Lorena

For a first session, I'm very happy with Sisi. I was looking for a conversation partner to practice my Mandarin speaking and listening, and she delivered. We spoke at length about many different topics, especially travel and some famous landmarks/cities in China. At the same time, when I couldn't remember a word, she would provide it for me in chat, and she complimented my Mandarin level and lack of a foreign accent, of which I'm quite proud since I worked very hard to master the basic tones. I will definitely be booking more sessions with her, as she is very pleasant to talk to and is good at steering the conversation when I run out of things to discuss.

OMG, she is so amazing. She is so smart and helpful and makes sure that I learn all the little details and have perfect pronunciation. She is always happy and smiling. She is like the perfect teacher and perfect person. If you book with Sisi, you will want to study Chinese every day forever. Honestly the best teacher ever!

Lorena does an amazing job in explaining concepts. For example, in todays lesson, I knew measures existed in the language, and as a native English speaker this is a foreign concept. These measure words are important in Mandarin without them one's conversation comes off sound formal and textbook, which of course is not my goal. And example textbook speech would be something like 第二课 Chapter 2 in HSK textbook, however in daily conversation one would say 第二节课 （jie2）is a measure word when used with 课。

I've been working with this teacher for four lessons and have had an amazing experience. The lessons are well structured and thought out beforehand, and the teacher does an amazing job of answering my questions and explaining related concepts. I highly recommend for any student of Chinese!

As a foreigner, training my ears to listen for the tone changes in Mandarin has been a challenge, however, Lorena has challenge me on practicing my tones with word challenges, for example, 小鱼下雨去旅游. The little fish travels in the rain. :-)

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