...Education.I have worked with students from age 5 to 35. I have primarily served as an educator in grades 1-5 teaching all subjects for both general education and special education students for the last three years. In the past, I also served as a tutor in Taiwan assisting students applying to college. I LOVE teaching because I see my role as one where I get to assist people along their path to further activating their...
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I am currently a college student looking to reach and and help anyone who needs it. My experience through school has at some points required help and review and I believe that I can provide that for those who seek my help.
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I recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh summa cum laude with a BS in Psychology. I have been tutoring with Varsity Tutors for over 4 years with over a hundred students. I'm excited to work with your student!
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...understand another language really can open a door for a person to see the world from a different perspective. There are so many aspects behind a language, such as culture, people, and people's ways of thinking. When I was in graduate school, I was a Chinese tutor for a U.S. professor who studied Chinese during his spare time. I am motivated to help more people learn and improve their Chinese language skills. In my spare...
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I've been a teacher for seven years, six of those have been working as a tutor. After living in China for six years, I'm excited to be back in the States and to be able to cultivate relationships with students on this side of the world who are excited to learn and eager to see what the future holds. When I'm not teaching, I love to travel, read, and play with my dog Elle.
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I currently teach English to Chinese speakers online. The majority of my students comment on my patience and ability to make them comfortable when tackling a difficult language such as English. I have a law degree from Penn State and a undergrad degree in international business from Dickinson College. ... Learning is the FUNdamental of life! It should always be FUN!... Have a quick conversation with the student to figure out what he/she wants to accomplish.
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...a supportive and interactive learning environment tailored to individual student needs. My approach emphasizes building a strong conceptual foundation while encouraging independent problem-solving skills. Whether working one-on-one or in a group setting, my goal is to foster curiosity and critical thinking, helping students gain confidence and excel in their academic pursuits. I am excited to continue sharing my knowledge and experience as an online tutor, providing personalized support to help students achieve their full potential...
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I am a current MBA student at the Yale School of Management who will also be attending UCLA School of Law post-MBA. I've also enjoyed taking standardized tests and "cracking" their code; so I love getting to continue to work on this with my students.
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...has taken me from studying crows’ ability to recognize human faces here in Seattle to researching critically endangered monkeys and dolphins in picturesque rural China. I am excited to encourage my students to become confident in their areas of study so they too can pave the academic avenues to follow their dreams. I tutor Writing, English as a second language, Mandarin, and biology. Instilling confidence in my students is my top priority and I believe...
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...went through a tough time learning English as my second language, so I understand how frustrating learning a new language can be.As of today, I speak fluent English without any accent. I am very patient and have experience working with all age groups. I broke the course into a few different curriculum including Survival Chinese, Daily Chinese, Business Chinese and Children's Chinese. I don't believe in one size fits all, therefore, I focus on helping...
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...Currently, I am a Duval County public School's Chinese teacher. I taught middle school students Chinese for three years. Currently, I teach at high school. I have worked for DCPS for 4years. I also had experiences to teach students Chinese online (Skype). I have official teacher certificate for world language teaching. I enjoy teaching Chinese and English. I always believe to achieve best learning and teaching environment is based on student's learning motivation. I will...
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I want to become a tutor because I always enjoying tutoring people. I have been a patient and nice tutor since college. Throughout tutoring, I have made many friends. And furthermore, I not only strengthen my knowledge, but also learn a lot from others. I enjoy explaining things to others. It makes me happy to see my friends finally tackle the problems they meet.
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I believe that it is my duty to challenge students to explore knowledge through open-minded discussion. It is also my duty to encourage students to take responsibilities for their own learning. Each student approaches the learning process with a set of attitude based on individual beliefs, values, and emotions. It is my duty to establish mutual...
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...currently a Senior at the University of Washington studying business. I have been speaking and reading Mandarin for my whole life. During high school, I was in the Language Gifted Talented class, we had extra Chinese and English classes. I have had tutoring experiences with kids and adults. I have been working at a bilingual kindergarten for the past two years and am currently tutoring 3 k-12 students and 2 adult students. I love watching my...
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I have two years experience tutor American college student Chinese, so I know what I am doing when I with my students. I also have took many math classes while I grow up. It was my pain for a long time, so I understand how students feel about Math, and be able to help you out from the pain of Math.
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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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I am from China and moved to US in 2016 with my family. I am willing to teach Chinese. I am on my way to get teacher's certificate. Anyhow I believe my languages and communication skills will allow me to have fun of teaching Mandarin. Thanks
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I'm an undergraduate at Brown University with a planned concentration in Health and Human Biology and Visual Art. I have had extensive experience working as a summer camp counselor, teaching at a Mandarin School, working as an SAT Tutor, and tutoring Physics, Biology, and Math at a local high school. I am more than happy to offer college advice and SAT II and AP prep given my experience with the application process!
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As a senior in Bentley University aspiring a major in Corporate Finance and Accounting, I believe that teaching is one of the most powerful and honorable jobs that exists. It is through learning with a positive mindset that will take an individual far in life. It is through teaching and learning that our world will grow to become a better living environment.
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Bradford 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 Bradford 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
