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Jason Zou
Professional TeacherTeaches
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Chinese (Other)
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English
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Certified TESOL/Chinese Teacher
Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Other)
Native
English
Speaks
Other
Certified TESOL/Chinese Teacher
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From ChinaLiving in Zunyi, China (14:36 UTC+08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 27, 2017InterestsSports & FitnessBusiness & FinanceMedical & HealthcareTechTravel
你好！我是Jason（邹皓易，发音类似‘Joe Howiee’），拥有汉语言文学学士学位，并专注跨文化沟通教学近5年。作为iTalki的资深中文/英文教师，我擅长用媒体、时事和幽默对话打破语言障碍——就像在悉尼大学研究政治传播时一样，让学习充满活力！
Currently pursuing my Master’s in Digital Communication at USyd, I blend academic rigor with real-world flair (fitness talks, camping stories, or corgi memes included!). Let’s turn language into your passport—respectful, insightful, and *never* boring. 很高兴认识你！
Me as a Teacher
Most of my experience has motivated me to become ‘cultural ambassador’ - testing methods, challenge stereotypes, reaching consensus. My ultimate goal is being able to gallivant among thought bubbles through my works and learn, listen, respect others. And I hope this would benefit you to talk in any language, with anyone anywhere. It'd my pleasure to be your guide on this journey. We decided to learn a second language not to 'feel content', but because we are never settled within comfort zone. This is what I wanted to achieve through teaching, hope you'd like it, too! My lessons & teaching style
Culture-oriented, improvisations, anything of your interests' on the table.
> Studied & trained in Chinese Language, modern literature, world history, and Int'l Relations, Media, Sino-US Politics, Behavioural Psychology
> Attentive, humorous, flexible & insightful
> Culture-oriented, comparing unique references you’ll understand instantly
> Individual notes via Google sheetMy teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
Pearson Test of English (PTE) - Academic - Pearson Inc. - 2019Overall score: 85/90, with full marks on the speaking section, equivalent to IELTS 8.5
Certificate verified
Employment Contract - Interlingua English Training School - 2016
Certificate verified
TESOL for Business Certification - The American TESOL Institute - 2015
Certificate verified
TESOL Advanced Certification - The American TESOL Institute - 2015
Certificate verified
National Proficiency Test of Oral Mandarin Chinese (国家普通话水平测试等级证书) - National Committee of Language and Character (国家语言文字工作委员会) - 2014I recieved a "2A" level, which is better than a minimum requirement of "2B" as a professional teacher in China.
Certificate verified
Education
2012 - 2016
Bachelor’s - Chinese Language and Literature
2019 - 2021
Master's - Digital Communication and Culture
Work Experience
2014 - 2014
Summer Intern• Worked with a local charity organisation, visited the countryside and orphanage, helped in building a second-hand clothes bazaar and participated in the Global Village party
2015 - 2015
Assistant Organiser• Receiving foreign guests as co-leader of the team at the national event of the 14th Asia Art Festival
• Coordinated at ‘TED x Quanzhou’ forum and the week-long international food festival
2014 - 2016
Teaching Assistant• Prepared lectures
• Managed the transcripts of recordings of People from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region giving the oral history of China
• Graded essays for international exchange students
• Collected primary materials to facilitate Professor’s research projects
2018 - 2018
Volunteer Social Media Administrator
2018 - 2018
Mentee of 2018• A national award-mentoring program funded by the Australian Government
• Mentored by Mr Brook Andrew to design a fact checking tool to improve ‘fake news’ issue
2019 - 2019
ColumnistPublished works covering social media, creative story & culture
2019 - 2019
Advocacy OfficerANU Postgraduate and Research Students' Association
▪ Responsible for LGBTIQ+ advocacy and events execution
▪ Represents PARSA on the following committees:
ANU Ally Committee / PARSA Equity Committee
Respectful Relationships Student Working Group
PARSA Queer Advocacy Committee (Chair)
2022 - 2022
Casual AcademicGave one-on-one trainings of Chinese translation/geopolitics on a 3-week intensive program
5.0
Rating
246
Students
1,488
Lessons
99%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Chinese (Mandarin) Lessons
Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese (Other)
English
Trial Lesson
107 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
【Chinese Speaking - with cloud notes】中文日常对话练习
A2 - C2Conversation223 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
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【Writing-Translation-Proofreading Workshop】咬文嚼字：写作与翻译用词语法解析
B1 - C2Language Essentials31 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Package with 42% off
【HSK -1/2/3 Standard Course】汉语水平考试 标准教程 1/2/3
A1 - B1Language Essentials57 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Package with 20% off
【Integrated Chinese: Beginner & Intermediate】中文听说读写
A1 - B2Language Essentials32 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 39% off
【Discounted Class option - For full-time students】全日制学生折扣
A1 - C2Language Essentials7 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 24% off
【New: Chinese Atlas: Intro to Culture, Business & Geopolitics】
A1 - C2Language Essentials0 lessons completed
USD 60.00+
Package with 20% off
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113 Reviews
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Mel
2 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
I really liked his teaching style. I feel like I can clearly hear the differences in tones thanks to his explanations and visuals. He really wants to make sure you’re pronouncing things correctly, so he is very helpful correcting your speech. If you speak Japanese, it will be weird because you can make out a lot of semantics from the characters, but you won’t be able to pronounce them (for the most part).
It was my first Mandarin lesson ever so we just went over pinyin and tones, but I’m excited to continue learning and eventually reach fluency in a few years.
Jan 23, 2026
panjia
1 English lesson
a nice teacher
Aug 23, 2025
来自地狱的金熊猫
1 Chinese (Mandarin) lesson
Amazing 1st Lesson. We went over pronunciation, basic Mandarin Chinese vocabulary, and phrases. Very encouraging environment. 10/10 Recommend this teacher to everyone interested in learning the great language of Mandarin Chinese. 谢谢老师
Mar 23, 2024
John Thompson
3 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Jason is a very helpful teacher. He writes down new words and sentences in a Google sheet so I can study later, which is very helpful. This is my first lesson with him, and he's a keeper.
Sep 9, 2025
Yuli
1 English lesson
looking forwoad to the next lesson.
Apr 21, 2024
Charlotte Cotter
5 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Thank you to Jason 老师 for your patience in reviewing these often dense political / historical articles that I pick. It was also helpful to review the materials with economics concepts as well. I feel like I'm slowly building up a common vocabulary set of phrases and words that tend to crop up in these sorts of pieces, but it will definitely take time. Jason also brings in interesting anecdotes and other information that is relevant to the material. Looking forward to future classes.
Jan 21, 2024
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