...classes when I was in school. I said this not to brag, by all means, but to stress that anybody can do it too -- as long as they are passionate enough to work for it. My job is to help you find that passion, help you develop confidence in the subjects, or at the very least, help you succeed in your classes and exams. Feel behind in your class? Need an A on the...
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...take with them for a lifetime. Over the past 6 years, I have studied Mandarin Chinese and Chinese Culture extensively. I graduated from St. Olaf College in 2015 with a Bachelors in Asian Studies, Chinese, and History. During the summers of my college career, I worked with Concordia Language Villages at the Chinese camp, Sen Lin Hu (). During the fall semester of 2013, I studied Chinese at East China Normal University () in Shanghai...
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...checking out my personal statement. My name is Masaya and I'm currently a Ph.D. candidate. I majored in Political Science and International Relations in college and graduate school. Besides English, I also speak fluent Japanese and Chinese. Over the past a few years, I have taught Mandarin to all ages, and Japanese to college students. I also served as a Teaching Assistant at my university. I love teaching and spreading knowledge! Through Varsity Tutors, I...
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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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...Mathematics. I received a 5 on AP Calculus, AP US History, AP US Government, AP English Literature, and AP English Writing and Composition. I also serve as an educational mentor with the Vine Institute, a program that offers educational courses to refugees from across the world. I am patient and diligent as a tutor and committed to meeting each student where they are, helping them to identify their weaknesses and strengths to maximize their academic...
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...in Wichita Chinese School. My teaching style is always easy-to-follow way & I will make my point in the perspective of English speakers. If possible, I will tailored the Chinese class exclusively for you, usually start from basic language skills like grammar, pronunciation... and also I love share Chinese culture such as paper cutting, calligraphy, how to make Chinese food with my students... It is always fun to review everything during game, easier for memorize....
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...senior attending Stony Brook University. I am a health science major. I have previously worked at a tutor company teaching students from grades 3-8. I tutored both English and Math. I spent the first five years of my childhood in Hong Kong. I took Chinese class throughout my all four years in high school. I took AP Chinese and scored a 5. I speak Mandarin and Cantonese at home. I am fluent in reading and...
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...English as a Second Language) Diploma, in order to become a more professional language teacher. I have always been passionate about helping others learn new languages and appreciate different cultures. I grew up tutoring my Chinese classmates in English as well as teaching my American father conversational Chinese. When I moved to Bowling Green for the last two years of high school, I volunteered at the Bowling Green Junior High School as an assistant teacher...
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Master of Art in Instructional and Media, Columbia University; Bachelor of Art in Economics, with minors in Spanish and Art. Fluent in English, Chinesenative speaker, Spanish
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I have always enjoyed working through problems with other classmates throughout my education career. As a student in University I began tutoring and helping other students locally as well as abroad in China. I'm happy to share the techniques and knowledge I've learned over the years with anybody looking to learn. We all have something to learn from each other, we just have to listen to our world around us.
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...complexity, just as something very complex is made of simple elements. I hope I can help you become an individual who is not deterred by the problem presented. Rather, you will face the problem with the understanding that you will now be able to break it down into simple questions, even when there's no obvious solution. Not every problem can be or will be solved, but with the correct reasoning and deduction, you can be...
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...about Chinese culture to others, and love to learn about other cultures. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from University of Houston-Downtown. I've been a tutor of Mandarin Chinese for my high school and college classmate and friends over 5 years. I was also a coach of the martial arts club back in high school. While teaching Chinese, I love to show an action movie for classmates to learn martial arts and...
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...I had the experience of teaching Chinese to foreigners when I was in the university in China, and later after I immigrated to the United States and became a citizen in 2006, I taught Chinese at the Confucius Institute in University of Hawaii at Manoa. I lived in the United States for 20 years so I know both Chinese and American culture and I have the skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in both...
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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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...sentence in a foreign language. Knowing that Chinese is much more difficult to learn than English is, I think a good strategy would be to compensate the struggles with fun activities. During my semester abroad in Taiwan where I taught local students English, I turned away from the old school memorization techniques and instead taught them through interactive activities such as in class karaoke and games. As friendly and passionate teacher as I could be,...
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...discovered a profound joy in witnessing the expressions of understanding on their faces when a challenging problem finally makes sense. Their growth and learning fill me with a pride that surpasses even my academic achievements. I've come to realize that teaching is more than just sharing knowledgeit's about nurturing confidence and curiosity in others. My goal is to help as many kids as possible, teaching them not just concepts but also how to believe in...
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...life and life goals. As a Tutor, I help students to set long and short-term academic goals. I work with them to develop metrics to measure learning and growth. The sessions that I conduct are tailored to the individual student and include creative approaches that incorporate their interests wherever possible. I enjoy working with middle school and high school students as well as adults looking to improve their quality of life or enrich their life...
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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
