Award-Winning Mandarin Chinese Tutors in Elmwood Park, IL

...as a skill; education is not around to help us learn specific things, but rather education teaches us how to learn. Outside the classroom, I'm a well-traveled certified SCUBA diver who enjoys spending time kayaking and weightlifting. I also played ice hockey through college and performed as a classical pianist on campus and in Europe....

...of Mandarin Chinese. I went to Shanghai International Studies University in Shanghai, China, and majored in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. After graduation, I came to the United States and got my Master's degree in Education from Michigan State University. I have three years' teaching experience in public schools in the US and have...

...keep in mind its connection to the other sciences, which can facilitate a better grasp on many chemical concepts. My approach to tutoring is based in the Harkness philosophy of teaching, which gives a great deal of responsibility to the student to figure things out. I will make sessions as interactive as possible, using as...

...not a complicated subject. What they really need is a little bit of encouragement and a little bit of practicing easier questions to build their confidence in math. My teaching philosophy is to build confidence for my students. Outside of academia, I like to reading novels, watching movies and listening to music. And I am...

...cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, and certificates in Global Health and Health Policy and Translation and Intercultural Communication. I will be attending Columbia Law School from 2014 to 2017, working toward a Juris Doctorate degree. I have tutored a wide range of...

...in my students, and it’s important to me to see them succeed. Helping them reach an understanding of something new, or of something they used to struggle with, really makes me feel great. Everyone is different—with a different cultural background, personality, and learning style. I enjoy getting to know each one of my students, and...

...others is a personal learning opportunity for me as well. Each student is unique in his/her learning approach and tutoring forces me to see problems through the eyes of the student, to challenge myself to widen my own perspective, and to innovate methods in explaining complex concepts. My goal for each tutoring session is to...

...help you improve are Writing, Pinyin and Conversation/Speech. I emphasize on the correct tonal and pronunciation of words. The stroke order and Radical identification of words which is very important when using a dictionary. And to develop your unique personal style to communicate effectively. I will design the lesson according to your specific needs and...

...undergraduate degree in Physics at a liberal arts college, and almost wish I could be a music and psychology major as well. I was born into the exam-based Asian education system, nurtured in the intense British system, and finally had the opportunity to expand my mind in the holistic American system. I tutored students from...

...University of Washington and I received my Bachelor's of Science in 2014. In the future, I plan to go to Medical School to focus on Emergency Medical Treatment. I am very passionate about being involved with the community and helping others. During my college life, I volunteered at many hospitals in different countries, such as...