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Mandarin Chinese and Japanese lessons (all levels, ages)
I specialise in teaching Chinese and Japanese to students of all ages and abilities. For both of these languages, my pronunciation, grammar and fluency are at a near native level, and my students benefit from my ability to explain concepts in English.
I am a creative teacher, however I do not shy away from traditional approaches to teaching, and as a teacher of languages, I particularly enjoy teaching grammar and pronunciation and have developed a thorough approach to each of these, along with all other aspects of language-learning. I have considerable experience devising and implementing my own syllabi (something I also greatly enjoy!) to cater for the diverse needs of my students - particularly younger learners.
The exact format for my classes therefore differs from student to student: some prefer to focus solely on speaking and listening; others (schoolchildren for instance) study more writing and translation. A typical syllabus followed could include the following on a weekly or fortnightly basis:
pronunciation training; writing practice; focussed work on grammar and grammatical structures; reading exercises; conversational role-play; vocabulary testing; essays on history and culture
For more information, please enquire.
I am a creative teacher, however I do not shy away from traditional approaches to teaching, and as a teacher of languages, I particularly enjoy teaching grammar and pronunciation and have developed a thorough approach to each of these, along with all other aspects of language-learning. I have considerable experience devising and implementing my own syllabi (something I also greatly enjoy!) to cater for the diverse needs of my students - particularly younger learners.
The exact format for my classes therefore differs from student to student: some prefer to focus solely on speaking and listening; others (schoolchildren for instance) study more writing and translation. A typical syllabus followed could include the following on a weekly or fortnightly basis:
pronunciation training; writing practice; focussed work on grammar and grammatical structures; reading exercises; conversational role-play; vocabulary testing; essays on history and culture
For more information, please enquire.
Location
At student's location: Around Amsterdam, Netherlands






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Chinese for adults, School
Age: | Preschool children (4-6 years old) Children (7-12 years old) Teenagers (13-17 years old) Adults (18-64 years old) Seniors (65+ years old) |
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Student level: | Beginner Intermediate Advanced |
Duration: | 60 minutes |
The class is taught in: | English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish |
About Me
I am an experienced teacher across a range of subjects, teaching students of all ages and abilities in a variety of group and one-to-one settings. For the last three years, I have taught students at all levels of the English national curriculum, as well as adult learners, in London.I am fully qualified as a teacher of EFL, having received the Trinity Cert. TESOL after finishing school. I have taught English as a foreign language in schools in both the UK and abroad. I started teaching privately in my second year at university and currently teach Mandarin and Japanese to primary, secondary and adult-learner students. As of this year, my students have achieved 100% A/A* grades in British GCSE and A Level exams.
I have considerable experience devising and implementing my own syllabi (something I also greatly enjoy!) to cater for the diverse needs of my students - particularly younger learners. I have developed my own games and programmes of study for teaching East Asian languages to young children.
I have very recently moved to Amsterdam and am keen to begin finding new students locally!
Education
University of Oxford, MA (Oxon.), 2018University of Oxford, BA (Hons.) Oriental Studies (Chinese), 2012
Wycliffe College, A-Levels in: Japanese (A), Spanish (A), Maths (A), Physics (A), 2007
GCSEs in English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Spanish, Japanese, History, Geography, Religious Studies and Citizenship (all at grade A or A*), 2005
Experience / Qualifications
Inlingua Cheltenham, Trinity Cert. TESOL (with merit), 2007Teacher of English at Intersect SFL, Kazo, Japan: Sept. 2007- Aug. 2008
Teacher of English at Oxford Royale Academy, Oxford, UK: June 2013 - Aug. 2014
Teacher of English at Inlingua, Kunming, China: Jan. 2015 - Aug. 2015
Teacher of Chinese at École de Management de Normandie, Oxford, UK: Sept - Dec. 2015
English Expert for Dingshi Education, Shanghai: Oct. 2016 - Present
Tutor for Connexus Academic Advisors, London, UK: April 2018 - Present
Tutor for Enissmore Education, London, UK: May 2018 - Present
Self-employed as a tutor: April 2010 - Present
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