My name is Jody and I’m a professional Mandarin teacher with a Masters Degree(National Taiwan University, majored in Chinese Linguistics). I have been teaching Mandarin to native and non-native speakers in Taiwan and Singapore for over 6 years.
I teach both CHILDREN and ADULTS. I have had young students who were able to boost up their Mandarin level from zero to near native in a year, and adult students who were able to do introduction, order food, asking directions…survival Mandarin in just 30-40 hours! I speak at least 6-7 languages and I can definitely teach you a good way to learn Mandarin in an easy and efficient way!
Here’s some info about me:
Experience:
Mandarin Instructor at NTU ICLP(Taipei)
Mandarin Instructor at PCCU(Taipei)
IOR Global Services Language Department(US)
Specialist Teaching Associate(Singapore)
Online Mandarin Consultant(Taipei)
Education:
National Taiwan University
M.A. in Chinese Literature (majored in Chinese Linguistics)
B.A. in Chinese Literature
MOE Certificate of Qualification to Teach Mandarin Chinese as a second language
*Familiar with both Traditional and Simplified Chinese
*Familiar with both Pinyin and Zhuyin system
*Familiar with different usages of Mandarin in Taiwan, Mainland China and South East Asia
*Have a variety of teaching experience and have taught students from different backgrounds(USA, India, Germany, Japan, Korea, India, Russia, England, Canada, South Africa, Singapore, etc) and of different ages, ranging from 3 years old to 60 years old, from beginners to experts.
*Great command in English for beginners.
*Also a multilingual speaker who able to understand the difficulties of learning a foreign language and therefore able to provide effective methods for students to master Mandarin.
*Clear explanation and creative teaching methods.
*Provide students more individual listening, speaking, reading and writing practice according to each student’s needs and learning purposes.
*Own a modern, cozy and well-equipped studio at Zhishan MRT(Red line) however available for home tutoring as well.
Please contact me at: jodychinese@gmail.com
Website: yippeechinese.wix.com/home
FB: www.facebook.com/yippeechinese