Five-year tutoring experience with a linguistics background
Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Speaks
English
German
Dutch
Italian
Five-year tutoring experience with a linguistics background
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From ChinaLiving in Shanghai, China (15:39 UTC+13:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 8, 2017
InterestsFoodReadingTravel
Hi I’m Qi Yi. I’m an online Mandarin tutor here in Shanghai. I have been teaching on italki since beginning of 2017. I earned a bachelor's degree in German language and literature, and currently, I am doing my master's degree in linguistics and cognitive study at an Italian university.
I have a passion for language and culture exchange. I have met a lot of interesting people on italki, who are both my teachers and students. They motivate me to continue teaching here after I graduate and keep tutoring till today. I have worked for 3 years in an online travel agency after graduation. If you want to learn business Chinese, I'm sure I can help you with that.
Me as a Teacher
***I will move to New Zealand soon. My calendar will be updated after I settle down. Thanks for your support as always.***
I've been tutoring online for over four years. My students think that I'm a communicative and humorous person who is very easy to talk with. I offer conversation lessons which can cover the topics you are interested in. Besides that, we can also read articles together. I think intensive reading is one of the most effective ways to command a language. I will teach you grammar and new expressions by reading and show you how to use you've learned in real-life scenario.
** If you don't find a slot that suits you, you can send me message. I will check if I can re-schedule.
My lessons & teaching style
If you want, I can send you materials (mainly videos or reading articles) before the lesson, so that we can focus on them during our lessons. I will put the necessary corrections on a google sheet so that you can go over them after lessons.
If your Chinese level is above A2, I avoid speaking English so that you will have a complete immersion of Chinese. I will also teach you some new phrases which Chinese people are using every day. They are different from what you learned in textbooks, and will definitely make your Chinese sound more authentic and natural.
In a nutshell, My goal is to help you to build confidence in speaking Chinese. Let's have fun!
My teaching material
Image files
Articles and news
Video files
Text Documents
Audio files
PDF file
Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
78
Students
647
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
78
Students
647
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Chinese (Mandarin) Lessons
Trial Lesson
25 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Informal Tutoring
A1 - C2Conversation622 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
120 Reviews
si_schnider
105 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Teacher’s pick
我很喜欢聊天给Qiyi, 让我高兴。Qiyi is Avery patient and flexible teacher, so after lessons I always feel happy.
Jan 30, 2021
Léo
13 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Teacher’s pick
A really great and personal first lesson/conversation. We had a lot of laughs and I felt like we were communicating a lot of the jokes in Chinese. Thanks a lot :)
Feb 22, 2017
Barry
1 Chinese (Mandarin) lesson
QIYI is an excellent teacher, who makes learning a difficult language an enjoyable endeavor. I look forward to continuing my studies with her again in the near future.
Jan 2, 2024
Cornelia Kirchweger
52 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Teacher’s pick
Thanks a lot for your help and all your effort when reading this technical documents. You always expain me everything in a way that I can quickly understand. You are really a great teacher!! DANKE!!!!!
Apr 7, 2017
Kaveh
2 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
A really great first lesson with a language expert who is also a terrific teacher!
May 8, 2024
Kathrin Fischer
49 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
It is always nice to talk to Qi Yi, she is interested in anything and open minded. Her perfect English skills are helpful if Chinese words don't come to your mind. Thanks again.