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Landy Tong - Mandarin Chinese Classes in Kensington/ West London

Landy Tong Gold Member

Kensington (W8) View on map
Last Logged In: 22 May 2012
Sex: Female
Can Travel To: HA NW SW WC

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A-level Chinese £25.00/hr
GCSE Chinese £25.00/hr

Mandarin Chinese £25.00/hr

Personal Message: Everybody's learning ability is different, I make tailored teaching plans for you to maximize your potential.
Which subject(s) do you teach?: Mandarin Chinese
Tell me about your qualifications.: I am native mandarin speaker. I have completed a teacher training course from Meridian Chinese Studies in London.
What kind of experience do you have?: I have six students currently. They are different ages and different levels. I make tailored lessons for them according to their needs.
How much do you charge?: £25/hour per person, £35/90minutes per person, negotiable for group lessons.
Where do you teach?: at the student's home and negotiable.
When are you available?: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and weekends
Which ages and levels do you teach?: All ages and all levels.
Which qualifications do you prepare your students for?: Determine to master Mandarin!
Do you have an up-to-date CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) disclosure certificate?: Yes.
Tell me about some of your current students.: A teaching plan for my current student A (GCSE Chinese) :

1. As you like performing, we can practice reading in a lot of different tones: sad, happy, worried, angry, exciting...etc. To make reading more fun and easier to remember.

2. Let's record our reading, and listen to it together the following week. It will give you an impression of how much progress you have made.

3. As for the one hour lesson, let's make it into four parts: Reading, Writing, Making sentences or even stories in the future and Listening to the recording of last week. Let's read each sentence in your book at least three times, writing each character five times. We will read what we are writing.

4. For your homework: Practicing 10 minutes each day everyday except weekends, including writing one or two characters five times each, and read loud five sentences.
Do you have a personal message for students?: I would like us have an hour talk before we start any course in order for us to get to know each other and for me to make a teaching plan.

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