I graduated from Northwestern University and received my master degree. I am now a freelancer for mandarin Chinese audio book recording. I am passionate about teaching Mandarin Chinese, helping students not only to grasp the language but also to understand the culture, social norm, and professional practice.
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Although I believe classes and tests are very important, what I value most are the opportunities for practical experiences that I have had in my preferred subjects. Having the ability to use what I have learned in realistic settings has helped me to learn how to apply what I have been taught and shown me what areas to focus improving on. My hope is to help all the people I tutor to gain confidence...... I believe...
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...eldest sibling in my family, I naturally grew into the role of helping my younger sister and her friends with their homework. Before long, my parents suggested that since I was already helping her, why not assist some of their friends as well? And just like that, my teaching journey began. As a kid, I went from tutoring family friends to, later in high school, volunteering to tutor kids with disabilities in math. Now, in...
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Mathematic Lover. Like to discuss and solve different math questions with students. I would like to use my skill and passion to inspire my students through the number.
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...currently a freshman majoring in International Relations and Global Studies at University of Texas at Austin and a graduate of Singapore American School. I learned French after attending a local school in France, and in my sophomore year, I received a 5 on AP French. For Chinese, I completed the highest level of HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test). Additionally, as a member of both Chinese Honor Society and French Honor Society, I have tutored high school...
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My name is Shun. I was born and raised in China, and currently live in Cincinnati, Ohio with my wife and dog. I went to Northeastern Forestry University in China for 3 years majoring in English and Japanese. Many jobs I did for the past 6 years were primarily intertwined with my passion for language: Chinese/English translator, kindergarten English teacher for 3-6 year olds, private tutoring and so on. I also love Jesus, people, and spicy...
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...very motivated to equip young minds to learn more about the academic world, introducing them to mathematics and languages, such as English, Chinese, and Spanish. I went to school abroad in Beijing in the top 3 ranked high schools, so I've had experiences tutoring Chinese students with English, and international students in Beijing with Chinese amongst all different types of students with different needs. I connected with them because I understood the struggles students face...
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...leader for another year. I have also taught martial arts and Chinese (to foreign staff of schools). More importantly, I have been speaking Chinese with Chinese every single day since 2005, as even after I left China earlier this year I am still married to one! A lot of people spend more time on reading and writing and neglect the spoken language. When they arrive in China they struggle to understand what is going on...
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...name is Sam. I'm a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese and I'm proficient in English as well. I graduated from Hofstra University in New York with a Master's degree of Language Other Than English (LOTE) & TESOL, and started to teach Mandarin Chinese in Manhattan. I've also had several working experiences in public schools in Long Island regarding teaching Mandarin. I've seen a lot of students being interested and passionate about Chinese language and culture...
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...from Columbia University, so the experience of institutional learning is still very fresh for me! I'm able to relate to students and provide a current perspective on education. I have experience tutoring English at ESL level, in reading, speaking, and writing. Having learnt several languages myself and being a trilingual speaker (Cantonese, English, Mandarin), I understand the challenges of navigating between languages and am familiar with ways to overcome them. In addition to this, I...
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My name is Chloe and I am an incoming senior at Case Western Reserve University. I am a BS candidate for Statistics and a BA candidate for Medical Anthropology. Furthermore, I am also a Masters of Public Health student at the graduate school.
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I have many years of tutoring experience. Currently I teach at the community College. The courses I have taught include: College Algebra, Business Algebra, Liberal Art Mathematics, Business Calculus, preCalculus and other math related courses. I am very patient and know what my students need in order to understand the subject. I have been teaching more than 10 years.
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...a rising sophomore at the University of Chicago, where plan to major in Mathematics and Economics. I have tutored in both high school and college. In high school, I tutored a Chinese exchange student in History and English and in college, I tutored an 11th grader in Mathematics, Physics, and the SAT. My favorite subjects are Mathematics and the Natural Sciences. I know these are subjects that many students struggle with, and my goal is...
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...a native-born Chinese woman who is fully acclimated to American culture. While living in the United States, I taught Mandarin Chinese to high school students using remote computer technology as part of my graduate school education. Upon returning to China to complete my Master of Education, I taught Mandarin Chinese to international graduate students. After graduation from Wuhan University, I was employed by Sannew School where I taught Chinese, Mandarin Chinese and Chinese History to...
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I teach both Chinese and English as a second language. I motivate and engage students through interesting activities and games. My experience includes 11+ years of language teaching, as well as 11+ years working and living in the China region. I have a degree in Chinese language and culture from Arizona State University and understand, speak, read and write Mandarin fluently. I have also studied at Renmin University in Beijing, China and National Taiwan University.
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I have been a student for the majority of my life and I don't believe I will ever stop learning. I hope I can be a great tutor to someone once in my shoes!
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Mandarin Chinese 2 Tutoring FAQ
Students taking Mandarin Chinese 2 build on the language skills they acquired in Mandarin Chinese 1 in order to improve their fluency in the dialect and gain a more complete understanding of Mandarin Chinese-speaking cultures. The biggest challenge for many students taking Mandarin Chinese 2 turns out to be keeping their knowledge of previously learned concepts fresh and ready for active use while learning new material. Certain challenges that first appeared in Mandarin Chinese 1 may persist as obstacles that need to be continuously surmounted in more advanced coursework.
When learning new vocabulary, students are still expected to express terms in traditional Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters, and Pinyin Romanization, as well as pronounce vocabulary using the unintuitive tonal system of Mandarin Chinese. If students struggled with any of these topics in their previous coursework, it might spell trouble for them in Mandarin Chinese 2. While it is difficult enough to expand your understanding of increasingly complex grammatical constructions, learn additional vocabulary, and master new social details, it is the cumulative nature of the course that often proves to be a student's most imposing challenge. Classes spend relatively little time in reviewing previous course content, and you may have a hard time figuring out exactly which concepts it would most benefit you to review. Even if you can self-identify the weak points in your understanding, mastering this content can be extremely difficult without knowledgeable assistance.
If you are looking for guidance in your course, Mandarin Chinese tutoring might be just the thing to help you streamline your studies. Whether you need help with vocabulary or a grammatical concept from your previous course, your tutor can focus on exactly the material you need to review. Your tutor can create a customized learning plan for your Mandarin Chinese 2 tutoring sessions that focuses on the material you struggle with most, saving you time and energy by not asking you to review concepts that you have already mastered. If it is your speaking skills that could use more practice, your tutor makes for an excellent conversation partner. If it is reading or writing in Mandarin Chinese that you find most confusing, your tutor can help you work through targeted practice exercises, providing feedback and answering any questions you may have about the material along the way. If you need to prepare for an exam, your tutor can help you focus on reviewing the content that it will test. No matter what your particular concerns are with your Mandarin Chinese 2 course, your tutor can help you address them.
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Recent Mandarin Chinese 2 Tutoring Session Notes
We worked on Lesson 13 Asking Directions. Giving directions is one of the hardest topics in learning Mandarin. We worked on direction and location words. Also, we practiced comparative sentences, special Mandarin word usages such as "dao," "guo", and resultative complements.
I did needs analysis at the beginning including at the student's current level, Chinese learning background, expectation from this tutoring session, and the general schedule to meet every week. We started some vocabulary for "family tree" as warm-up, and I left some homework for preview and extra homework. She didn't show me grades but I prepared some exercise as a quiz to see where she is. From her feedback, we decided to use her textbook as the main materials, include all language skills especially grammar and writing. We'll meet once a week for 90 minutes at 2:00pm, at the Library.
In the session, I was impressed by her Chinese proficiency. She has no difficulty understanding my questions and can express herself perfectly. We went over the grammar and practiced two sets of questions, we also had a dictation to help her review the vocabulary. I truly enjoyed working with her.
The student made a mother's day card for his mom in Chinese. He also needed help preparing for his math test tomorrow, so we reviewed the distributive, commutative, identity, and associative properties of addition and multiplication. He also completed some challenging problems using those properties and then I gave him some FOIL problems, which he figured out on his own with no teaching from me.
The student and I started off by going over common conversational phrases and trying to have a conversation in Mandarin using the question-response format. We went over "Where are you from?", "Where is the bathroom?", "What time is it?" etc. We also went over two old dialogues, one involving hobbies/going out and one involving family, in order to review old vocabulary. We finished off by going over a new dialogue which expanded the vocabulary relating to hobbies.
This is the last session and we did revision of most the vocabulary of the semester. There were at least three different kinds of vocabulary, and we made sentences or asked questions to connect them together to strengthen the usages of them as well as the recognition. With scaffolding the student could made sentences using most of the vocabulary.
