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United Kingdom
United Kingdom
English
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Yolande is extremely professional whilst forming very good relationships with learners. All lessons are prepared in advance and she communicates very well.
Yolande explains all concepts clearly and uses engaging and enjoyable content (including VAK material) to make sure learners understand things properly before moving on. She can also be flexible with her teaching to suit different paces or challenges.
Yolande is an excellent language teacher and especially with a language like Chinese that is so different from English, she really knows how to teach it in a way that is both understandable and interesting. She is motivating and encouraging in her teaching manner whilst holding high expectations of learners.
Yolande has taught me mandarin for over 3 years now, and I have really enjoyed having her as a tutor. She is extremely patient, engaging, and excellent at adapting lessons to suit my strengths and weaknesses. A particular strength of hers is quickly recognizing areas for improvement (for myself, it was pronouncing the different tones), and tailoring future lessons around this. Her lessons are well prepared, with a variety of different instructional techniques, as well as exercises for the learner. An example that comes to mind is when she made flashcards for me to help me with the HSK1 test, containing different hints and buzzwords that helped me remember. Her kindness and humour shines through into her teaching, and I always look forward to the lessons.
Yolande has been teaching my son and I Chinese for 9 months now and we have been really impressed with her professional attitude. Her on-line lessons are very well prepared and enjoyable. The content is accessible and appropriate to our level and she explains concepts clearly and thoroughly, so that we can understand the reading system, grammar and tones within the Chinese language and apply our learning to different contexts. . Yolande is patient, motivating and encouraging whilst having high expectations of us as learners.
When I am tutoring, I am constantly trying to think of creative solutions to help my students remember vocabulary. To cite one example, I was teaching a student for his Elementary HSK 2 Mandarin exam and although he managed to memorise most of the basic verbs, he was struggling a lot with the verb 'to speak', which is pronounced as 'shuo' in Mandarin. It was important that he remembered all of his vocabulary for his exam. I tried different methods to try and get him to remember the word, however none of the traditional methods worked. So, I decided to think creatively and came up with the idea to start using English puns as a way of remembering particular vocabulary. I said to him, think of 'Shuo' as in 'Shuoberry', which sounds like the English word 'Strawberry'. He thought it was a brilliant pun and said that he will never forget the word again. As a result, he continued to use this pun method for learning Chinese vocabulary and achieved 97% in his exam.
Course / Lesson | Review | Reviewer |
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Demo - Jalen | TegarajPermal arrow_drop_down | |
Demo - Annabelle | AnnabelleCyster arrow_drop_down | |
Demo - James | JameKellyTrant arrow_drop_down | |
Julianne - Demo | JuliannePastor arrow_drop_down | |
Enilla Demo | EnillaA arrow_drop_down | |
Rachel - Demo | RachelDuff arrow_drop_down | |
Patricia test | PatriciaParreno arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 20/08 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 18/8 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 7/8 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 31/7 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 23/7 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 20/7 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 17/7 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 08/7 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Private Course with Manfred Test | Manfred.Olbrich arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 3/7 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 29/6 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 26/6 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 22/6 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Saira Call Copy1 | SairaShafi arrow_drop_down | |
Saira Call | SairaShafi arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 8/7 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 28/5 | Nirav arrow_drop_down | |
Nirav Mandarin 21/5 | Nirav arrow_drop_down |