I like literature and performing arts most in life. I tend to incorporate both into classes to blend into textbook work. If you're looking for a more creative approach to language, that's what I provide. I have plenty of books and media that I've used myself to further my own studies.... I believe in going with the flow of nature. One must walk before they can run and crawl before they can walk.... I like to...
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I enjoy helping someone to get where he/she wants to or needs to go. I believe everyone is unique; therefore there isn't just one method in dong anything. Everyone is motivated by something. It is just a matter of finding what that motivation is. ... Find out the root of the problem and work to eradicate that. Not everyone has the same problem; therefore, one cannot use the same method to teach or to learn.... Discover...
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...Speakers of Other Languages. I worked as a Mandarin Chinese teacher in University College Dublin in Ireland for 5 years before I came to US. I have extensive experience of teaching a wide range of Chinese language modules from secondary school classes, adult and evening classes, to postgraduate and undergraduate degree courses, from Chinese language and culture courses, intensive Chinese language courses of different levels to business Chinese courses, from classroom teaching to online teaching....
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...films and teaching. I majored in journalism in my undergraduate years and have submitted dozens of film criticisms to Chinese major film jornal "Movieview". I came to US to pursue my filmmaking dream five years ago. I enrolled in Loyola Marymount University and majored in Film Production. During this period, I worked as a teaching assistant for a film study course where I gave lectures about "the Art of Cinema". I also worked as simultaneous...
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...and international peace and conflict resolution. During school and since graduation I've collaborated on a number of performative social justice projects as an actor, director, writer, and producer in America and abroad, and now I'm pursuing my MFA in movement-based ensemble theater with a focus on acrobatics. From this work I've cultivated a fiery curiosity that I strive to fuel within the high school- and college-aged students I coach, challenging them to develop not just...
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I'm an experienced and patient tutor willing to work through any problem with a student. I specialize in the Foreign Language and English as well as Test Prep, but I am fully capable of tutoring high-level college math as well as teach music theory and vocal training. I am looking forward to working with you!
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...2020. I genuinely enjoy tutoring, and I have an extensive background in teaching-related leadership and volunteering. With me, you will 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...
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...Chapel Hill, since it was a chance to help other students with writing and foreign language studies. I love to read, write, and learn languages, so I studied journalism, international relations, and Chinese. After school, I moved to China and taught ESL to all ages as a teacher and private tutor. My classes were always designed to maximize variety and engagement so that students could not only have fun but also practice using the skills...
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I am currently studying Economics and East Asian Studies at Columbia University. Outgoing by nature, I have a teaching method that is very interactive. During a tutoring session, my students should expect a dialogue rather than a lecture. I have a background tutoring Math and Mandarin Chinese to students ranging from Elementary School to College.
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...A.S. in Biotechnology. I have been a teaching assistant at Berkeley City College for introductory biology classes for a few semesters, and also work as a lab technician at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory focusing on breast cancer. Most my experience in teaching has been with community college students, so I aim to make the concepts clear and inspire them to further their career in science. As a first generation Chinese immigrant, I am also fluent...
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...in Multilingual Interpreting and one in Asian Studies - as well as two certificates in other areas. I have extensive tutoring experience, ranging over many subject areas. I currently teach English to students in China via video call. I'm familiar with current school expectations for students, especially local curriculum, as well as college-level work. My favorite subjects to teach are languages - I speak 7, at varying levels of proficiency. I like to laugh and...
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...of focus on Chinese history. I also received a minor in Chinese and Asian Studies, and I am passionate about developing language skills in a way that expands one's horizons and blends with all other aspects of education. While a student, I worked in the Mandarin department of the Missionary Training Center in Provo as a classroom teacher and as a tutor. I also worked as a tutor in the BYU Research and Writing Center...
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I'm pursuing a double major in Mathematics and English at Vanderbilt University. I have been tutoring math since High School and have native proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. I am dedicated to helping students explore the study methods that will fit their individual needs.
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...with the math lab tutor in the college, I've taught hundreds students over the past 20+ years. I have experience with younger students (elementary school) from the after school programs and summer camps. Also, I have experience with junior and senior high school students. Of course, being a college math lab tutor, I gain some valuable experience working with the college level students. I also learned a lot from the students I've taught. To me,...
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...Mechanical Engineering from University of Texas. I have extensive background and experiences in several fields including Mathematics, Physics and Engineering. I am interested in sharing my knowledge with students, in helping them understand the subject and solving problems. I believe a good tutor can provide guidance, leading students through a thought process in solving problems. A good tutor will motivate the student to think and propose his or her own solutions and develop independent learning.
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...English and Mandarin Chinese speaker, and have worked in Shanghai for about 5 years before moving back to San Francisco recently. I've tutored mainly middle/high-school students in Chinese or ESL in the home or at summer camps, but I would also love to work with adults or much younger children. It's never too early to start! I hold a bachelor of science in economics and bachelor or arts in comparative area studies from Duke University,...
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...half years, I have taught in a number of different educational settings. During this time, I have instructed a wide and diverse variety of students from elementary students to adults. In the class room I work hard to integrate the knowledge and skills students will need to be successful in college and the global community. I have been successful in creating an engaging classroom that provided students with important life skills such as: a love...
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I received my Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and my Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. I have two years of experience as a teaching assistant in Math and Physics. I enjoy helping students overcome their struggles. Teaching is not just passing knowledge but also leading students to discover the world. I would appreciate my student's effort and would love to see their improvements.
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...two and a half years ago and started college at the St. Louis Community College. While I was studying at the community college, I worked as a peer tutor under Trio student support service. Basic and general chemistry were my specialties. I had a chance to work with many students from various backgrounds. I also participated in a volunteer program where we go to local public high school once a week to help the students...
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...minors in Chinese, Mathematics, and Physics. I have worked part-time as a teaching assistant in the Physics department at BYU for upwards of six semesters, so I have a large amount of experience helping students understand difficult concepts in physics and other STEM subjects. As such, my primary subjects that I tutor are STEM subjects, especially math, physics, and other subjects within the realm of mechanical engineering. I love helping students understand difficult concepts. One...
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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.
