Rebecca Mun
Rebecca is a new student, she showed the most frustration that beginners have. To solve the problem and make them to be confident, that’s one of the best parts for me to work in this field
Ailin Kojima
Ailin has been studying with me since 2016 as a beginner group with her colleagues. She has been working very hard, and I’ve seen her confusion, happiness, and frustration in the all process of studying and working in the same time…. I appreciate that she shares her feeling and experience here
Thomas Moore
Tom was a Chinese expert and spoke fluent Chinese already when he studied with me. I had to based on what he needed and design a new study program for him that He never had —— Chinese Classical and Modern literature. Happily that worked for him.
Charles Haigh
Charles was one of my oldest students, studied with me in 2001 after 9.11. He started to study Chinese when he was 20 in Taiwan first, then China. Because of his high Chinese level, he was a big challenge for me when I just started to work in teaching field.
James Fuller
A Chinese beginner but used to be English teacher. Full of curiosities for Chinese culture and tradition. Flexible teaching style is always necessary for him.
Darnell Dawson
As a Chinese expert who studied Chinese in China when he was young, Darnell liked to bring over philosophy and culture questions that he had had to our class. When I taught him and answered those questions, I also could see different understanding and perspectives from him ----- I also learned a lot from him, too !
Andrew E. Levine
In our first meeting, I asked Andrew: why do you study this language ? He replied: for fun ! Several years past, he has become a decent Chinese speaker and past HSK level 3 from a beginner ! And eagerly interested in Chinese Culture and history ! I couldn’t be happier to see that happen.
Roy Eriksen
When He showed his hand writing in Chinese in our begging classes, I was very impressed : its better than a lot Chinese high school students today ! I could see how serious he used to study on this language. I told myself at that time: I want to sharp his Chinese language skill, I want to make it ever better!
Christopher Sullivan
A famous busy NYC lawyer who has to communicate with the Chinese clients, not only I need to teach him fundamental basics, also tailor his special needs for his job. When he told me the stories that he had conversation in Chinese with his Chinese clients, I laughed even louder than him !
Grant Newman
We started to study in 2008, he was extremely busy at that time but wanted to study Chinese seriously. I couldn’t help with his hectic schedule, but I could adjust my time to fit his. Grant just got a baby girl who was 5 months, now I am trying to teach her Mandarin! Hopefully she can become my formal student in the future.
Marianne Chow Newman
Marianne’s background is like an ABC ( America born Chinese). I could totally sympathized the way she grow up ( her childhood) , especially the part when her family asked her to learn Chinese and she struggled between two cultures. Of course we have become good friends today.
James Liao
As a teacher, I was very honored when he said about me: “…he (Byron) has given me back my heritage…”
Jim came to me when he was 54 years old. He came to the States as a young kid, but did not learn Chinese growing up. He wanted to learn both traditional and simplified script, but also wanted to learn about his cultural background.
James Smith, Esq.
”学会另一种话言就像是佣有另一个灵魂。“-查理曼大帝
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“To have a second language is to possess a second soul.” - Charlemagne
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”学会另一种话言就像是佣有另一个灵魂。“-查理曼大帝 〰️ “To have a second language is to possess a second soul.” - Charlemagne 〰️