...towards a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with minors in Art History and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. As a Peer Tutor for a college-level writing course, I worked one-on-one with students to refine their work across genres, from journalism to public relations writing. This experience taught me the importance of patience, adaptability, and fostering confidence through personalized guidance. I also mentor a team of 10 writers as Website Director of the BU Fashion & Retail...
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My name is Yajing Ni. I immigrated from China to America at the age of 11. Through this experience I was able to speak fluently in Chinese Mandarin and English. I have taught Chinese to native American student for past two years. I enjoy bringing Chinese language and culture to the students through interactive and fun interactions.
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...issues they were facing in both their work, academic and personal lives. I feel these interactions eased their transition to campus life. Even today, we still keep close contact by doing something we all like. It includes cooking, traveling, and watching movies together. Furthermore, during the daily operation, I had wonderful opportunities to meet customers from different backgrounds. I was interested in getting to know them through our great conversations. Moreover, I enjoyed assisting them...
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...at both the STEM subjects and fine arts. During my free time, I like to play the piano, make music, make realistic origami, and develop games, and I have ample experiences in these areas that I can teach these as well, for those who are interested. I will be a good help in almost all high school STEM subjects, including AP classes, and you should consider me especially for maths and Chinese, both of which...
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...than ten years, so I know what students struggle with and where some of their biggest academic hurdles can be found. I am here to help! I like to break down knowledge and information into easy steps, in order to make it easier for students to solve their problems. By working together on everything from fundamentals to test preparation, you will soon know what to learn and memorize in order to feel prepared, regardless of...
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I am a graduate student studying art history in NYC and an aspiring professor of history with excellent reading and writing skills. I am currently working as a tutor because I want to strengthen my teaching skills and become better acquainted with helping students master the topics that I teach.
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...learn more about how your subject relates to individuals. You can see growth up close, and the success of your students is a wonderful thing. That's why I like tutoring so much. When I'm not tutoring, teaching, or reading (a huge hobby of mine), I try to be outdoors. I love mountains and hiking. Since Illinois lacks mountains, I try to make the most of the hiking. I also like to explore city neighborhoods. Chicago...
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...experience teaching Mandarin Chinese and I also have 7 years of experience tutoring Chinese in the United States. I got my BA in teaching English as a second language in China and I have a Chinese teacher's license. I taught Chinese to all ages through the Continuing Education Dept. at UW-Waukesha. I also teach Chinese at the Milwaukee Modern Chinese School, the Criquet Academy and Saratoga School, and the Brookfield Academy. If you and your...
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...teaching aid in my local Chinese school until my junior year, and I tutored with MIT's Academic Teaching Initiative to teach high school students AP Computer Science during my freshman year in college. I've also worked at the Smithsonian summer camps as a counselor for a programming camp and digital arts camp. Outside of academics, I'm in MIT's all female a capella group, the MIT Muses, and I do copy editing with MIT's student newspaper,...
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I am a determined, responsible tutor that will help students succeed academically. As a student myself until not too long ago, I understand the importance of getting clear instructions and having supportive instructors.... I put myself in the student's shoes. I often ask myself, if I'm the student, what will be the most confusing part?... I ask the student what is bothering him and what he knows about the subject.... I teach the student the strategy...
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...with deeper levels of English writing, grammar, and pronunciation. As a child, I studied English pronunciation and speech at an acting academy. As an adult, I help friends and associates who need to improve their English skills for professional work. I have held news writing and reporting positions that required English writing that was top tier. In addition to language, I love classical music. I play the trumpet in a band. I also like martial...
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...I firmly believe that our natural curiosity and love of learning should be harnessed in the classroom, not dampened down. In pursuit of this, I encourage creative thinking and problem-solving and use various pedagogy techniques, such as active recall, to engage students in my classroom and tutoring sessions. I try to instill in all of my students that they are capable of great things and that learning is beautiful, because I truly believe that it...
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...actually my parents! I taught them Cantonese words, so they could at least know what to listen for. I have lived in the US for 10 years. My fiance is American and he speaks in perfect Mandarin now! He says Ni Hao to everyone! If I can help him from zero to conversational, you've got much more potential! I'm here to teach you easy and fun ways to improve your Chinese skills. Let's dive in!...
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...Finance. As you might have guessed, I tutor mathematics, ranging from arithmetic to calculus. My personal favorite is trigonometry, because of how it ties in with circles and bridges geometry with calculus. As I have excelled in math throughout my academic career, I have tutored classmates throughout the years. I enjoy helping people learn, because I think it is how we connect and evolve as people. My belief is that all students have different capacities...
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...guiding older students through the competitive International Baccalaureate (IB) program. I specialize in writing - particularly essays and creative writing - Mandarin, and pre-calculus. Writing holds a special place in my heart, especially after completing the IB program myself, where I gained a deep understanding of what examiners look for in analytical writing. My teaching style is patient and supportive, and I aim to build confidence in my students, encouraging them to think critically. Outside...
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...2023 when I decided to switch gears from several years as a software engineer. Drawing on my BA in math years prior from the University of Chicago, I began as a calculus tutor at a company with several in-person locations in the SF Bay Area, and gradually expanded my roster to include students at every level of high-school math. Finally, I trained in and began to offer SAT and ACT prep, 20 years after reaching...
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...where I received my Bachelor of Science in Science Pre-Professional Studies (pre-medicine) and a minor in Anthropology. During my time at ND, I tutored Freshman ND students in organic and inorganic chemistry for two and a half years. Some of my other extracurricular activities included founding the World Health Assimilation Through Notre Dame (WHAT ND) club, participating in rare and neglected diseases research, and volunteering in my local communities. While I tutor a broad range...
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...never have a boring lesson--I try to make learning as fun and engaging as possible! I am more than qualified to teach the subjects I have listed in my profile, having received 5's on all my APs, and a score of 2280 on the SATs. I'm also fluent in Mandarin and English, and can speak conversational Cantonese. When I'm not tutoring, I enjoy fencing, singing, running, and hanging out with or talking to my friends,...
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...occasionally, writing Chinese-Mandarin for over thirteen years since my enrollment and subsequent graduation from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. I hold an Associate of Arts in Chinese-Mandarin from DLI and an Associate of Applied Sciences in Communications Applications Technology from the Community College of the Air Force. My primary concentrations in undergraduate work included philosophy (East Asian and Western), energy technology and sustainable design, interdisciplinary work in environmental studies and architectural studies, and...
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Victoria 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 Victoria 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
