Roger - Mandarin tutor - London

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Roger

  • Hourly rate £50
  • Response Time 24h
  • Number of students 1
Roger - Mandarin tutor - London
  • 5 (2 reviews)

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Mandarin Tuition through the medium of Chinese Poetry - Mandarin tutor with Roger

Lesson location

    • Online
    • at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 50 km from London

About Roger

I am an English national who has lived and worked in China, speaks Mandarin fluently, and is able to provide conversation practice to students in the first years of their study. However, my main strength is the introduction of students to the language through the medium of Chinese poetry. To this end I have written textbooks, available on Amazon and in Waterstone's, and use these as the basis for the course I teach.

The advantage of this approach is that it is compatible with any other system for learning Chinese that the student is pursuing at the time, and is a useful and enjoyable complement to other more traditional courses. It is also a good introduction to aspects of Chinese culture which can stand the student in good stead when they spend time in the country, interacting with Chinese natives.

The content can be tailored to students of any age; the poems are all simple and well-known, and are used to teach language and culture in Chinese schools to this day. Depending on the level of the student's Chinese, I conduct the lessons either in Mandarin or English.

The aim is for students to learn the poems to the level where they can both recite and write them out from memory, giving them practice in good Mandarin pronunciation, and learning of the Chinese characters.

A second course is offered in the use of Chinese idioms. The student is introduced to a selection of sixty of the most useful idioms related to saying, knowing, liking, doing etc. Multimedia aids are employed to help the student learn each one, and practice in their use in conversation is provided in order to reach a level where the idioms are used automatically and in appropriate places in conversation, without undue premeditation. The characters comprising each idiom are studies, with particular emphasis being placed on memorising the tones – an essential aspect of being able to use the idioms naturally. At the end of the course, the student will have increased confidence in conversational situations, and will impress Chinese with their advanced knowledge.

University :
- University of Oxford - BA (Hons) [2(i)]
- Imperial College London - PhD [N/A]

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About the lesson

  • All Levels
  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

Mandarin teacher at London.

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Rates

Hourly rate

  • £50

Pack prices

  • 5h: £250
  • 10h: £500

online

  • £50/h

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