...more than they love the subject which they teach. Teaching is invigorating because every new student offers me a new way to see a problem and approach a solution. There is an old adage, "Thee lift me and I'll lift thee and we'll ascend together." As a teacher, this is my mantra. Truly, it is an elevating thing to see a student gain a love and appreciation for something which was previously baffling or frustrating....
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...Mathematics in May 2014. I got in the PHD program in University of Hawaii at Manoa with teaching assistance position in Fall 2014. But I decided to take a break. I have been tutoring for the last two years and have tutored over 1700 hours with all ages of students. Most of the time I tutor all levels of mathematics, but I also enjoy tutoring high school physics or chemistry. I tutor Mandarin Chinese as...
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...Asian Studies. While I was a student, I worked in a drop-in tutoring center, helping my classmates with math and chemistry. During my junior year, I tutored a high school junior in algebra, and I am currently tutoring a middle school student in Mandarin. Tutoring is something I genuinely enjoy. I like helping people. I empathize with my tutees because I know what it is like to struggle with a new concept; I know what...
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...studying and developing effective learning methods. As a result, I had always been one of the best students in my school, despite the fierce competition. Also, I gained a great sense of achievement by helping my classmates in different subjects, such as math, English or general studying guide. I gradually developed an interest in tutoring. In 2008, I was selected to be a translator serving Beijing Olympic Games. I had an honor to share Chinese...
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...to approach." By creating an exciting and enjoyable environment for Chinese language learning, I further motivate my students to achieve even better language learning outcomes. Since a young age I have made it my goal to become a teacher. On the way to achieving my goal I have received a lot of encouragement and helpful instruction, which has made me more determined in my devotion to teaching. I greatly appreciate the opportunities I have had...
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...and surgery with a focus on Anatomy and Physiology, Biology . Since graduation, I have traveled extensively, tutoring medical students and students of nursing and allied health sciences . While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology, Biology . In my experience each student has a different strategy of learning, they just need help where they are struggling. And that is why we are here for...
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...from the Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA) in 2014. At Rice, I am working towards a Policy Studies and Asian Studies double major, focusing in both "Law and Justice" and "Chinese Language and Culture". After graduation, I hope to either continue my education in Mandarin through a Masters program, attend Law School, or, ideally, both! During High School, I was a four-year boarding student, played football and lacrosse, and received academic recognition for my Chinese...
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...BA in History and a Politics minor. At Centre, I was the recipient of the Combes Scholarship, William A. David Memorial Prize and the Pottinger History Fellowship.I spent a semester abroad in China at Tongji University, where I studied the Chinese Language and Diplomatic Relations between the U.S. and China. I graduated with a 3.768 gpa, and received Dean's List honors every semester. I specialize in History/Social Studies, as well as writing. I love to...
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...am retired from a career in accounting. I have a master degree in accounting from University of Texas (Arlington), a master degree in education from Harvard University and a Bachelor degree in Psychology from National Taiwan University. I was born and raised in Taiwan but have lived in the U.S. for almost 34 years. I have worked professionally for 26 years. I started at an entry level job and held a senior management position when...
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I have two years experience tutor American college student Chinese, so I know what I am doing when I with my students. I also have took many math classes while I grow up. It was my pain for a long time, so I understand how students feel about Math, and be able to help you out from the pain of Math.
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...Second Language. At that time, I have an internship to teach foreign students Chinese in my universities for the next several months. I am also a mastersstudent majoring in Educational Psychology and I plan to finish my masters degree next spring. I will continue to further my studies and apply for a PHD in Educational Psychology. I am from China and I will be a good tutor for Mandarin. I can speak Mandarin very well,...
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...learning Chinese is just your interest, your school responsibility or for your business, you will find it much more fun to acquire Chinese with me. My American born and raised husband is the best example of my teaching achievements. Within four years, he could speak fluently Chinese and fill out documents and forms in Chinese. I have been leaning English and literature my whole life and the progress that I made in English learning compared...
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...Math, LSAT, History, and Political Science. I have dual BA degrees in History and Political Science with honors, and I am a law student at the Washington University School of Law, which is ranked the #16th best law school in the U.S. I am also an independent editor and writing tutor for the University of Utah's Graduate Writing Center. I founded the University of Utah Prison Education Project, where I served as a TA and...
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...China, as well as doctoral training in the specialty of Chinese language and literature, I am confident in my ability to become the right Chinese tutor you are looking for. I started working as a Chinese instructor in the United States in 2008. I had the wonderful opportunity to instruct both secondary and college-level students. The diversity of students made me developed highly effective teaching techniques and instructional methods, which allowed me to educate all...
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Self-proclaimed explorer passing through the world. I am here to share the knowledge I have acquired and learn from others. I have more than 8 years of online education experience under my belt and love teaching students from all walks of life. If you feel called to take a class with me, reach out and see if I would be a good fit.... Practicing what you learn in real life situations is a great way to...
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...writing or personal essay and I enjoy helping students work on thier writing skills to their fullest ability. Aside from writing, I also music, art, philosophy, and to travel to new places . Today I am a college graduate looking for ways to use writing to tell fuel the mind and ignite the flame. As a tutor, the most important goal for me is to help students understand writing in way that make sense to...
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...interested in this major because I am sincerely passionate about helping people. I helped my college friends with their Mandarin Projects for competitions and also taught a young boy Mandarin Chinese for one semester. I researched materials and developed detailed lesson plans; interfaced with parents regarding goals, teaching methods and development of homework plans; developed a strong relationship with students, utilizing a variety of classroom activities. I also tutored Algebra at for a non-profit educational...
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...Biomedical Engineering. Previously, I have helped teach English to Chinese speaking kids and also taught students how to play the clarinet or guitar. However, I am currently most interested in teaching subjects based in STEM such as math or biology. When I am teaching, I like to focus on the process required to solve a problem because it will allow the student to potentially solve problems they have never encountered before. I do this by...
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...education, I obtained a master's degree in education at Oakland University while simultaneously teaching mandarin Chinese at two public elementary schools in Michigan. After graduating, I received a second master's degree with a focus on ESL and gifted and talented education from Southern Methodist University in Texas. I have since worked at Walnut Hill Elementary School teaching pre-K3 to 5th grade students mandarin Chinese. During my teaching experiences, I synthesized my familiarity of the Chinese...
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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.