and I know firsthand how daunting tackling the SAT and other tests can seem. Whether it is in test prep or academic tutoring, I strive to assist students discover their inner genius and discover that there is no task to big, when you take it one bite at a time!... To provide...
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There are some techniques which can be learned and mastered through training in order to improve the learners' interpretive, interpersonal and presentational competence in Chinese. I am confident that learning will be easy, interesting and efficient, and that my tutored student will be one of the best among his or her peers.
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...was top tier. In addition to language, I love classical music. I play the trumpet in a band. I also like martial arts, cooking, and exotic cuisine. In my free time, I like to visit big parks and take photographs. No matter what other interests I have had, language has always been a central element in enjoying life. It has been a way to bond with friends and family, and even strangers. I am enthusiastic...
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...grew up in central China, the home of Shaolin Kung Fu. I earned my Bachelor's degree and law degree in the States. While in college, I tutored calculus, economics and Chinese, and I enjoyed helping English speakers practice speaking Chinese the most. I will not only help you succeed academically but also enjoy the learning experience. You don't need to be intimidated by mastering the tones, nor frustrated with character memorization. Let the fun begin!
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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
