Trial class is a helpful not just in meeting each other, discussing your goals/timeline, but also see if you and teacher are a good fit. Please message Jason with a brief intro of yourself, before class time.

What your intro may includes:
> background, nationality, proficiency level
> are you a visual or hands-on learner(what ways do you absorb knowledge better and faster)?
> do you speak another language(s)?
> most essential goal(s) 
> are you familiar of following apps & websites: 
     Anki (flash card for vocab)
     Duolingo (learning website)
     Audible (by Amazon)
     Skritter (hand-writing aid for words)
     Zoom / Skype / Facetime (for video call & screen sharing)
     OneNote (by Microsoft Office: for note taking and mind map)

This flexible speaking course is designed for learners from beginner (A1) to advanced (C2) levels who want to improve real-life communication in Mandarin. Each class centers on a topic of your choice—whether it’s 节日 (jié rì) holidays, 旅游 (lǚ yóu) travel, or 购物 (gòu wù) shopping—and helps you talk naturally and confidently.

We focus on how people actually talk. Instead of stiff textbook words, you’ll learn lively, everyday phrases. For example:

In a 节日 chat: instead of saying 庆祝 (qìng zhù), you might just say 过节 (guò jié), or 热闹 (rè nào) to describe the vibe.

For 旅游, you’ll hear and use things like 能用了 (néng yòng le) when talking about phone cards or tickets, and 头条新闻 (tóu tiáo xīn wén) when sharing something exciting.

In 购物, instead of formal words like “negotiate,” we’ll use real speech like 挑三拣四 (tiāo sān jiǎn sì), 找麻烦 (zhǎo má fan), or even 太贵了 (tài guì le).

All vocabulary, pinyin, example sentences, and usage tips are recorded in a shared cloud note after every session, so you can review and grow your personal word bank over time. Each class adds around 25 useful expressions—grouped by topic and memory aids.

You’ll also have the option to make your own example sentences as homework to deepen your understanding and help the new words stick.

Whether you’re just starting or looking to sound more native, this course gives you the tools to speak comfortably and clearly—with language that actually gets used.

【Chinese Speaking -- with cloud notes】 中文对话练习

This advanced Chinese proofreading workshop is designed for learners at the B1–C2 level who seek to sharpen their linguistic intuition, refine stylistic accuracy, and develop a native-like sensitivity to nuances in written Chinese. Either bring your own draft materials or through targeted exercises, real-world texts, and peer-editing practice, participants will explore how word choice, register, and context influence meaning, clarity, and tone.

Key to this course is the study of near-synonyms that often confound even advanced learners. For example, consider 保证 and 保障, both frequently translated as “guarantee.” While 保证 (bǎozhèng) emphasizes a personal or institutional promise or assurance, such as “我保证按时完成任务” ("I guarantee the task will be completed on time"), 保障 (bǎozhàng) focuses more on the systemic protection or safeguarding of rights or conditions, as in “法律保障公民的权利” ("The law guarantees citizens' rights"). Learners will analyze such distinctions to improve not only comprehension but also precision in their own writing and editing.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Identify and correct subtle errors in grammar, diction, and tone.

Differentiate between synonyms based on collocation, connotation, and formality.

Apply advanced proofreading strategies to academic, journalistic, and professional texts.

Provide and receive constructive feedback to enhance clarity and coherence in writing.

Ideal for translators, editors, researchers, or anyone who wants to elevate their command of written Chinese to a professional level.

【Proofreading Workshop】咬文嚼字：阅读写作用词语法解析

This class is suitable for practicing your conversational skill. We will center on a key topic of your choosing -- and make note on a cloud document of all the vocab, variation, mnemonic group, usage etc. Each class will accumulate around 25 words. You have option to create sentences as homework, to further reinforce memory.

【English Speaking -- with cloud notes】 英文对话课

Glad to have you on board!
 
As old Chinese saying goes - 授人以鱼，不如授人以渔 
That means 'To teach a person fishing is always better than give your fish.' 
Thus, there's no limitation for pushing your Mandarin ability to a higher level.

Using multi-media resources that I provide including movie clips, pop/folk music, latest news coverage targeting your particular needs, there will be assignments after that he class. You can also email me questions anytime.

My teaching database includes:
[1] Textbooks: Boya PKU/Integrated CN/Conversational CN 301 (pdf+mp3)
[2] Animation: 2500+ Chinese Characters' Stroke Order
[3] Audio files: BBC Podcast of 20th Century China (35 Episodes)
[4] Video files: 'Interviews with CHN Writers'/'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'/'A Bite of China'/'The Wedding Banquet'/'Cloud Atlas' etc.
[5] Image files: IPA chart/Ancient Characters/Map of Dialects
[6] Presentation slides: Introduction to Chinese Culture (16 Lessons)/ Contemporary Chinese Literature (33 Lessons)
[7] General Books: 'The Journey To The West'/'1984'/'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'/'Red Sorghum'/'Deng Xiaoping - And the Transformation of China,' etc.
[8] Video game: ARPG Wuxia 'The Legend of Moon Shadow' (Full Chinese Only).

After our sessions, I will have nothing else to show you but writing you a recommendation letter to our finest Peking University and Tsinghua U since you have made yourself a true scholar!

Customized Chinese Class (or other special requests)

"Integrated Chinese 中文听说读写" is one of the most widely used Mandarin Chinese textbook series in North American (especially English speaking) classrooms. Designed primarily for high school and college students, it offers a comprehensive, communicative approach to learning Chinese as a foreign language. The series covers beginner to intermediate levels, corresponding roughly to HSK 1 through HSK 4 (though not aligned chapter-for-chapter with the HSK curriculum).

Levels Covered:

Volume 1 (Level 1 Part 1): True beginner level (equivalent to HSK 1)

Volume 2 (Level 1 Part 2): High beginner to low-intermediate (HSK 2–3)

Volumes 3 & 4 (Level 2 Parts 1 & 2): Intermediate learners (HSK 3–4)

Each part has 10 lessons, and the full core series (Level 1 + Level 2, Parts 1 & 2) includes 40 lessons total.

Each lesson usually includes:

- A core dialogue or narrative (in simplified/traditional characters + pinyin)
- Vocabulary list
- Grammar explanations
- Exercises (listening, speaking, reading, writing)
- Cultural notes or discussions

PDF files will be sent to your designated email.
Textbook Amazon page: https://a.co/d/ctVFRFr

Integrated Chinese 中文听说读写

Overall score: 85/90, with full marks on the speaking section, equivalent to IELTS 8.5

I recieved a "2A" level, which is better than a minimum requirement of "2B" as a professional teacher in China.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Published works covering social media, creative story & culture

ANU 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)

Gave one-on-one trainings of Chinese translation/geopolitics on a 3-week intensive program