Thanks to Varsity Tutors, students of all ages can begin to learn and grow more fluent in Chinese. Whether you're a freshman at White Station High School, an undergraduate student pursuing your bachelor's degree at Rhodes College, or a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Memphis investigating Beijing's African diaspora, a Memphis Chinese course can be your gateway to mastering Chinese.
Knowing more than a single language can bring a host of attractive benefits - whether professional, personal, or intellectual in nature. For one, given how globalized and interconnected our economy is today, your ability to communicate with someone on the other side of the world can be incredibly useful. When it comes to advancing in your career, being fluent in more than one language can give you a much-needed competitive edge over other candidates.
Furthermore, learning a new language has been shown to open your mind. It can make you more tolerant, empathetic, and allow you to communicate across cultures with a greater sense of ease and comfort. In other words, knowing a language other than your native tongue can give you a different way to understand the world and your particular place within it.
In addition, although the cognitive benefits of learning a language rarely get the attention they deserve, research has shown that studying languages can improve cognition and decision-making skills. Being multilingual can contribute to keeping at bay many neurodegenerative diseases that accompany the process of aging.
The Sinosphere - the Chinese linguistic and cultural sphere - spans many nations across the world. From Kuala Lumpur to Kunming, major metropolitan areas today have been shaped by a deep, historical relationship to imperial China. It's worth noting that in more recent years China has also been making significant inroads in Africa. This means that learning and mastering Chinese can open up a path not just to China, but to nations ranging from Singapore to Senegal. As a traveler in any of these places where Chinese is widely spoken, you can dive into the culture and gain more than the typical tourist.
In other words, attaining advanced proficiency in Chinese can offer you a multitude of opportunities for growth. Still, it's necessary for any prospective language learner to recognize that learning a language can be a taxing and time-consuming endeavor - mastery doesn't come overnight. Research has shown that rigorous and regular practice, coupled with immersion, tends to be the winning combination when it comes to gaining proficiency as quickly as possible. That being said, finding time and energy to devote to Chinese is not easy. So, what's the solution?
Signing up for a Memphis Chinese course is one way that you can tackle some of those obstacles. For one, the class will be completely online, so you don't have to worry about making time for another commute. In addition, with classes held at various times (including evenings and weekends), it's no longer a headache to find a class that accommodates your unique scheduling needs.
Although some may be skeptical of the efficacy of an online class, the Live Learning Platform provides you with a typical classroom environment. Much like a regular classroom, you can engage with your classmates and get feedback from your instructor. In fact, with a Memphis Chinese class, you can even request one-on-one time with your instructor and go over any doubts you may have. This way, you can opt to spend more time on certain concepts, whether grammatical or syntactic, and come away feeling more confident about your Chinese.
So, whether you're still struggling to distinguish different tones or focused on interpreting centuries-old Daoist texts, signing up for a Memphis Chinese class can be your path to gaining or maintaining proficiency. With the focused exercises, collaboration, and individualized time that you can get in a Memphis Chinese class, even learning a difficult language like Chinese may be less of a mammoth task.
What kinds of skills would an instructor generally review in a Chinese class?
There are many different dialects of Chinese, including but not limited to Xiang, Wu, Gan, and Hakka. However, the most widely spoken Chinese dialect today is Mandarin Chinese. A whopping one billion people speak Mandarin natively. In addition, the number of second language speakers is steadily increasing as more people recognize the immense value of mastering Chinese in today's world.
Given the distinct pictographic script, grammar, and sound system of Mandarin, it is regarded as one of the most difficult languages for English speakers to learn and master. Whereas Romance languages such as French and Spanish share certain core similarities with English, this is not at all the case with Mandarin Chinese.
There are no articles, verb inflections, or plurals in Mandarin. On top of this, all words have only one grammatical form. To a monolingual English speaker, then, Mandarin can be quite tricky, and the process of mastering the language can present various frustrations.
However, in a Memphis Chinese class, instructors recognize the challenges of learning Chinese as an English speaker. Knowledgeable and dedicated to your growth, they can give you the focused time and attention that you may need to become proficient.
I want to register for a class, but I'm curious to hear more about the benefits. What advantages are there to signing up?
Your schedule is already hectic, and you're managing multiple responsibilities at any given moment. Knowing this, a Memphis Chinese class is completely online. With classes at various times - even weekends and evenings - it's no longer impossible to find a class that makes sense for your busy schedule.
In addition, as you would be able to in a regular classroom, the Live Learning Platform lets you engage with your peers and receive feedback from your tutor. You can also request one-on-one time to clarify your doubts or spend more time on a given concept.
Finally, a Memphis Chinese course is open to students at every stage in their language learning journey. Whether you're figuring out the stroke orders of the 100 most essential characters or already watching contemporary Chinese films without subtitles, there's a place for you in a Memphis Chinese course.
So, how can I get registered and start taking Chinese classes?
New sections begin on a monthly basis and classes are held at many different times. Signing up is easy. So, if you want to explore your options, you should contact the educational consultants at Varsity Tutors today.
Whether you're only in your first semester of Chinese at the Harding Academy of Memphis or just looking to know what you're doing as you navigate the aisles of Great China Food Market, register for a Memphis Chinese course today and begin your Chinese language learning adventure. Thanks to Varsity Tutors, you can have access to a Chinese course that puts you first during your journey to proficiency.

Ayana: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
"The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his lifeby developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality. The training he needs is theoretical, i.e., conceptual. He has to be taught to think, to understand, to integrate, to prove." -Ayn Rand
Education & Certification
- University of Memphis - Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- American Literature
- Photoshop
- Singing
- +58 subjects

David: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...application, which means there's a lot of pressure to perform. Too much pressure is never a good thing, though, so I will always go out of my way to keep students motivated and in high spirits. A typical SAT tutoring session will consist of three parts, one for each section of the test. The first problems we look at will be more general and designed to see where your strengths and weaknesses are. After that,...
Education & Certification
- CUNY Hunter College - Bachelor of Science, Economics
- CUNY Hunter College - Bachelor in Arts, Chinese Studies
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- Greek
- ACT Reading
- SAT Subject Test in United States History
- +76 subjects

Gabrielle: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...spent the past year and a half studying abroad. During my time traveling throughout Asia, I worked and volunteered as a teacher for students of all ages, gaining significant experience in tutoring a wide variety of subjects. From ESL to public speaking, I have had the chance to help students make remarkable advancements in both confidence and competency levels. I am particularly passionate about tutoring English, Mandarin, and standardized test prep. In my experience working...
Education & Certification
- Arizona State University - Bachelor in Arts, Chinese Language & Global Studies
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- Mandarin Chinese 2
- Other
- Study Skills
- +29 subjects

Caroline: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...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 and test preparation, I am highly...
Education & Certification
- University of California-Berkeley - Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biology
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- Test Prep
- Chemistry
- Science
- +42 subjects

Miaowen: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...Art History teacher, English teacher, and Chinese-English translator in Taiwan for a few years. I have a 12 year old son, and I teach him Chinese at home. I love teaching and understand that learning a new language can be very challenging. As a Chinese teacher, I believe that my job is to help you to pick up the language in a conversational context. Then, I help you to remember those expressions and words by...
Education & Certification
- Fu Jen Catholic University - Bachelor in Arts, History
- OHIO University - Master of Fine Arts, Art History
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- Mandarin Chinese 1
- Mandarin Chinese 2
- Languages
- +3 subjects

Ziyue: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...a special major in Architecture. My passion for these two distinct fields allow me to have multifaceted career options, spanning architectural school, biology research or academia. I had been tutoring Chinese, writing and math for two years, and I am continuing to teach Mandarin and Cantonese on college campus. I was born in Guangdong, China, and I moved to the states when I was in middle school, thus allowing me to be completely fluent in...
Education & Certification
- Swarthmore College - Current Undergrad, Biology and Art
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- Mandarin Chinese 1
- Algebra 2
- Mandarin Chinese 4
- +13 subjects

Tina: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...I love economics and all the math behind it as well as the visual language of film and the humanistic touch of it. I believe in expanding the students' world by teaching not only facts and theories but the implication behind them in addition to sufficient application practice. I want the students to foster intellectual curiosity as they delve into a particular subject. Born and raised in Beijing for 18 years, I can also teach...
Education & Certification
- Columbia University in the City of New York - Bachelor in Arts, Economics
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- Elementary School Reading
- SAT Subject Test in Chinese with Listening
- Mandarin Chinese 3
- +72 subjects

Jennifer: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...and art history. I'm comfortable working with chemistry, biology, most math subjects, and SAT Reading and Math, but am especially confident with tutoring Mandarin Chinese, as a native Chinese speaker with experience teaching a beginning Chinese course in the middle school support program at the Wheeler School in Providence, RI. If you're interested in improving your Chinese (or just looking to start a new language!), please reach out to me! I will be working as...
Education & Certification
- Brown University - Current Undergrad Student, Biochemistry
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- American Literature
- English
- Essay Editing
- +39 subjects

Christina: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
I am a current MBA student at the Yale School of Management who will also be attending UCLA School of Law post-MBA. I've also enjoyed taking standardized tests and "cracking" their code; so I love getting to continue to work on this with my students.
Education & Certification
- University of Houston - Bachelors, Biology, General
- Yale School of Management - Masters in Business Administration, Business, General
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- GMAT Integrated Reasoning
- LSAT
- College Algebra
- +58 subjects

Tony: Memphis Mandarin Chinese course instructor
...have always had a passion for science and medicine and pursued a degree in Biology while at Yale. During the 2008-2009 academic year, I tutored science, math, English, history, and Mandarin Chinese part-time with a DC-based tutoring company. At Yale, I worked as a freshman counselor to provide academic and career advice to incoming freshmen. I have taken both SAT and MCAT test prep classes and am familiar with both tests as well as the...
Education & Certification
- Yale University - Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Subject Expertise
- Mandarin Chinese
- MCAT Verbal Reasoning
- High School Biology
- English
- +22 subjects