Nora

I am a dedicated and experienced Mandarin Chinese teacher and I can teach both traditional and simplified characters. Teaching is my passion! I consider myself to be very organised, conscientious and attentive to details, esp. in correcting students’ mistakes in assignments and exams. Most importantly, I always adjust my teaching methods to suit individual needs.
In order to gain more knowledge about teaching Mandarin in the British context, I completed a full-time PG Diploma in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at SOAS, Uni. of London in Aug. 2013. Furthermore, I attended an intensive course (90 hrs) in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Taiwan in summer 2012.
I was born and brought up in Taiwan, then came to the UK for Higher Education. I am also British now.

Availability: most weekdays 2-7 pm

Willing to travel: 3 miles

Experience: At this moment I teach at ARM also work as a freelance Mandarin Chinese teacher/tutor. I taught A level and IGCSE Chinese at Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies (now part of the Stephen Perse Foundation) in Sept. 2017-June 2019. I was a private tutor for students, graduates and teaching staff at Cambridge Uni. from 2014 to 2018. I worked as a translator for the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, School of Education, University of Birmingham in 2014-2015. I taught Mandarin for Babel Language & Cultural training in Cambridge in Feb.- May 2015. From Sept. 2013 to July 2014 I taught Mandarin at the Stephen Perse Foundation (Pre-prep, Junior & Senior Schools), Cambridge. I have been an assistant examiner for Cambridge Assessment International Education since June 2014.
Before settling down in the UK, I taught Chinese at the University of Iceland and at Icelandic senior high schools (15-20 yrs old) as well as being a private Chinese tutor for many years. In addition, I have also taught a short Mandarin course for adopted Chinese children (5-8 yrs old) and their parents at the Uni. of Iceland. The students I have taught have been aged 2 to 70. I was also in charge of the Mandarin Placement Tests (4 levels in total) for all the Icelandic senior high schools from 2009 to 2012.
I have taught Chinese as a Foreign Language to ab initio learners many times in Iceland and Cambridge, at schools, other institutions and as a private tutor.