Diana
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: East China Normal University - Bachelors, Language and Literature Education
Graduate Degree: SUNY at Albany - Masters, Teach English to Speakers of Other Languages (teach in College / Adult Level)
Reading, writing, traveling, photography, listening to music, playing cello and classical guitar, learning new languages, working out, and playing with my dog...
AP Chinese
AP Chinese Language and Culture
College English
Conversational Mandarin
High School English
Mandarin Chinese 1
Mandarin Chinese 3
Mandarin Chinese 4
What is your teaching philosophy?
I believe each student is unique. Each person can learn despite his/her age. A good teacher should be able to see and respect a student's individuality, and teach based on each student's learning style and learning curve. It's teachers' responsibility to find ways to make the learning process pleasant, fun and easy to absorb, memorize and utilize. To make learning passionate, confident and rewarding.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
My first session typically would be spent to get to know the student, his/her personality, background, to evaluate, to learn what his/her goal is from learning the subject, and his/her expectation from me; also to learn what the student finds difficulty or struggles with while learning the subject.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
While I am teaching, I will tailor my teaching methods based on each student's unique learning style, and guide the student to imitate the learning process in order to study in a way that mostly fit him/her, and which he/she feels comfortable with.