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Information About Xiaoyu:

Personal Description:

1. I have four years experience of teaching high school Chinese. During this period, I taught and researched Chinese, and investigated the methods of teaching Chinese. Therefore, I have very deep knowledge of Chinese theory and the Chinese system of knowledge; I know the difficulty students have when studying Chinese; I know how to design teaching plans and what to concentrate on in each course.
2. I have a native accent, because I come from Northern China, people who live in this area speak standard Mandarin. I also hold the "Certificate of Putonghua (Mandarin) level test", which is awarded by the China National Language and Word Working Committee. This certificate is necessary proof for teaching Chinese in China.
3. I have a bachelor degree at this moment, but this is a degree from a teacher's university. Also during four years studying and over four years teaching period, I met, researched and solved many kinds of real teaching problems. As a result of this experience, I know how to use both the theory and methods of teaching and my knowledge of Chinese in real teaching situations. Through this experience my teaching has become more and more effective.
4. I have been in the UK nearly a year, I have not stopped studying English. My English level is upper-intermediate at this moment, and I also passed ESOL exam.
5. I am teaching a French and an English students now, so I konw how to deal with the different accents in learning Chinese.

Teaching Experience:

1. Chinese teacher in Songhua River High School (July 2003 ─ July 2007)
Duties: To teach the Chinese language, manage and give guidance to students.
2. Member of "Committee of Chinese Education in Senior Schools in the Jilin Province" (December 2003 ─ Present)
3. Researcher in the "Research concerning training for self-learning and cooperation", ratified by the Chinese National Ministry of Education (November 2005 ─ October 2006)
4. I have taught foreign people Mandarin since the end of 2008.

Tutoring Approach:

In general, Mandarin training should include four parts: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Among them, listening and speaking should be a bit more than reading and writing during classes, while reading and writing should be done more in the homework. Different teaching methods should be used for different students:
1) For beginners, we should use more teaching equipments, objects and pictures, so as to help them to remember words by thinking in images, also to make them do simple communication with Chinese.
2) For intermediate students, the teacher should heighten the accuracy of their pronunciation, the grammar as well. In listening part, normal speaking speed can be used, except some difficult sentence; in speaking part, teach them to speak more native; in reading and writing parts, read simple articles or newspaper and to write brief articles are necessary.
3) For advanced students, we need to extend their vocabulary, also some Chinese idioms. In listening part, teacher should use normal speed of speaking and use more complicated sentence; in speaking part, help their Mandarin sounds to be well educated; in reading part, teacher should give more longer articles or chapter of famous novel to students as exercise; in writing part, let students know that write diary in Chinese are helpful, teacher can give any help if they want.

Qualifications:

• I gained the “Certificate of Putonghua (Mandarin) level test”.
• I gained the “Teacher’s Certificate of the People’s Republic of China”.
• In December 2005, the Jilin Province Ministry of Education held a conference: “The Application of New Teaching Methods Using Modern Information Technology”. During this conference I gained outstanding results in: the design of teaching plans, teaching met
• In December 2006, in “The Chinese Teaching Skills Assessment in Jilin High School”, I was appraised as an “Excellent Teacher”.

Further Information:

Availability:	Weekends / Weekdays (all times)
Types of Tutoring:	From their home / Online
References Supplied?	Yes