Award-Winning Mandarin Chinese Tutors in Pasadena, CA

I graduated from UCLA with a BS in Mathematics and a M.Ed in Teaching. Teaching has always been my passion, ever since I was an undergraduate student. I have extensive teaching experiences in a variety of math levels. I enjoy working with young people so they can be inspired to pursue math/science related fields in the future. I am also an experienced Mandarin instructor and would love to help you learn my language.

...Molecular and Cellular Biology. During my four years of college, I guided K-12 students of the Oakland area in Language Arts and Mathematics and served as a mentor for many high school students. I have also been an undergraduate student instructor for the General Biology lab course offered at U.C. Berkeley, a prerequisite for students wishing to pursue Biology as a major. Since I have a wide range of teaching experiences in both academic subjects...

A highly motivated and professional individual, who is passionate about tutoring language to people of all ethnicity's. As a native in the English and Spanish language, I possess the necessary skills to teach from an authentic source. Currently seeking to gain my bachelors degree in English to reach my career goals in what I love to do best.... I am a firm believer in Progressivism and Essentialism. I have used both of these philosophies and applied them to all of my students.

...joining Varsity Tutors, I tutored elementary students in math and reading for a nonprofit after-school program in Cypress, CA. Outside of tutoring, I work in the legal field and I am also a seasonal camp counselor at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, where I teach fun. In my spare time, I love to read, hike, do yoga, play the piano, and spend quality time with my loved ones and my dog.

...public speaking. I am most passionate about tutoring Mandarin and ESL. My tutoring style is friendly and student-centered, and I like to put everything in an easy to understand manner so that students will be comfortable and interested in learning. I always like to get to know the students better and make connections with them, because I believe the trust between student and teacher will lead to the best learning outcomes. In my spare time,...

...towards achieving their academic goals in motivated, effective, and sometimes even fun ways! Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, I am fortunate to have had an exceptional academic foundation. I attended Punahou School K-12 earning high marks and went on to graduate college from the University of California, Berkeley. Over the years, I have accumulated a variety of expertise and tutoring experience in some of the most demanding subjects. I look forward to meeting you...

...I went to study at Harvard University in the same discipline--it was there that I received most of my teacher training, i.e. worked as a teaching fellow. Every student has the potential to excel, but for whatever reason of stress or self-doubt, they do not succeed. I would like to help change student perspectives of their own mental capacity to succeed by showing them *simple*, but extremely effective, studying methods to begin mastery of any...

...learning. I have committed eleven fun and dynamic years of my life to studying Chinese Mandarin, seven of which I spent working and studying in China. I have been tutoring students since 2004 in math, English, History, composition and grammar, and test-preparation techniques. I am now enrolled in the CSU Long Beach teaching credential program where I am actively pursuing my dream of helping others succeed. When working with students, I model as best I...

I possess the ability to explain and communicate mathematical/statistical concepts in an easy and understandable way. I love teaching and working with students to help them get through all learning steps. My goal is to use my statistical/math knowledge and interact with students.

...college exams. I believe in order to properly learn a new language, practicing the immersion technique will be most beneficial. The more a language is used and practiced the faster we learn. I will also supplement traditional teaching methods with a constantly changing array of context based interactive activities that will help children learn and retain Chinese language, culture, history, and other things (activities such as puppet shows, singing, celebrating traditional holidays & festivals and...