Christine
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- Hourly rate £30
- Response Time 4h
- Number of students 50+
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Tiktok ex-employee, Warwick B-School EMBA student, 10 yrs of Chinese tutoring experience. (Chinese/English/Portuguese/Spanish)
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- London
- By webcam
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About the lesson
I have my teaching resources customized to your need, whether you are a beginner or an advanced. For beginners, I will use more basic words to help you form a simple conversation firstly. For high-level learners, I will use real-life situations to practice speaking and listening more. I'm always available in the classes to give you feedback, for example, you can send me audio anytime and I give you feedback.
subjects
- Chinese
- Mandarin
- Vocabulary - Chinese
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Chinese speaking
Chinese listening
Chinese accent reduction
languages
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
levels
- All Levels
About Christine
1. Chinese, English, Portuguese and Spanish speaker.
2. Over 10 years of mandarin teaching experience, with Brazilians, British, and other European students.
3. With a degree in the Portuguese language with an exchange student experience in Brazil, and an MBA graduate of a top UK business school.
4. Tiktok's mother company and other technology company working experience in Beijing and Shenzhen for more than 5 years.
Review
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4.9 (15 reviews)
Chris
Perfect! Very well organised and very interactive also past or outside the classes, patient and helpful with getting the lessons tailored for your needs. Classes are in depth with a lot of explenations and made with ease. Would recommend and happy for chosing Chrisitne as my tutor, xie xie Christine
Chris
Perfect! Christine is an amazing tutor and I always enjoy our lessons! She begins every class with conversation which is great for working on speaking skills and discussing Chinese culture, and when we move onto the HSK textbook she covers each chapter and grammar point very thoroughly – I’d definitely recommend!
Thomas
Perfect! Great tutor that understands the needs of each student. She is able to create an effective learning plan for each individual and is able to accommodate every students needs
Thomas
Perfect! I'm really enjoying my lessons with Christiane. She gives a good balance of technical learning and practicing/practical use. She is really knowledgeable and good at explaining things and also providing cultural/context background information too. Would recommend to anyone starting their mandarin language journey.
Perfect! Thorough, well spoken, good listener and creates an engaging class
Perfect! Christiane is very helpful and nice person .She is punctual and explain in very nice way that helped me to understand the content quickly.
Thanks ChristineExcellent! Christiane is a very thorough and knowledgable teacher who is easy to get along with and open to adapting lessons specifically around the individual. I would definitely recommend!
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- Christine's response : I enjoyed very much the lesson with Matt, he is very intelligent and hard-working. His Chinese is almost no accent at all. Looking forward to the coming lessons with him.
Perfect! Really great personality. Patient and structured lessons suited for me as a beginner!
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- Christine's response : Ryan is very smart and hardworking! We practiced a lot speaking and listening in lessons and he is very energetic to do these exercises! I enjoyed a lot the lessons with him.
Perfect! Christiane is an incredible tutor. She is patient, diligent and her teaching style is very thorough. Over a few weeks, my Mandarin has developed exponentially. I feel very lucky to have her as my tutor.
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- Christine's response : Kristine is a very smart, energetic and hardworking girl!! I enjoyed very much the lessons with her!
Perfect! Nice teacher she is a very patient and her methods in explainings are well appropiate and understanding and her explanations are very helpful and clear. I recommend.
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- Christine's response : Valeria is a very hard-working student, she finished all the homework. I really enjoyed the lessons with her.
Perfect! Christiane was a very energetic and attentive teacher. I enjoyed our first lesson practicing conversational mandarin and learning new vocabulary along the way. She wrote down all the terms afterwards and sent me a word document so I use it to practice afterwards - very helpful!
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- Christine's response : Diana is a very smart girl, I very enjoyed my lesson with Diana.
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I had two classes in and really love my time with Christiane! She makes it really interesting to learn while making sure you make great progress with every class. I would highly recommend classes with her :)
I just had my first class with Christiane Lao Shi and she was great! Very easy to understand and thankfully for me extremely patient. She makes the difficult task of learning Chinese interesting and fun. I immediately book more classes with her for the upcoming weeks.
This tutor is excellent, helped my daughter speak Chinese very well! Fast replies and large availability. Would definitely recommend!
I'm doing Chinese classes with Christiane for more than one year, her class is very helpful to me! I think because she can speak 4 languages, she showed a lot the efficient and practical way she uses to learn Chinese. Very recommended!
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Rates
packages
- 5h: £150
- 10h: £300
Travel
- + ££30
webcam
- £30/h
free lessons
- 30mins
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Find out more about Christine
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Do you speak this language fluently because of your origins or because a teacher inspired you to learn?
I speak Chinese fluently because of my origin, but I still can speak Portuguese fluently, which is not my original language, I learned this language because I had a very wonderful teacher who uses the great method to let me practice a lot, and I'm using the same method that my portuguese teacher used.
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2) Can you name a living, historical or fictional character that you think is the emblematic representative of the language's culture?
I think the character may be "long history and great future"
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Is there a typical word, phrase, tradition or behaviour in the language that you particularly like?
The local expressions in Chinese, different regions have different ones, and they show the personality of the region, I like to study them.
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Why does speaking this language matter to you?
Firstly, I think the country is moving to a leading role in the world, and there are more career opportunities in this country. Secondly, China is a country so different from others, the culture is so charming, I think it's a great experience to live and work in China.
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5) What is the main difficulty in learning this language and what can help the process of learning?
According to my Chinese learning students, the most difficult part is speaking and listening, because Chinese is not a language that respects all grammars, China had the first indigenous grammar book in 1889.
So there are a lot of local expressions that only can be learned with native speakers.06
Provide a valuable anecdote related to your language learning or your days at school.
When I was learning Portuguese, I remember I had learned "cansado" which means tired, and "casado" which means married. Their difference is only a "n" and their pronunciation is very similar for me as a beginner. And one day my brazilian friend asked me how are you in portuguese, I replied "to casada" which is I'm married... I wanted to say "I'm tired". I realized this mistake from my friend's surprised face, it was embarrassing.
So I think in Chinese learning is the same way, a very little difference can make a very different meaning. I practiced a lot with portuguese native speakers to learn, I think Chinese learning needs practice with native speakers, too.07
How has travel or a specific trip helped you to increase your skill and knowledge of the language?
I have learned two years Portuguese in China before going to Brazil, and the first few days I still can't understand Portuguese, this disappointed me a lot. But I think after 2 months living together with Brazilians, I had learned a lot of their daily expressions, even those I will never learn in a textbook, and I can communicate all in Portuguese with local people, this trip was necessary for my language learning.
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What makes you a Superprof in language?I came to London to do my MBA course, and I started to have european students here. One of my students recommended Superprof, he said it's being searched. I checked Superprof site, it's very organised and Superprof doesn't charge commission of tution fee if I'm in a premium account.
I came to London to do my MBA course, and I started to have European students here. One of my students recommended Superprof, he said it's being searched. I checked Superprof site, it's very organised and Superprof doesn't charge commission of tuition fee if I'm in a premium account.
