LOW cost HIGH quality; > 3 years of tutoring experience; eccentric; diversity friendly ))))))
Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Speaks
English
French
Greek
Japanese
Korean
LOW cost HIGH quality; > 3 years of tutoring experience; eccentric; diversity friendly ))))))
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From ChinaLiving in Zhenjiang, China (14:09 UTC+08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 22, 2019
Interest topicArtScienceMedical & Healthcare
LGBTQIA+
Hi there! Bonjour à tous! 안녕하세요! This is 小包老师!
I’ve been a language tutor here for 4 years because it’s a fascinating and enchanting experience chatting with nice and warmhearted students from all over the world, learning from their unique perspectives directly derived from their life experience while helping them improve at a steady pace!
I’m voracious for new knowledge and skills, (which is why I gave myself a drag name starting with Vrcious.) My priorities now are French and Korean learning,
character design drawing practice, computer science and video making as a content creator. (By the way, of course I enjoy binge-watching tv series and doomscrolling from time to time.)
Me as a Teacher
What brought me here? Well, I'm a man who likes to give answers. I have an achievement of around 100 answers, on an APP for Q&A called HiNative where you can find a most native answer that you cannot find elsewhere and where I've not been a member so long.
My lessons & teaching style
When a problem is encountered, e.g. a word comparison needed, I'll solve it from macroscopic to microscopic in an agreeable and desirable way.
Here's one example:
Q: What's the difference between 笑话 and 开玩笑?
A: “笑话”和“开玩笑”皆可用作动词或动词词组。“笑话”指不怀好意地“开玩笑”,是冒犯到他人的“开玩笑”。可以等同于英语中的 make fun of.
“笑话”还可以作为名词使用,意味
1.使人发笑的话题
e.g. 给你讲个笑话~ —— I’m telling you a joke.
2.被嘲笑的人
e.g. 他们拿我当全公司的笑话。——They treat me as a clown in the whole company.
As you can see above, patience is the last thing that I may be in dearth of.
I like literature and new-ins, which means I may be either serious or casual. It's up to you.
consistently the best teacher, I have tried over 22 teachers.
PERFECT ENGLISH and understands how to keep the class graded to the students level.
Dec 14, 2023
Daniel
55 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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Rockstar teacher!
Oct 19, 2023
Angelina
648 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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Xiao Bao has been great. He's incredibly cool and calm - even on the days that my boys are not having their best days. He has become a part of our family during our morning routine before school. Thank you for persevering with us!
Sep 15, 2022
Marius Korsnes
81 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
The best teacher in iTalki! Highly recommended :)
May 14, 2024
Weiliang Ke 柯偉樑
1 Chinese (Mandarin) lesson
小包老师 opened the lesson by giving me a passage from Mandarin Bean to read, and then we had a free flowing conversation based on the topic of the passage. He was very fun to talk with, and was very happy to provide me with Chinese translations of words that I only knew in English. I think he'd be good for intermediate level Chinese speakers who need to practice their Mandarin!
May 10, 2024
Kaveh 恺霨
9 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
小包 is a generous and talented teacher who brings energy, warmth, zest and humour to really immerse you in Chinese and push you beyond your comfort zone. He keeps the conversation smoothly flowing so all you have to worry about is putting one word in front of the other and before you know it, you're speaking better than you ever thought you could.