...children have the opportunity to work with a tutor one-on-one to fill in any learning gaps. My teaching style caters to the student's learning style and personality. I assess each student's aptitude before we begin working together. If a student is visual, we learn more by reading and looking at things. If the student is auditory, then we learn more by listening. Or, if a student is kinesthetic, we learn by doing activities. Therefore, I...
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...aspirations of applying to graduate school, areas of research in biomedical engineering and biotechnology that I am particularly interested in include biomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and drug delivery systems. Outside of the classroom, I enjoy learning on my own and sharing my experience and knowledge with my peers and other students. I hope to make use of my experiences with academics and learning in high school and so far in my undergraduate career in order to effectively...
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Angela graduated from Yale University and has extensive experience mentoring high school and college students. She has worked with high school students on their college admissions essays to top universities and mentored college students through internship and job search processes. She looks forward to working with you!
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...Science degree from Fordham University majoring in Business Administration. At Brooklyn Technical High School, I was on the Math Team and actively participated in many competitions, such as the AMC and the Moody's Mega Math Challenge. During my high school and college years, I tutored math and taught piano. I currently teach classical piano privately. As a tutor, I can relate to the mind of the student and explain concepts using everyday terms and examples...
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...University and went to Pennsylvania State University for my Bachelor of Science in Physics and minor in Mathematics. In graduate school, I was a Teaching Assistant for two years, and I had been teaching several college-level introductory or intermediate physics courses, whether they are labs, discussions or studios style. With my experience, I can ignite the passion of learning using active and engaging teaching methods. Science and technology is my favorite field and I would...
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...I have also had various experiences tutoring American middle school students in math, science, and writing. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Latin, Ancient Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, and math. In my experience helping students with their studies, we always have the most fun practicing languages and finding daily applications. I welcome students of all ages, from elementary school to older adulthood, as I believe education can...
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...Rather, what we lack is the skill to weed out noises, lies, and falsehoods from all the information available to us. Knowing this, in my teaching practice, I try my best to inculcate a critical thinking method in my students so that they can achieve lifetime learning on their own. I will teach students how to gather information and evaluate the voracity of it, and how to apply good information to solve a problem. My...
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...me! I'm able to relate to students and provide a current perspective on education. I have experience tutoring English at ESL level, in reading, speaking, and writing. Having learnt several languages myself and being a trilingual speaker (Cantonese, English, Mandarin), I understand the challenges of navigating between languages and am familiar with ways to overcome them. In addition to this, I have taught beginner violin and basic music theory. I've always developed good relationships with...
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I have experience of teaching Chinese to foreign children. I had tutored a 7 year old Danish girl for a year and a half. Before I graduated from university, I did an internship at a secondary school in Thailand. I learned how to assist a Thai teacher teaching Chinese.
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...volunteered at the Bowling Green Junior High School as an assistant teacher for their Mandarin Chinese program, and helped 7th and 8th graders improve their interest and competence in Chinese. In University, I continued to tutor my Vanderbilt friends who were majoring or minoring in Chinese. My passion for helping others improve and learn also grew beyond languages. Following my acceptance to Vanderbilt University in my senior year of high school, I volunteered to help...
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...also faced similar challenges. I want to be that person to help others overcome obstacles and achieve success. Working with students has helped me to build a relationship with them in getting to know them better on a personal level, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and providing individualized support and guidance. It has helped me to learn in being an effective communicator with them when it comes to being clear in my explanations, listening actively...
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...don't have a good basic foundation. There is another thing that is really important---feedback. As we learn and as we go, if we don't get feedback we will started to lose interest and motivation. That is why it is so important to let students know what they made on the test as soon as possible. I believe my experience and concept of teaching will make a great fit for you and anyone who needs it....
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...person and benefit the society. Her influence on me never ceases to remind me of the virtue of helping people change their lives to the best of my ability. And to do that, communication is important and indispensible. The better part of education is communication, in a proper way on the right platforms. I believe one can only do satisfying jobs if he/she has passion for them. I would be more than happy to share...
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I am majoring in nursing at University of Portland. I spend part of my leisure time tutoring students and peers in Mandarin at my school for 2 years. I enjoy working with students with pronunciation, reading, writing and speaking conversations. I grew up in Hong Kong. I learned to speak three languages fluently since I was in kindergarten. I am confident in helping with your Mandarin skills. I believe everyone could succeed in excelling in...
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...hygiene. I'm a dental hygiene resident at UNC Adams School of Dentistry and studying to be dental hygiene educator. My thesis and research is focused on environmentally sustainable dental practices. Part of my graduate student duties is to educate and tutor adult learners on subjects such oral pathology, microbiology, tooth anatomy, and clinical skills. I also have experience educating and tutoring learners from grades pre-k to 12 on subjects that range from writing/reading to math....
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...Civil Engineering major. I have taken Calculus 1 and Calculus 2. I have a strong foundation of Calculus since I joined an intensive Calculus program in City College in my junior year in high school and got a 5 in AP calculus AB in my senior year. The math course in Cooper Union is very challenging, but that's what motivate me to do better. I have developed strategies to break down math problems into smaller...
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...College, and I tutor various subjects including Algebra I, Test preps, Mandarin, and Biology for middle to high schoolers. With more than 4 years of experience of tutoring middle to high school students, my experience aligns well with the qualifications you are seeking in a tutor. In addition to my experience, I have a strong acadmeic background and great passion in watching my students succeed in subjects that they are struggling with
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Hi, I'm Haoting. I am from China and I speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese. I am patient and logical as a tutor and I'm also a friend to my students. I can understand students' and parents' worries about hard work in the study and I can provide my experience and solutions to help.
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...patient and good at explaining things. When you come to me for help in your studies, I am not here as your tutor, I am here as your friend, you'll have all my patience and devotion in helping you do well in your test and develop interest in the subject. Talk to me about any problem you encounter, feel free to let me know your challenges, and I will do my best to turn those...
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Cantonese Tutoring FAQ
Cantonese is a dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong and internationally, and is notable for its relative popularity in the United States. If you've made it your goal to learn Cantonese, whether in preparation for a trip, for business purposes, or to fulfill an academic language requirement, it is important that you be particular about the way in which you go about learning this language. Classes that simply teach you Chinese may very well teach you Mandarin, the dialect of Chinese that is spoken by the greatest number of people. While Mandarin and Cantonese both are represented using Chinese characters, a great number of differences between the dialects make them extremely distinct, to the point where speakers of each are unintelligible to one another. Your Cantonese tutor can assist you in speaking and writing this dialect most fluently.
The way in which a Mandarin speaker and a Cantonese speaker pronounce a certain character can differ widely, and Cantonese involves unique grammatical rules and sentence structures in comparison to Mandarin. Cantonese also includes characters not used in Mandarin, and to make matters more confusing, certain characters can mean one thing in Mandarin and a completely different thing in Cantonese! Obviously, if you want to learn Cantonese, you need to find instruction and resources that deal with this dialect specifically. In the long run, you will be able to effectively communicate and possibly find opportunities you never thought possible - from detailed conversations with Chinese friends to furthering your studies in this area, or landing a job that requires such abilities. A future trip to China can end up being productive and interesting, being that you'll be able to communicate on an impressive level with the locals.
What's an eager student to do, however, if the only Chinese instruction offered to them deals solely with the Mandarin dialect? Varsity Tutors can help you hurdle this obstacle by helping you connect with personalized Cantonese tutoring. One-on-one Cantonese tutoring can help you learn the language efficiently, while helping you build the skills needed to reach your specific goals. Our educational directors can help you select a superb, independent tutor whose skill set best equips them to help you, taking into consideration your current understanding of Cantonese and your previous education in the language. They look at the aspects of Cantonese you understand well, the aspects of the language you find confusing, and even your preferred learning style. Your tutor can identify any gaps in your current level of Cantonese knowledge and then create a curriculum for your Cantonese tutoring sessions focused on helping you master the material you most need to learn or review.
Additionally, because each Cantonese tutoring session is conducted in a one-on-one setting, you can have your instructor's full attention. That means if you have a question about the material, you can have it answered immediately in a way that makes sense to you. You can also receive feedback on your work as soon as you finish an exercise, or practice your conversational skills with an excellent speaking partner. The tutor's level of detail will certainly challenge you, but in a way that makes sure you know how you are progressing. This will leave little guesswork once you are fluent and able to communicate with someone whose first language is Cantonese. 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.
Don't let a lack of Cantonese resources slow you down in your efforts to learn the language! Varsity Tutors can help you connect with individual Cantonese tutoring that can bring efficacy and expert guidance to your studies. Contact our educational directors in your area today to learn more or to begin scheduling your first session!
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Recent Cantonese Tutoring Session Notes
I went over her practice test that she had taken earlier that day in preparation for her chemistry exam on 4.26. The test reviewed many topics from this semester as well as new material on the crystal field theory and splitting energy.
Today the student had to take a practice midterm exam of the first six sessions since we started working together. As far as the material goes, she seemed to be pretty comfortable with it. There are still some things she needs to work on, but we had already gone over those together. We also reviewed the second half of material since we picked up our sessions again. Since those are more recent, she didn't have many questions with the concepts.
To start I gave the student a quiz on the vocabulary from lesson 4, dialogue 1, which he did very well on. We briefly reviewed grammar, then spent most of the remaining time working on translations, mostly from English to Chinese.
Today, we talked about pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, and quantifiers in Chinese. We finished the core vocabulary for preparing the test, so next class we will start talking about the sentence structures.
Reading practice ( a short poem)
Writing practice
Final 4 week review of:
-Personal introductions
-Basic greetings
-Words in the class room (teacher, students, classmates etc.)
Vocabulary memory game
Go Fish
Today, we practiced and performed the presentation that the student had prepared for her mother. She gave a presentation using photos of her family and explaining who each member was in Mandarin Chinese. We then sang and danced to a children's song in Mandarin. The rest of the class focused on pin-yin pronunciation practice.
