Yi-Shan

• qualified ex-secondary MFL teacher (PGCE, QTS obtained, 2016), familiar with and taught Mandarin Chinese GCSE specifications (AQA and Edexcel), A Level Chinese specifications at UK secondary schools. My students have great exam results.
• Native Mandarin and Taiwanese speaker, Excellent communication skills
• Experienced Mandarin Tutor. I worked with pupils at different levels: pre-School/ KS1- 5/ FE/ HE/ adults/ retired/ business Chinese/ tourism Chinese, including those with SEN and from diverse cultural background using English as an additional language)
• Freelance translator (television programmes subtitles, between English and Mandarin Chinese)
• Freelance interpreter (legal/Immigration)
• Experienced in tailor-making and delivering one-to-one tutoring lessons
• Knowledge of traditional Chinese/Taiwanese culture, politics, history, geography, society and current pop culture. Also able to combine the above with Mandarin learning/teaching
• Patient, reliable and honest
• mentored PGCE student teachers, Early Career Teachers.
• conduct and co-lead research projects with IOE (Institute of Education, University College London), on Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2021 to date. Co-presented the research results at 2 international academic conferences in 2023.

Tutoring Experience

• Mandarin Teacher at University of Leeds (Sep 2008- May 2011), a private school in north Wales (Y7 and Y9, complete beginner group/individual and GCSE preparation, 2011), a grammar school on the Wirral (2015- 2020, Y7- Y13, including GCSE/A Level preparation), and a comprehensive state school in Liverpool (2020-2023).
• Author/proof-reader of online Mandarin course contents (targeting KS2, KS3, and GCSE learners); Online Mandarin Tutor (KS2 learners and GCSE candidates. One of my pupils was accepted by a Chinese undergraduate course as her first choice for Sep 2014 entry, because of my lessons); eLearning Specialist advising the management team regarding VLE/ LMS and providing training on online teaching for fellow teachers (all above under this bullet point: between Jun 2012- Jun 2014, employed by a private company in north Wales)
• freelance one-to-one Tutor of Mandarin, face-to-face and online
• University Lecturer in Audience Development in Taiwan
• University Lecturer in Arts Management in Taiwan
• University Lecturer in English in Taiwan
• Tutor of English (adult/primary/secondary level, face-to-face, individual and groups) in Taiwan

Tutoring Approach

• Use real-Life scenario for examples and conversation practice
• Integrate Culture into language acquisition
• Offer Business/Leisure/Travel/Conversation Mandarin Lessons
• Offer Pin-Yin and Phonics; Simplified and Traditional Mandarin characters
• Lessons are tailor-made to suit different levels from beginners to advanced Mandarin speaker
• You can choose to get trained in Listening, Speaking, Writing or Reading skills, or a combination of these four
• Deliver lessons in English-only, Mandarin-only, or a combination of English and Mandarin
• Devise different learning methods/ activities/ content for each individual learner to suit their own confidence, Mandarin abilities and learning targets/ motives.
• Encourage students to participate in their own learning process actively by creating an interactive and friendly learning environment.