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Classical Piano with Daisy W.

Jersey City, New Jersey

4.8
(5)
Teaches online
Teaches Beginner, Intermediate
Age: 5-40
Speaks Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, English
Teaching since 1998
B.A. & M.A. at 2nd language education

    About Daisy W.

    4.8
    (5)
    I am a Certified Mandarin Chinese teacher who has received a B.A. and M.A. of language education from South China Normal University. I am also a Beijing Culture and Language University Teaching Proficiency Certificate of Teaching Chinese as a Second language recipient; Senior Chinese Language teacher certified by International Profession Certification Association. am very flexible with my teaching methods and materials. I love to tailor my lessons accordin During years of my teaching experience, I have taught students from young kids to adults, from very beginner to advanced high levels. I am always very flexible with my teaching methods and materials. I tailor my lessons according to students' background and needs. Besides language teaching, I also enrich my lessons with Chinese Culture education. Just let me know your goals about learning Chinese, I am here to help. Besides teaching Chinese, I also teach classical piano. Grown up in a very musical family, I started to play the piano since I was very young. Although I chose to study linguistic for my college level education, I took piano lessons privately with famous professors from some major music conservatories. I have never given up my piano playing and teaching. In years of the piano teaching career, many of my students have passed the ABRSM piano certification exam with great grades. I also include my piano lessons with ear training and music theory study.

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    5 Reviews
    Shui
    Teacher's studio
    My son and his friend has been taking class with Daisy for a year. I am happy to see the improvements over conversation,reading and writing after a year. Daisy is patient with kids and engage the boys with different lesson themes and multimedia. she introduces subjects that the boys can relate to daily so they can use it in a conversation at home..She is also very considerate that the boys has a busy school schedule also. She has good understanding of Chinese language-a difficult language to learn for kids and needs repetitive practice and patient.
    Posted Jan 14, 2017
    Pimol
    Teacher's studio
    My son has been studying Chinese with Daisy for about a year and his Chinese has improved significantly.Daisy's lessons cover writing and reading Chinese characters as well as pin-yin. She also gives tests to ensure he remembers what he has learned. To improve my son's writing she insisted on using writing papers with proper grids and took the time to get them for us. Daisy is a caring and responsible teacher.
    Posted Jan 14, 2017
    Elaine
    Online
    Daisy is amazing! She is not only very professional and organized, she is very patient. Whenever I have a new topic I want to discuss, she is very willing to structure the class around that topic. She also sends detailed notes about the vocabulary that came up in the lesson so you can review it later- very helpful!
    Posted Jan 10, 2017
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    Experience

    Mandarin Chinese teacher

    Sep, 2016 - Present

    Tongyantang Sunday Chinese School

    I am the Mandarin Chinese teacher, teaching students from 5-8 years old. The students are from different background. Some are from a family with Chinese speakers as well as those who have no previous exposure to Chinese language.

    Mandarin and ESL teacher

    Aug, 2008 - Jul, 2014

    The Affiliated School of Macao Univeristy

    I had been teaching high school students at this famous local high school until I moved to the USA in 2014 summer.

    Education

    Supplementary Program in Primary Education

    Dec, 1997 - Jul, 1998

    University of Macao

    B.A. & M.A. at 2nd language education

    May, 1998 - Jun, 2011

    South China Normal University

    Certifications

    Teaching Proficiency Certificate of Teaching Chinese as a 2nd Language

    Aug, 2012

    Beijing Language and Culture University

    This is an intensive training program which is designed for those who have had Mandarin Chinese teaching experience. It focuses more on the theories and methodology of teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages(TCSOL).

    Senior Chinese Language Teacher

    Mar, 2013

    International Profession Certification Association

    The International Profession Certification Association (IPA) is an international association dedicated to the certification of professional qualifications. It is a legally registered entity in US and is one of the most authoritative certification agencies in the world.

    Languages

    English

    Native Proficiency

    Mandarin Chinese

    Native Proficiency

    Chinese

    Native Proficiency

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