Private Mandarin Chinese Tutoring for Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate
This is a specific, individually tailored private class in listening, speaking, reading and writing based on students' interests and needs.
Ms Amy
Average rating:
4.3
Number of reviews:(3)
What's included
2 live meetings
1 hrs 40 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1 hour per week. We have homework regularly. Usually, it takes 15-20 minutes to practice the pronunciation of Pinyin and tones, practice writing characters, read short sentences, or writing sentences, paragraphs, emails, card, etc.Class Experience
Intermediate - Advanced Level
Welcome parents and learners! I am Ms. Amy. In this ongoing class we will meet twice a week to learn speaking Mandarin, reading and writing simplified Chinese. I will tailor lessons to your student's interests and goals. Please feel free to bring your own materials or assignments to our class. You can also let me know if there are certain areas you would like specialized practice in, so I can identify some useful materials for us to work with together. For students of intermediate level we will work on improving pronunciation skills, using high frequency characters and expressions, language skills proficiently for daily communication, practicing writing Chinese characters, and reading leveled texts. Each class will be specific to the student's proficiency and needs , this is an example of typical topics covered each lesson: Week 1: Greetings, Pinyin, tones, strokes, Numbers1-5 Week 2: Greetings, Numbers6-10, Spring Festival Week 3: Numbers 11-20, Lantern Festival Week 4: Numbers 21-30, my family 1 Week 5: Numbers 31-40, my family 2 Week 6: Dates Week 7: Birthday Week 8: Weeks Week 9: Animals Week 10: Pets Week 11: Colors Week 12: Clothing Week 13: Mother's Day Week 14: Fruits Week 15: Foods Week 16: Father's Day Week 17: Sports Week 18: Summer Break 1 Week 19: Summer Break 2 Week 20: Travel For students of advanced level, we will focus on learning common colloquialisms and idioms to better understand and speak in Chinese, reading different types of reading resources, and practicing writing emails, journals, notices, stories, etc. Each class will be specific to the student's proficiency and needs, this is an example of typical topics covered each week: Week 1: Introduction, Numbers, Laba Festival 腊八节 Week 2: Dates, Chinese New Year 春节 Week 3: Birthday, Lantern Festival 元宵节 Week 4: Time, Women's Day 妇女节 Week 5: Greetings, Chinese Arbor day 植树节 Week 6: Family Members, Chinese Memorial Day 清明节 Week 7: Relatives, Mother's Day 母亲节 Week 8: Hobbies, Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 Week 9: Leisure, Children's Day 儿童节 Week 10: Weather, Father's Day 父亲节 Week 11: Seasons, Chinese Valentine's Day 七夕节 Week 12: Sickness, ZhongYuan Festival 中元节 Week 13: School facilities, Teachers' Day 教师节 Week 14: School subjects, Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 Week 15 : Making phone calls, ChongYang 重阳节 Week 16: Fruits and vegetables, National Day 国庆节 Week 17: Meats and meals, Winter Solstice Festival 冬至 Week 18: Eating out, New Year's Day 元旦 class time breakdown: 10 min - review what we learned through conversations or fun activities using flashcards, pictures, Zoom whiteboard, etc. 25 min - learn new materials like Pinyin, characters, common expressions, short sentences, practice writing characters, etc. 15 min - practice what we learned in conversation or Picture Talk. Please give me a short note about your Chinese language skills and needs so that I can be more prepared and make the learning more efficient.
Other Details
Supply List
A 1-2 page handout will be provided with each session's content. A notebook for notes and writing activities is needed.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Hello! Thank you so much for showing interest in my classes. I am Ms. Amy. I am a native Mandarin Chinese speaker. I have multiple degrees in languages and literature.
I have more than 10 years of teaching experience in different levels of Chinese to students from kindergarten to university. I offer one-on-one and private lessons for students learning Mandarin Chinese. I have also tutored students in IB Chinese language B, Mandarin ab initio, and AP Chinese language and culture.
My teaching philosophy is that each learner is unique and learns at their own pace and this is something that I bring to every lesson of mine. I apply communicative teaching strategies to encourage learners to engage in learning activities based on their language skills, topics of interest and individually tailored materials.
I enjoy learning and teaching and having students learn with me. Reviews
Live Group Class
$50
weekly ($25 per class)2x per week
50 min
Completed by 13 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
1-2 learners per class
