Nathan (Mandarin老师)
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Nathan (Mandarin老师)
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Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Shanghainese)
Native
Speaks
English
French
Japanese
Russian
Conficius Institue certified teacher, a language lover
Teaches
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Shanghainese)
Native
Speaks
English
French
Japanese
Russian
Conficius Institue certified teacher, a language lover
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From ChinaLiving in Paris, France (06:43 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jan 8, 2020InterestsBusiness & FinanceFilms & TV SeriesHistory
Hi there, this is Nathan. I am a language lover, and a learner myself. I majored Japanese literature at Shanghai International Studies University, and now I am studying in Paris France for my masters degreee in finance.
I speak Mandarin Chinese, Shanghainese, Sichuanese as Chinese dialects. I understand basic Cantonese. I speak English, French and Japanese fluently. I have basic knowledge in Russian. I know what it takes to learn a language. I would love to help you as well.Me as a Teacher
2017-2019
For more than two years I worked as a family tutor for kids aged 4 to 7. I have worked with multiple families, helping their children cope with pre-school studies.
July and August 2019
I worked for two months as an intern at a Lego workshop for children, founded by a couple from Denmark. I was the class assistant, interpreting from English to Chinese.
2019-2020
During my exchange study in Japan, I worked as a staff at the English café at our university, where other foreign students and I helped Japanese students with their English and Chinese.
2021-present
I am the host of TeaTime Chinese, an intermediate Chinese podcast that uses "Comprehensible Input".My lessons & teaching style
The famous Hungarian polyglot Kató Lomb said: One learns grammar from language, not language from grammar.
I am against grammar-based learning, because it just slows everything down.
I am fascinated by Stephen Krashen's "Comprehensible Input theory", which I take as THE way to teach a language, or to acquire one.
During our little meetings together, we can talk about various topics according to your own interest. Or if you are not overly confident with speaking the whole time, we can use the help of pdf materials. We can use textbooks, sometimes I design some learning materials as well. The point is to help you be more confidant in Chinese.My teaching material
- Text Documents
- PDF file
- Articles and news
- Audio files
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benchanviolin
16 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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I'd like to share a couple lines from the text that we worked on writing today (it's about my own life). Thank you, Nathan老师！下次见！
我觉得学习中文语法的最好的办法是：先读很有意思的故事，然后试试用一样的语法写我自己的故事，最后跟中文母语者工作，发现我的错误。如果有一个学习中文的外国人说这个办法没有用，我觉得是不可能的。我相信所有学习语言的人都真的可以用这个办法提高水平。你觉得呢？
Jan 22, 2022
Savannah
5 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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Excellent as usual, thank you, Nathan!
Jan 20, 2022
Mark
56 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
I had a lot of fun! Such a great teacher.
Apr 25, 2022
Upa
14 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
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Great session as always! We reviewed an essay, got some useful inputs, also learnt some new words and sentence structures.
Jan 22, 2022
celine zhang
1 Chinese (Mandarin) lesson
Good!
May 3, 2022
Upa
14 Chinese (Mandarin) lessons
Great session!
Apr 16, 2022
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