Helen Tian
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Helen Tian
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Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Speaks
English
9 years of 1-on-1 teaching online, specialized in helping beginners
Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Speaks
English
9 years of 1-on-1 teaching online, specialized in helping beginners
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From ChinaLiving in Tianjin, China (03:18 UTC+08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 19, 2015InterestsMusicSports & FitnessTravelFoodFilms & TV Series
Hi there! This is Helen Tian and glad to meet you here! I'm living in Tianjin now, a city nearby Beijing.
Since graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University, I have been working as a professional Chinese teacher for more than 9 years.
I'm more Specialized in teaching adults, especially total beginners.Me as a Teacher
I used to teach for classes in universities in Beijing for around 2 years, then switched to online lessons.
There was 3 years that I taught on italki as a full-time job, and I got quite famaliar with this website as well the way to interact with students online.
Later I joined an education company to produce teachimg materials for online Chinese classes.
From September 2020, I returned here and became a freelance teacher again.My lessons & teaching style
In our class, we will follow a certain textbook and focus on appling the vocabulary and grammar in daily use, such as making conversations or explaining the situation that the expression could be used.
Also, I like sharing some interesting knowledge about the characters when learning new words, like what you see in my video.
Around 70% of my long-term students were total beginners when they came to me.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Homework Assignments
- Quizzes
- Articles and news
Certificates
Test for English Majors Grade Eight - Foreign Language Teaching in Colleges and Universities Steering Committee - 2009
Certificate verified
Mandarin Proficiency - Chinese Education Department - 2007
Certificate verified
Education
2006 - 2011
Bachelor’s - Medical EnglishWe learned English for most of the time, but also learned Chinese medicine and western medicine.
2011 - 2014
Master's - Master of Teaching Chinese for Speakers of Other Languages
Work Experience
2011 - 2014
Chinese Class TeacherBeijing Language and Culture University, Bejing Unitversity of Chinese Medicine, Beijing Open University
2014 - 2015
Online Chinese Teacher and Learning ConsultantAs a teacher, I gave one-on-one lessons with the students.
As a learning consultant, I made learning plans for the new comers as well as coordinated with other teachers and the students who I'm in charge of.
2015 - 2018
Chinese teacher
2018 - 2020
Teaching OperationI work at Ponddy as a full-time employee since June 11 2018. This company is developing smart textbooks for Chinese learners, and my duty is managing online classes and writing materials for the learners.
2020 - 2021
Chinese teacherGive lessons to adult learners.
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343
Students
5,601
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Chinese (Mandarin) Lessons
Trial Lesson
146 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Customized Course 定制课程
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,519 lessons completed
USD 17.90+
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Special Offer for Old Student (before 2021.11) 老学生特价（2021年11月前）
A1 - C2Language Essentials499 lessons completed
USD 16.50+
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Special Offer for 2 or 3 Sessions per week 每周2或3节课特价
A1 - C2Language Essentials2,518 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Package with 5% off
Chinese for Tourism 旅游汉语
A2 - C2Language Essentials90 lessons completed
USD 17.89+
Trial Lesson (30min only)
A1 - C2Language Essentials129 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Availability
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My creations
Vocabulary (1)
Podcast (1)
Quiz (4)
965 Reviews
Camilla
14 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Teacher’s pick
This is my third lesson and the shadowing and listening we did was so helpful, i think i am going to built it into my self-study too. It's also great to get conversation practice where I can get lots of repetition of the important phrases and sentence-order i need to learn too, so it really starts to stick! I will study hard before my next lesson, 加油！
Oct 5, 2024
Maximilian
13 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Teacher’s pick
I love that Helen always encourages me to speak more Chinese. During class we follow a textbook but we also have conversations about different topics. She also incorporates new vocabulary. I enjoy her classes a lot and I always learn something new in each class. For those of you that also study writing, Helen knows a lot about characters and how they are formed and their meaning.
Sep 5, 2022
Bob Carasik
4 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
excellent combination of structured materials and informal dialog
May 27, 2025
ndpain2016
404 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Teacher’s pick
We've been studying together for four years, twice per week, every week from HSK 0 to the threshold of HSK 5. Helen is an amazing teacher.
Jun 4, 2024
Jordan Black
4 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
A lovely introduction lesson - thank you so much!
May 30, 2025
Bob Carasik
4 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Good lesson, she had materials to work from but we modified the lesson to create more dialogue. She does simple roleplay to practice the materials.
May 24, 2025
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