...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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...our tutoring sessions should be that the student attain a level of confidence that his/her goal will be achieved. While I do have the educational background in my tutoring subject areas, what is most important for the student is that the subject be explained clearly in relation to the student's desired outcome. Many students tell me that I explain concepts in a clear, easy to understand fashion, and I welcome the opportunity to do the...
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...worked as simultaneous translator in my part time for several Chinese-American educational program. Right now, I'm working as a professional commercial editor in a TV company. But I have endless passion in language and teaching. I would like to find some opportunities to sharing my knowledge towards mandarin and Asian & US film industry. I'm a passionate and caring person. I would like to teach students and the same time learn from them. We could...
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...love working with people! I was offered a full-tuition scholarship in an MBA program in the U.S because of my outstanding GMAT score. I scored 720 out of 800 after one month self-study, without any sort of training. As you can see from my personal experience, I constantly raise my own bar and will be happy to help you do so! I believe learning is a lifetime ability and it will do wonders if you...
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...students in test prep (SAT, ACT, SAT II subject tests), mathematics, and science. In high school, I have tutored younger students in mathematics and English. Throughout college, I have done private tutoring in SAT, PSAT, and math and science subjects. Also, I have worked with two students from China: I helped one boy with SAT prep and editing his college application essays, and I tutored the second girl in GMAT and TOEFL. My students have...
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...and ACT preparation. I developed a love for tutoring test preparation for two major reasons. First off, I'm a puzzle solver by nature and I genuinely find the tests fun! That sounds bizarre to most people, but I think one of my principal strengths as a tutor is the ability to instill this positive and optimistic attitude in my students as well. A good attitude helps to inspire confidence, which in turn yields tangibly improved...
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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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...Engineering from University of Texas. I have extensive background and experiences in several fields including Mathematics, Physics and Engineering. I am interested in sharing my knowledge with students, in helping them understand the subject and solving problems. I believe a good tutor can provide guidance, leading students through a thought process in solving problems. A good tutor will motivate the student to think and propose his or her own solutions and develop independent learning.... “What is...
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...each student's strengths and learning styles. My cross-cultural, multilingual background also allows me to connect with learners from diverse perspectives, making tutoring more engaging and personalized. Whether you want to: - Write structured, logical, persuasive, humanities essays - Grasp mathematical concepts through intuitive, humanities-inspired explanation - Developing foundational and creative art drawing skills - Develop a philosophical, systematic, and critical perspective on the world I'd love to help! Let's work together to explore knowledge creatively...
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...love using technology to improve your learning experiences. I plan videos, readings, online assignments and flashcards to help my students learn better at their own pace. Learning does not stop after the tutoring session. It's great to see my students get excited about showing what they have practiced at their own time. Qualification: I have 5+ years of experience of teaching Chinese, with a master degree in World language education from University of Maryland.
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...not only learn but truly engage with the material. I am always excited to work with students on improving their overall language skills such as speaking, reading, and writing abilities. I aim to create a supportive and interactive learning environment, adapting my teaching style to each student's individual needs. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy exploring new cultures through travel and cuisine, staying active, and continuously learning in various areas of life. My goal is to...
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...graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with double majors in Neurobiology and Nutritional Science, with a Biology Honors certificate, and am working towards my M.D. degree. During my undergraduate studies, I particularly enjoyed chemistry, physics, and biochemistry, as well as coursework specific to my majors. Additionally, as a native Mandarin Chinese speaker, I am passionate about teaching the language and sharing our rich culture. I cherish the power of knowledge and look forward to always...
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...have since worked with students of all agesfrom young children to K12, professionals, and government officials. I especially enjoy helping children and school-aged learners develop a strong language foundation through engaging, interactive lessons. My excellent Cantonese listening skills also allow me to help Cantonese speakers quickly learn Mandarin by emphasizing tone mastery as a shortcut to fluency. My classes are consistently rated five stars and praised for being engaging, supportive, and motivating.
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...I taught Chinese to foreigners and native middle school students for twelve years in Beijing and having been teaching Chinese to undergraduates and high school students for eleven and half years in the US. Nelson Mandela said: If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. If you want to speak to 1.4 billion people in...
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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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...test strategies, helping American students learning mandarin, preparing middle school students for American high school admission interviews, solving problems in math, and making personalized study plans for ISEE, PSAT and SAT, but after all, building learners' confidence and giving support to parents. I also worked as executive personal assistant facilitating Chinese high school students newly arrived in the United States, local host families and overseas parents. My teaching philosophy is: there are no poor children...
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...necessary to use the target language in their day-to-day lives. My background also includes a strong focus on standardized tests - such as the HSK and YCT. More than few of my students have turned mid-percentile into top-percentile scores in a matter of months through my careful instruction. Now with Varsity Tutors, I look forward to combining my teaching experiences with the skills I've learned to continue helping more students reach their academic goals. Hope...
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...And in addition to Chinese being my major, I was a State Department Critical Language Scholar in Taiwan. During the 7-week program I was only permitted to speak Mandarin. Something fun about me is that I come from a big family and my "favorite chore" is to dance while I do the dishes. If I am not organizing an event, texting my friends or volunteering abroad, I can be found Latin dancing. Can't wait to...
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...practical and literary translation. As someone who began learning Mandarin in the American South, I have extensive personal experience with lacking sufficient teachers and students when it comes to Chinese Language instruction, therefore I have adopted new methods of teaching and instruction that I find to be essential to small-classroom instruction and especially one-on-one instruction. With my tutoring subjects being Elementary and Conversational Chinese, I find it most important to work directly with the strengths...
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London 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 London 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
