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Molly-Shanghai
Professional Teacher
Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Speaks
English
Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Speaks
English
From ChinaLiving in Shanghai, China (02:52 UTC+08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 15, 2013Me as a Teacher
My instincts for guiding foreigners in learning Mandarin are razor-sharp, after teaching dozens of classes and long-term private students, lots of beginners, many intermediate and advanced as well.
Learning habits vary enormously from one person to another, so it’s important that the teacher become aware of each student’s strong and weak areas, offering instructions designed to keep the lessons and self-study *productive*.
A good teacher knows how to balance the intense learning moments with lightness and fun – everyone knows that feeling, right? I enjoy setting students on the effective-learning track.My lessons & teaching style
1. The textbooks I use: Chinese Standard Course (level 1-6)
This series of books is good for learning conversional Chinese, and as preparation for HSK tests as well. There HSK exams for each of six levels; Besides offering each of the six textbooks, I also make the workbooks (for homework assignments ) and answer keys available.
2. Teaching plans
From level 1-3, we usually spend one hour on each unit during the class, but students can expect to spend about 2 hours on the exercises assigned, in order to learn the material thoroughly.
The number of units per level: (level 1: 15, level 2: 20, level 3: 20).
From level 4-6, both class time and excercise time will be doubled.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Test templates and examples
- Homework Assignments
Work Experience
2013 - Present
online Mandarin and English teacher ITALKI Co., Ltd.I experienced all kinds of private teaching, textbooks and students. My students included both adults and children
2006 - 2013
Chinese Teacher to Speakers of Other Languages Shanghai Mandarin HouseI experienced all kinds of private teaching, classroom teaching, textbooks and students. My students included both adults and children.
Class size varied from 1 to 30, frequency from one day to five days per week, at that time, I used skype occasionally, that's the very start for me to approach "online teaching".
2004 - 2006
Supervisor of translation department & senior translator Shanghai Wanyang going abroad service companyMy English skill improved a lot, this made me more capable to teach Chinese people English and teach Mandarin to speakers of other languages.
2000 - 2004
English teacher Yantai No.18 Middle School (烟台第十八中学英语老师)As an English teacher of Chinese public school, I got valuable experiences on how to be a patient and supportive teacher, I also learnt how to get along with all kinds of students.
在中国公立学校当老师的经验，让我学会了如何做一个有耐心和充满正能量的老师，也让我掌握了很多跟性格各异的学生愉快相处的能力。
1998 - 2000
editor and journalist 编辑记者 Yantai Modern Life Newspaper 《烟台现代生活报》The experience of being an editor and journalist brought me a lot amazing stories. Nowadays, when I'm teaching, I often share these stories with my students, this makes my lessons more vivid and interesting.
做编辑和记者的经历给我带来了很多神奇的故事，如今上课的时候，我常常和自己的学生分享这些故事，这让我的课堂变得更加生动和有趣。
Education
2000 - 2004
Bachelor's - English Literature
Certificates
Accreditation Grade Senior Chinese Language Teacher International Profession Certification Association 2010
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Bachelor’s degree of English Literature Shanghai International Studies University 2006
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普通话等级证书 上海市语言文字工作委员会 2009教学工作者必须通过的考试
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5.0
Rating
454
Students
7,562
Lessons
100%
Attendance
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877 Reviews
Andy Lowas
305 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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This is my 100th lesson with Molly 老师。I have to say that I have made great improvements to my fluency. Molly is always patient, fun to talk to and always willing to discuss many interesting topics. This is one of the many reasons which has enabled her lessons to be very enjoyable. 谢谢老师。
Dec 8, 2017
Jerome
248 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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It is amazing what can be accomplished within quite a short period of time just with a bit of dedication and the help of a Great Teacher. 1 year ago, I had my very first lesson with Molly, I had then barely reached HSK1 level and could hardly say anything in Chinese. Since then I’ve successfully passed my HSK3 exam in March and HSK4 in June this year; I’m now well on my way to HSK5. Sure, the road to fluency is still long, yet I feel proud of this accomplishment and feel very grateful for having found such a wonderful teacher. Now whenever someone asks me for some advice about learning Chinese, I just tell them to go on italki and book regular lessons with Molly. 3 or 4 lessons a week, just in a few months you are bound to see some great result.
Nov 15, 2017
Lawrence Leung
177 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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Although I've realized that progress is not linear, I got a chance to reflect on how much better my Chinese has become. It does take time and effort, but achieve higher levels of proficiency is worth it. Since progress is not linear, I am at times concerned about hitting plateaus, in which no progress is visible, and it can be frustrating. Molly has continued to give me advice, techniques, and feedback on how to keep on progressing, especially in this lesson that I just had. Well worth it.
Sep 18, 2016
Itay
1 Chinese (Mandarin) lesson
Great trial lesson with Molly! Very nice and friendly, and covered a lot of topics :)
Apr 26, 2023
Bryan
1 Chinese (Mandarin) lesson
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Mar 26, 2023
Claire Chen
1 Chinese (Mandarin) lesson
Lovely teacher, clearly with lots of experience. Super engaging first lesson. Was able to share helpful learning resources.
Jan 19, 2023
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